Prescott's Antiques: The Newsletter
A periodic newsletter for fans of
Jane K. Cleland's
traditional mystery series
featuring Josie Prescott
An Antiques Roadshow for Mystery Fans
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Vol. II, No. 5 |
Dear Reader Features
Deadly Appraisal
Dear Reader.com operates in a nifty way — they send page samples to their subscriber list. Here is how founder Suzanne Beecher describes their offering:
"Sign up for any of my email book clubs and every day I'll send you a 5-minute sample from a book. By the end of the week, you'll have read 2-3 chapters. If it's a book you've just gotta finish, and I hope it is, visit your local library or your favorite bookstore and pick up a copy."
Deadly Appraisal is currently the mystery feature for Dear Reader. In 2006, Consigned to Death was featured. Twenty copies of Deadly Appraisal will be given away on the Dear Reader site.
For more information, or to sign up for one or more of their online book samplers, visit www.DearReader.com
Mr. & Mrs. Gary and Pat
Gary Schulze and Pat Frovarp, the owners of the beautiful, friendly, independent mystery bookstore, Once Upon a Crime, in Minneapolis, just got married!
Once Upon a Crime is among my favorite bookstores!" Jane says. "Gary and Pat are knowledgeable and welcoming. I think it’s just great that they got married—and that they did so in the store and on the fifth anniversary of the day they purchased the shop."
Cooking Tip from Josie's Mom
"On rainy days" Josie’s mom said, "sprinkle a mixture of sugar and cinnamon on lightly buttered toast."
"It’s instant comfort food," Josie adds. "As soon as I see it I remember how warm and safe I always felt in my mom’s kitchen — even on a cold, rainy day."
Several recipes from Josie’s mom are on Jane’s website.Consigned to Death in
Airport Borders
Jane reports feeling nearly faint with delight on discovering her books at Newark’s Liberty airport bookstores.
Another recent spotting has Consigned to Death in a hospital gift shop in Denver.
Visit Jane's MySpace site to find out more about Jane and Josie, and to become one of their "friends!"
Unpublished Fact About Josie
Josie says, "I love Hong Kong. I used to travel there when I worked for Frisco’s. I miss it."
Click here to see photos of Josie's world.
Writing Fear: Jane's Current Blog
Anticipation, writers agree, is more fearful than the act.
At tonight's New York Public Library panel entitled, "WOMEN OF MYSTERY: PEEK UNDER THE WRITER’S VEIL," which I moderated, New York Times bestselling author Mary Jane Clark described a scene in one of her books that takes place at the Home Depot.
Picture this—a character cruising the store’s aisles. Into the cart goes an ax. Then rope. Then plastic bags. I don’t know about you, but that’s scary. You know what’s happening, and maybe you even know why. And you’re powerless to stop... continued on Jane's Blog,,, or listen to Jane's Blogcast.
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Antiques Collecting Fact:
Did You Know?
the Collectibles Market
Popular brands from past generations are likely to retain their value in the collectibles market. A wide range of promotional items are produced by marketers--from lunch boxes, cups, and pencil cases to tote bags, coin holders, and wallets and from cardboard pop-up displays, posters, and brochures to banks, umbrellas, and key chains.
Some people collect items for the objects itself, sometimes narrowing the field by the era. For example, a person might collect branded tape measures manufactured in the 1960s. Others elect an industry category such as soft drinks and look for objects produced by manufacturers within that industry. For instance, you could seek out trays, banks, glasses, posters, buttons, or point-of-sale displays from Pepsi, Mountain Dew, and Coca Cola. Other people collect any item within a brand. For example, a person might decide to collect every promotional item produced by Coca Cola, KFC, or Campbell's soup.
