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INSIDE PANTONE: 2024 color of the year announced, F2 CHRISTMAS: 10 gift ideas for the home, F6

Deck the halls

Even the smallest spaces can be full of holiday spirit, Page F4

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Terry & Kim Kovel | Antiques & Collecting

Fantasy furniture can bring wildest dreams to life

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ANTASY FURNIture” usually refers to postmodern pieces with whimsical shapes and unusual colors made from unexpected materials. Like many furniture styles, it’s older than you might expect.

Furniture has been made in fanciful shapes for hundreds of years; with animals being a favorite element. While the name “fantasy furniture” may imply mythical animals like dragons or griffins — and you can certainly see them in furniture and decorative arts — representations of real-life animals count, too.

Black Forest furniture with elements carved to look like realistic bears are fantasy furniture. So are Italian grotto chairs with backs shaped like Have you ever dreamed of sitting on an ostrich’s back? Fantasy enormous scallop shells. And furniture like this 19th-century wooden chair can make it come so are pieces made to look true. (COWLES SYNDICATE INC.)

While the name “fantasy furniture” may imply mythical animals like dragons or griffins — and you can certainly see them in furniture and decorative arts — representations of real-life animals count, too. like a whole animal, like this 19th-century carved walnut chair that Fontaine’s Auction Gallery described as an “ostrich-form fantasy chair.”

It sold for $3,276. Its decorations aren’t limited to its legs or back; it’s complete with an outstretched wing for a back, the head and tail as asymmetrical arms, a feathery body with a folded wing for the seat and bird legs carved into the base.

Q. I recently had my 1956

Gibson guitar authenticated as original with original finish from the Gibson company. It has the original Gibson finish and I was told the wood includes spruce and mahogany. I was curious about its value

and also wondered what avenues I could use if I would like to eventually sell. Can you assist me with suggestions?

Guitars (cartervintage.com) for appraisals.

Q. I have two German fig-

urines that have a mark of a seven-pointed gold crown on the bottom. Can you tell me who the manufacturer is?

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We presume your figurines are porcelain. It can be tricky to identify a mark without seeing a picture of it, but we have some ideas.

Seven-pointed crown marks The best way to find the are rarely seen in makers’ value of a vintage or antique marks; most crowns we see instrument is to take it to a have three or five points or local store that sells used are closed. Crowns usualmusical instruments. Look up ly appear over a letter or prices and get multiple opinsymbol. Karl-Heinz Klette, ions before you sell! Gibson a porcelain maker foundguitars can be worth a lot of ed about 1950 in Bavaria, money. We have seen them Germany, used a mark with sell from about $500 to sever- a seven-pointed crown over al thousand dollars, dependa capital “D.” The mark was ing on the model and condimade in gold from about tion. Gibson does not buy or 1962 to 1990. They made appraise vintage guitars, but Dresden-style decorated their website, www.gibson. porcelain (“D” for Dresden), com, has a tool to help you including figurines with lacy find dealers in your area. They details. Because you said SEE ANTIQUES, PAGE F9 recommend Carter Vintage

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Pantone announces 2024 color of the year The Washington Post

The world’s color authority has declared that we need to be comforted. And there’s only one hue that’ll provide a sufficient level of coziness and warmth.

Enter Peach Fuzz, Pantone’s 2024 color of the year.

Soothing our fractured world sure sounds like a tall order for a muted mix of pink and orange. But in a news release, Pantone’s executive director, Leatrice Eiseman, asserted: “Peach Fuzz brings In an image provided by the belonging, inspires recalibra- company, Peach Fuzz (aka tion, and an opportunity for Pantone 13-1023 TCX), senurturing. Drawing comfort lected by Pantone as 2024’s from PANTONE 13-1023 color of the year. (PANTONE) Peach Fuzz, we can find peace from within, impacting our which its chosen color inspires wellbeing.” courage and vitality, but 2024 marks the 25th anniPeach Fuzz seems to bring a versary of the Pantone Color different energy to the table.

Institute decreeing a color of “The color is one whose the year. The special occasion warm and welcoming emmight explain the company’s brace conveys a message of relative return to basics with compassion and whose cozy a hue as classic as peach. By sensibility brings people comparison, it introduced last together and enriches the year’s Viva Magenta alongside soul,” Laurie Pressman, vice immersive AI-generated impresident of the Pantone Colages, and for 2021, the compa- or Institute, said in the same ny kind of cheated and select- news release announcing the ed two colors. Nonetheless, shade. this year’s rollout still comes While Viva Magenta seemed with ample branded merchan- an on-the-nose pick for 2023, dise showcasing Peach Fuzz — the year of Barbiecore, there including carpets, cellphones isn’t as obvious of a cultural and makeup. tie-in for Peach Fuzz in 2024.

In recent years, Pantone Trendiness, however, might has emphasized the ways in be beneath good ol’ peach.

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Decking the halls

Clockwise from top left: an image by Loll Designs shows minimalist contemporary Christmas trees and reindeer, which fit together with simple slots, and are easy to stash under a bed or behind a cupboard; Tempaper’s Christmas Village peel-and-stick decals can be put on a wall or window; great if you’ve got hardly anywhere to decorate for the holidays; and CB2 has a new collection of transparent, opaque, and reflective glass and metallic ornaments that give traditional holiday icons like gift boxes, snowmen, trees and reindeer a fresh twist.

Even the smallest spaces can be full of holiday spirit

Set the stage A monochromatic palette is a good place to start, says Todd Carr, who runs the botanicals and homewares shop Hort & Pott in Freehold, New

By KIM COOK York, with partner Taylor Associated Press Harrington.

It seems like the frost “It helps keep the holiday hasn’t even hit the pumpkin décor cohesive and ties tobefore “holiday cheer” starts gether pretty much whatever showing up everywhere, from you do. I love green on green, social media feeds to the for example — but take inspiaisles of CVS. ’Tis the season ration from your space,” Carr to decorate. says. Think stacks of books, a But if you’re in a small scarf, and ornamental design apartment, there are limits to elements like candlesticks and natural or faux greenery. what you can do. A full-size artificial tree might take up No room for even that? half a room. You might have “Just adding bows and limited shelving for trinkets. streamers of ribbon in your How can you let your holiday color will add a festive feeling flag fly when you don’t have to a tight space,” Carr says. much space to do it?

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have to wait for the soil to dry enough to dig, and then they have to wait another couple of weeks after digging for the weeds and old vegetables to decompose.

Another problem is pests.

Perennial weeds that get a foothold in the fall are just that much harder to remove in spring. Annual weeds that get into the garden in the fall make great efforts to reproduce — a single plant of lamb’s quarters or purslane can spread over 50,000 seeds! And the standing remnants of the previous year’s vegetable garden can harbor insects and diseases through the winter.

There are other possibilities between the do-nothing or do-too-much approaches.

In late fall, hand-digging is better for the soil than rototilling. This time of year, hand-digging need not be an agonizing task, since the goal now is not to end up with a smooth surface. Just the opposite, in fact. Turn over shovelfuls of soil, then leave them. This kills existing vegetation, yet the large clumps of soil resist damage by rain and cannot wash away. By spring, freezing and thawing will have weakened the clumps so that they crumble into a good seedbed with only a light tickling with the teeth of a rake.

