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(Show)The Fall Virginia Pickers Show
Virginia Pickers Antiques & Collectables Show, Glen Allen, Virginia
The fall edition of the Virginia Pickers Antiques & Collectables Show was held October 21 and 22 at Gilmanor Farm in Glen Allen, Virginia. This was the ninth installment of the biannual event. Having begun as a seat-of-the-pants gathering in October 2018, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Greater Rochester Fall Antique Show Was Great
Henrietta, New York
The Greater Rochester Fall Antique Show was great in every sense of the word.
A great location for a new show, just one day, October 22, in a venue that decades ago hosted a series of antiques shows. Minett Hall, a 23,000-square-foot building that is part of the ROC ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, November 2022
The Seven Lively Arts, 1947, oil on canvas, each panel 89" x 41", on loan from the estate of Seymour H. Persky, installed at Madron Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
-Through December 16, 2022 -Chicago, Illinois
Palette and Palate is an exhibition celebrating Chicago, its artists, and Riccardo's Restaurant and Gallery, one of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Savannah on Sale: The John and Virginia Duncan Collection
Everard Auctions, Savannah, Georgia
Photos courtesy Everard Auctions
Communities that were part of England's early settlements along the Atlantic coast developed unique cultures and styles. This was particularly true in England's southern colonies of Georgia and South Carolina. Savannah epitomizes this with the merging of English and Continental styles and goods along ... (Read More)
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(Auction)First Part of Weiss Collection Sold
Nye & Company, Bloomfield, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Nye & Company
Nestled into Nye & Company's October 20 estate treasures auction were 38 lots of furniture, including three mirrors, from the Stanley Weiss collection of American and English furniture. The sale of the first tranche of items (another tranche is scheduled for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Corson Doll Collection Is 100% Sold at Withington
Photos courtesy Withington Auctions
The Carol Corson doll collection was 100% sold at a live auction held October 20 by Withington Auctions at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Nashua, New Hampshire. The hammer total of the sale was $780,000 (buyers paid a premium of 15% or 18% depending on how they ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 48th Annual Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show: Online
While prepping this article about the online 48th annual Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show held October 18 and 19 by the Chicago Suburban Antiques Dealers Association (CSADA), we learned of a seller anecdote that captures the allure of that long-lived show.
Seller Tim Chambers of Missouri Plain Folk, Sikeston, Missouri, knew ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Second Installment of the DeWitt Collection
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
During his lifetime, insurance titan J. Doyle DeWitt (1902-1972) was a voracious collector of political and presidential memorabilia, assembling an extraordinary collection of more than 25,000 items that was reportedly rivaled only by the Smithsonian Institution. DeWitt spent years amassing his collection of political ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Return of the San Francisco Fall Show
San Francisco, California
The post-COVID return of the San Francisco Fall Show, formerly the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show and the San Francisco Art & Antiques Show, was warmly welcomed by exhibitors, collectors, and just plain fans who think of it as an elegant temporary museum. This was the show's 40th ... (Read More)
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(Show)Ohio Country Antiques Show
Wilmington, Ohio
Ohio Country Antiques Show held its fall edition Saturday, October 15, at the Roberts Centre in Wilmington, Ohio. The event featured approximately 70 dealers.
Large mantel out of a house in Miami County, Ohio, 661/2" high x 7' wide, priced at $725 and sold during the first minutes of the ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Sunny Day at Fishersville
Fishersville Antiques Expo, Fishersville, Virginia
After several weeks of dramatic late summer temperature fluctuations and a week of rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ian, the skies were clear and there was a hint of fall in the air when the gates opened for the 69th semiannual Fishersville Antiques Expo. October ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, October 2022
There is a somewhat wider price range than usual evident in the lots that make up this month's selection-one that includes works sold for as little as $240 and in excess of half a million dollars.
One famous Japanese print, The Great Wave,made that biggest splash, but a second got into ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Book Reviews
Here are brief reviews of books we've recently seen. We have included contact information for books that you can order directly from the publisher or museum. We also encourage you to consider supporting your local independent bookstore.
