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(Auction)Scarlett Fever
Barridoff Auctions, South Portland, Maine
Photos courtesy Barridoff Auctions
Barridoff Auctions held a small, approximately 145-lot sale of art Saturday, April 1, at its comfortable facility in South Portland, Maine. The sale included paintings, prints, sculpture, and photographs. It was 90% sold.
Leading all sales was a 40" x 49 1/8" oil on ... (Read More)
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(Show)April Fools' Day and the Greater Rochester Spring Antique Show
Henrietta, New York
There were no "fools" and no "fooling around" at the Greater Rochester Spring Antique Show, produced April 1 by the Genesee Country Antique Dealers Association (GCADA). The collectors and dealers who came and the exhibitors who exhibited were savvy, serious, and smart. At 10 a.m. the huge overhead ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ship Models Sail to Market
Boston Harbor Auctions, Norwell, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Boston Harbor Auctions
Boston Harbor Auctions' April 1 online maritime sale brought to market a range of ship models and half-hulls, along with navigational equipment and engine order telegraphs (E.O.T.s). The sale comprised just shy of 400 lots.
Larry Lannan, principal of the auction house and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Howard Rehs
It's a family affair at Rehs Galleries, Inc., New York City, and has been for four generations. A new generation was literally "waiting in the wings" when M.A.D. spoke with Howard Rehs in early February-a first grandchild was expected that week.
As did his grandparents M. Edwin and Ruth Schillay and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany Windows Shine
Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York
Photos courtesy Cottone Auctions
Cottone Auctions held a small 218-lot sale March 31 in Geneseo, New York. Almost every lot sold, and the total was almost exactly $3 million. "There may have been about five lots that passed," said Matt Cottone. "It was a great sale."
Tiffany ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ring Flask Rings Up $204,000 at Crocker Farm
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm
"There are still great objects resurfacing and coming onto the market," remarked Mark Zipp of Crocker Farm following the Zipp family's spring sale. This was one of the questions when starting out 20 years ago-how to find the material over time, sale after sale. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Furniture, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts
Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Hindman
A pair of "sweetheart" sand bottles by deaf and mute artist Andrew Clemens (1857-1894) sold for $151,200 (including buyer's premium) against an estimate of $60,000/80,000 to highlight the American furniture, folk art, and decorative arts auction held by Hindman in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 30.
Pair of Andrew ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Dates for Scarborough, Maine, Show
The Scarborough High School Vintage and Antique Show & Sale has a new date. The event has been moved to Saturday, April 8, the day before Easter Sunday. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and admission is $6.
Joshua and Rachel Gurley of Gurley Antique Shows have been promoting this ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Found Object Show
New York City
Objects whose original purposes have morphed over time and space were displayed March 24-26 at the second edition of The Found Object Show: Art without Intent. The show was held over the last weekend in March in a gallery on West 26th Street, in the heart of New ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Grassroots Antiques Show
Elverson Antique Show & Sale, Elverson, Pennsylvania
The parking lot was full, and there was a big crowd waiting for the doors to open at 10 a.m. at Twin Valley High School in Elverson, Pennsylvania, for the spring edition of the Elverson Antique Show & Sale March 25. There were dealers ... (Read More)
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(Auction)From Pottery Country, Pots of All Sorts
Cagle Auction Company, Bogart, Georgia
Photos courtesy Cagle Auction Company
Cagle Auction Company, Bogart, Georgia, located in the northeast part of the state, has routinely offered examples from the most elusive and sought-after southern pottery makers for 20 years, including works from Edgefield, South Carolina; Crawford County, Georgia; the Meaders family; W. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bertoia Sale Tops $1.8 Million
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
It was playtime at Bertoia Auctions' annual spring sale, held March 24 and 25 in Vineland, New Jersey. Two days of childhood memories crossed the auction block, and would-be buyers tried their best to add to their stash.
Friday, March 24, featured property from ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Philadelphia Show
The Philadelphia Show, founded in 1962 as the Philadelphia Antiques Show, dropped the word antiques from its name last year and added a tagline in small print: "Antiques * Art * Design." Forty-two dealers will exhibit their wares in a purpose-built tent at the top of the "Rocky Steps" on ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Ceramics in America 2021/2022
A Book Review
The 2021-22 edition of Ceramics in America, the second since Ronald W. Fuchs II joined Robert Hunter as co-editor, begins with four essays about Chinese porcelain and continues with more about ceramics made and used in America. Archaeologist Robert Hunter continues to show how the smallest ceramic fragments ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, April 2023
Guy Pene du Bois, Portrait of Patricia Pike in White Dress, 1941. Estate of Yvonne Pene du Bois McKenney. Photo courtesy 511 Gallery, New York City.