If hand-digging sounds like too much work, go ahead and get out the rototiller.

But do this in late summer rather than now. Till the soil enough to make a seedbed, then go ahead and sow seeds of a cover crop. Cover crops are plants grown to protect the soil surface. You get all the aforementioned benefits of the do-nothing approach (except that you have to do something), and the additional benefit that the cover crop will starve and shade out most weeds attempting to gain a foothold in the

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Such gardens commonly are put to bed with a few passes of a rototiller. In so doing, weeds are killed, winter quarters for insects and diseases are destroyed, and, perhaps most important to fastidious gardeners, the garden presents itself as a uniform, smooth surface.

Though the thoroughly pulverized soil left in the wake of the rototiller is what is needed for sowing seeds in spring, it’s not the best way to leave the soil for the winter.

Raindrops pounding on the bare, powdered surface ruin the physical structure of the soil and, on sloping gardens, erode topsoil.

What about gardeners at the other end of the spectrum of personality types, those lax souls who do nothing at all to the soil at the end of the season? In such gardens, woody stalks of Brussel sprouts and old tomato plants draped with blackened leaves remain as relics of the past season, buried amongst encroaching weeds.

There is a certain merit in this laissez-faire approach, because the standing vegetation captures snow (snow is “poor man’s manure,” say the French) and protects the soil surface from pelting raindrops. And weeds enrich the soil with humus.

The do-nothing approach does have its drawbacks, though. The primary drawback is that, come spring, something has to be done. This usually means rototilling or hand-digging.

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gift ideas for the home

By Marisa Kashino

The Washington Post

How’d it get to be December? We don’t know, either.

But don’t panic. If you haven’t finished — or started — your holiday shopping, this gift guide is for you!

When you have unlimited choices and limited time, you need to call in the experts.

For the eighth year in a row, Washington Post reporters and editors have compiled a carefully curated list of nearly 100 creative gift ideas in eight categories that will speak to the interests of everyone on your list. Whatever you’re shopping for, we’ve got you covered.

Homes are personal, which makes choosing a gift for someone else’s tough. My strategy? Aim for something fun, with at least a dash of utility. business&pleasure co.: The Placemat $79 for four Basic enough to appeal to most recipients, but whimsical enough to feel special, these come in four color combos that will liven up any table.

Hay: Bottoms Up Vase $95 The beauty of this vase — aside from its modern shape and color — is that it’s really two gifts. Flip it one way to hold flowers; flip it the other and it’s a trinket dish.

Mason Stoneware Pet Bowls (POTTERY BARN)

Clare Wool Throw (ABRAHAM MOON)

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Domain: Terracotta Hanging Air Plant Cradle $28 Having plants around makes people happier, according to science. Less official research The Placemat (BUSINESS&PLEASURE CO.) shows that having one in a stylish, handcrafted vessel $40 for two light works just as well for such as this one brings even Pottery Barn: Mason The unsung hero of cocktail entertaining alfresco as it does more joy.

Stoneware Pet Bowls glassware is the Nick and Nora in a power outage.

Abraham Moon: $9.50-$29.50, plus $15 for — as versatile as the ubiquitous Clare Wool Throw Sydney Hale Co.: name or monogram coupe glass, but less prone to Pet bowls often sit out all spills. These would look lovely Woods Candle $119 day, and the simplicity of these on any bar. $34 ‘Tis the season of a milmakes them nice to look at.

Stand out from the other lion-and-one throw blanket MoMA Design Store: URI Plus, they’re sturdy (my dogs party guests and their regifted options, so why this one? It Portable Table Lamp use them) and you can have wine by bringing your host comes in two vibrant colorthem personalized. $55 one of these instead. The cozy ways - both a cheerful update Both appealing to look at scent is appropriately wintry, on traditional plaid - and it’s Salt & Sundry: Engraved and eminently practical, this and a portion of sales goes to 100 percent warm, durable Nick & Nora Glasses indoor/outdoor rechargeable animal rescues. merino wool.

Framebridge: The Square Gift $70 If you wanted a shortcut to a thoughtful gift that arrives pre-wrapped, this is it. Upload a photo (the square shape works well for Instagram snaps), pick your frame and Framebridge handles the rest.

Abrams Books: “Slim Aarons: The Essential Collection” $175 The most comprehensive collection of photos by the man who described his work as “attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places,” is the next best thing to gifting a luxury vacation.

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Deeds 30-year mortgage rate falls to 7.03%

valier, South Liberty Street, $100.

AGAWAM

Debra G. Ritchie to Andrew Rice and Marcellina Brown, 31 Bradford Drive, $265,000.

Joyce A. Berg to Max S. Berg, 60 Howard St., $135,000.

Sixth straight drop

By ALEX VEIGA

The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Home loan financing costs eased again this week, as the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate slid to its lowest level in four months.

The average rate on a 30year mortgage dropped to 7.03% from 7.22% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.33%.

The last time the average rate was lower was in early August, when it was at 6.96%.

Borrowing costs on 15year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home loan, also declined this week, with the average rate falling to 6.29% from 6.56% last week. A year ago, it averaged 5.67%, Freddie Mac said.

This is the sixth straight weekly drop for rates, echoing a recent pullback in the 10-year Treasury yield, which lenders use as a guide to pricing loans. The yield, which in mid October surged to its highest level since 2007, has been falling on hopes that the Federal Reserve may finally be done raising interest rates in its bid to tame lower inflation.

“Although these lower rates remain a welcome relief, it is clear they will have to further drop to more consistently reinvigorate demand,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist.

The average rate on a 30-year home loan climbed above 6% in September 2022 and has remained above that threshold since. In late October, it reached 7.79%, the highest level on records going back to late 2000.

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Lorraine D. Tousignant to Kelly A. Grindle, 142 Corey Colonial Unit, 142, $210,000.

Timothy A. Bates to Kristina Wegryn-Timmons, 616 Suffield St., $340,000.

AMHERST Geoffrey Pitt Reeves, trustee, and Roses Supposes Magical Roses Nominee Trust to Brian Murphy and Catherine Murphy, 94 Lessey St., $1,075,000.

Mary A. Van Cleve-Miller to Mary A. Van Cleve-Miller, trustee, and Mary A. Van Cleve-Miller Living Trust, 400 West St., $100.

Mark C. Luce to Erika P. Saenz Yunga, 161 Pondview Drive, $425,000.

ASHFIELD Esther A. Coler and Thomas J. Miner Jr., to Hilary Burgin, 243 Main St., $329,000.

Keith Zorn to Kari Gatzke and Michael O’Malley, 137 Beldingville Road, $262,500.

Raycharles J. Lamontagne and Sarah A. Sousa to Starflower Farm LLC, 369 Bullitt Road and Bullitt Road, $4,500,000.

Michael J. Mahaney and Amy F. Mahaney to Michael Mahaney, trustee, Amy Mahaney, trustee, and Mahaney Family Trust, 123 Sheffield Drive, $100.

Janine M. Connor to Connor Doran and Sarah Doran, 329 Mill Valley Road, $363,000.

