TOP HAT'S BLOG

(MOST RECENT ENTRIES ON TOP...)

• TOP HAT ANTIQUES IS CURRENTLY RUNNING A HUGE HOLIDAY SALE!! AT LEAST 50% OFF ALL ITEMS IN THE GALLERY!! EVEN THE NEWLY OBTAINED ITEMS!! COME MAKE A DEAL!
• THE TOP HAT CREW HAS RECENTLY SPENT SOME TIME ON THE ROAD!...PICKIN!! ALL KINDS OF NEW ITEMS ARE ON DISPLAY AT THE TOP HAT ANTIQUES GALLERY!
• TOP HAT HAS BEEN VERY BUSY THIS FALL! WE HAVE COLLABORATED WITH ANOTHER SHOP HERE AT COAKLEY CENTER AND HELD A FEW VERY SUCCESSFUL FLEA MARKET EVENTS.
• TOP HAT HAS SPENT THE FALL MONTHS WORKING DILIGENTLY ON SEVERAL LAWSUITS, INCLUDING CASES AGAINST THE TWO AUCTIONEERS (STEVEN A DICKERSON AND SUSAN A BERK) RECENTLY MENTIONED IN THIS BLOG AND OTHER INTERNET VENUES....HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AUCTIONEER ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM FOLKS WOULD REALLY IGNORE AN AUCTIONEER THAT MAKES OFF WITH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF A CONSIGNERS PROPERTY, FABRICATES DOCUMENTATION AND IS ACTUALLY FOUND TO BE SELLING THE MISSING ITEMS IN THE AUCTIONEER'S OWN RETAIL SHOP....UNBELIEVABLE....OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK...OR...ACTUALLY, THE FAILURE TO WORK...
• TOP HAT IS EXTREMELY BUSY THIS SUMMER! ESTATE SALES! ONLINE AUCTIONS! APPRAISALS! AND SPECIAL EVENTS AT OUR ANTIQUE GALLERY: TOP HAT ANTIQUES!
• FUN APPRAISALS INCLUDE A LOCAL TOURING EXIBIT OF MILITARY ITEMS! PHOTOS AVAILABLE AND INFORMATION TOO. ITS A GREAT ENDEAVOR THESE FOLKS ARE DOING IN SUPPORT OF OUR TROOPS!
• TOP HAT APPRAISALS WAS ONE OF THE FEATURED APPRAISERS AT THE ROADSHOW STYLE APPRAISAL FAIR TO BE HELD IN DUBLIN IN AUGUST!
• ATTENTION ALL AUCTIONEERS AND ANTIQUES DEALERS! DID YOU READ IN "ANTIQUE WEEK" ABOUT THE ANTIQUES "DEALER" - CRIMINAL - NAME OF WILLIAM TOM MELOY THAT IS PASSING BAD CHECKS THROUGH THE MIDWEST UNDER A CLOSED ACCOUNT CALLED WILD WILLIES. MUCH MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. JUST SHOOT US AN EMAIL AND WE WILL SHARE WHAT ALL WE HAVE LEARNED...BE WARNED.
• FOR ALL THOSE THAT INQUIRED....THANKS...YES WE WERE CONTACTED BY THE PRODUCERS OF .."PAWN STARS" ABOUT A DOCUMENTARY SHOW FOR TOP HAT ESTATE SALES....BUT..AFTER SEVERAL COMMUNICATIONS....WE DECIDED TO DECLINE.....BUT STAY TUNED!....
• HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE DAY LONG APPRAISAL FAIR HELD IN DUBLIN OHIO AUGUST 6, 2011, WITH LOTS OF INTERESTING ITEMS BROUGHT IN FOR APPRAISAL, RANGING FROM SEVERAL DOLLARS TO THOUSANDS!!
• MORE TO COME...