-Through March 26 -Lakeland, Florida
Edward Hopper (1882-1967) and Guy Pene du Bois (1884-1958) were two different but stylistically overlapping artists who became lifelong friends from ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Paint-Decorated Chest Brings $32,400
On March 20 Winter Associates in Plainville, Connecticut, held a 345-lot sale beginning at 5:30 p.m. The top lot was a paint-decorated one-drawer blanket chest, estimated at $1000/2000, that sold for $32,400 (includes buyer's premium) to Woodbury, Connecticut, dealer David Schorsch of David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles American ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Folk Art and Americana: The Brandegee Collection
Garth's Auctions, Columbus, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth's Auctions
A single-owner sale of Americana and folk art that ranged from a William and Mary one-drawer stand to a Howard Finster metal sign brought a strong response at Garth's Auctions March 18, indicating there's no lack of interest in fresh goods with the right ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Blessing Collection, Part Two
Woody Auction, Douglass, Kansas
Photos courtesy Woody Auction
Ron Blessing (1949-2022) was a longtime collector of American 19th-century furniture and Victorian silver plate. Later he added Art Nouveau glass and lamps. The star lot of the second sale of Blessing's collection at Woody Auction in Douglass, Kansas, March 18 was his Louis ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Knowing the Reserve
The practice of revealing auction price reserves to bidders has been debated for a long time. Both sides of the argument have solid points, and right now it is up to individual auction houses or consignors to decide.
If Oregon's Senate Bill 734 passes, auctioneers in Oregon would be required by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Harbinger of Spring
Hudson Antique Show, Canfield, Ohio
Packing up and unpacking during a move is not everyone's idea of a good time. When puzzle-piece packing a van or truck is a monthly requirement of one's job, and what is being boxed up or wrapped in moving blankets is often one-of-a-kind valuable items, that ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 66th Annual Spring Fox Valley Antiques Show: Online
Chicago Suburban Antiques Dealers Association
"More consumers have found us. I have no way of knowing how they found us, but they are buying."
Those are happy words indeed, and the best part is that they came from a lifer in the antiques biz. To be exact, they are from Debbie McArdle, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Signed Mocha Jar Tops Maine Auction
Casco Bay Auctions, Freeport, Maine
Photos courtesy Casco Bay Auctions
The highest-estimated lot in Casco Bay Auctions' March 11 Americana sale in Freeport, Maine, was not one that would traditionally be called Americana. Instead, it was contemporary art-a watercolor and acrylic on foam board, signed "Cy Twombly"-and it was estimated at $80,000/120,000.
According ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Museum Payroll Manager Charged With Misappropriating More Than $2 Million
The former payroll manager for the Art Institute of Chicago has been indicted on fraud charges for allegedly misappropriating more than $2 million in museum funds.
An indictment returned January 12 in U.S. District Court in Chicago accuses Michael Maurello of fraudulently obtaining museum funds from 2007 to 2020. Maurello allegedly ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Minimalism Is Dead! Long Live Maximalism!
Beneath the Surface
We have been besieged for years by messages of minimalism. Simplify your life and throw out all your stuff! Everything that does not bring contentment, peace, and joy on this particular day at this particular moment must go! Never mind if you are having a bad day or ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Roadside Attractions: The Susann Craig Collection
Hindman Auctions, Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Hindman Auctions
Assuming that an adage in the auction world is true-that single-owner sales reflect the personality of the individual who selected the goods-then it stands to reason that the Susann Craig collection sold at Hindman Auctions in Chicago March 9 would come across as colorful, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Newel Acquires Gary Rubinstein Antiques
According to a January 18 blog post, Newel, which was founded in 1939 in New York City, is acquiring Gary Rubinstein Antiques and Modern Design in Hollywood, Florida.