Heather M. Tetrault and Sheri K. Tetrault to Angela Dufield and Alina Lacey-Varona, 40 Ware Road, $280,000.

Stephen S. Czupryna to Christopher Czupryna and Christine Che-

Lacasse to Eve Benda Jenkins and John Monch, 17 Smith Ave., $302,000.

Ellen M. Johnson to Heather M. Tetrault, 48 Yorktown Court, Unit 48, $220,000.

GREENFIELD

Jennifer W. Yergeau to Skyspec Holdings LLC, 75 Fairview Ave., $285,000.

BERNARDSTON

Jason P. Bohonowicz to Benegan 2 LLC, 259 Chapman St., $142,500.

Kathleen L. Hammond to 257 Leyden Road LLC, 257 Leyden Road, $1,025,000.

Jisa Properties LLC, to Richard P. Beaulieu and Maria A. Beaulieu, 356-358 Chicopee St., $345,000.

Home Roots Properties Inc., to Coastline Property Renovations LLC, 88 Shedd Road and Shedd Road, $300,000.

BLANDFORD PHH Mortgage Corp., to Ryta Gavrilyuk and Petr Gavrilyuk, 50 Chester Road, $145,000.

BRIMFIELD Andrew T. Truax to Adam Blais and Heather Blais, 56 Tower Hill Road, $675,000.

U S A Veterans Affairs to Billy J. Krukowski, 265 Dunhamtown Palmer Road, $210,500.

CHARLEMONT

Luis Sumba and Andrea Guerron to April L. O’Brien, Todd M. O’Brien, Marcos Santiago and Yowin Ojeda, Allison M. Springman and Daryl R. Springman to Mag Re Hold4 Daniel Drive, $350,000. ings-Greenfield LLC, 14-16 Hayes Marcin Rozanski, representative, Ave., $210,000. and Waclaw Rozanski, estate, to Jerome M. Duprey and S. Maragrett Scarlett R. Gianei and Scarlett Duprey to Anna N. Bocharnikova Rafaeli Gianei, 106-108 Academy and Nadezhda Bocharnikova, 270 St., $274,900.

Wisdom Way, $235,000.

Pah Properties LLC, to Jacqueline Susan M. Hallett, personal repreFigueroa Vazquez and Davey sentative of the Estate of Daniel Quinones Jr., 735 Mckinstry Ave., Gary Rosewarne, “aka” Daniel G. $355,000.

Rosewarne, to Damon Blake, 200 Regina M. Nowak to Jerome T. Wisdom Way, $110,000.

Weldon and Janice A. Weldon, 129 Prime Partners LLC, to Rogers Real Moreau Drive, $272,500.

Estate Solution Inc., 140 Wells St., Yomaris Ramos to Muneer $129,900.

Ahmed Alkhayyat, 106 Muzzy St., $345,000.

HATFIELD

Christine Hayer Repasy, individually DEERFIELD and as trustee of the Christine Hayer Repasy Living Trust, to Nancy Dennis Milos Gobeil to M&H PropBruce and Christopher DeFilippi, 81 erty Ventures LLC, 47 River Road, Maxwell Road, $429,000. $334,000.

CHESTERFIELD Shane M. Wickland, Sarah E. Wickland and Sarah E. Maio to Collin Stevenson and Kathryn Wright, 87 Cummington Road, $375,000.

CHICOPEE

BELCHERTOWN

M. Howell to Marta Sudol, 12 Greenpoint Circle, $350,000.

Antionio R. Morgado, Maria I. Morgado, Marco Morgado and Marco A. Morgado to Joanne M. Kellogg, 40 Francis St., $318,500.

Courageous Lion LLC, and Altostratus LLC, to 21 Shawmut Avenue LLC, 238 East Main St., $120,000.

Leigh K. Murnane, personal representative of the Estate of Mary Ann Murnane, to Thomas C. Entrikin and Janet A. McCracken, trustees of the Hillcrest TC Realty Trust, and Thomas C. Entrikin and Janet A. McCracken, trustees of the Hillcrest JA Realty Trust, 6A Gray Lock Lane, Unit 21A, Sugarloaf Condominium, $505,500.

Richard F. Arms and Winthrop A. Arms, trustees of the Joan W. Arms Irrevocable Trust, to the Trustees of Deerfield Academy, 8 Old Main St. $1,850,000.

GRANBY

Donald M. Howell Jr., and Darlene

David Zononi and Meghann Zononi to David Zononi and Sara Berthe, 26 Chestnut St., $222,000.

Nicholas E. Lacasse and Sara M.

HAWLEY Brenda Lee Caswell and Patricia Ann Morrison to Rebecca Mae Brodeur and Brenda Lee Caswell, East Hawley Road, $11,750.

HOLLAND Andre J. Cormier, Andre J. Cormier Sr., and Andre Cormier Sr., to Kevin R. Soules and Sarah Soules, Open Space Old County Road, $30,000.

HOLYOKE B&B Realty Partners LLC, to Naishka Rivera and Norberto Rivera, 9 Charles St., $268,000.

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Deeds CONTINUES FROM PAGE F7 David M. Patrice, estate, and Theodosia Patrice, executrix, to Nathaniel Crespo, 140 Chestnut St., Unit 405, $29,000.

Donald L. Kooken and Kathleen M. Kooken to Red Branch Real Estate LLC, 77 Meadow St., $352,500.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., to Michael A. Freitas, 17 Temple St., $90,000.

Bachand Family Irrevocable Trust, trustee of, and David Paul Bachand, trustee, to Corbin H. Chicoine and Brenda L. Chicoine, 82 Knollwood Circle, $232,500.

Weiss Family LLC, to Gallagher Capital Group LLC, and Meara Properties LLC, 24 Fairfield Ave., $360,000.

LEVERETT Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society Inc., to Better Together Dog Rescue Inc., 163 Montague Road, $575,000.

LONGMEADOW Colee Curtis to Jennifer B. Creelman, 86 Lincoln Road, $365,000.

Robert J. Castellanos and Eileen Castellanos to Talal Dahhan and Marame Gattan, 70 Dover Road, $666,000.

E. Schaming, 41 Hillside Road, $375,000.

Adam Harrington, trustee of the Philip Harrington Trust, to Michelle A. Call and Stephen T. Call, 34 Montague St., $323,500.

Walter E. Nicholson, trustee of the Nicholson 2012 Family Trust, to WW Real Estate Holdings LLC, 312 Meadow Road, $600,000.

Northampton Joseph Curran, Karen Dolan Curran and Karen Dolan to Cole Archambault and Maris Mann-Stadt, 12 Lawn Ave., $975,000.

Wilmington Trust NA, trustee, Bear Stearns Alt-A Trust, Citibank NA, trustee, Newrez LLC, attorney-in-fact, New Penn Financial LLC, attorney-in-fact, and Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, attorney-in-fact, to EDS Enterprises LLC, 17 Glenwood Ave., $370,000.

Andrew D. Morrissey and Kathleen A. Morrisey to Leslie Taggart, 51 ½ Hatfield St., $310,000.

Sovereign Builders Inc., to Diane Stock, 187 Emerson Way, $180,000.