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Wandering Whalemen and Their Art: A Collection of Scrimshaw Masterpieces by Alan Granby (Cahoon ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Four Pieces of Privately Sold Rhode Island Furniture on View
For nearly 50 years, M.A.D. has covered the market for American antiques by reporting sales at auctions and shows, often highlighting the fine points of design and craftsmanship, and quoting scholars who have written about the art in American furniture.
Record prices were paid at auctions. Dealers who kept their business ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Folk, Outsider, and Self-Taught Art Plus Americana
Toomey & Co., Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Toomey & Co.
Readers who expected a big whoop-de-do and rapturous advance over an October 11 Toomey ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized
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)Toomey & Co. Joins Rago/Wright
On September 7 it was announced that Chicago auction house Toomey & Co. is joining Rago/Wright. As with Rago/Wright's 2021 partnership with LA Modern Auctions (LAMA), Toomey & Co. will maintain its name while all four houses work together to share technology, expertise, and marketing efforts.
The Toomey & Co. office ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fall Antiques at Rhinebeck
Rhinebeck, New York
October means picking (apples), taking rides in the countryside (for fall foliage), and going to a historic town near the Hudson River to a spot for great antiques and art. The twice-a-year Antiques at Rhinebeck by Barn Star Productions is held inside large buildings on the Dutchess County ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Chicago Show: Antiques & Art & Modern
Chicago, Illinois
The quest for a continuing high-end antiques show in Chicago has had more episodes than Bayer has aspirin. Many have tried, but to date no one has succeeded with a long-term run.
Looking at history, the Chicago Tribune heralded a Chicago International Antiques Show at one end of Navy Pier ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Russum's Sells Benjamin Franklin's Book on Electricity for $153,400
Photos courtesy Russum's Furniture Auctioneers
In these days of the Internet, when a rarity turns up in a small auction in a remote part of the country, it is not a secret. Sometimes the prices for these discoveries at out-of-the-way country sales are higher than those at well-publicized auctions held in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Three-Day Sale Brings $2.5 Million
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook
It took three days for Pook & Pook to sell 1408 lots in its Americana and international auction October 5-7. The 1372 sold lots brought a total of $2,518,924 (with buyers' premiums); the hammer total (without premiums) was at the top ... (Read More)
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(Auction)History Sold at Withington Auction
Photos courtesy Withington Auctions
For many, the best objects at auction are those with an intriguing history. Such was the case at Withington Auctions' October 7 sale in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Material was culled from several estates and collections, including the estate of Joseph William Pepperrell Frost (1923-2008) of Kittery Point ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Stair Galleries
Stair Galleries, Hudson, New York
Photos courtesy Stair Galleries
Sales at Stair Galleries in Hudson, New York, are often single-owner sales of furnishings of people with good taste. The auction house's fall calendar included the October 6 sale of the contents of John Rosselli's bachelor pad that he kept as a guest ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African American Art Auction
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
Swann Galleries continues to be a source for some of the most sought-after works of African American art. Its October 6 afternoon sale totaled $3.7 million (including buyers' premiums). The auction had a sell-through rate of 82.5%; of the 222 lots offered, 183 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Selection of Americana Sold in Los Angeles
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
The estimates for Bonhams' "Home and Interiors" auctions in Los Angeles are lower than those for their European, English, and American furniture and decorative arts sales-most are under $5000. The range of collecting categories is large-furniture, silver, rugs and tapestries, pictures, sculpture, and works of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Eclectic Sale at Tremont
Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Tremont Auctions
From the 16th century, the old master oil on oak panel, 231/2" x 31", depicts an Elizabethan courtyard with courtiers engaged in various sporting activities, set in an extensive landscape. The artwork sold for $30,500 (est. $6000/9000). The painting came from the estate of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Estate of Peter H. Tillou
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
In a 2002 article in Antiques & Fine Art, Peter H. Tillou (1935-2021) said that there was a common denominator to his love affair with dealing and collecting. In everything he acquired as a curious eight-year-old and as an adult, there was an ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Jill Bokor
As executive director of Salon Art + Design for the last 11 years, and a magazine editor and publisher for over 20 years before that, Jill Bokor has enjoyed many chapters in her life-professionally, personally, and in what she collects.