Newel will be taking over Rubinstein's showroom, which is located in the South Florida Design Park in Hollywood. "With this acquisition, we are ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Abner S. Wight's Red Earthenware Production in New Hampshire and Massachusetts
When Northeast Auctions sold a 19th-century red earthenware butter churn over a decade ago, as part of the company's annual summer Americana sale in Manchester, New Hampshire, not everyone in attendance may have realized that they were witnessing the sale of an important piece of New England country pottery. The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Shelburne Establishes Curator of Native American Art
Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont, has established a new curatorship in Native American art. Victoria Sunnergren is the museum's first associate curator of Native American art. She will lead the interpretation and exhibition of the museum's collection of indigenous art and material culture and organize an exhibition highlighting the Perry collection ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, March 2023
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer's premium when charged. We're always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Hawaii Couple Indicted in Fakes Case
Earl Marshawn Washington, 60, and his wife, Zsanett Nagy, 31, both of Honolulu, Hawaii, have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering. Washington was indicted separately for bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
It's alleged that from 2018 to 2021, Washington ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2023 Outsider Art Fair
New York City
When one ventures inside the Outsider Art Fair (OAF), a subtle spark of energy is ignited. The show, now in its 31st run, was held March 2-5 at the Metropolitan Pavilion on West 18th Street, New York City. There is a familiarity to both the space and the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Spring Rural Life Antique Show
Tuscola, Illinois
It was business as usual at the spring edition of Rural Life Antique Show, held March 3 and 4 at two locations in Tuscola, Illinois. Despite challenging weather on the opening day, which intensified from wind and light rain to strong winds and steady rain and then to ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Gathering on the Prairie
Arthur, Illinois
The cow didn't last long. A hand-painted Holstein that had been cut from a 4' x 8' sheet of plywood was among the first things to sell when A Gathering on the Prairie opened March 4 at the Otto Center on the outskirts of Arthur, Illinois. David Cotton of ... (Read More)
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(Show)Country Spirit Antique Show
Arcola, Illinois
There's a scene in the 1996 movie Twister in which the two main characters, Dr. Jo Harding (Helen Hunt) and her estranged husband, Bill Harding (Bill Paxton), are racing in a pickup truck across a dirt levee, trying to outrun two tornadic waterspouts. Amidst the swirling debris, a Holstein ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)American Furniture 2021/2022
A Book Review
The Chipstone journal American Furniture 2021/2022, the 20th volume edited by Luke Beckerdite since 1993, is his next to last before handing over his editor's chair to Martha Willoughby.
Beckerdite used this issue to tie up some loose ends and fulfill the Chipstone Foundation's educational mission of using the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Joshua and Rachel Gurley
"As kids we were carted around to every auction in New England," said Rachel Gurley as she and her older brother, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Maritime Auction
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred's
Cape Cod auction house Eldred's put together a two-day marine sale February 28 and March 1 in East Dennis, Massachusetts. Drawn from an array of maritime collections such as that of Chuck and Jan DeLuca, Michael Gill, Richard Kelton, and Stephen D. Weinroth, the objects ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Arrested in Museum Theft
A routine Google search by Massachusetts dealer Len Estabrooks helped lead to the arrest of a man and the recovery of objects allegedly stolen from the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
On January 5 police arrested Robert M. Burchell, 42, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, for allegedly stealing dozens of artifacts from the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Robert Ellison's Collection
Rago, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago
Robert A. "Bob" Ellison Jr. (1932-2021) saw ceramics as an "enduring non-verbal language which has been used throughout the world since before recorded history right up through the present," wrote his wife, the artist Rosaire Appel, in an essay for the catalog for Rago's February ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Historic New England Acquires Boston Jewelry Archival Material
Historic New England has acquired archival material from the Frank N. Nathan Company and the Church Company. Both firms were part of Boston's jewelry industry in the late 19th and early to mid-20th centuries. The material sheds light on consumer taste, the design process, and the materials used in jewelry ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Pitfalls in Making Good Decisions as a Collector
Experienced antiques collectors have learned a thing or two, especially when it comes to deciding which pieces to add to their collections. They know that forces weigh on them, sometimes only on the edges of awareness or hidden altogether, and not always positive. Nor is the collector's thinking always rational. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Daniel Boone Compass Navigates the Block at Heritage
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texa
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Several extraordinarily important artifacts of American heritage fetched six-figure amounts when they crossed the auction block at Heritage Auctions' February 25 and 26 Americana and political "Signature" auction in Dallas.
The auction included a compass owned by explorer Daniel Boone (1734-1820), who served as a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Abercrombie Leads Three-Day Auction in Maine
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries' three-day sale "Winter Enchantment," held February 24-26, brought in a total of "just under $1.7 million" with an 85% sell-through rate. The weekend sale saw 1377 lots offered.