Emma E. Pitoniak to Hurley Holdings LLC, 25 New South St., $282,500.

ORANGE Claire E. Tellier to Russell L. Grasso, 22 Blodgett St., $50,000.

Susan Arnet and Susan L. Schmelkin to Maksym Kutsevol and Nadiia Kutsevol, 125 Hillcrest Ave., $583,000.

Jonathan S. Grant and Karen M. Grant, “fka” Karen M. Wetherby, to James Gleason, 22 Horton Road, $160,000.

Antonio D. Quiterio and Anna M. Quiterio to Justin Dabsky Sr., and Nathan Dabsky, 46 Guertin Ave., $300,000.

Louis Cannamela III, representative, Audrey Joanne Cannamela, estate, and Audrey J. Cannamela, estate, to S & C Investors LLC, 35 Mckinley Ave., $190,000.

Whitetail Wreks LLC, to Dans Construction Service Inc., Turning Leaf Road, Lot 86, $154,900.

Whitetail Wreks LLC, to Dans Construction Service Inc., Turning Leaf Road, Lot 87, $154,900.

MONTAGUE Michelle A. Call and Stephen T. Call to Adam M. Baillargeon and Hannah N. Liquori, 408 Millers Falls Road, $420,000.

Carolyn D. Murray to Abrielle M. Sanderson and Jonathan

Sue A. Draper to John M. Pyzocha, Off Boston Road, $50,000.

ROWE John A. Magnago to Danielle Beaumier, 169 Ford Hill Road, $278,000.

SHELBURNE Home Roots Properties Inc., to Coastline Property Renovations LLC, 200 Old Albany Road, $700,000.

Andrew E. Smith and Nancy A. Smith to Ana Otero and Allen Price, 2 South Maple St., $285,000.

Corinne S. Barrineau, “aka” Corinne S. Barinneau, Anthony Barrineau and Laura A. Stevens to Kathleen M. Schneider and Michael S. Schneider, 455 Colrain Shelburne Road, $547,500.

Katherine Jenkins to Kate Smith, 61 Linda L. Palermo, trustee of the Linda L. Palermo Family Living Kensington Ave., $535,333.

Trust, to Tamatha A. Gaumnitz and Dorothy P. Sloan, personal repreAlan M. Sturmer, 7 Pleasant St., sentative, and Inge B. Sloan, estate, $477,500. to Laura Martin Registrato and Ian Custer, 16 Spruce Lane, $510,000.

Steven Creelman and Jennifer Creelman to Christopher Kempf, 158 Wenonah Road, $440,000.

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$282,800.

M. Jemms Orange 1 LLC, to M3 Innovations Inc., 90 West River St., $415,000.

Catia Boucher and Robert Boucher to Francis Edward Banister III, and Victoria Marie Landine, 67 Sandrah Drive, $299,000.

Jonathan S. Grant and Karen M. Grant to Christopher H. Hansen and Kim Hansen, 20 Horton Road, $208,000.

Virginia Realty Inc., to Quinn W. Gervais and Riley D. Gervais, Holtshire Road, $100,000.

Michael J. Killay to Patricia M. Leblanc, 173 Memory Lane, $330,000.

PALMER April Silvani, April Kubaska and David Kubaska to Michael W. Marcinowski and Pamela K. Marcinowski, 9 George St., $270,000.

Robert P. Castledine, representative, and Sylvia W. Castledine, estate, to David Dubreuil and Brenda S. Thomas, 120 Longview St.,

SHUTESBURY Sarah McCormick-Goodhart to Sharra D. Rossi, “aka” Sharra Rossi, 6 Haskins Way, $232,500.

SOUTH HADLEY Alice E. Shevlin trustee, Alice E. Shevlin Living Trust and Robert J. Shevlin, trustee, to Sarah Showalter and Luke Showalter, 8 Scott Hollow Drive, $600,000.

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SPRINGFIELD 73 Warren St. LLC, to Cathryn Elisabeth Boucher, 131 Berkshire Ave., $275,000.

AJN Rentals LLC, to Milagros Agramonte Medina, 197-199 White St., $300,000.

Alfonso Cruz and Bethzaida Cruz to 44 Hollywood Realty Trust, 44 Hollywood St., $40,500.

Andrea Mastrofillippo and Marco Rodriguez to Abigail Theberge and Kevin Baez, 19 Knollwood St., $287,000.

BRVSA Associates LLC, to Rehab Home Buyers LLC, 26-28 Calhoun St., $177,500.

CCM Property Management Inc., to H&F Properties Inc., 784-788 Page Boulevard, $495,000.

Chantal Ayotte to Travis Devon Taylor and Laura Evans Taylor, 41 Alwyn Place, $490,000.

Charlotte Provost to Hazardville Realty Group LLC, 21 Woodlawn St., $225,000.

Greater Love Church Of God In Chirst Inc., and Greater Love Church Of God In Christ Inc., to More Than Conquerors Ministries, 65 Newland St, $220,000.

Derek J. Morris to 384-386 Main Street Nominee Trust, trustee of, and Jasmine Blunt, trustee, 140 Chestnut St., Unit 314, $112,000.

Dominic Kirchner II, trustee, and A-O-K Realty Trust, trustee of, to Clive Anderson, 35 Bronson Terrace, $310,500.

U S A Housing & Urban Development to Roberto Rivera-Negron, 10 Rollins St., $195,000.

Hann Realty Berkshire LLC, to Stephen Sergeiko-Marcotte to Sar- New North Citizens Council Inc., 4 ah Benson and Jonathan Breault, Birnie Ave., $800,000.

168 Granby Road, $263,000.

Hsiu-Li Kelly and Hsiu-Li Kelley to Robert L. Scribner to Shawn Giovany Diaz, 37-39 Warriner Ave., Jake Jacobs, 41 West Summit St., $330,000. $160,000.

J. Norbert Properties LLC ,to Marjahan Begum, 56 Temple St., $315,000.

SOUTHAMPTON Janice L. Sparko-Frey, Janice L. Sparko Frey and John G. Frey to Amanda Womeldorf, 6 Kingsberry Lane, $364,500.

SOUTHWICK Jason Rocca and Allison Rocca to Mark Plasse Jr., and Emily E. Plasse, 2 Falcon Crest Drive, $670,000.

John J. Ferriter, representative, and Susan L. Brown, estate, to Bethany A. DiRocco, 27 Feeding Hills Road, $250,000.

Maurice L. Brandon Sr., and Patricia L. Brandon to Guy C. Stanhope and Karen B. Stanhope, 5 South Loomis St., $55,000.

Maria Leon Fernandez, 727 Newbury St., $290,000.

Miriam L. Wilkins to Jennifer Clarke, 123-125 Westford Ave., $277,000.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., trustee, and Indymac Indx Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-AR1, trustee of, to Sarah Bonini, 117 Bowles St., $83,000.

Paula Jean Scherpa, Diana Lynn McLean, Susan Lorraine Tapases and Christopher Avery Chrisanthopoulos to Taylor T. Tran and Phung Vo, 172 Mallowhill Road, $310,000.

Robert L. Preston and Matthew R. Preston to Ashley Preston and Michael O’Connor, 3 Ogden St., $242,000.