Jill Bokor.
A native New Yorker, Jill is currently going through a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)One-Owner, One-Artist Collection Highlights Hindman Auction
Hindman Auctions, Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Hindman Auctions
Hindman Auctions in Chicago always rolls out the big guns for its seasonal fine arts sales, but the September 27-29 sales added a blitz of high power.
Bidders accustomed to a traditional series of American and European art, postwar and contemporary art, plus prints and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany Zodiac Panels Top Sale
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
A collection of six rare Tiffany Studios mosaic glass panels representing zodiac symbols led Heritage Auctions' September sale of masterful works of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and art glass.
The sale, highlighted by works from Tiffany Studios, was part of the Dallas-based auction house's introductory ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)New Ammi Phillips Discoveries
David R. Allaway has spent more than a decade creating the digitized catalog of portraits by Ammi Phillips (1788-1865), the most prolific American folk artist. His study identifies sitters, provenance, and sale information. It lists Phillips's portraits in alphabetical order in Volume 1, with sections on unidentified portraits, and displays ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)R. Scudder Smith, 87, Publisher and Editor
Reprinted courtesy Antiques And The Arts Weekly
The Smith family announces with sadness the passing of R. Scudder Smith on August 14. He was 87 years old. Born April 12, 1935, Robert Scudder Smith was the elder son of Paul Scudder Smith and Mary Starr Conger Smith, and older brother to ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Bite the Bullet
At every auction I attend as a reporter, I register and get a bidding number. The reason is two-fold: the registration gets me on the auction house's mailing list, and, who knows, I might get a bargain if something is going cheaply. At every registration, I'm asked if I have ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fourth Annual Show-After a Three-Year Hiatus
Maine Antiques Exposition, Portland, Maine
In October 2017 John and Elizabeth DeSimone of Goosefare Antiques and Promotions, Saco, Maine, debuted a new antiques show in Portland. Sixty-six dealers set up at the inaugural Maine Antiques Exposition at Brick South at Thompson's Point.
The show ran successfully for three years, and then the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Original 179th York Antiques Show and Sale
York, Pennsylvania
The Original 179th York Antiques Show and Sale at the York, Pennsylvania, fairgrounds September 23 and 24 was a shadow of what it once was but still a "great dealers' swap meet."
Reduced to only 50 dealers from the 75 advertised, and down from 98 in its heyday, the show ... (Read More)
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(Show)Back To Our Roots Antique Show
Dayton, Ohio
Concentrating on early country antiques and primitives, the Back To Our Roots Antique Show was held September 24 on the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Dayton, Ohio. The semiannual event featured a full slate of 44 dealers in a comfortable indoor setting.
The show began in 2015 in Medina, Ohio, south ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, October 2022
Sign for the Black Horse, circa 1771. Connecticut Historical Society, 1961.63.8.