"Friday was fun, Saturday was not so much fun, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Ricky Jay Collection: Part One
Potter & Potter Auctions, Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Potter & Potter Auctions
"It is a peculiar profession." -Ricky Jay, speaking about magic in the 2012 documentary Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Celebrated magician Ricky Jay, born Richard Jay Potash, was much more than a performer. The master of sleight ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decoys and More at Copley
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Hingham, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
From the Hingham, Massachusetts, offices, Stephen B. O'Brien Jr. and his Copley Fine Art Auctions brought 657 lots of decoys and fine art to market in an online auction February 24 and 25 that brought more than $2.2 million and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, March 2023
This month's "Letter" contains any number of curious items, not least a tiny ring inset with a "Toadstone," which turns out to be the fossilised tooth of a long extinct fish, and a very rare early printing of the sheet music for "Jingle Bells," a familiar song that centuries later ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Alderfer Auction Opens Second Location
Alderfer Auction has opened a second location, a 14,000-square-foot facility at 584 West Swamp Road, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
According to the company, the decision to expand to a second location came from a desire and need to increase its footprint with room for more offices, processing, and a showroom plus ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New CEO at Hindman
Alyssa D. Quinlan is the new chief executive officer at Hindman. She has served as Hindman's chief business development officer for the past three years, a period in which Hindman increased annual sales by 43%. In 2022 the company recorded its highest-ever annual sales total.
Alyssa D. Quinlan.
Quinlan has 25 years ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Collecting Denim
Never in his wildest dreams could a miner in the Old West have imagined that the jeans he wore and labored with by candlelight would sell for $87,400 during a 2022 festival celebrating all things denim.
Nor could Solomon Warner have believed that a pair of jeans he stocked in his ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bonhams Skinner Americana
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Bonhams Skinner
The warmth of wood featured in the Bonhams Skinner February 12-22 online sale "American History in Wood: The Levine Folk Art Collection," which brought to market 404 lots spanning American history. As serious collectors do, Anne and Dr. Robert "Bob" Levine delivered meticulous provenance, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Live Auction with Good, Solid Antiques
William Smith Auctions, Plainfield, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy William Smith Auctions
Notable for its breadth and depth, the William Smith Auctions' February 22 sale was replete with American art and furnishings, Chinese art, fine rugs, and other good, solid antiques. Held live in the Plainfield, New Hampshire, gallery, the sale drew the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Americana Week
Like a high school reunion, Americana Week in New York City returned this January after three years of pandemic-related cancellations, changes, and difficulties. Hair was grayer, waistlines were a little larger, and, as at any reunion, there were fewer people in attendance than the last time.
There was a real joy ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)John Balgingham: An Unrecognized 18th-Century Irish/American Cabinetmaker
In November 2020 I chanced to view on the website for Philip Bradley Antiques three images of a magnificent walnut slant-top desk (fig. 1). Both amazed and impressed with the form, material, and craftsmanship exemplified by this piece, I had the good fortune to acquire it. As a regular contributor ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Paintings by Women Shine
Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman's
It was ladies' day at Freeman's American art and Pennsylvania Impressionists sale in Philadelphia on Sunday, December 4. Works by women sold way over estimates, making new auction records, and the trend continued in sales that followed on Monday and Tuesday, December 5 and 6.
Jane Peterson ... (Read More)
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(Show)Jenkins Expands Offerings at the Fairgrounds
The Nashville Show, Nashville, Tennessee
After the February 16-18 Nashville Show, manager Jon Jenkins took time to analyze the event's developments and discuss what the public can look forward to next year.
Anyone familiar with the antiques business knows there are two sorts of characters involved. There are those positive collectors and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Heart of Tennessee Makes the Collecting Heart Beat Faster
Heart of Tennessee Antique Show, Lebanon, Tennessee
With antiques ranging from classically formal to primitive country, the annual Heart of Tennessee Antique Show, held this year February 16-18, is an elegant showcase for around 40 exhibitors.
The Farm Bureau Expo in Lebanon, east of Nashville, is a large state-of-the-art building with easy ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fiddlers Kicks Off the Festivities at the Fairgrounds
Fiddlers Antiques Show, Nashville, Tennessee
The Fiddlers Antiques Show will always be fondly remembered as the show where collectors popped in and out of rooms at an old motel. But the current show, under the management of Kay and Bill Puchstein, features a roster of around 60 exhibitors who happily spread ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, March 2023
Thornton Dial Sr., McCalla, Alabama, 2007. Photo (c) Jerry Siegel.
