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favorite pieces. I stayed out for 6 months after that but I’m addicted to businesses what they were. You can also see how
it and started buying again. Now, I have no place to bring in anything these brands evolved over time by looking at their
new. If it can’t be displayed then I don’t want it. And the market is logos and packaging so there’s a lot of history
strong right now. Millers is taking it all – although not all of it will be there, too.
sold through this auction.
Millers Antiques & Auction Co. specializes in
Now that your space is emptied out in preparation for the auction unusual antiques and advertising signs. They travel
in a few weeks, will you start collecting again? to auctions, flea markets, car shows, and swap meets
My wife says it’s kind of sad looking out there in my warehouse. all over America to bring you the best, most unique
I enjoy looking for new things but it is getting harder to find good inventory. They also conduct auctions at the Monroe
things. I’ll keep buying what I like but not with this same intensity. County Fairgrounds, 1625 Butts Ave., Tomah WI. Visit their shop in
Hixton or their auctions in Tomah to see why they stand out as one of the
best in their field!
What story does your collection tell?
Businesses of a bygone era—service stations, general stores—
businesses that no longer exist. These are the items that made these View the auction catalog and bid online at:
www.auctionzip.com/auction-catalog/catalog_639XFIJFXN

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thrown out when a shop closed
down or stopped carrying
Frisbie’s products. Digging Deeper
As a collectible, a flying disc
has something of an advantage Many books have been written about Frisbee, but two stand out
over other kinds of items when it for their historical content and details on specific discs. Dr. Stancil
comes to display: they make for E.D. Johnson’s Frisbee: A Practitioner’s Manual and Definitive
very interesting “art” when hung Treatise, published by Workman Publishing Company in 1975,
on a wall, and due to their size, offers a picture of the world of Frisbee in the 1970s. And The
they can be interchangeable. Put a Complete Book of Frisbee, written by Victor Malafronte and
push pin in the right place, and published by American Trends Publishing Co. in 1998, examines
hang up your 1959 Pluto Platter in-depth the history of Frisbee and features a detailed identification
or 1973 C.P.I. Saucer Tosser, and and value guide to collectible discs.
you have the beginnings of a The website www.flyingdiscmuseum.com is full of photos and
The “Chip Chucker” is a plastic cow Frisbee exhibition. But these descriptions of discs of all kinds, sizes, and eras, and is a great
chip disc. The underside states that it’s things tend to multiply, and they way to get the lay of the land Frisbee-wise. Also, check out
the original Old West throwing disc, can get out of hand before you www.marvinsflyingdisccollection.com.
which is likely a load of…malarkey.
know it. “Nobody understands …
relatives and friends will think
you’re a hoarder,” says Roddick, “if you just take them into a back
room and say, ‘Look at this, I have 800 Frisbees.’ They’re going to
think you’re crazy. But if you organize it in a rational way and say, ‘Oh,
I specialize … I only have discs that have (for example) states on them.
I have one of every state, here’s the wall with the states on it. I don’t
have them all yet, and I’m really looking for a Wisconsin.’ If that makes
sense, then you’re not a crazy person. Probably the most fun was
collecting novelty discs … things like the B.F. Goodrich tire, the flying
pickle, the flying cow chip, the sailing sombrero. People love these …
they see these and go, ‘Oh that’s really cute, it looks just like a pizza.
And it can fly!’”
Dr. Stancil E.D. Johnson’s Frisbee: A
Douglas R. Kelly is the editor of Marine Technology magazine. His Practitioner’s Manual and Definitive
byline has appeared in Antiques Roadshow Insider, Back Issue, Model Treatise and The Complete Book of
Collector, and Buildings magazines. His Frisbee collection is threatening Frisbee, written by Victor Malafronte
to take over his office.
30 Journal of Antiques and Collectibles