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FRIDAY OCTOBER 4, 2024 • VOL. 54, NO. 40
Kempton Antiques Show Set For Oct. 19
Walter & June Gottshall: Antiques Dealers Association Of Berks County Runs Pennsylvania High Quality One-Day Show German Folk presented by the Antiques DealDrive in Kempton, Pa. Kempton and dealers in the Lehigh Valley, as By Karl Pass ers Association of Berks County is a rural northern Berks County well as northern New Jersey. Artists The 10th Annual Kempton (ADABC) and takes place at the town roughly between Allentown The well-lit and newly renoAntiques Show will be held Saturday, Oct. 19. This quality show is
Kempton Community Center, located at 83 Community Center
and Hamburg, north of Route 78. The location is ideal for collectors
vated community center is a great place for a show, and dealers will showcase a full variety of merchandise such as Pennsylvania country furniture; textiles including quilts, hooked rugs, coverlets, and samplers; pottery such as redware, stoneware, and Staffordshire china; vintage toys of tin, wood, and celluloid; metalware such as pewter, wrought and cast-iron, and tin; along with folk carvings, baskets, illustration art, Native American rugs and jewelry, Asian arts, estate jewelry, art glass, old books and historical documents, and much more. The range of items is extensive, and this is a dealer-friendly show Continued on page 11
By Karl Pass
Husband and wife folk artists Walter Gottshall (1921-2018) and June Gottshall (1920-2021) lived in a log house outside of Reinholds, Pa. Walter was a woodcarver, and June painted the carvings. Beginning in the early 1970s, the couple had a decades-long career and did many regional folk art shows. They were supporters of the Reinholds Trinity Chapel craft show and also longtime exhibitors at the annual Kutztown Folk Festival. Their folk carvings have a healthy market today with collectors and is often signed “WJG.” Pennsylvania German folk art ran in the family. Walter’s aunt was antiques dealer and folk painter Hattie Klapp Brunner (18901982). Brunner marketed and sold Gottshall’s work in her shop (The Tulip Shop) in the 1970s. Walter’s parents were Luke (1899-1993) and Fannie (1891-1976) Gottshall of Reinholds. Fannie and Hattie were sisters. Luke was known for his folk art wagons, bird carvings, and fabric collages. Some of the work was a collaborative effort Continued on page 11
Train, Toy Shows On Track For Weekend O n S a t u rd a y, O c t . 5 , t h e Delaware Train Show will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Nur Shrine Center, Route 13/198 South DuPont Highway, New Castle, Del. Show admission will be $5; children under the age of 12 will be admitted free of charge; or a $10 early buyers admission may be purchased at 8 a.m. This popular event will feature over 150 tables of trains, accessories, slot cars and some toys. A diversity of trains in all scales and makes will be for sale. A variety of unique dealers coming from up and down the East Coast set up at the show. The Strasburg Model RR Club of New Jersey will
have a train layout on display. The train show is Saturday only, and then on Sunday, Oct. 6, the Octoberfest Toy Show moves in. It is Delaware’s largest toy show. New this year is the Debut Room for new and last-minute vendors. There will be 175-plus tables of new, collectible, and antique toys for sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Show admission will be $7; children under the age of 12 will be admitted free of charge; or a $15 early buyers admission may be purchased at 9 a.m. There is plenty of free parking. These are rain or shine indoor events, and The Nur Shrine Center Continued on page 9
Walter and June Gottshall, ca. 2005.
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . .
starting on page 2
SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . .
on page 6
EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR on page 7 AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 7 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . . . . on page 8
FEATURE ARTICLE: Gathering On The Farm Show, October 5 - Page 5
CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . on page 11