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We will have electric scooters for rent this time. We've partnered with Ted's mobility and he is bringing us four to start with. If you need a scooter to navigate the show, stop by the Show Office. They rent for $10 per hour or $50 for the day. They'll be in the Show Office next to the lobby of Hall E.
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Ready to start your treasure hunt?
Welcome to the 102nd Portland Expo Show.
If so, you'll find plenty of vintage things to take home.
The items in a show filled with things that are no longer being made presents a special challenge. They don't come from a catalog and the people that bring them search high and low. One word of advice: after every show we receive many phone calls from customers who are trying to find the booth that had (fill in the blank). We work to find that exhibitor for you, only to discover that it was sold during the weekend. So the watchword is, buy it when you see it because if you don't it may go to another good home while you're thinking it over.
But if you're looking for that doll or comic book that your mom threw away, chances are you'll find it this weekend.
Most people don't come with a shopping list. At least I don't. I come home with things that I'm excited to discover, take home and put in their place.
Below are just a few of the really special things that are coming to the show. Get ready to have a great time and again, take home some truly one of a kind items.
Chris Palmer
Christine Palmer & Associates
(503)282-0877
P.S. This is our last show until the July 16 & 17 Portland Expo Show. If you have to miss a show, it shouldn't be this one. It is our largest and includes both inside and outside booths. Because it's summer, exhibitors come from literally all over the country.
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A LITTLE PREVIEW OF THE SHOW.......
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THE SURREAL AND THE STRANGE
Tabor Porter's business name is appropriately named Objects Obscura. He carries the odd and unusual as you'll see in these photos.
The piece to the right is a
surreal ceramic bisque fired piece called 'Many Faces'. Although this one is vintage, pieces by this artist are still available at high end interior design stores. It's 14" tall x 8" from tip of nose to tip of nose.
Below is
a beautiful Game Board from the 1920s. The side with cats has Parcheesi and the flip side has checkers. It has great color and is in wonderful shape for its age and is 16 x 16" square. 
Below is a 19
50s era Japanese decorative mask. Made of mahogany, both natural and dyed black, with hanging brass wire representing jewelry. It's 16" tall by 8" wide.
Below is a beautiful antique cut and beveled crystal & leaded glass window with mechanism for hanging.
Stopping by Tabor's booth is an enjoyable and interesting trip. He is located in Hall E, Row A, Booth 33.
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|  THE FUN STUFF!
You never know what Jim & Kaye Whitaker of Eclectic Antiques are going to bring. Known for many years as the motion lamp dealers, they switch it up all the time.
For this show, Jim is bringing a 30 piece collection of Marvin the Martian. Marvin was a Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes character that was introduced in about 1948.
 The automaton on the right is from the 1940s and was probably a display for a painting company. Automata, or automatons (both are correct) were created to act as if they were humans to attract attention at the front of a store. They are rare and hard to find. The one on the left is from the 1930s or 40s and was probably used at the betting window at a track.
 In addition to these wonderful items, Jim & Kaye will be bringing a 1940s-50s original Mr. Clown coin operated amusement machine with prizes.
They'll also have a 1920s-30s art deco fireplace screen and an art deco working light up coffee grinder. You'll find the Whitakers in Hall E, booths 31 & 31.
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JEFF AND ANNA LABRACHE WITH PRINCESS TRADING
If you've been to any of our shows in the past eleven years, no doubt you've seen this booth. And if you've seen the things to your left and wondered where they came from and whether or not they're really vintage, be assured that they are. Here's a little more information about Jeff and Anna's business:
The LaBrache family operate Princess Trading Corp. a business that imports antique and contemporary furniture, garden statues and household items from China. Most of their items are over a century old, but none more than 300 years old. Chinese law prohibits export of objects from the time of Ming Dynasty which spans from 1368 to 1644 or from earlier periods. Authentic furniture, cravings, screens, trunks, benches, scrolls, alter tables, well buckets, wheel barrows, porcelain, work tools and ceramic pieces. The goal of Princess Trading is to bring you a wide selection of "one of a Kind" items They have a limited selection of contemporary pieces, but the focus in from previous decades and generations.
