The Carousel News & Trader 1990

COVER: Beautifully restored early 1900s Dentzel Co. antique carousel horse, prancer

CONTENTS:

• Guernseys new world record auction sells Illions Flying Mane horse from Seaside Heights, NJ for $121,000

• 22 Herschell-Spillman antique carousel horses stolen from Glidden Community Fair Park, Glidden, WI

• Parents Group, Connie and David Moya purchase merry-go-round for Lanterman State Hospital in Pomona, California

• 1913 C.W. Parker historic carousel moves from storage at Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin to Leavenworth, KS

• Broome County, NY to restore all 6 Herschell carousels

• A look back at Quassy Park, Lake Quassapaug, CT and its historic carousels including a late 1800s Charles Dare carousel destroyed by fire in 1917, and an Armitage-Herschell carousel, which operated until 1929; Quassy Feature by William Manns

• Boblo Island Park 1906 Illions carousel for sale

• Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum in North Tonawanda, NY reports record summer attendance

COVER: Dolly Parton poses with a restored 1923 Dentzel carousel horse to be installed with full antique Dentzel menagerie carousel at Dollywood.

CONTENTS:

• The Friends of the Holyoke Merry-Go-Round selling Mountain Park Artizan band organ tapes

• Antique 1923 Dentzel menagerie carousel comes to Dollywood

• Two horses stolen from PTC #83 at Idlewild Park in Ligonier, PA

• Overview of carousel marketplace

• San Francisco to host American Carousel Society Convention

• Jerry Betts joins The Carousel News & Trader

• Allan Herschell carousel finds home in Van Buren, OH; Linda and Randy Simons

• Erwin Heller obituary

• Merry-Go-Round Museum to open in Sandusky, OH

• Kenneth O. Shaner’s miniature carousel

• Crossroads Village in Flint, MI dedicates new carousel building

• Jim Aten antique carousel figures for sale

• Organ Notes by Don Stinson

• The new, New England Carousel Museum

COVER: C. W. Parker Lillie Belle Flying Mane lead horse sold for $88,000 at Tampa auction

CONTENTS:

• Herschell Heyn mix carousel to operate at Columbus Mall, OH

• Boblo Island Park 1906 Illions carousel sold piece-by-piece by Norton Auctioneers

• C.W. Parker Lillie Belle horse sells at Tampa, FL Under The Big Top auction for $88,000

• Dollywood Carousel building nears completion, will house antique 1923 Dentzel menagerie carousel

• Carousel collectors Linda and Bob Burrows in Worthington, OH

• 1926 Spillman to become Idaho Centennial Carousel, Porter Park, Rexburg, Idaho

• Carvers John and Nancy Laity in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

• Sotheby’s auction to offer over 150 antique carousel horses and menagerie figures

• Removing fiberglass overlays from antique wooden carousel figures, by Lorinda Bray

• A tribute to Erwion Heller; 1917-1990

• Feature on Bette Jeanne Rutkowski: The Lady Who Loves Horses, by Charles Echols

COVER: A Looff horse and a Muller horse restored by The Carousel Works

CONTENTS:

• 1903 C.W. Parker carousel #91 in Morgantown, PA to be sold at auction

• Our Fair Carousel group saves PTC #33

• Tales of carousel animal restoration woes and how to prevent them

• Prices down at Sotheby’s auction in NYC

• The Grande Carrousel PTC #38

• The Friends of the Holyoke Merry-Go-Round became the owners of the Mountain Park PTC #80 carousel

• Mansfield, OH to host carousel exposition

• Angela Amusement Park in Hazelton, PA sold at auction

• The Carousel Works of Mansfield, OH

• Looff replica of Katie Matthews of Granville, OH

• Fantasy Carousel miniatures

• Carousel museum for Binghampton, NY

• Update on PTC #50

• 1909 Looff carousel in Washington state’s Riverfront Park being restored

• City Park Funland in Alexandria, VA to sell at auction

• Geagua Lake Park in Aurora, OH

• PJ’s Carousel Collection to begin “Park Collection” series

• Carousel show in Urbana, OH

• Carver Lorren Corder of Salem, OR wins best of show

• Potential takeover within the Miniature Carousel Builders

• Norman Adams of Brenham, TX and his miniature European salon carousel

• Origin of horses a mystery for carousel in Brenham, TX

• Dave Miller gets award for twenty years of service at Tuscora Park in New Philadelphia, OH

