Preview for our May 5 auction. http://auctionup.com 2500 Market Street (Rt 452 at I-95), Aston PA Tuesday May 5, 1 PM 400 pics now online Details added later Friday Outside 1PM: Outside tables followed by inside tables, Household items, glassware, Wood Golf Clubs, Great selection of BOOKS, Wizard of OZ series, NC Wyeth Illustrated books, Paris 1841 Architectural portfolio L'art de la charpenterie (A R Emy), Illustrated Children's Books, Military books and items, DURER books, Gustave Dore books, Louis Kahn book, Great library of books sold in lots and individually; Carriage Lanterns, Swords, Collection of Cameras, Fans, Silver plate, Enameled cobalt vase, Mah Jong Sets, Old Models, Meito China Annette Pattern, Russian Lacquer boxes and Madonna Egg, Geode Bookends, Designer Watches, Leather tooled Holsters, Art Glass paper weight collection, Carved Oriental Masks and Porcelains, Head Vases, Wedgwood, Old TIns, Girls Scout items, Doll Items, Ivory and 1938 New Amsterdam Brass ship Bell, Old Photographs, Kitchen Items, Stemware, Clocks, Inlaid Middle eastern boxes, Sewing Machines, Purses and Bags, Linens, Old 45's, Leather bound Bibles, Snap On tools, Art wall with Washingtonian Litho's and Engravings, Bronze Door knobs, Furniture 2 PM: Two poster beds (Mahogany and Cherry), Oak Victrola, Oak Wash stand with towel bar, Oak Dressers, Oriental Lacquer Desks, Victorian Wardrobe, Carved stone chess set, Rocking Horse, Antique wall clocks and Victorian Mantle clocks, Twisted base victorian plant stand, Crystal Chandelier, Table and ladder back chairs, Country Corner cabinet, Oriental carpets and runners (Finely Woven Modern), Antique Spinning Wheel, Inlaid side Chair, Oak Claw foot Buffet, Antique Radios, Walnut Low chest with carved mirror, Iron Bird Cage, Wicker Dressers and Chairs, Cherry chests, Paint decorated Cottage dresser, Dale Tiffany Leaded table lamp, Windsor Chairs, Old Toy bowling Alley, Floor lamps, Rock Ola Juke Box, Electronics and appliances, Spinet Piano, Contemporary stands, Leather Recliner, Deco Maple Bedroom Set, Doll house, Pine Bedroom set, Fireside Chairs, Contemporary Living Room, Large Fish Tank, Iron Railing, Taxidermy. Geese, Deer, Antelope, Pheasant, and others, trunks, Wicker High Chair much more. Showcases 5:30PM (Approx): Lots of Trays of Costume Jewelry, Gold and silver Rings, Old Coins, Old Publicity Photographs, Apollo Patches, Watches, Political Buttons, Eyeglasses, Gold Necklaces, Scarabs, Handbags, Carved Ivory, Sterling Serving Items, Wavecrest Box, Stereoviews and Postcards albums, Tin Types, Daguerreotypes, Decoys by Capt Harry Jobes, Enfield Rifle, Lladro and Royal Doulton Figures, Pottery vases, Bronze lamps, Tramp art box, Trays of watches, much more. Trains 6PM : Nice collection of Lionel Trains, Tin trains, Tractors, Switches, Ho Trains, houses, and Accessories. For More Info Call (610) 485-7400 INSPECTION: MONDAY 3-6PM & From 10 AM Day of Sale. TERMS: 12% Buyers Premium (Discounted to 10% for Cash or check in full day of sale), VISA/MC, Known checks, Lic #AH64L