-Ongoing -Hartford, Connecticut
Between 1750 and 1850 more than 50,000 inn and tavern signs were produced by American painters, creating a distinct visual language and offering a glimpse into tavern life, travel, and patriotic ideals. Only a fraction of these signs ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The McCallister Collection
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
Many doctors have the collecting gene. Dr. Larry McCallister (1935-2021) was one of them. He had a passion for American furniture. His hobby was woodworking, and he appreciated the talents of cabinetmakers. He bought William and Mary, Queen Anne, Chippendale, Federal, Classical, and Gothic Revival ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Quality Jewelry at a Fair Price
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Chiswick Auctions
Chiswick Auctions, headquartered in Chiswick, London, presented a jewelry auction on September 22 "which sold 87% of the lots for 95% of their estimates," according to Raphaelle Godfrey, acting director of jewelry. Godfrey had been covering for Sarah Duncan, head of the jewelry department, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)$7 Million Total for Two Days
Rago/Wright, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago/Wright
Rago/Wright's September 22 early 20th-century design sale and September 23 modern design sale ... (Read More)
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(Show)There is a Lot to See at Battersea
Battersea Antiques Show and Historic Trades Fair, Petersburg, Virginia
The third annual Battersea Antiques Show and Historic Trades Fair was held at the historic Petersburg, Virginia, site on the Appomattox River September 17 and 18. Dealers and exhibitors set up in the ground-floor rooms of the Battersea mansion and on the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of Elmer's Auto & Toy Museum Brings $8.5 Million
Mecum Auctions, Fountain City, Wisconsin
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions
Up Elmer's Road, through hundreds of discarded cars, to Eagle's Bluff-one of the highest points on the Mississippi River-lay a slice of Americana, the kind of quirky attraction that has long drawn people to Wisconsin. There, stacked to the rafters of barns, were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Collection of Trish and Don Herr
Horst Auctioneers, Ephrata, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Horst Auctioneers
For years collector and author Dr. Patricia "Trish" Herr cataloged textiles for Horst Auctioneers in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, so it was not surprising that when her husband, Dr. Donald "Don" M. Herr, died in 2021, she downsized and sent a group of things to Horst ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Treasures and Surprises at Brunk Auctions
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
Before traveling to Asheville, North Carolina, for the Brunk Auctions September 15-17 sale, your reporter called Nan Zander for her insights and observations. Zander is Andrew Brunk's American art specialist. She shared a fascinating story about two of the featured paintings in the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Online Decoy and Decoratives Auction
Decoys Unlimited, West Barnstable, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Decoys Unlimited
Decoys Unlimited's online auction September 17 featured objects from collections from all over. Judy and Ted Harmon, principals of Decoys Unlimited of West Barnstable, Massachusetts, gathered nearly 300 lots of decoys and decorative bird and fish carvings for every taste. Buying by collectors ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Surprises and Disappointments in Sacramento Auction
Witherell's, Sacramento, California
Photos courtesy Witherell's
Witherell's September 16 "Luxury Asset" auction in Sacramento, California, "met expectations," said CEO Brian Witherell, "but with that said, there were surprises and disappointments throughout the sale."
The biggest disappointment was a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk estimated at $5000/10,000 that sold for $3150 (includes buyer's premium). In ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Furniture, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts
Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Hindman
Two Andrew Clemens sand bottles, a southern water cooler, and a portrait of a black stage actor brought some of the most attention and strongest bids during the sale of American furniture, folk art, and decorative arts held by Hindman September 14 and 15 in Cincinnati, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)U.S. Files for Forfeiture of Marksmanship Medals
On July 8 the United States Attorney's Office in Boston filed a civil forfeiture action in U.S. District Court seeking to reclaim 24 marksmanship medals from the 1880s and 1890s believed to have been unlawfully removed several decades ago from the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, a National Historic site.
Several ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Defeating the Hoard
Beneath the Surface
What's on your summer reading list? We wonder who these people are who have additional time to read in the summer. They are not people with yards and gardens and summer camps and 4-H projects! We admit that we are probably not the beach-read target audience. (What? Doesn't ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Harry Winston Ring Tops Jewelry Auction
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Hindman Auctions
After the Hindman Auctions jewelry sale September 13 in Chicago, Illinois, Ruth Thuston, G.G., senior specialist of jewelry and watches, said over the phone, "I was very, very happy with the auction. We really are very relationship driven, so we have lots and lots ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)MFA Appoints Inaugural Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has appointed Michael J. Bramwell as the inaugural Joyce Linde Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art. The creation of the new position is part of an initiative designed to reanimate and reimagine the MFA's folk-art collection for 21st-century audiences. The initiative is supported ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Diversity of Antiques from Six States
Lebanon Antique Show, Lebanon, Ohio
Shortly before the opening of the Lebanon Antique Show, held September 10 and 11 in Lebanon, Ohio, promoter John Wanat offered an overview of the market for shows in general. "From other dealers, what I'm hearing is the gate is down, but the customers coming are ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Auction
John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy McInnis Auctioneers
It's been a summer-long extravaganza at John McInnis Auctioneers in Amesbury, Massachusetts, that culminated in a live auction September 10 at which John McInnis and his staff sold over 600 lots of Americana. On our approach to the gallery, the degree of available ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Reassessment of John Kane
A Book Review
This reassessment of the life and art of John Kane (1860-1934) sets a new standard for art scholarship. Kane was a steelworker, coal miner, bridge builder, street paver, carpenter, railcar and house painter, boxer, brawler, wanderer, heavy drinker, and "husband from hell" who late in life (age 67) ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Child's Play Brings $1.2 Million at Bertoia
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
The results of Bertoia Auctions' September 8 and 9 sale of the William and Stevie Weart antique toy collection was anything but child's play. The sale total for the Wearts' large and meticulously assembled collection surpassed the $1.2 million mark, showing that buyers ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Sandy Jacobs
A seasoned dealer of folk art and early Americana, Sandy Jacobs fills her house in Swampscott, Massachusetts, with objects of good form and good style from any time period.
