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the pottery capitol of the world, for our annual gathering of pottery
collectors and dealers to show, sell and buy American Art Pottery. The
Ramada (formally the Holiday Inn), at exit 160, off I-70 five miles east
of Zanesville, is the host hotel and the center of activity, which spills
over to the nearby Best Western and the Airwood lot. Collectors and dealers
set up in their rooms as early as the weekend before the official activities
to show and sell pottery. Meet other collectors, dealers and authors of
pottery books and learn more about your favorite pottery. Share your love
of pottery with other enthusiasts and meet other people excited about
pottery who can become lifelong friends. Attend major pottery auctions.
And at the end of the week, go to the World’s Largest Pottery Show with
over 75 dealers from around the country.
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2008 Pottery Lovers Reunion schedule Activities During Reunion Week
July 14-19, 2008
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The 2008 Pottery Lovers Auction is poised to be one of the best ever! Greg Belhorn of Belhorn Auction Services, LLC has been selected as the official auctioneer for 2008. With this change, a number of new and exciting components will be added to the auction. Most importantly will be live audio and video broadcast of the auction and internet bidding on eBay Live. This will open the auction and our event to hundreds of pottery buyers across the nation. Additionally, Greg has been promoting the auction and week’s events to his pottery buyers since August and is already expecting a great auction with high attendance in person and via absentee, phone and internet bidding. As you are probably aware, in past years our auctions have set record-breaking prices with items such as Roseville Della Robbia, a Weller gnome figural, a 30 inch Weller Eocean vase, other rare Weller figurals, outstanding examples of Rookwood, experimental Roseville pieces, Weller Scenic Hudson Tiles, and many other unusual pieces of American Art Pottery. As a result of the new partnership with Greg and the addition of internet bidding, a full-color catalog and extensive marketing we hope to see new records set in 2008. Please start thinking now about consigning quality pieces to the auction where you will have a large, enthusiastic audience chock full of pottery collectors and dealers. This year's auction will again be held
on Thursday, July 17th starting at 5:00 PM with a preview the same day
starting at 3:00 PM. The consignment deadline for inclusion in both
the printed and internet catalogs is June 1, 2008. If you are interested
in consigning pottery in this year’s auction, please contact Greg
Belhorn by phone at (614) 921-9441 or email at auctions@belhorn.com.
Additional details are available at www.belhorn.com. |
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Plan
now to attend the largest and best display |
 
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Collectors and dealers cannot afford to
For information contact: Show opens Friday for early buyers
at 10:00 AM.
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Show & Tell and Mixer Party - Your Most Bizarre The Social event of the week. The Mixer Party is an excuse to get together as a group to see old friends, talk about our finds over the past year, enjoy refreshments and to show off some of our favorite pots. Each year show and tell has a theme. In past years some of the themes have been pottery with farm scenes, animals, birds, and water themes to name a few. This year's theme is "Your Most Bizarre ". Bring in and show off your most bizarre piece of pottery. That really strange and odd but special pot that will have everyone scratching their head and saying how or why did they do that. We know there are some truly great pottery items out there. This would be the time and place to show them off. Check out photos from past years Show
& Tell. Our theme last year was "Your Prized Possession"
and in 2006 it was "Outstanding flowers from the Zanesville potteries"
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The Zane-Grey Museum is having an open house on Thursday of Pottery Week from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. Admission will be free for all Pottery Lovers. This year the Zane Grey Museum is going to have an exhibit of works by Karl Kappas. There will be paintings and pottery on display by him. The museum has three major exhibit areas. First is the history of the National Road. Second is Zane Grey, the "Father of the Adult Western." The Zanesville author wrote more than 80 books. Finally, a central portion of the museum is devoted to Ohio art pottery. The museum has some wonderful examples of pottery made in the Zanesville area. Don't miss this one. |
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Zanesville Art Center Open House Zanesville Art Center has a wonderful display of Art Pottery from the factories of Roseville, Weller, Owens, Brush and other local potteries. Also at the Art Center is one of the vases Weller made for the 1904 Worlds Fair. The 58 inch vase decorated with irises by Frank Ferrell was donated to the Art Center by the Pottery Lovers. Click here to see a photo of this magnificent vase. There will be a reception hosted by the Zanesville Art Centers on Wednesday from 2:00 - 4:00 PM. |
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Good food, good fellowship, and to top it off, a guest speaker. Past speakers have included Mike Nickel along with the following authors: Mark Bassett (Introducing Roseville Pottery/, Cowan Pottery), Randall B. Monsen, (Collector's Compendium of Roseville Pottery, Volumes I & II) and Steve Sanford (Guide to McCoy Pottery/ Guide to Brush Pottery, Books 1 & 2/ Guide to Peters & Reed). Our guest speaker this year will be Christopher S. Rose President/CEO of The Rookwood Pottery Company. Christopher Rose has a distinguished
history in the design industry, working with some of the country’s
largest companies as well as the world’s most premier artists.
Rose leverages his experience in business and the arts to contribute
to The Rookwood Pottery Company’s long tradition of quality and
excellence. For information on the banquet or to
make reservations send an E-mail to Joe or Tina Tunnell at pottryluvr@charter.net |
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Newsletter To obtain the Pottery Lovers
Newsletter (three mailings each year) describing the latest activities
for the reunion, send $5.00 check made to “Pottery Lovers” and mail
to: Must be renewed each July. If you have had a problem with your newsletter, questions or suggestions concerning the Newsletter send e-mail to Newsletter@potterylovers.org Zanesville Information The Ramada is
our host hotel For a partial list of other hotels
in the area click here Additional Pottery Lovers Information
Pictures from the past
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