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Wayback Buzz - news from the buy and sell community Openings, closings, retirements, obits, special events   Got some Wayback Buzz? Give us a call at 705-696-1833. Or e-mail your brief Buzz notes to Editor Sandy.   Click here for Milestones   Welcome aboard Marshall Gummer and Dyann Ward of Gummer-Ward Auctions, the latest addition to the Wayback Times auction directory. Other new advertisers in the January/February issue: Smith's Creek Antiques in Port Hope; The Salvage Shop in Toronto and Regal Residential Inspections in Hastings. The Canadian War Museum has launched a free mobile application that invites iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users anywhere in the world on an interactive tour of over two dozen of the museum’s most notable features and artifacts. Download the free application from iTunes by clicking here. Chatsworth Antiques in Picton has closed temporarily, but owner Kevin Bazkur says he is taking bookings for his Chatsworth suite for 2012. Happy 1st anniversary to Carousel Antiques in Orillia and a belated anniversary to Orono Antique Market for its first anniversary in September. And many more . . . The Toronto Postcard Club's show is on the move. New location for the club's 31st show on Feb. 26 is The Old Mill Inn, 21 Old Mill Road in Toronto. Visit torontopostcardclub.com for more information. Our sincere thanks to the folks at the Red Door Shoppe in London, new advertisers and major Wayback Times boosters. View their Wayback spirit by clicking here. The Canadian War Museum will mark the bicentennial of the War of 1812 with an exhibition that will open in June 2012. The museum says it will be one of the largest and most innovative exhibitions it has ever produced. The Wayback Times welcomes several new advertisers in its record 44-page September/October issue: The Red Door Shoppe in London; Camp Ho-Ba-Chee in Warkworth; ReCollections in Ottawa. Welcome aboard. Curtain calls: East of Eden on Hwy. 28 in Woodview has been chosen by HGTV for an upcoming TV episode; Antiques on 48, which held its Grand Opening on Sept. 17, will also be appearing on television on the Canadian Pickers Show to air in April, 2012. Deborah Patterson’s new book, The Shapes and Colours of Chalet Art Glass, is now available at Collin’s Bay Market in Kingston. Read our book review. Peter Neilly, our Out To Lunch writer, had a guest shot on CHEX TV Wednesday, Aug. 10, talking antiques at the Lakefield Horticultural Society’s Antique Sale & Flower Show. Click here to watch it on YouTube for a limited time. Nice job, Peter. The My Way antiques outlet in Utica, recently transplanted from Orillia, closed on Aug. 31 but will reopen next spring. Owner Eric Farncombe says he can be reached by email at theppprince@live.com Be sure to check out our Meeting Place page for free notices of meetings, including the next meeting of the Historical Lighting Society of Canada in October. The Wayback Times welcomes 12 new advertisers in the July/August edition: Antiques on 48 near Sutton; The annual Militaria Show & Sale in St. Catharines; Maple Leaf Doll Club in Cambridge; Peacock Antiques in Marmora; Antiques in Bath; The Chatsworth Suite in Picton; Farm Georgina in Sutton; Dave's Antiques in Codrington; Ring Audio Service in Toronto; Vintage Postcard Fair in Toronto; Memory Lane of Hyde Park in London and the Carnival Glass Club. Welcome aboard. Michael Czerewko and Brenda Mahaffy of East of Eden in Woodview are opening the grounds of their 105-year-old church to outdoor vendors on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Antique and vintage vendors and artisans are invited to apply. Contact Robin and Lesley at 705-957-0193, or e-mail info@camp-hobachee.com Ric and Marilyn Pearce of Silver Creek Antiques will be hosting the Port Perry Antique & Nostalgia Show next Feb. 4 and 5, 2012, with proceeds to the local historical society. Marilyn, former Scugog Twp. mayor, and her husband are longtime antique dealers. The Wayback Times welcomes eight new advertisers in the May/June 2011 edition. Hello Stratford Heritage Antique Show; 1st Annual Midsummer Antique Expo in Milton; Sauble Beach Antiques; Rosedale Valley Antique Market in Toronto; McHaffie Flea Market in Morrisburg; Odessa Car Show; Tillsonburg Antiques and Red Rock Antiques in Fenelon Falls. Pridham's Antiques & Art in Vanleek Hill is expanding to include Pridham's Fine Decorative Arts Auction House in Ottawa. Visit pridhams.ca for more info. The Port Perry High School Antique Show, now in its 17th year, is under new ownership. Ron and Sandy Cosway, the show’s founders have passed the reigns over to Robin and Gail McMullen. Best wishes to Ron and Sandy in future and congrats to Robin and Gail. The show is a fund raiser for the Port Perry High School Music Department. A springtime welcome to three new Wayback Times advertisers: Hedgehog Antiques and Collectables, Orono; Victorias' Attic, Orono; Aubrey's Antiques, Nostalgia and Reproduction Pine Furniture, Ottawa. Owner June Boller says Bridgewater Antiques in Tweed will remain closed until further notice. Brenda Mahaffy, formerly of Canal Street Antiques in Lang, is partnering up with Michael Czerewko at East of Eden in Woodview to create a new shop. It's official: John Dunbar, a long time quality antique dealer, will join Frank Russell at Main Thru Church Antiques in Orono. A fond farewell to Don Gauvreau. It was a pleasure, Don. D.K. Stewart, the Brooklin Antiquarian, has moved. His new location is in Manchester on Highway 12, just west of Port Perry. More space for his pine furniture, mirrors etc. His new number is 905-985-7179. Antique Shows Canada (Gadsden Promotions) has sold its popular Christie Classic Antique Shows in Dundas to the Hamilton Conservation Authority. Jeff and Wendy Gadsden say they will assist in the changeover during the 2012 spring and fall Christie shows. The Gadsdens will continue promoting other shows - and some new ones. Check out the Wayback Times' online Display Advertisers Directory, which lists all of the websites and/or e-mail addresses and telephone numbers for our regular and seasonal display advertisers, show promoters, stores, markets, auctions etc.   