• published: 02 May 2009
• views: 765

May 14, 2015 NEW YORK CITY— “I have a B.A. in psychology that’s not worth the paper it’s printed on,” “Wildman” Steve Brill said one day recently after leading a foraging tour in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. He was wearing his usual uniform of safari-style khakis, a pith helmet on his head and a holstered spade hanging from his belt. “Then I tried to become a chess master,” he said. “I’m a good chess player, but not master-material. Then I started cooking and got more interested in food, and then I discovered there were wild foods.” He made that discovery one day in the early 1980s, while bicycling through Queens. “There were these ethnic-Greek women picking something in one of the parks, all dressed in black,” he said. “I stopped, asked them what they were doing, but I couldn’t understand a word -- it was all Greek to me. However, I came home with a bag of grape leaves, which I stuffed. Then I started getting books about foraging, many written by botanists who didn’t forage or cook, so the information was not always accurate. But at least I knew how to not kill myself doing this,” he said. Soon after, he decided to lead foraging tours in New York City parks. “I’ve been practicing TM (Transcendental Meditation) since 1975, and the name ‘Wildman’ just popped into my head one day,” he said of his handle. Ever since, he’s made his living showing people how to identify edible and medicinal wild plants and fungi in New York City parks and fields. He also shows aspiring foragers what to avoid. “Eat the wrong thing,” he told the group at Green-Wood Cemetery, “and---.” He fell to the ground, and laid out stiffly in corpse-pose. Then, rising, he beat-boxed a few bars of Chopin’s Funeral March. “Okay, so, at this time of year there are lots of greens coming up, we’re going to look for those,” he said. “There are shoots, which are stems with leaves around them, and there are roots.” He’d never led a tour in Green-Wood cemetery before, he admitted. “It’s a little unusual, definitely, but it’s peaceful and serene here – plus, if anyone eats the wrong thing, they’ll be right at home,” he said. The manicured lawns were a little challenging, however. “I’m only seeing grass here, where are areas that aren’t totally grassy?” he asked, before pausing at a hillside the mowers had missed. A dandelion! He dug it up by the roots and held it aloft. “Okay, here’s probably the best-known edible plant, the wild dandelion,” he told his followers. “The name ‘dandelion’ comes from the French ‘dent-de-lion,’ which means lion’s tooth, it has these tee-- Stop that! It has these tee – Don’t do that! It has these --- Will you stop biting me? I’ll bite you back! Mmmm, quite good, tastes like lettuce. Here, ‘lettuce’ see what you think,” he said, offering the leaves to two children. “It has long, narrow leaves, with large teeth that point toward the base of the leaf,” he said. “The dandelion is good to eat before it flowers. It’s a tiny bit bitter, but very tasty, and gets very bitter as it gets closer to the flowering state. It’s loaded with Vitamin A, calcium, iron and potassium -- very, very nutritious.” Over the course of two hours, Brill found several other edibles growing among the graves, including violets, hairy bittercress, star chickweed and wild garlic. He served them all up with sprinklings of botanic description and cooking tips – illustrated by his drawings and photographs on the iPad he carried – and a patter of exceedingly well-worn jokes, mixed with stories from history, myth and his own life. His favorite is his own legend: his 1986 arrest in Central Park as he was leading a tour. The charge: criminal mischief, for eating a dandelion. “They were undercover agents that were sent on my tour by the New York City Parks Department,” he said, “A man and a woman who said they were married. They paid me with marked bills.” It’s a long story. The condensed version has a battalion of park rangers popping “out from behind the bushes,” Brill said. “They hauled me off to the police station in handcuffs, they searched my backpack – fortunately, I had eaten all the evidence – and they issued me a desk-appearance ticket that said I had to go to court and could face a year [in prison], if convicted.” Brill called the newspapers, and the story made headlines in the U.S. and several other countries. “When they took me to court, I served Wildman’s Five-Borough Salad on the steps of the Manhattan Criminal court to reporters and passerby -- The press ate that up, too,” he said, concluding triumphantly. (cont. at http://www.voanews.com/content/an-urban-forager-in-the-wilds-of-new-york-city/2768479.html)