Stephen F. Powell to Brandon Walter Natal, 33 Tacoma St., $200,000.

Sunni McCoy to Dorothy M. Stovall and Freddie Lee Stovall, 76 Embury St., $274,000.

U S Bank Trust, trustee, and VRMTG Asset Trust, trustee of, to Elvis M. Estrada Carrascosa and Jenny Requena, 48 Alden St., $65,000.

Watson James and Debra James to LKN Realty Investments LLC, 21 Princeton St., $140,000.

Wicked Deals LLC, to Family & Developments LLC, 73-75 Massachusetts Ave., $200,000.

WALES Adam Blais and Heather Blais to David M. Miller and Lorie A. Miller, 12 Sichols Colony Road, $255,000.

WARE Francis P. Sapowsky and Ann Marie Sapowsky to Francis P. Sapowsky, trustee, Frank P. Sapowsky, trustee, Ann Marie Sapowsky, trustee, and Sapowsky Revocable Trust, 79 Cummings Road, $100.

Shonn K. Monday and Debra Monday to Jonathan Ruggiero and John L. Spear and Pauline M. Spear Jennifer Ruggiero, 98 Greenwich Road, $410,000. to Bretta Construction LLC, 0 Senator Street, $45,000.

Katie M. McDonough, representative, Joanne Eleanor Ianello, estate, Joann E. Ianello, estate, Joanne Ianello, estate, and Joann Ianello, estate, to JOBMTC LLC, 800 Wilbraham Road, $175,000.

Keith N. Walsh and Karen M. Walsh to Lisa M. Malone, 51 Stocker St., $242,000.

Kristopher C. Richards to Munir Khawaja and Amina Khawaja, 71 Edgeland St., $325,000.

WARWICK Timothy W. Clew, trustee of the William Taylor Clew Revocable Trust, to Christine Duerring and Michael Italia, Northfield Road, $27,000.

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Andrea D. Gentl and Eric R. Gentl to Bancroft R. Poor, David J. O’Neill and Henry Woolsey, trustees of Laura Evans Taylor, Laura E. Landry the Whetstone Wood Trust Fund, and Travis Devon Taylor to Michael Jennison Road and Wendell Road, Kiely, 38 Kittrell St., $280,000. $160,000.

Michael Jolicoeur, David J. Jolicoeur SEE DEEDS, PAGE F9 and Michael J. Jolicoeur to Ramon

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mirror-finished steel.

Artificial trees with a slim profile work well in apartCONTINUES FROM PAGE F4 ments. Get one pre-lit so you decorative pieces,” she says. don’t have to store bulky light “Everything looks better strings. Balsam Hill’s got a when the presentation’s Norway Spruce, for instance, good.” that comes with it’s own CB2 has a new collection zippered storage bag. CB2 has of transparent, opaque, and a super-slim one in several reflective glass and metallic different heights. You don’t ornaments that give tradition- have to load up a tree with al holiday motifs a fresh twist. ornaments, either.

There are amber glass balls Get up off the floor that look like bubbly champagne; a trio of modern pines “Use your walls and ceiling in smoky hues; milky-white to get festive,” advises Carr. glass snowmen; stainless steel “Garlands are gorgeous orbs; and mini presents in draped on bookshelves or

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your marks are gold and the figures are German, we think this is a likely answer. Other porcelain manufacturers used seven-pointed crown marks at some points. The Tirschenreuth porcelain factory, also in Bavaria, used a green seven-pointed crown mark with the letters “PT” inside after 1947. The Triptis factory in Thuringia, Germany, used a blue seven-pointed crown over the word “Orla,” its earlier brand name, from about 1931 to 1945. A porcelain factory in Brussels, Belgium, used a seven-pointed crown over the conjoined letters “CP” in the 1800s.

The mark with a crown over a capital “N,” associated with the Capo-di-monte factory in Naples, Italy, sometimes used a seven-pointed crown.

However, many other porcelain makers have copied it on “Capodimonte-style” figures.

CURRENT PRICES Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions.

Cloisonne, vase, multicolor, blade shaped panels, alternating dragon and phoenix, red dragon panels around shoulder, blue ground, mounted as lamp, stone base, 22 inches, $60.

Planters Peanuts, jar, lid, barrel shape, embossed, Mr. Peanut, etched name on lid, peanut finial, 12 1/2 inches, $75.

Jewelry, necklace and earrings, mottled green, gold tone, round spaced beads, oval cabochons, clip-on earrings, marked, Miriam Haskell, necklace 30 1/2 inches, $135.

Lamp, sconce two-light, gilt bronze, mirror back, rectangular, pierced frame, urn shape crest, two dolphin supports, scrolled arms, 19th century, 22 x 8 inches, pair, $160.

Pottery-midcentury, vase, lava glaze, cobalt blue, graphite drip, vertical dashes, shoulders, straight collar, marked, W. Germany, 9 1/2 inches, $180.

A. All types of souvenirs

have collector value. It’s just a matter of finding the right collectors. Don’t forget about what one auctioneer calls the “naughty factor”: risque subjects like drugs, sex and, yes, gambling, attract collectors’ attention and often sell for higher prices. Your “Las Vegas Loot” bills would interest collectors of Las Vegas I have several “Las memorabilia (check the CasiVegas Loot” paper money no Collectibles Association, bills with a picture of Vegas ccgtcc.com); paper ephemVic from the Hotel Sahaera (the Ephemera Society of ra in Las Vegas Nevada America, ephemerasociety. with the number 1000 (no org) and advertising (Antique dollar sign) in each corner. Advertising Association of Also, the disclaimer “THIS America, pastimes.org).

NOTE IS NOT LEGAL TENDER FOR ANY PURPOSE.” TIP: Cover scratches on I also have one from “Mar- dark cherry or mahogany furket Town Moolla.” Does niture by rubbing them with a this type of souvenir have bit of cotton dipped in iodine. collector value?

Scratches on lighter woods

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chandeliers. And wreaths aren’t just for the front door.

Suspend a foraged pine branch over the dining table with some cup hooks and floral wire, and decorate it as you would a tree.

“Or put a potted amaryllis in a hanging planter, and fill the base with evergreens for an uplighting, magical arrangement that takes up little space.”

Tempaper’s Scandinavian Holiday tree decal has folk-arty Nordic Christmas ornaments like reindeer, hares, stars and stockings instead of branches. It’s large enough to

can be covered by rubbing with a solution of equal parts iodine and alcohol.

Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel answer readers’ questions sent to the column. Send a letter with one question describing the size, material (glass, pottery) and what you know about the item. Include only two pictures, the object and a closeup of any marks or damage. Be sure your name and return address are included. By sending a question, you give full permission for use in any Kovel product.

Names, addresses or email addresses will not be published.

Questions that are answered will appear in Kovels Publications. Write to Kovels, The Republican, King Features Syndicate, 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803 or email us at collectorsgallery@kovels. com.

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take the place of a real tree, and the peel-and-stick feature lets you lift it off the wall easily when the season’s over.

Unless you love it so much you decide to leave it up all year as artwork.