Anna and Jeff spend up to 6 months a year in China. The quest to find the right items goes on and on. Old wooden buckets and boxes that Jeff and Anna find in the countryside villages in the different provinces are very popular as well as wonderful "opera benches" and "kissing benches". Princess Trading also has one of the largest collections of 100 year old wood carvings and room dividers on the west coast. Princess Trading has been making trips to China (on a yearly basis) for over 20 years and they "hand pick" each item. When you purchase one of these treasures from Jeff or Anna, they can not only tell you the original purpose of the item, but exactly where they found it.
If you're ready to start decorating your yard and garden, be sure to stop by. The wonderful old wooden buckets with the cast iron handles are a real deal and last in the weather. You'll find them in Hall D, Row D1, Booths 27,28.
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PURPLE COW ANTIQUES
Karen Carnahan, owner of Purple Cow Antiques has been a dealer in vintage for many years and a longtime exhibitor
at this show as well as our Puyallup and Clark County Shows. Over the past several years, she has moved away from some of the more traditional glass and china and now specializes in more of the shabby romanticcottage and rustic farm primitives. This March she will be bringing some Monterrey mid-century modern furniture, a 1930 pretty lingerie wardrobe, small tables, garden art and lots of rustic elements for decor or upcycling. Looking for vintage garden? This wonderful planter which could be re-purposed as a backyard water feature, will be at the show.Karen says 'Got antlers? We do!'. You'll find Karen in Hall D, Row D6, Booths 7 & 8.
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| CARNIVAL CHALK COLLECTION Steve Natoli just purchased a 200 piece collection of carnival chalkware that he'll be bringing to sell for the first time. You'll find Steve in Hall E, Row D, Booths 30 & 31. Here are just a few pieces:   
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Enter to win this beautiful knife made by Chuck Staples
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THE PORTLAND CUSTOM KNIFE SHOW
We began the Portland Custom Knife Show last October and it will be a feature of the March and October Shows. you will find in Hall D on the north side of the building (when you get to the show, grab a program guide). If yo
u're not aware of the field of custom knives, you'll want to stop by and look at some of these beautiful handmade pieces.
Some of the exhibitors forge their own blades, others make the handles from different materials such as antlers, mammoth ivory, cocobolo, horn and even railroad spikes. These knives are utilitarian works of art and in most cases are used for hunting, skinning and fileting but you'll also see culinary knives as well as supplies for the knifemaker.
At this show, we'll be offering a really special knife as a door prize. It's a fixed blade knife made by a maker by the name of Chuck Staples. This one has a three part handle with the button on. Staples' knives sell for $1200 and up. Many of them have been used as props in the film industry although Staples' main focus is in the custom knife world. To enter to win this beautiful piece, just go to the Knife Show area and you'll see the doorprize drum. Sorry, exhibitors are not allowed to enter (as much as they'd probably love to own this beautiful knife).
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WHAT'S IT WORTH?
At each of our shows, we offer an Evaluation and Identification
booth. Staffed with ISA appraisers Kathleen Victor, Don Jensen, Gary Germer and Randy Coe. Facilitated by Angela Pritchett, our crew is capable of evaluating just about anything from art to estate jewelry and everything in between. What you get is a verbal market evaluation, which means the retail value if  you were to list the item on eBay or sell it at a show. The cost is $7 per item every dime goes to the Portland Police Sunshine Division Food Bank. The Evaluation booth is located inside the show in Hall E, in Row D, Booths 11,12 & 40, 41.
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SPECIAL SUNDAY DISCOUNT
GET INSIDE THE SHOW FOR $5.00
SAVE $2.00 ON REGULAR $7.00 ADMISSION
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(one per device please).
Receive $2 off regular admission
Good on Sunday, March 6, 2016 only
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