{"id":2854,"date":"2016-07-02T08:01:58","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T13:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brandonetto.com\/?p=2854"},"modified":"2016-07-02T08:49:41","modified_gmt":"2016-07-02T13:49:41","slug":"2016-nutcracker-convention-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brandonetto.com\/?p=2854","title":{"rendered":"2016 Nutcracker Convention – Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As promised, here are some pictures of the second day at the 22nd Nutcracker Collectors’ Club Convention.<\/h4>\n

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The meeting and auction were held at the Holiday Inn Express in Lexington Virginia.<\/h4>\n

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A club member from Lithuania presented the history of Josiah Pratt (1767)\u00a0 brass nutcrackers and other notable makers (Edward Grouttage (1770), William Ward (1770), Rob Moor (1770), and Richard Eades (1770)) .<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0A few collectors brought pieces from their collection in for display<\/h4>\n

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A collector from Connecticut’s pieces on display<\/p><\/div>\n

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A collector from Ohio’s recent additions to her collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00a0 Others brought in some great pieces to sell<\/h4>\n

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Nutcrackers for sale<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00a0The Silent Auction was in full swing and had a lot of great pieces available to bid on. Here are just a few of the tables<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0CBS (WDBJ-7) came by and did a lot of filming and interviews. The news story can be found here – Nutcracker Collectors Gather in Lexington <\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Nutcracker collector interview – CBS (WDBJ-7)<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00a0After the convention, everyone had a little free time to wander before meeting for dinner. We went antiquing a little, then downtown to a couple galleries.<\/h4>\n

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Downtown Lexington Virginia<\/p><\/div>\n

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Window display downtown advertising the convention<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00a0Everyone gathered at the Southern Inn for a great dinner and to say goodbye to fellow collectors and great friends til next year.<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0Missy and I had a great time. We had a lot of fun and enjoyed getting to see everyone.<\/h4>\n

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We can’t thank Lynn and Ann enough for doing such a fabulous job hosting this year’s convention.<\/h4>\n

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\u00a0Stay tuned for pictures of the pieces I took to the convention to sell and pictures of the pieces I bought.<\/h4>\n

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