There’s a white winter village set here, too, that works nicely on a window, as well as removable decals of illustrated laurel branches, wreaths and a pretty Festival of Lights menorah.

Decor that stores well Flat-pack ornaments that don’t need to be protectively stowed in a special container

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WEST SPRINGFIELD Carl W. Peterson and Christine M. Peterson to Mark Lussier, 366 Ely Ave., $392,500.

Jorge R. Vellon and Kaylin M. Barrett to Neera Ghaley and Chandra Giri, 76 Armstrong St., $260,000.

Lee Johnson and Emily M. Johnson to Dustin K. Russo, 55 Lyman St., $351,000.

Oleksandr Demyanchuk and Svitlana Demyanchuk to Ram B. Rai and Padma M. Rai, 185 Virginia Ave., $395,000.

Rosa R. Carmen to Viktor Y. Tishchenko, Chelsea L. Giroux, Teri Ann Giroux-Stolpinski and Richard P. Stolpinski, 64 Homestead Ave., $275,000.

Viktor Stelmakh and Vitalina Stelmakh to Felipe Torres and Katia Torres, 103 Hillside Ave., $322,000.

WESTFIELD Amy M. Varner to Indra Shankar and Ghana Shankar, 73 Northridge Road, $335,000.

Beatrice J. Szenda, William J. Szenda and Jillanne B. Payant to Jorge Vellon, 55 Crown St., $305,000.

are a boon to small spacers.

For instance, Loll Designs’ minimalist, contemporary Christmas trees and reindeer fit together with simple slots, and are easy to stash under a bed or behind a cupboard.

Magic Ornaments has sets of glitter- and mirror-finish ornaments; pull the drawstring and you’ve got a 3D decoration. Each set comes with balls, stars, angels, snowflakes, a tree topper and 40 feet of ribbon garland.

When the holiday’s done, everything flattens back down to be stored in a cardboard envelope.

61 Yankee Circle, $425,000.

Jennifer L. Cupp to Zachary Fournier, 555 Russell Road, Unit D25, $170,000.

Kenneth J. Hall Sr., and Janice L. Hall to EDC Real Estate LLC, 194 Holyoke Road, $160,000.

Stephen E. Dowd Jr., and Gina Dowd to Roman Protsun and Karina Shevchenko, 80 Putnam Drive, $327,000.

T & M Morin Properties LLC, to Manhan River Enterprise LLC, 918 Southampton Road, $600,000.

WHATELY Justine Pasiecnik, personal representative of the Estate of James M. Pasiecnik, to Danielle Hartnett and Maxwell L. Swenson, 215 River Road, $299,900.

WILBRAHAM Brian R. Lambert and Judith A. Lambert to Matthew J. Villamaino and Jane V. Villamaino, 111 High Pine Circle, Unit 111, $515,000.

Eric H. Wietsma and Tracy H. Wietsma to Kristina M. Kort and Henry W. Kort, 3 Valley View Drive, $867,000.

Joan C. George to Sunni B. McCoy, 10 Ruth Drive, $483,000.

Jonathan S. Weibel and Pamela C. Weibel to Przemyslaw Szura and Kylie Josefiak, 24 Carla Lane, $677,500.

Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co., trustee, and Residential Asset Margaret M. Rannenberg to Joan Mortgage Products Inc. 2006-HE1, George, 3 Peach St., $425,000. trustee of, to MA Home Buyers LLC, 29 Cedar Lane, $224,500.

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Gerardo Sico, representative, Fred A. Sico Sr., estate, and Fred A. Sico, estate, to Patidar Developers LLC, 111 Main St., $325,000.

Nancy S. Forster and James W. Forster to Roger James Forster, Adams Road, $100.

Jeffrey Trant and Rachel Trant to Michael Latour and Debra Latour,

Nancy S. Forster and James W. Forster to Grass Hill Farm LLC, Adams Road, $100.

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With a kit or from scratch, you can grow mushrooms indoors at home

By JESSICA DAMIANO

Grow kits Pre-incubated mushroom grow kits, such as those made

by Back to the Roots and North Spore, are a great way for beginners like myself to get acquainted with the procedure. I just remove the brick of pre-incubated soil substrate, called “spawn,” from the box, soak it overnight, return it to the box, pull open a perforated panel and mist the exposed substrate with water twice daily. Within two or three weeks, I have a side-dish-size harvest with a second on the way.

Yes, that’s the amateur way to grow mushrooms, but it serves my purpose as a fun activity with an edible endgame.

And it’s a conversation piece that impresses visitors who don’t realize a 5-year-old can do it blindfolded.

well-rotted manure, oyster mushrooms do well in oat or My late Uncle Pepe was an wheat straw, and shiitakes like avid mushroom hunter, rising sawdust. early on late-summer SaturFinally, you’ll need fundays, field guide in hand, to gal spores (think of them as head to a local New York City seeds), which you can purchase park for his weekly forage. online from websites including Upon his return, my Aunt northspore.com or at other Jenny would meticulously specialty retailers; search for wash the hen-of-the-woods, “mushroom growing supplies” turkey tail or other fungi free for options. of soil and insects, and sauté Wash and disinfect your them with hot peppers or add hands and sterilize supplies to them to sauces or stews. Then avoid contamination with bacthe phone call would come, teria, mold or non-mushroom inviting my family over to fungi, then add substrate to fill share the bounty. the box to within an inch of its My father was always game, top. Spread the spores evenly but my mother, who firmly over the substrate and gently believed in the old adage, moisten it once, then mist or “There are old mushroom spray it with water twice daily, hunters, and there are bold keeping it consistently moist mushroom hunters, but there but not soggy. are no old, bold mushroom To incubate quickly and hunters,” wouldn’t allow us to effectively, the spore-topped partake in the feast until the substrate should be stored following day, when my aunt’s .. Or from scratch away from direct sunlight at and uncle’s survival would If you’re more serious about or close to 70 degrees. If you provide proof of its safety. cultivating mushrooms than I cannot keep a room in your “They’re alive!” she would am — or want a larger harvest home at that temperature, set announce, holding the phone — it would be more productive the box or tray on a thermoto one ear. And off we would and cost-effective to grow stat-regulated heating pad or go to enjoy the spoils of my them from scratch. It’s easy to seedling heat mat set to 70 but uncle’s latest quest. do, but you’ll have to source no higher (warmer temperaMore than 40 years later, I your own materials. tures can kill the spores). A still find myself craving those For starters, you’ll need a soil thermometer can serve as mushrooms. But since I’m wooden, metal, or plastic box a backup to ensure you aren’t not a mycologist, my deeply or tray that’s roughly 6 inches cooking your mushrooms instilled trepidation has limdeep and large enough to hold before they can grow. ited my foraging to seasonal your desired harvest (12-by-18 Lightly drape a piece of plasfarmers’ markets and special- inches is a good starting point). tic wrap over the box to help ty food stores. Recently, howYou’ll also need a growing contain moisture, but don’t ever, I’ve been growing oyster medium, the substrate. White seal it tightly. mushrooms in a cardboard button mushrooms prefer a Soon, a white coating will box on my kitchen counter.

50-50 mix of compost and form on the surface of the Associated Press

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garden. Also, there are no opportunities for insects and diseases to spend the winter on old vegetables, which either were dug into the ground or carted off to the compost heap.