-Through March 25 -Dothan, Alabama
Thornton Dial Sr. (1928-2016) is one of Alabama's most critically acclaimed artists. The exhibition I, Too, Am Thornton Dial at the Wiregrass Museum of Art makes the case that Dial's drawings are as significant to his practice ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Midwinter Americana Auction
Withington Auctions, Goffstown, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Withington Auctions
The February 17 midwinter auction at Withington Auctions, Goffstown, New Hampshire, brought out some interesting historical objects and showcased some creations of contemporary artisans.
The three partners of the auction house, Mike Reopel, Ken Labnon, and Gary Yeaton, share some overlapping duties, but it ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Rubin Collection of Wedgwood
Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman's
Freeman's called the February 15 sale in Philadelphia of the Wedgwood collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin and Suzanne Borow Rubin "All the Variety and Perfection." Fellow collector and Wedgwood scholar Woody Johnson said, "Suzanne and Ellis were following the model of the Buten Museum in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Franklin Clock Awakens
Photos courtesy Wiederseim Associates
If ever an auction lot qualified as a "sleeper," it was an 18th-century English tall clock that sold February 15 at Wiederseim Associates in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, for $37,500 (includes buyer's premium), far exceeding its $350 high estimate.
The clock's engraved brass "sheet" dial was signed "Whitehurst, Derby" by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mid-19th-Century Documents Top Lots at Muscarelli Auction
Muscarelli Auction Company, Taylorsville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Muscarelli Auction Company
Two historical handwritten documents tied for the top lot at Taylorsville, North Carolina-based Muscarelli Auction Company's online sale that ended February 11. A letter from Confederate General Robert E. Lee to the governor of Florida and an account ledger book kept ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Charlton Hall Sells Hopper Collection
Charlton Hall Galleries, Inc., West Columbia, South Carolina
Photos courtesy Charlton Hall Galleries, Inc.
History ran deep in maps, books, and manuscripts from pre-Revolutionary War times through the Civil War at Charlton Hall Galleries' February 10 online auction, and history was made with several record-setting prices.
The 376-lot, no-reserve sale of the collection ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Theft of Antique Canes Reported in Roswell, Georgia
A Roswell, Georgia, collector contacted police regarding an alleged theft of ten-plus antique canes that were in a container next to his front door. Some of the canes had silver handles, and the collector guessed the value of the collection was $50,000 to $100,000.
The 62-year-old collector-disabled, bedridden, and unable to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)MADA's Annual Coastal Show Moves One Week Earlier
The annual Coastal Maine Antiques Show is moving to one week earlier. The popular one-day show produced by the Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA) will be held on Wednesday, August 16, at the Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta, Maine.
The show was scheduled for August 23-its traditional fourth Wednesday ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Fuehrs to Open Antique Round Top
On March 18 antiques dealers Ted and Jennifer Fuehr will open Antique Round Top in Round Top, Texas. The 8000-square-foot, climate-controlled venue will showcase the wares of their company, American Spirit Antiques, along with curated collections from a select group of antiques dealers.
"When you've been in the business for forty ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)2023 Failey Grants
The Decorative Arts Trust has announced that the 2023 Dean F. Failey Grant recipients will be British and Irish Furniture Makers Online (BIFMO), London; the Center for Painted Wall Preservation (CPWP), Hallowell, Maine; Preservation Long Island (PLI), Cold Spring Harbor, New York; and Stenton, Philadelphia.
The Failey grant program provides support ... (Read More)
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(Show)The February York Show
The Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
The 180th Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, held February 3 and 4 at Memorial Hall East on the Fairgrounds in York, Pennsylvania, seemed like a recovering aging friend who had lost a lot of weight after a serious illness: ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Inaugural Firearms Auction
Guyette & Deeter, St. Michaels, Maryland
Photos courtesy Guyette & Deeter
There have been big doings at Guyette & Deeter in St. Michaels, Maryland. The company launched its new firearms division with an inaugural sporting arms sale February 4 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum up the street from its offices. A ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Metric Side of the Ruler
Beneath the Surface
Bias comes up often in conversation these days, and as is always the case when any word gets thrown around rapidly, the meaning begins to get dented up or to accumulate connotations that do not belong to it. Because it is often used in connection with ideas that ... (Read More)
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(Auction)From Rococo Revival to Rembert Redux
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
Pool players call it "running the table" when someone prevents a competitor from even taking their first shot. At Brunk Auctions' February 3 and 4 sale, dominant bidders gave competitors a chance to hoist their bidding paddles, but that was as far as ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Strong International Jewelry Market Drives Bidders and Prices
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Doyle
If we had any question about how the latest jewelry sale at Doyle in New York City fared, the post-sale press release summed it up: "The current strength of the international jewelry market was on display...on February 2 as bidders across the country and overseas ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Two Annual Shows Go Online
Promoter Kim Martindale canceled his annual February San Francisco Tribal & Textile Art Show and the late December American Indian Art Show and replaced them with two online shows February 23 through 26. Why? "There was not enough exhibitor or community interest," he said.