Milestones   Obit: William "Bill" Ross McGee of Lady Hawke Antiques in Woodstock and a participant in Thornbury Antique Shows, along with his wife, Carolyn, died Dec. 21, 2011, after a brief illness. He was 68. Friends and fellow dealers say Bill readily shared his knowledge about antiques and collectibles and always had a good antiques story to tell. Bill, who worked for 41 years at Timberjack as a systems analyst, will be missed. Our condolences to family and friends. His obituary can be read here. Condolences can be read and left here.   Obit: Janis Louise Glanville, retired Scarborough school teacher and antiques dealer, died Aug. 20, 2011, from cancer at the Lakeridge Health Hospital in Port Perry. She was 61. She will be fondly remembered in her many circles of friends. Janis enjoyed attending auctions and second to that, loved to be entertained at casinos. We will all miss her smiling face and gentle ways at the shows she and husband Bob were often set up at (Prince Albert Antiques). Our deepest sympathy is extended to Janis’s family. Donations may be made to the Scugog Memorial Public Library Expansion (Buy A Bookshelf), or to the Port Perry Hospital Foundation.   Obit: Madelyn Patricia Hughes, known as “Maddie” in her very large circle of friends, died Aug. 4, 2011, from cancer. She was 64. Maddie was an antique dealer for many years, based in Prince Edward County. She was always happy to share her vast knowledge and had the most interesting collectibles to offer when she was selling. The former eBay seller loved to research antiques and had a huge library of research books. In recent years, she resided in Belleville and worked at the Belleville Walmart. Our sincere condolences to Maddie’s family and friends. Memorial donations may be made to the Quinte Humane Society.   Obit: Donna Johnson, formerly of Donna’s Antiques in Carrying Place, died June 19, 2011, in Coboug. She was 80. Donna will be remembered for her depth of knowledge and willingness to share it. She was a happy and amicable person, with a wonderful sense of humour and an enormous love for auctions, Swiss Chalet and MacDonald's "Happy Meals" - she loved the prizes. Our condolences to her husband, John, and family.   Obit: Roy Gray of Patriot Antiques in Orono died April 26, 2011, after a lengthy illness. He was 61. His wife, Annette, says Roy, a quiet and unassuming man, was a "straight shooter who lived and breathed antiques." His presence will be missed at many antique shows and auctions, as well as in Patriot Antiques, the shop he and Annette built together. Annette says she will continue to run the shop. Our condolences.   Obit: Peter A. Sutton-Smith, husband of deceased antiques writer/collector Barbara Sutton-Smith, died suddenly of a heart attack in Penngrove, California, on April 16, 2011. He was 84. Peter and Barbara, who shared a passion for antiques, were married 58 years when she died in April 2010. Peter, a British army vet and former co-owner and editor of the Antiques Showcase magazine in Ontario, was an antiques dealer for more than 35 years and promoter of the annual Bala Antiques Show & Sale. He was also an authority on antique china and furniture and co-compiler of numerous Unitt’s Canadian Identification & Price Guides. A memorial service is planned for June in hometown Orillia.   Obit: Irene Priscilla Markvart, a successful Ontario antiques dealer for 35 years, died April 4, 2011, at Wellington Terrace in Elora. She was 85. Her family says Irene was well known and respected for her vast knowledge of art glass by dealers in the antique shows she attended in Ontario and Quebec. She lived in Trenton and Batawa for 45 years of her life. Our condolences to the family.   Obit: Clarence LeRoy Tinline, a Toronto-born auctioneer and antiques collector, died from prostate cancer March 11, 2011, in Bowmanville. He was 65. Clarence wore many hats over the years, but the antiques community knew him for the antique clocks he repaired and collected, as an antiques show vendor and the auctions. He got his auction start in the 1960s as a holder at Cliff Pethick's auction barn in Hayden. After moving to Orono in the 1970s, he learned from auctioneers Norm Maple and Frank Stapleton before holding his own weekend auctions on Simpson Avenue in Bowmanville. Survivors include his son, Adrian Tinline of Adrian Tinline Antiques in Bowmanville. Our condolences to the family.   Obit: Harold Carlaw, founder of the Memorial Military Museum in Campbellford, died Dec. 2, 2010, at Campbellford Memorial Hospital. He was 80. Harold was an Out to Lunch guest for a Peter Neilly interview a couple of years ago. He told Peter the museum, with free admission, was a labour of love launched after he retired almost 30 years ago. Our condolences to the family.       Obit: James "Jim" Miller, a highly respected collector and purveyor of vintage art, classic automobiles and fine antiques, died from cancer on Nov. 25, 2010, at Stratford General Hospital. He was 58. Family members say Jim's passion for history was shown through several preservation initiatives in his community. 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