Cover cropping is something to keep in mind for next season, since it’s too late to sow one. Plants to use include winter rye (rye grain, not

ryegrass), a cold-hardy plant that can be sown even in early fall, or buckwheat, sown a few weeks earlier. Rye will live through the winter and start to grow again in spring, so needs to be tilled or dug into the soil at that time. Buckwheat is killed by freezing weather, but then flops down on top of the soil and protects the surface.

The vegetable gardens of those who choose not to till their soil can spend the winter covered with an organic

mulch, such as compost, straw, or leaves. This blanket protects the surface and, through the action of worms, eventually mixes with and enriches the soil. No tilling or digging is necessary - just pull out or knock over standing plants, then lay down the mulch. Put down a thick enough layer to smother weeds.

One disadvantage of mulch is that is an insulator, so delays soil warming in spring. Also, you cannot

This photo provided by Jessica Damiano shows a crop of mushrooms growing from a Back to the Roots kit on a kitchen countertop on Long Island, New York. (JESSICA DAMIANO VIA AP)

substrate. That’s mycelium, a network of fungal threads from which your mushrooms will sprout. When the substrate is completely coated, top it off with a sprinkling of substrate, remove the heating mat, and move the tray into a cooler, 55- to 60-degree spot such as a basement or temperature-controlled garage.

Mushrooms typically sprout, or “fruit,” within a week or two, then nearly double in size daily until they reach maturity. Depending on the variety,

they will be ready to harvest, with their caps fully open, in roughly three to four weeks.

Use a sharp, sterilized knife to cut them at soil level to avoid disrupting nearby growth.

Expect diminishing returns for the next few months until the substrate is depleted, then repeat the process, you old, bold mushroom grower, you.

Jessica Damiano writes the award-winning Weekly Dirt Newsletter and regular gardening columns for the Associated Press.

plant small seeds directly in mulch. To get around these pitfalls, some gardeners pull back a thin strip of mulch right where they are going to sow seeds; other gardeners remove the mulch early in the spring to the compost pile or to garden paths, at least temporarily, to allow the soil to warm.

Compost used as the mulch to cover the ground for the winter can be sown directly with seeds in spring. There is no need to pull back a

compost mulch to hasten soil warming in spring, since the compost becomes the soil for planting.

Guess how I leave my vegetable garden for the winter?

(More about cover cropping can be found in my book, “Weedless Gardening.”)

Any gardening questions?

Email them to me at garden@ leereich.com and I’ll try answering them directly or in this column. Come visit my garden at leereich.com/blog

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PUBLIC AUCTION FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15TH at 1:00 P.M.

MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

• WEST YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS •

WATERFRONT PROPERTY 2 BEDROOM / 1 BATH 2 STORY

RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM UNIT “VIEWS OF LEWIS BAY & NANTUCKET SOUND” 9 Windemere Road, Unit #10, (Building “G”) WEST YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS

Features:

To be Sold on the Premises

• Two Story Residential Condominium Unit • • Total of (2) Bedrooms & (1) Full Bathroom • • ±784 S/F of Living Area • Electric Heat • Air Conditioning • • Hardwood Floors • Wood Shingle Exterior • Asphalt Gable Roof • • Wood Deck • Public Water • Private Septic • • Assessor’s ID: 21/45.1/C10 • ★ ACROSS FROM COLONIAL ACRES BEACH ★

Terms of Sale: $15,000.00 Deposit Cash or Certified Funds.

Deposit to be increased to 10% of Purchase Price within 5 Business Days.

5% Buyer’s Premium Applies.

Other Terms to be Announced at Time of Sale

Sale Per Order of Mortgagee Attorney Keith K. Fuller 5300 Bigelow Commons, Enfield, CT Attorney for Mortgagee

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19TH at 11:00 A.M.

MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

• WESTFIELD • 3 BEDROOMS / 1 BATHROOM SINGLE STORY

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20TH, STARTING AT 11:00 A.M.

WITH

• 5-UNIT MIXED-USE BUILDING • • 3-STORY THREE FAMILY HOME • • 4-UNIT MIXED-USE BUILDING •

RANCH STYLE HOME TWO CAR DETACHED GARAGE

86 Montgomery Street

Features:

WESTFIELD, MA

To be Sold on the Premises

• Single Story Ranch Style Home • ±3/4 Acre of Land • • Total of (3) Bedrooms & (1) Bathroom • • ±908 S/F of Living Area • Gas FWA Heat • • Basement • Aluminum Siding • ★ Two Car Detached Garage ★ Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 Initial Deposit by Bank or Certified Funds.

Deposits to be increased to 10% of Purchase Price within 5 Business Days.

5% Buyer’s Premium Applies.

Other Terms to be Announced at Time of Sale

Sale Per Order of Mortgagee Attorney Keith K. Fuller 5300 Bigelow Commons, Enfield, CT Attorney for Mortgagee

Aaron Posnik

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West Springfield, MA • Philadelphia, PA 413-733-5238 • 610-853-6655

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• WHATELY, MASSACHUSETTS • ±11,388 S/F 1 & 2 STORY

PUBLIC AUCTION

MA Auc. Lic #161 • PA Auc. Lic. #AY000241L

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• BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS • ★ (3) AUCTIONS / (3) LOCATIONS ★

305 K Street; 595 E. 6TH Street; 921-923 E. BROADWAY

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 305 K STREET at 11:00 A.M.

• 5-Unit Brownstone Mixed-Use Building • • ±1,300 S/F of Land (±20’x65’) • ±3,780 S/F of Total Gross Living Area • • Total of (18) Rooms w/ (8) Bedrooms & (5½) Baths •

595 E. 6TH STREET at 12:00 P.M. (NOON)

• 3-Story Three Family Building • • ±2,457 S/F of Land (±20’x122.85’) • • Total of (9) Rooms w/ (3) Bedrooms & (3) Baths •

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• 4-Unit Brownstone Mixed-Use Building • • ±1,950 S/F of Land (±30’x65’) • ±4,386 S/F of Total Gross Living Area • • Total of (18) Rooms w/ (9) Bedrooms & (5) Baths •

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Sale Per Order of Mortgagee Terms of Sale: $50,000.00 Initial Deposit Per Property is Required at Attorney Steven Weiss Time of Auction in Certified Funds.