• published: 20 May 2015
• views: 69

Preview for our May 5 auction. http://auctionup.com 2500 Market Street (Rt 452 at I-95), Aston PA Tuesday May 5, 1 PM 400 pics now online Details added later Friday Outside 1PM: Outside tables followed by inside tables, Household items, glassware, Wood Golf Clubs, Great selection of BOOKS, Wizard of OZ series, NC Wyeth Illustrated books, Paris 1841 Architectural portfolio L'art de la charpenterie (A R Emy), Illustrated Children's Books, Military books and items, DURER books, Gustave Dore books, Louis Kahn book, Great library of books sold in lots and individually; Carriage Lanterns, Swords, Collection of Cameras, Fans, Silver plate, Enameled cobalt vase, Mah Jong Sets, Old Models, Meito China Annette Pattern, Russian Lacquer boxes and Madonna Egg, Geode Bookends, Designer Watches, Leather tooled Holsters, Art Glass paper weight collection, Carved Oriental Masks and Porcelains, Head Vases, Wedgwood, Old TIns, Girls Scout items, Doll Items, Ivory and 1938 New Amsterdam Brass ship Bell, Old Photographs, Kitchen Items, Stemware, Clocks, Inlaid Middle eastern boxes, Sewing Machines, Purses and Bags, Linens, Old 45's, Leather bound Bibles, Snap On tools, Art wall with Washingtonian Litho's and Engravings, Bronze Door knobs, Furniture 2 PM: Two poster beds (Mahogany and Cherry), Oak Victrola, Oak Wash stand with towel bar, Oak Dressers, Oriental Lacquer Desks, Victorian Wardrobe, Carved stone chess set, Rocking Horse, Antique wall clocks and Victorian Mantle clocks, Twisted base victorian plant stand, Crystal Chandelier, Table and ladder back chairs, Country Corner cabinet, Oriental carpets and runners (Finely Woven Modern), Antique Spinning Wheel, Inlaid side Chair, Oak Claw foot Buffet, Antique Radios, Walnut Low chest with carved mirror, Iron Bird Cage, Wicker Dressers and Chairs, Cherry chests, Paint decorated Cottage dresser, Dale Tiffany Leaded table lamp, Windsor Chairs, Old Toy bowling Alley, Floor lamps, Rock Ola Juke Box, Electronics and appliances, Spinet Piano, Contemporary stands, Leather Recliner, Deco Maple Bedroom Set, Doll house, Pine Bedroom set, Fireside Chairs, Contemporary Living Room, Large Fish Tank, Iron Railing, Taxidermy. Geese, Deer, Antelope, Pheasant, and others, trunks, Wicker High Chair much more. Showcases 5:30PM (Approx): Lots of Trays of Costume Jewelry, Gold and silver Rings, Old Coins, Old Publicity Photographs, Apollo Patches, Watches, Political Buttons, Eyeglasses, Gold Necklaces, Scarabs, Handbags, Carved Ivory, Sterling Serving Items, Wavecrest Box, Stereoviews and Postcards albums, Tin Types, Daguerreotypes, Decoys by Capt Harry Jobes, Enfield Rifle, Lladro and Royal Doulton Figures, Pottery vases, Bronze lamps, Tramp art box, Trays of watches, much more. Trains 6PM : Nice collection of Lionel Trains, Tin trains, Tractors, Switches, Ho Trains, houses, and Accessories. For More Info Call (610) 485-7400 INSPECTION: MONDAY 3-6PM & From 10 AM Day of Sale. TERMS: 12% Buyers Premium (Discounted to 10% for Cash or check in full day of sale), VISA/MC, Known checks, Lic #AH64L

• published: 02 May 2009
• views: 428

Preview for our May 5 auction. http://auctionup.com 2500 Market Street (Rt 452 at I-95), Aston PA Tuesday May 5, 1 PM 400 pics now online Details added later Friday Outside 1PM: Outside tables followed by inside tables, Household items, glassware, Wood Golf Clubs, Great selection of BOOKS, Wizard of OZ series, NC Wyeth Illustrated books, Paris 1841 Architectural portfolio L'art de la charpenterie (A R Emy), Illustrated Children's Books, Military books and items, DURER books, Gustave Dore books, Louis Kahn book, Great library of books sold in lots and individually; Carriage Lanterns, Swords, Collection of Cameras, Fans, Silver plate, Enameled cobalt vase, Mah Jong Sets, Old Models, Meito China Annette Pattern, Russian Lacquer boxes and Madonna Egg, Geode Bookends, Designer Watches, Leather tooled Holsters, Art Glass paper weight collection, Carved Oriental Masks and Porcelains, Head Vases, Wedgwood, Old TIns, Girls Scout items, Doll Items, Ivory and 1938 New Amsterdam Brass ship Bell, Old Photographs, Kitchen Items, Stemware, Clocks, Inlaid Middle eastern boxes, Sewing Machines, Purses and Bags, Linens, Old 45's, Leather bound Bibles, Snap On tools, Art wall with Washingtonian Litho's and Engravings, Bronze Door knobs, Furniture 2 PM: Two poster beds (Mahogany and Cherry), Oak Victrola, Oak Wash stand with towel bar, Oak Dressers, Oriental Lacquer Desks, Victorian Wardrobe, Carved stone chess set, Rocking Horse, Antique wall clocks and Victorian Mantle clocks, Twisted base victorian plant stand, Crystal Chandelier, Table and ladder back chairs, Country Corner cabinet, Oriental carpets and runners (Finely Woven Modern), Antique Spinning Wheel, Inlaid side Chair, Oak Claw foot Buffet, Antique Radios, Walnut Low chest with carved mirror, Iron Bird Cage, Wicker Dressers and Chairs, Cherry chests, Paint decorated Cottage dresser, Dale Tiffany Leaded table lamp, Windsor Chairs, Old Toy bowling Alley, Floor lamps, Rock Ola Juke Box, Electronics and appliances, Spinet Piano, Contemporary stands, Leather Recliner, Deco Maple Bedroom Set, Doll house, Pine Bedroom set, Fireside Chairs, Contemporary Living Room, Large Fish Tank, Iron Railing, Taxidermy. Geese, Deer, Antelope, Pheasant, and others, trunks, Wicker High Chair much more. Showcases 5:30PM (Approx): Lots of Trays of Costume Jewelry, Gold and silver Rings, Old Coins, Old Publicity Photographs, Apollo Patches, Watches, Political Buttons, Eyeglasses, Gold Necklaces, Scarabs, Handbags, Carved Ivory, Sterling Serving Items, Wavecrest Box, Stereoviews and Postcards albums, Tin Types, Daguerreotypes, Decoys by Capt Harry Jobes, Enfield Rifle, Lladro and Royal Doulton Figures, Pottery vases, Bronze lamps, Tramp art box, Trays of watches, much more. Trains 6PM : Nice collection of Lionel Trains, Tin trains, Tractors, Switches, Ho Trains, houses, and Accessories. For More Info Call (610) 485-7400 INSPECTION: MONDAY 3-6PM & From 10 AM Day of Sale. TERMS: 12% Buyers Premium (Discounted to 10% for Cash or check in full day of sale), VISA/MC, Known checks, Lic #AH64L