This lack of interest was a surprise ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, February 2023
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer's premium when charged. We're always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Historical Association Weighs Selling Leutze's Washington Rallying the Troops
Should they keep it or sell it? Nearly everyone in Freehold, New Jersey, has an opinion.
What got the town in a tizzy is a historic gift. On July 16, 1937, shortly after Walter B. Howe and his brother gave the Monmouth County Historical Association (MCHA) the small version of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Boston Athenæum Acquires Rare Painting by Robert Duncanson
The Boston Athenæum announced it has acquired a painting by the 19th-century artist Robert S. Duncanson (1821-1872). Boatman Delivering Goods on the South Fork, Shenandoah River, Virginia is the first work by Duncanson to enter the Athenæum's special collections in the institution's 215-year history.
Boatman Delivering Goods on the South Fork, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 69th Winter Show
New York City
The 69th edition of The Winter Show was back at its birthplace at the Park Avenue Armory, raising funds for the East Side House Settlement, January 20-29. Sixty-eight dealers were greeted enthusiastically by collectors, curators, decorators, and those who make a career of shopping. The preview party ... (Read More)
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(Show)Getman's Virtual New York Antiques Show Still Strong in Third Year
New York City
Virtual shows work when promoter, show manager, and computer whiz Marvin Getman is at the helm. The 2023 edition of the New York Antiques Show, held January 27 to 29, was the third go-around for this online-only event, and it did not disappoint.
The show is the result of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Arader Auction Brings $478,055
Arader Galleries held an auction January 28 in New York City. The 179-lot sale of Audubon prints, natural history watercolors, books, maps, and Americana totaled $478,055 (includes buyers' premiums).
Sales included a John James Audubon aquatint engraving, Pin-Tailed Duck,with provenance from the Saxe-Meiningen collection that brought $31,200.
John James Audubon, Reddish Egret ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rare Edison Pen Brings $21,250
Nye & Co., Bloomfield, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Nye & Co.
Nye & Company's online-only sale January 25-27 offered a selection of furniture from the Stanley Weiss collection and material from estates that sold some of their finer furniture and folk art at Christie's. "We do not have the space to exhibit ... (Read More)
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(Auction)$212,500 Tiffany Lamp Tops Sale
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
A Tiffany Studios leaded-glass table lamp with an Arrowroot shade atop a rare Cattailbase ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Family Affair at Art Auction
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Bonhams Skinner
Bonhams Skinner sold American art in its compact, short, and sweet 75-lot auction January 25 in the Marlborough, Massachusetts, gallery. Work by some previously lesser-known artists came to market and did well. Some hardy souls were present in the gallery, while many others took ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)20th Century Cincinnati Show under New Ownership
On February 25 and 26, 20th Century Cincinnati will return to the Sharonville Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Now in its 28th year, the 20th Century Cincinnati show is under new ownership by sisters and entrepreneurs Jess and Jenni Button.
Show founder Bruce Metzger was already producing and managing a schedule ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Cohen and Cohen's $1.7 Million Sale
Bonhams, New York City
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U.K. dealers Michael and Ewa Cohen are known for selling the finest and rarest Chinese export porcelain to collectors and museums in all parts of the world, often from well-designed stands at top antiques fairs. They kept a selection of works in a New York ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Helen Allen, Executive Director, The Winter Show
As a third-generation native New Yorker, Helen Allen had the Metropolitan Museum of Art as her Upper East Side neighborhood playground.