• Carousel artist Susan Ziemke of Sandusky

• Carousel carver pattern

• Carousel collection of Sally and Ed Kosnik of Ohio

• April 1990 Buyer’s Guide Listings

COVER: A lively, ca. 1920s Wind Blown Mane Dentzel-Muller antique carousel horse, restored jumper

CONTENTS:

• Norton to sell Bub Hurlbut Carousel Collection in Southern California; includes Historic 1907 Dentzel menagerie carousel that once operated at Knotts Berry Farm Lagoon, and PTC #31 carousel, once operated at Indian Lake in Russels Point, Ohio

• Bob Kissel auctions 300 carousel figures at Strickers Grove Park, Ross, Ohio

• Tribute to Jerry Betts; 1935-1990

• Gavin McDonough restores 1910 Ruth band organ

• 1903 Rocky Glen, Moosic, Pennsylvania C.W. Parker to be auctioned

• Sotheby's 1990 antique carousel animal auction results

COVER: Finely carved, rare D. C. Muller Bros. goat restored

CONTENTS:

• Glidden Hershcell-Spillman stolen horses recovered, thief caught

• 1900 Roseneath, Ontario Parker carousel to be restored

• 1903 C.W. Parker, Morgantown, Pennsylvania carousel broken up for auction

• Rexburg, Idaho Centennial Carousel

• Historic Dentzel (Mangels-Chance) carousel at the Children's Museum in Indianapolis undergoes restoration

• Dollywood Dentzel carousel opens in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

• Mansfield, OH hosts first Midwest Carousel Exposition

• Miniature carousels at Mansfield, OH Expo

• American Carousel Museum loses lease-location at Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco – closed for renovations

• Band Organs restored by Steve Lanick

• Greentree Mall, Clarksville, Indiana welcomes new carousel

• Merry-Go-Round Museum established in Sandusky, Ohio

• Milena Kytrova, artist

• Illions Supreme to remain at Geauga Lake Park in Aurora, Ohio

• City Park Funland in Alexandrian, Louisiana sold

COVER: Regal Patriotic Dentzel stander with George Washington and American flag trappings

CONTENTS:

• Earl and Rogene Corey Collection at Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio

• Guernseys 1990 Carousel Auction to include fundraiser for Saratoga Springs, Kaydeross Park Illions carousel

• Push to save Vancouver’s 1917 C.W. Parker

• NCA Tech conference in Raleigh, North Carolina

• 1912 C.W. Parker at Crossroads Village Park in Flint, Michigan unveils nine restored horses

• Salon-Demeyer merry-go-round at the Ecomuseum Alsace

• Band organ rally at Tuscora Park, Ohio

• Casino Pier carousel to remain in New Jersey - for now

• Karen Vannoy, carver

• Simeon Gagne starts Miniature Carousel Components

• Norton auctions Cletus Miller Collection

COVER: Outside row Armored jumper, an ostrich and two inside row horses on the 4-row Golden Gate Park 1913-14 Herschell-Spillman

CONTENTS:

• Jerry Reinhardt’s miniature masterpieces

• 1910 Stein & Goldstein kiddie carousel and 1913 Kremer’s Grand Carousel at Knoebels Grove

• Bill Manns looks at the Bub Hurlbut Carousel Collection going up for auction; 1907 Dentzel from Knotts Lagoon and PTC #31 from Indian Lake, Russel’s Point, Ohio