• published: 02 May 2009
• views: 765

May 14, 2015 NEW YORK CITY— “I have a B.A. in psychology that’s not worth the paper it’s printed on,” “Wildman” Steve Brill said one day recently after leading a foraging tour in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. He was wearing his usual uniform of safari-style khakis, a pith helmet on his head and a holstered spade hanging from his belt. “Then I tried to become a chess master,” he said. “I’m a good chess player, but not master-material. Then I started cooking and got more interested in food, and then I discovered there were wild foods.” He made that discovery one day in the early 1980s, while bicycling through Queens. “There were these ethnic-Greek women picking something in one of the parks, all dressed in black,” he said. “I stopped, asked them what they were doing, but I couldn’t understand a word -- it was all Greek to me. However, I came home with a bag of grape leaves, which I stuffed. Then I started getting books about foraging, many written by botanists who didn’t forage or cook, so the information was not always accurate. But at least I knew how to not kill myself doing this,” he said. Soon after, he decided to lead foraging tours in New York City parks. “I’ve been practicing TM (Transcendental Meditation) since 1975, and the name ‘Wildman’ just popped into my head one day,” he said of his handle. Ever since, he’s made his living showing people how to identify edible and medicinal wild plants and fungi in New York City parks and fields. He also shows aspiring foragers what to avoid. “Eat the wrong thing,” he told the group at Green-Wood Cemetery, “and---.” He fell to the ground, and laid out stiffly in corpse-pose. Then, rising, he beat-boxed a few bars of Chopin’s Funeral March. “Okay, so, at this time of year there are lots of greens coming up, we’re going to look for those,” he said. “There are shoots, which are stems with leaves around them, and there are roots.” He’d never led a tour in Green-Wood cemetery before, he admitted. “It’s a little unusual, definitely, but it’s peaceful and serene here – plus, if anyone eats the wrong thing, they’ll be right at home,” he said. The manicured lawns were a little challenging, however. “I’m only seeing grass here, where are areas that aren’t totally grassy?” he asked, before pausing at a hillside the mowers had missed. A dandelion! He dug it up by the roots and held it aloft. “Okay, here’s probably the best-known edible plant, the wild dandelion,” he told his followers. “The name ‘dandelion’ comes from the French ‘dent-de-lion,’ which means lion’s tooth, it has these tee-- Stop that! It has these tee – Don’t do that! It has these --- Will you stop biting me? I’ll bite you back! Mmmm, quite good, tastes like lettuce. Here, ‘lettuce’ see what you think,” he said, offering the leaves to two children. “It has long, narrow leaves, with large teeth that point toward the base of the leaf,” he said. “The dandelion is good to eat before it flowers. It’s a tiny bit bitter, but very tasty, and gets very bitter as it gets closer to the flowering state. It’s loaded with Vitamin A, calcium, iron and potassium -- very, very nutritious.” Over the course of two hours, Brill found several other edibles growing among the graves, including violets, hairy bittercress, star chickweed and wild garlic. He served them all up with sprinklings of botanic description and cooking tips – illustrated by his drawings and photographs on the iPad he carried – and a patter of exceedingly well-worn jokes, mixed with stories from history, myth and his own life. His favorite is his own legend: his 1986 arrest in Central Park as he was leading a tour. The charge: criminal mischief, for eating a dandelion. “They were undercover agents that were sent on my tour by the New York City Parks Department,” he said, “A man and a woman who said they were married. They paid me with marked bills.” It’s a long story. The condensed version has a battalion of park rangers popping “out from behind the bushes,” Brill said. “They hauled me off to the police station in handcuffs, they searched my backpack – fortunately, I had eaten all the evidence – and they issued me a desk-appearance ticket that said I had to go to court and could face a year [in prison], if convicted.” Brill called the newspapers, and the story made headlines in the U.S. and several other countries. “When they took me to court, I served Wildman’s Five-Borough Salad on the steps of the Manhattan Criminal court to reporters and passerby -- The press ate that up, too,” he said, concluding triumphantly. (cont. at http://www.voanews.com/content/an-urban-forager-in-the-wilds-of-new-york-city/2768479.html)

