The Carousel News & Trader 1997

COVER: Ca. 1884 Karl Muller-Frederick Heyn carousel, photo by Susanne and Alex Fredebeul

CONTENTS:

• Charlotte Dinger Celebration of Life: Memoriam

• Karl Muller, German Carver, photos and history by Susanne and Alex Fredebeul

• Staten Island carousel update

• ACS Convention heading to Long Beach, May 1997

• Nov. 2, 1997 Fall Kissel auction, Ross, OH, results

• Mid-Am Chapter of the Music Box Society meets in Ohio for Monkey Organ Festival

• In memoriam - Gus Garcia

COVER: Two of the newly found and famous Mexican Mullers. Restorations by Wolf, R.A.R.E photo

CONTENTS:

• Feature on House on the Rock Carousel in Green, WI

• Restoring the Mexican Mullers by Steve Crescenze

• New England Carousel Museum opens Mystic Branch with operating carousel

• 1909-style Looff horse gifted to Spokane, WA carousel, from Missoula carvers, Gang in Chucks Garage

• Nov. 9, 1996 MidWest Top Sale in Livonia, MI, auction results

• Old Indiana Amusement Park to be sold at auction

• First Annual Carvers Weekend at Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, OH

• Band Organ rally in Perkasie, PA

• Merrick Price memoriam

• Joseph DeLorenzo memoriam

• Carousel Horse Pattern; Muller Military

COVER: Reproduction carousel figures by Joe Leonard for the cover of the First Annual Carvers Issue

CONTENTS:

• First Annual Carvers Issue features carousel carvers – Professional and Amateur alike! Carousel carvers featured in this issue: W. P. Wilcox, Dave Albrecht, Bob Callis, Chuck Kaparich, Bruce White, Dan Danielson, Patrick Stanczyk, David Hughes, Craig Swanson, Anthony Harrison, Douglas MacGregor, Susan Walker, Alice Porter, Phil Klepesch, Ed Nienabar, Debbie Martinez, Kenneth Klinger, Ron Helster, Clarence Tohill, Richard Stevens, Frank Caracci, Joe Parker, Betty Avey, Robert Pollock, Len Wirick, Everett White

• Joe Leonard Custom Wood Carving studio feature

• Steve Crescenze, carver, restoration artist

• Seabreeze carver, Ed Roth

• John Hughues studio feature

• The Carousel Woodcarver, Dave Gwinn

• Carousel Magic! feature

• Ken Means, carousel carver, teacher, artist

• Empire State Carousel carving closer

• Bob Kissel auctions feature

• Shelby Park, NC, Herschell-Spillman nearly restored - seek funds for building

• Feb. 2 fire destroys Play-Rite Music Turlock, CA warehouse

• Norton announces Conklin Shows auction

• Circus World Museum in Wisconsin to celebrate 150 years

• NCA Technical Conference to Jantzen Beach Parker carousel in Portland

• James R. Hennon, III memoriam

COVER: Mexican Muller known as the Drapery Horse, with wood restoration by John Hughes, paint by Lise Liepman

CONTENTS:

• Dave Norton Auctioneers to sell James F. Conklin Shows collection

• Sal D’Inecco’s masterful, amazing miniature carousels

• Jantzen Beach 4-abreast C. W. Parker to host NCA Tech Conference

• Strong Museum in Roshester, NY nears completion - will host 1918 Allan Herschell

• Perron’s place small Theel carousel in Richmond, CA

• Restoring a Luis Ortega Mexican ram

• A new Wm. H. Dentzel, III carousel for McMinnville, TN

• Carousel Gardens restaurant in Seymour, CT

• ACS Convention in Southern California visits Griffith and Balboa Parks

• Old Indiana Fun Park auction results

• Fumigating for wood pests

• World record carousel auction prices--updated list

• April 1997 Buyers Guide Listings

• US Carousels Directory

COVER: Lead horse from the carousel at Lake Compounce, the oldest continually operating carousel in the US

CONTENTS:

• Asbury Park Carousels Remembered - The Palace Carousel, 1910 Mangles- Looff-mix-menagerie, and PTC #87

• PTC #19 Euclid Beach Carousel auction announced by Norton

• Libertyland, The Queen of Memphis, TN, feature

• Amusement Park History from the NAPHA: Photo of a carousel in 1917 in Dedham, MA, the carousel was owned by Dubois and Hurley of the Rough Riders, Revere Beach, MA

• Ca. 1900 all standing Dentzel carousel at Weona Park in Pen Argyl, PA

• PTC #51, In The Shadow of Skyscrapers, at Elitch Gardens in Denver, CO

• 1912 Looff at Heritage Plantation in Sandwich, MA

• 1906 Parker/Hershcell-Spillman at Roseneath Fairgrounds in Ontario, Canada

• Lake Compounce Looff/Carmel/S&G celebrates 86 years

• PTC #84 at Paramount Canada’s Wonderland

• 90 Years for Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk - Looff carousel turns 86 years

• 1909 Illions, A Treasure at Riverside Park in Agawam, MA

• 1894 Armitage-Herschell steam carousel at Willowbrook in Newfield, ME, feature

• Santas Village in Sky Forest, CA, Fantasy in the Woods

• Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum to host Miniature Circus

• Carousels alive and well at the Herschell Museum in North Tonawanda

• Disney Worlds PTC #46 and PTC #47 at Hersheypark, PA

• M.C. Illions Supreme miniature on display in Disney World, Orlando

• Round & Round Home Carousel Video released

COVER: Grouping of antique Looff carousel giraffes from the Perron Collection on a Holiday display in Spokane, WA, Fred Hilker photo

CONTENTS:

• Miniature Carousel Convention in Grand Rapids, MI

• Former Euclid Beach (and Old Orchard Beach) PTC #19 to go to auction in Cleveland, OH, July 19, 1997

• Carousel Figure Auction Under the Big Top to Adamstown, PA, June 1997

• Euclid Beach Park Nuts rally to save carousel

• A Look at some French Carousels

• Euclid Beach Park Nuts rally to save carousel

• Kansas students design carousel animals, sponsored by the National Foundation for Carnival Heritage

• Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park in Hong Kong, China to close park and carousel after 48 years

• March 1997 Kissel Carousel Figure Auction a big success

• Cottage Grove, OR Allan Herschell carousel needs friends-support

• Joe Leonard Custom Woodcarving on display at Equine Fair

• Perron - All Looff, 1880-1911 - Antique Carousel Figure on display - Looff carousel headed to Burbank, CA

• July 16, 1887 Harpers Weekly cover features carousels

COVER: C. W. Parker Lillie Belle horse aboard the Historic Jantzen Beach carousel in Portland, OR

CONTENTS:

• Christies to auction The Tussauds Collection of Fariground Art in England - Antique European carousel figures and band organs included in the vast collection

• Santa Monica Pier celebrates 75th

• Chance Rides introduces “Endangered Species” carousel

• Washington Antique Carousel Society plans their own carousel

• Friends of the Paragon carousel, PTC #85, continue to raise funds

• Miniature carousels on display in Chambersburg, PA

• Norton Auctioneers Results for Mid-Way Auction - The Conklin Shows Collection in Corfu, NY

• Perron IMC to offer 50 carousel animals to the Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, OH

• SuperCenter preserves Jantzen Beach 4-row C. W. Parker

• New Roller coaster at Dorney Park

• Jantzen Beach hosts NCA Tech Conference, visits Antique 1911 Herschell-Spillman in Oaks Park as well as the ca. 1921 C. W. Parker Superior 4-row carousel

COVER: Early Dentzel prancer last aboard the Ocean Grove, NJ Dentzel carousel, restoration by Steve Crescenze 

CONTENTS:

• Michigan Carousel Club annual gathering

• New England Carousel Museum to offer carving classes

• Lumbertown Amusement Park in Minnesota to auction

• Illustrated Newspaper, May 29, 1875 Carousel theme cover

• Restorations by Wolf hosts 6th open house

• 1991 ACS Convention to Southern California

• American Carousel Society members visit Balboa Park Herschell-Spillman carousel, Shoreline Village Looff carousel, PTC #15 in La Puente, PTC #62 in Santa Monica, Griffith Park Spillman carousel, Lourinda Bray Running Horse Studio, John Daniel-Daniel's Den, Disneyland and more

• Gordon Riewe 1997 Under the Big Top carousel figure auction results - Illions armored top seller in PA at $82,500

COVER: PTC #19 from the former Euclid Beach Park in Cleveland remained intact where the whole outbid the figures for a new world record at auction of $715,000 for a full antique carousel

CONTENTS:

• Euclid Beach carousel comes home to Cleveland, OH - Intact

• New from the Washington Antique Carousel Society

• Monkeyfest 1997 organ festival in Columbus, IN

• Update on PTC #33 and Our Fair Carousel

• Amusement Park and Carousel Carving exhibits at Cayuga Museum in Auburn, NY

• Roller Coaster Enthusiasts Wedding at Dorney Park

• Strong Museum in Rochester to operate 1918 Alan Herschell

• A look at the History and Restoration of a ca. 1900 E. J. Morris Hackney carousel horse, outside row stander

• Euclid Beach Carousel nostalgia and auction feature

• Michigan Tri-City Carvers work on Saginaw, MI carousel

• Bill Manns releases his new book, “Cowboys”

COVER: Fly By Night print by Brent Flory of Utah

CONTENTS:

• Carousel Group plans visit to see English carousels in 1999

• 1902 D.C. Muller giraffe from Lakeview Park (Now Forest Park) carousel comes out of hiding in Dracut, MA

• Carousel artist, Arthur Plant, beautifies hospitals

• Sarah Rose, sculptor of carousel miniatures

• Carousel artists, Kermit and Dale St. Pierre in Maine

• Brent Flory Carousel Fantasies Art

• The Association of Carousel Artists Feature: Laurel D’Agnille, Arlene Landers, Theresa Mather, Sara “Missy” Turner Eneboe

• Luann Sheridan stained glass menagerie carousel

• Celebration Square carousel in MI

• Charlie Scholls miniatures

COVER: Carmel stander from Bogata, Columbia restored by Len Luiso

CONTENTS:

• Miniature Carousel Builders rally at Knoebels Grove

• Restoring the cover Carmel stander feature, by Len Luiso

• 1997 NCA Convention tours Indiana and Illinois

• Carousel visits include: 1900 Dentzel in Logansport, Indianapolis zoo, Children's Museum Dentzel, PTC #72 at Kiddieland, Eden Palais, private 1929 Allan Herschell and others

• Guernseys Summer carousel auction results

• Carousel Dreams afghan by Diane Mongin

COVER: Illions American Beauty Rose horse, restored by Tony Orlando

CONTENTS:

• Maple Leaf Village horse contains Playland Park, Wassage Beach ticket

• 1997 Collectors Expo in Orlando, FL with hand-crank carousel

• L.A.R.K. Toys unveils their new carved menagerie carousel in Minnesota

• Tony Orlando feature on restoring an Illions Rose Horse

• Carousel Capital – Broome County – holds 5th annual festival

• Couple save and restore a 1900 C. W. Parker steam-track machine in MI

• Hans Hoffman memoriam