• Carousel water tower in Madison, Ohio nears completion

• Idaho Centennial Carousel dedication of Spillman carousel in Rexburg, Idaho

• Golden Gate Park 1913-14 Herschell-Spillman celebrated by restorer Ruby Newman

• 1902 Dentzel in Longasport, Indiana gets new building

• Carver Tom Wade of French Lick, Indiana flies his animals to their destination

• Chance carousel at Barnes Crossing Mall in Tupelo, Missippi get a new top

• Long Point Park, Geneseo, New York to sell at auction

COVER: Flower laden carousel horse

CONTENTS:

• Sandusky, Ohio Merry-Go-Round Museum celebrates grand opening

• Geauga Lake, Aurora, Ohio purchases Stinson organ for Illions carosuel

• Timonth Murphy obituary

• Saratoga Springs carousel raises $17,000

• Brooklyn’s 1912 Carmel carousel in Prospect Park restoration nears completion

• Norton - Bub Hurbut Carousel auction results

• Collectors Pam and Bob Shaw of Utica, Ohio purchase 1920s Herschell carousel

• A look back at the carousels of Great Falls Park outside Washington, D.C.

• Guernsey’s Saratoga Springs auction results

• Stinson band organ to Tokyo, Japan

• Lincoln Stone, carver from Marietta Georgia

• Sandusky, Ohio band organ rally

• Carousel artist Jayne Swartzwelder

• Carousel Art Auction at Polo Club in Palm Beach, Florida

COVER: Ca. 1906 Dentzel lion from Knotts Lagoon carousel, Bud Hurlbut sale

CONTENTS:

• Canobie Lake, NH, celebrates 98th opening day - 1906 Dentzel/Looff/Steinand Goldstein carousel keeps spinning

• History of the Prospect Park, New York Nunley-Murphy carousel

• Bud Hurlburt collections sells for $2.3 million

• Clementon, New Jersey amusement park to auction off PTC #49 animals to raise funds

• Norton Long Point Park auction sets record for sale of Herschell aluminum horses

• Daniel’s Den plans for Illions Supreme replica to be placed at Hecker Pass Family Park in Gilroy, CA

• Ohio carousel collectors, Chris and Med Lutmerding

• Stinson unveils JB-66 series organs at Chillicothe, Ohio rally

• New Fabricon carousel at Barefoot Landing, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

COVER: Head of an early 1900s Dentzel carousel horse

CONTENTS:

• Meridian, Mississippi 1892 two-abreast Dentzel carousel to be restored by Rosa Regan

• 14 carousel riders break Guinness record

• Stacey Baumgardner, fantasy carousel artist

• Sandusky Marry-Go-Round museum Grand Opening

• Roseneath, Ontario carousel horses to be restored

• Perkasie, PA, Menlo Park Allan Herschell carousel

• PTC #47 in Hersheypark, Pennsylvania

• Madison, Ohio dedicates Carousel Water Tower

• ACS convention in San Francisco includes Santa Cruz Looff, San Francisco Zoo Dentzel, and Great Americas PTC #45 caroueel in Santa Clara, and Golden Gate Park and Tilden Park Herschell-Spillmans

• Dentzel Carousel

• Firemen host fundraiser for 1915 Allan Herschell in Millville, Pennsylvania

COVER: Tony Orland carousel holiday cover features a rare, prized, Dentzel carousel rooster

CONTENTS:

• Lake Compounce, Connecticut carousel establishes non-profit fund

• Barrango delivers new carousel to Seaside Town Center Mall in Oregon

• City Park carousel, New Orleans celebrates the holidays

• A Look Back - The Revere Beach Rough Riders Historic 1915 Stein & Goldstein Carousel long lost from Revere, MA

• NCA convention in Queens, New York visits Central Park Stein & Goldstein; B&B in Coney Island; Flushing Meadows; Bushnell Park, Hartford; Prospect Park; Hempstead Park; Nunleys in Baldwin, Long Island and four antique carousels at Cedar Point

• Theresa Mather miniatures

• PTC #18 historic antique carousel returns home to the shores of the Onondaga Lake, at the Carousel Center Mall in Syracuse, NY