In fact, when she went for interviews for admittance to kindergarten and was asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, she would matter-of-factly answer, "Director of my ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Important Americana
Sotheby's, New York City
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Mrs. J. Insley Blair's Philadelphia walnut scroll-top high chest of drawers, circa 1760, attributed to Henry Clifton and Thomas Carteret, with carving attributed to someone dealers call "Spike" because of the shape of his leaves, has a crusty old finish and its original cartouche, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Online Americana Sale Brings $1.1 Million
Sotheby's, New York City
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Sotheby's had so much Americana to sell in January that the last 305 lots were offered online only on Monday afternoon, January 23, beginning at noon and ending at 5 p.m. All the lots were on view for inspection at 1334 York Avenue, and 224 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Olde Hope's Americana Exhibition in New York City
Olde Hope is hosting an exhibition, Recent Arrivals featuring Highlights from an Important 30-year Pennsylvania Collection, in its New York City gallery until April 1.
The Pennsylvania collection was started over 30 years ago by Susan Fetterolf and her husband, Jeff Gorrin, while living in New York City. Their early collecting ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Folky Stand Brings $11,500
Farrin's Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine
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A two-day sale held January 21 and 22 at Farrin's Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine, brought a huge crowd, according to auctioneer Rusty Farrin. The sale on the first day was topped by a paint-decorated one-drawer stand, probably from Maine, said Farrin, that ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Kindig Collection
Sotheby's, New York City
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The Kindig family story, told in the introduction to the illustrated catalog for the sale of the Kindig collection of American furniture, paintings, silver, and decorative arts, documents an earlier time.
Joseph "Joe" Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), who amassed a collection of more than 400 long rifles ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fruit Jar and Bottle Club Convention and Show
Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club Show, Muncie, Indiana
The annual show hosted by the Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club typically excels in top-end canning jars. That's why it has been referred to in some circles as the Super Bowl of fruit jar shows. The 2023 edition, held ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Don't Trust, Always Verify
The crooks are sophisticated, and in 2020 they managed to snare two high-powered businesses, leading to losses and now court battles.
A London insurer is suing online auction platform Invaluable, which has, in turn, filed suit against Sotheby's.
According to the lawsuit by underwriters at Lloyd's of London filed in August 2022, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Collector Knowingly Buys Fake for More Than Double High Estimate
On January 21 Crescent City Auction Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, sold three paintings all properly cataloged as "After Clementine Hunter." They were fakes, and sold as such. In fact, after determining they were fake with the help of Hunter expert Tom Whitehead, Crescent City asked the consignor to write "FAKE" ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, February 2023
Margaret Norton (1905-2000) of the Folly Cove Designers demonstrating the printing process. Collection of the Cape Ann Museum.
-Through March 19 -Gloucester, Massachusetts
Designed & Hand-Blocked by the Folly Cove Designers at the Cape Ann Museum explores the Folly Cove artistic collective, which existed from 1938 to 1969. Craftspersons, mostly women, created ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Portrait Soars to $945,000
Christie's, New York City
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Nine American museums were among the bidders for a 19th-century portrait of two unidentified girls at Christie's Americana sale in New York City January 20. The black girl on the left holds a rose and is wearing more coral jewelry than her white companion-a necklace, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Collection off the Market for 50 Years Sells
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
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There were 10,000 objects in the collection of the Packwood House Museum in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Edith Kelly Fetherston collected furniture, quilts, ceramics, glass, metalware, and paintings and housed them in a historic building on Water Street that began in 1796 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early 20th-Century and Mid-Century Modern Sales
Rago, Lambertville, New Jersey
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On January 19 and 20, at the very same time that major sales of Americana were live in New York City and Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey, was selling early 20th-century and modern design live to a different audience with great success. The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of the Santore Collection
Sotheby's, New York City
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Sotheby's sale of the collection of Philadelphia collectors Charles and Olenka Santore January 19 in New York City dispersed the finest assemblage of Windsor furniture ever to come to market.
Charlie Santore (1935-2019) was known in the world of Americana as the author of the definitive ... (Read More)
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(Auction)19th-Century American Art
Christie's, New York City
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Christie's offered 66 lots of 19th-century American art January 19 during Americana Week, and several dealers and collectors attended the live sale to buy and also observe what was selling and not selling during the auction. After three years of enduring COVID-19, clients sitting in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)From Peale to Peto: The Pollack Collection
Christie's, New York City
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Fans of paintings of fruit, flowers, fish, and faces showed their appreciation by bidding on and buying 32 out of 34 lots offered in Christie's sale "From Peale to Peto: American Masters from the Pollack Collection," held the morning of January 19 in New York ... (Read More)
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