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Ad Rates / Articles / Classified Ads / Editorial / Home / Links / Showtime   News Briefs: Antiques & Collectibles events   For our advertisers and non-profit events   News Briefs   Lots of fiddling around in Shelburne Aug. 6 through 10 Shelburne, Ontario - The 58th Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship will be held here Aug. 6 to 10. Canada's top fiddlers will be competing for more than $20,000 in prizes. Sponsored by the Shelburne Rotary Club, the five-day competition also includes camping, fiddle workshops, open air market etc. Boyd Heritage Museum staging summer family entertainment Bobcaygeon, Ontario - The Boyd Heritage Museum in Bobcaygeon will present Living History, an interactive family theatrical production this summer. Shows will be staged twice daily, Wednesdays to Sundays, from July 2 to August 31. Visit www.theboydmuseum.com or call 705-738-9482. Ottawa's "Everybody loves buttons" convention is Sept. 13 & 14 Ottawa, Ontario - It will be "buttonmania" here during the Canadian Button Convention, Sept. 13 and 14 at the Downtown Sheraton Hotel. The convention will be hosted by the Ottawa Valley Button Club, a small but passionate group of clothing button collectors. Info: e-mail or web site Michigan's largest antique & collectible fest turns 40 this year Midland, Michigan - The 40th anniversary of the Michigan Antique and Collectible Festivals will be celebrated at huge weekend festivals at the Midland County Fairgrounds - July 26-27 and Sept. 27-28. Antiques, classic car shows, auto swap meets, live music on 80 acres of indoor and outdoor spaces. Sofa search can produce more than loose change, Kovel reports The folks who publish the popular Kovels antiques and collectibles guides say when a student in Berlin, Garmany, searched a lumpy $215 sofabed purchased at a flea market, she found a tiny oil painting. It turned out to be an early 17th century unsigned work of art and sold at auction this month for $27,660.    Return to top of page   This Is Livin' Publishing © 2008 581 8th Line West, RR1 Hastings, ON, K0L 1Y0 Phone/Fax: 705-696-1833   webmaster