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MIXED-USE COMMERCIAL BUILDING ON ±3/4 ACRES 110 Christian Lane

Features:

WHATELY, MA

To be Sold on the Premises

One & Two Story Mixed-Use Commercial Building • ±3/4 Acres • ±11,388 S/F of Total Building Area • ±118 Feet Frontage Along Christian Lane • Gas Hot Water Radiant Floor Heat • Slab Foundation • Wood Batton & Metal Siding Exterior • (6) Pedestrian Doors • Overhead Door • Town Water & Private Septic • 200 to 600 Amp Electrical Service • Zoned: CI – Commercial Industrial • Assessor’s ID: Map: 20, Block: 0, Lot: 12-1 • MAINTENANCE AREA: (1ST FLOOR): ±9,412 S/F Concrete Floor w/ Radiant Heat • ±12’ Ceiling Height • Central Air Conditioning • Clear Span Floor Plan • Break Area • Kitchenette • Bathroom • RETAIL AREA: (1ST FLOOR): ±756 S/F • Concrete Floor w/ Radiant Heat • Exposed Post & Beam • Central Air Conditioning • Private Office • Lavatory • OFFICE AREA: (2ND FLOOR): ±520 S/F • Wood Floors • Exposed Post & Beam • APARTMENT: (2ND FLOOR): ±700 S/F • Kitchen • Dining Area • Living Area • Bedroom • Full Bathroom • Vinyl & Wood Flooring • Sale Per Order of Mortgagee Attorney Steven Weiss

Of The Firm of Shatz, Schwartz And Fentin, PC,

1441 Main Street, Springfield, Ma Attorney For Mortgagee

Terms of Sale: $15,000.00 Deposit Required at Time Of Auction In Certified Funds.

5% Buyer’s Premium Applies.

Other Terms To Be Announced At Time Of Sale.

Aaron Posnik

AUCTIONEERS•APPRAISERS

West Springfield, MA • Philadelphia, PA 413-733-5238 • 610-853-6655 MA Auc. Lic #161 • PA Auc. Lic. #AY000241L

www.posnik.com • E-Mail:info@posnik.com

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Real estate for rent

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Apartments/Condos, Unfurnished

5-room rental in Agawam, 2 bdrm 1bth, Utilities not included, Refrigerator and stove included, call 413-272-3329

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ESTATE AUCTION

FRI, DEC. 15 AT 6 PM Including mahogany furniture, Majolica, 75 pcs. Waterford, books, sterling, gold and silver coins, Bigelow, Kennard & Co. tall clock, Banjo clock, bronze censor, coverlets, mocha ware, traveling medicine chest, oriental rugs, Artworks including: John Wilson lithograph, Reginald Marsh, Hu Yongkai, Elton Thresher, Ben Drabeck, posters, Steuben chandelier and leaded lamp, Nikon Diaphot research microscope and more.

2018 Kia Optima LX - Mileage: 14,822 PREVIEW DAY OF SALE: 8 AM - 6 PM

www.DouglasAuctioneers.com

Golden Retriever female, 1 1/2 years, sweet, vet checked, perfect home only $750. 413-531-1373, 413-367-2405

Merchandise

1:00 PM - BECKET, MA 71 PINE DALE CIRCLE DEPOSIT $5,000

Antiques/Collectibles Appliances Articles for Rent Articles For Sale Audio Building Materials Cameras Camping Equipment Clothing Coins and Stamps Construction Equipment Do-In-Yourself Materials Electronics/Compuiters Fitness Equipment Flea Markets Forklifts and Equipment Fuel Furniture, Etc. Good Things To Eat Hot Ticket Items Jewelry Lawn & Garden Lawnmower & Snowblower Machinery & Tools Med. Equipment Sales/Wanted Miscellaneous Musical Instruments Office Equipment Pools, Spas & Accessories Professional Equipment Restaurant Equipment Seasonal Snowmobiles Sports Television Tickets Video Vintage Clothing Wanted to Buy Wood-Burning Stoves

1:00 PM - SHEFFIELD, MA 523 ALUM HILL ROAD DEPOSIT $5,000

Articles for Sale

Puppy, 2 months, Husky Mix. $650. Call 413-2448046

Westie/Beagle Puppies, 3 females, 2 males, vet checked, 1st vac.

Ready for Christmas $500.

Adult Beagle fem. 3 yrs old $200. 413-596-8190

Auctions Auctions AARON POSNIK & CO. INC. Indust & Comm. Auctions 31 Capital Dr. W. Spfld.

733-5238 www.posnik.com DouglasAuctioneers.com

ESTATES-ANTIQUES 413-665-2877

MORTGAGEES’ REAL ESTATE AUCTIONS TO BE SOLD ON THEIR RESPECTIVE PREMISE

WEDNESDAY DEC. 13, 2023

ITEM #82: The antique . . . thing.

MONDAY DEC. 18, 2023 9:00 AM-SPRINGFIELD, MA 111 MANCHESTER TERRACE DEPOSIT $5,000 TERMS OF SALES: DEPOSITS IN THE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED ABOVE ARE TO BE PAID BY THE PURCHASER(S) AT THE TIME AND PLACE OF EACH SALE BY CERTIFIED OR BANK CHECK. ALL BALANCES DUE ARE TO BE PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL SALE. OTHER TERMS, IF ANY, TO BE ANNOUNCED AT EACH SALE.

Tag Sales Tag Sales GRANBY, MA

Animals Birds Cats Dogs Exotic Animals Feed Fish Horses Livestock Pet Services Pet Shows Pet Supplies Pets - Lost & Found Pets Wanted

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1,000’s of sports cards, all big stars, at least 50% off. 1950’s to present.

BUYING ALL SPORTS CARDS, RETIRED VETERAN Selling at $2.50 per box.

CALL 413-596-5783 Collector pays cash for stamp collections, lrg or sml. Call RON for sale or eval. 413-896-3324

Jewelry Cabinet w/ 8 drawers, 2 side panels and mirror full of sanitized modern fashion jewely, $750 or best offer.

XXL Snow leopard fox fur coat, never worn, $50.

XXL Silver Puffercoat w/ fox fur collar, never worn, $50, Ask for Lisa in Ludlow, 413-949-5445 Queen Anne wing back chair, mauve, exc. cond. $50.00 Call 413-204-0226

Med. Equip Sales/Wanted Full adjustable medical bed w/remote control, like new, $500.

Call 413-537-0650

Cats

134 Cold Hill Road

Sat. 12/9, 9-5 Sun. 12/10, 9-5

Beautiful home, thousands of books, bookcases, antiques & nice furn.

Incredible 4 poster bed, floor vases, artwork, yard & garden items, tools, leather club chair, beds and so much more.

John & Jackie" M.R. Russo Company

Kitten for sale, male, 2 month old, looks like a tiger, $175.00. Call for details 413-244-8046 Maine Coon Bengal Siamese mix kitten, 1F $35.00.

1 Male $25.00. Call 413777-9659 or text 575-1389

Dogs 6 month old white puppy for sale. $300 or best offer. Call 413-966-9152 AKC Siberian Husky puppies for sale, ready to go 12/22, $1000, 413-433-6474

Border Collie pups, 8 weeks, black and white, vet-checked, shots, wormed, $700, 860-449-2246 English Golden Retriever puppies M/F. Both parents on premises. Many generations loved and shown. Reserve now.

Ready Oct. 20, 2023 413531-1373

Miscellaneous Items 15 Ball quilted 8oz canning jars, new, $10 each. Call 413-733-8592

Musical Instruments 4 Guitars for sale. Mustsee, $1400 for set or best offer, Call Al, 413-237-7430

Pools, Spas & Accessories Hot Springs Mini-spa, seats 3 adults, used 1 year inside, $3500, Call 413-455-3103

Wanted To Buy Cash paid, LP records 45’s, CD’s, reel-to-reel tapes.

Rock, Jazz, Blues, Classical. Scott 518-424-8228

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