• published: 20 May 2015
• views: 69

Preview for our May 5 auction. http://auctionup.com 2500 Market Street (Rt 452 at I-95), Aston PA Tuesday May 5, 1 PM 400 pics now online Details added later Friday Outside 1PM: Outside tables followed by inside tables, Household items, glassware, Wood Golf Clubs, Great selection of BOOKS, Wizard of OZ series, NC Wyeth Illustrated books, Paris 1841 Architectural portfolio L'art de la charpenterie (A R Emy), Illustrated Children's Books, Military books and items, DURER books, Gustave Dore books, Louis Kahn book, Great library of books sold in lots and individually; Carriage Lanterns, Swords, Collection of Cameras, Fans, Silver plate, Enameled cobalt vase, Mah Jong Sets, Old Models, Meito China Annette Pattern, Russian Lacquer boxes and Madonna Egg, Geode Bookends, Designer Watches, Leather tooled Holsters, Art Glass paper weight collection, Carved Oriental Masks and Porcelains, Head Vases, Wedgwood, Old TIns, Girls Scout items, Doll Items, Ivory and 1938 New Amsterdam Brass ship Bell, Old Photographs, Kitchen Items, Stemware, Clocks, Inlaid Middle eastern boxes, Sewing Machines, Purses and Bags, Linens, Old 45's, Leather bound Bibles, Snap On tools, Art wall with Washingtonian Litho's and Engravings, Bronze Door knobs, Furniture 2 PM: Two poster beds (Mahogany and Cherry), Oak Victrola, Oak Wash stand with towel bar, Oak Dressers, Oriental Lacquer Desks, Victorian Wardrobe, Carved stone chess set, Rocking Horse, Antique wall clocks and Victorian Mantle clocks, Twisted base victorian plant stand, Crystal Chandelier, Table and ladder back chairs, Country Corner cabinet, Oriental carpets and runners (Finely Woven Modern), Antique Spinning Wheel, Inlaid side Chair, Oak Claw foot Buffet, Antique Radios, Walnut Low chest with carved mirror, Iron Bird Cage, Wicker Dressers and Chairs, Cherry chests, Paint decorated Cottage dresser, Dale Tiffany Leaded table lamp, Windsor Chairs, Old Toy bowling Alley, Floor lamps, Rock Ola Juke Box, Electronics and appliances, Spinet Piano, Contemporary stands, Leather Recliner, Deco Maple Bedroom Set, Doll house, Pine Bedroom set, Fireside Chairs, Contemporary Living Room, Large Fish Tank, Iron Railing, Taxidermy. Geese, Deer, Antelope, Pheasant, and others, trunks, Wicker High Chair much more. Showcases 5:30PM (Approx): Lots of Trays of Costume Jewelry, Gold and silver Rings, Old Coins, Old Publicity Photographs, Apollo Patches, Watches, Political Buttons, Eyeglasses, Gold Necklaces, Scarabs, Handbags, Carved Ivory, Sterling Serving Items, Wavecrest Box, Stereoviews and Postcards albums, Tin Types, Daguerreotypes, Decoys by Capt Harry Jobes, Enfield Rifle, Lladro and Royal Doulton Figures, Pottery vases, Bronze lamps, Tramp art box, Trays of watches, much more. Trains 6PM : Nice collection of Lionel Trains, Tin trains, Tractors, Switches, Ho Trains, houses, and Accessories. For More Info Call (610) 485-7400 INSPECTION: MONDAY 3-6PM & From 10 AM Day of Sale. TERMS: 12% Buyers Premium (Discounted to 10% for Cash or check in full day of sale), VISA/MC, Known checks, Lic #AH64L

• published: 02 May 2009
• views: 428