Released on = May 8, 2006, 8:50 am

Press Release Author = LLD Specialty Sales

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = The Blue and White Auction opens on May 20th. Four major
antiques dealers have come together to present an auction where every lot will
feature something that is either Blue or White.

Press Release Body = If you are ready for summer-and blue skies, fresh linens, and
sunshine-you are going to love the first ever Blue and White Auction presented by
LLD Specialty Sales. Four major dealers have sifted through their extensive
inventories and hand picked more than 200 lots of antique tiles and pottery,
collectible door hardware, vintage plumbing, Early American Pattern Glass, books,
fabrics, catalogs, china, jewelry, furniture, and architectural items.

And the beautiful thing is that every lot will feature something that is either Blue
or White.

The Blue and White Auction will open for bidding on Saturday, May 20th, 2006, and
will close one week later on May 27, allowing one week of live bidding. Many pieces
are available for preview at the online photo galleries of www.LLDSpecialtySales.com
and www.AntiqueTiles.com.

Jill and Web Wilson are nationally known experts on vintage plumbing, antique door
hardware and architectural materials. Among the items they have chosen for this
auction are blue decorated sink bowls, blue glass and decorated porcelain doorknobs,
a white marble pharmacy scale, some rare Addison glass tiles, and a small cast iron
safe with a Gothic arch door. They will also offer a selection of fine fabrics and
weaving artifacts from their recent Scalamandre Archive Auction event.

Jill and Web recently contributed two chapters to Brian Coleman's latest book
Details, published by Gibbs-Smith. Jill runs an antique plumbing business called
LooLoo Design and Web's antique hardware auctions that have realized world record
doorknob prices. Both the Wilson\'s focus on American antiques and American history
and have been asked to share their interest and knowledge of our nation's building
heritage with many museums and restoration projects. Their mission is to build
awareness of all the industrial and decorative arts so that everyone can learn to
enjoy and preserve America's antiques heritage.

Antique tiles and pottery, offered by Karen Michelle Antique Tiles, of
www.AntiqueTiles.com, include a vintage Moravian Pottery sconce, a Columbian
Exposition advertising calendar paperweight, an American Encaustic advertising
double inkwell, and a matched pair of antique portrait stove tiles.

Antique and collectible tiles offer a unique opportunity to customize your
decorating needs to your specific taste. Tiles were first introduced into homes to
present a more hygienic surface, and they have evolved into an art form of their
own. The blue and white examples in the auction will range in age from 1880 - 1960,
and were produced in the US, England, Spain and Italy.

American historical items in glass and pottery, offered by Grace Guido, include a
rare blue Lincoln - Garfield assassination mug, a Frosted Ribbon Dolphin standard
compote, a flint Pressed Ring Punty lamp by Sandwich, and a selection of childrens'
Victorian toy glass mugs in blue.

Glass made between 1850 - 1910 captured the spirit of the Industrial Revolution in
America. Mold makers, glass blowers and factory workers fashioned useful and
decorative items for our homes. Examples of their craft are apparent in the names
given to patterns, such as "Lamb", "Wee Branches", and "Thousand Eye", from which
the name of the collecting category known as "Early American Pattern Glass" is
derived.

Collectors, decorators, restorers and antiques lovers will find a treasure for
themselves or their customers in this first time auction with an exclusive Blue and
White theme. Up for grabs will be antique tiles, jewelry, pottery from Rookwood,
Zanesville Stoneware, North Carolina, UND, and romantic and historical
Staffordshire, books and artwork, Ante Bellum doorknobs and cabinet hardware,
collectible pottery and china, painted furniture, and some interesting architectural
elements.

Each dealer guarantees every lot to be as described and the opening bid is the
winning bid if there is no advancement. All bidders remain anonymous and each bidder
can access their own bidding records and watch lists.

Auctions presented by LLD Specialty Sales are located online at www.AntiquesYes.com.
You may pre-register now for the auction at that site. Email inquiries to
AuctionService@AntiquesYes.com or you are welcome to call Jill and Web Wilson at
800-508-0022.


Web Site = http://www.lldspecialtysales.com

Contact Details = Jill Wilson
LLD Specialty Sales
PO Box 506 Portsmouth, RI 02871
800-508-0022
service@lldspecialtysales.com
http://www.lldspecialtysales.com