In the business since high school, when she would look after a neighbor's antiques store and did some buying of jewelry and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, September 2022
Things very old, very odd, and in many instances very, very costly indeed find their place in this month's "Letter" and range in size from an extraordinary and exquisitely carved little "prayer nut" of 16th-century origin to a very early harpsichord with a striking landscape painted to the interior of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ceramics and Paintings Lead Americana Sale
Caza Sikes, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Caza Sikes
Veering away from the company's more typical concentration on artwork, Caza Sikes held an auction of Americana September 7 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Much of the material came from the collection of Edythe and Donald Aukerman, longtime Ohio dealers who were downsizing. Other notable items ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Fifty Years a Bookseller: Clarence Wolf's Memoir
A Book Review
The antiquarian book business has changed drastically in the last half-century. Clarence Wolf's entertaining memoir Fifty Years a Bookseller: or, The Wolf at Your Door chronicles the old days and tells good stories about dealers and collectors in pursuit of great books.
Fifty Years a Bookseller: or, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Old York Historical Society Buys Weare Chest
The Old York Historical Society (OYHS) in York, Maine, has announced the purchase of a rare Boston chest of drawers made between 1680 and 1700 that descended in the Weare family of Cape Neddick, Maine. It is attributed to the shop of Ralph Mason (1599-1679) and Henry Messinger (d. 1681), ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, September 2022
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)Some Thoughts on Being a "Collector"
Who am I? That seems an odd way to begin, I admit, but it is the one question that keeps cropping up most of our lives. Right now I am a collector, a student, an interpreter, an observer, and a fond owner of antique Americana. But "collector" seems slippery, excessively ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Modern Native American Art
Bonhams, Los Angeles
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Bonhams' Native American art specialist Ingmars Lindbergs was being modest when he described the August 31 Los Angeles auction as "not bad." Sales totaled $1,290,297 (with buyers' premiums) against a presale low estimate of $459,150, and 86% of the 140 lots sold. Lindbergs said, "We had ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Heckler Finds the Perfect Recipe for Auction Success
Norman C. Heckler & Company, Woodstock Valley, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Norman C. Heckler & Company
What makes a great auction? Where historical glass is concerned, buyers get excited when items from a well-known collection come to the auction block. The opportunity to purchase what has been off the market for some time ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fresh Jacobsen Tops Maine Auction
Gamage Antiques, Rockland, Maine
Auctioneer Bruce Gamage held a small 191-lot auction August 29 at the Elks Club in Rockland, Maine. With no Internet bidding, the sale attracted a large crowd of dealers and collectors. The sale totaled approximately $132,000. "I was happy with the sale," said Gamage.
The 22" x 36" ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Flying Pig Sells 311 Lots
Flying Pig Auctions, Westmoreland, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Flying Pig Auctions
Flying Pig Auctions of Westmoreland, New Hampshire, filled its August 29 auction with antiques of every variety. The contents of the estate of Henry Armand Millon (1927-2018) and Judith Rice Millon (b. 1934) were replete with enviable mid-century objects-including two tables ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Three Days Bring $3.5 Million
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Three days of auctions equaled approximately a $3.5 million total for Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Thomaston, Maine, August 26-28. The sale, titled "August Splendor," presented over 1200 lots.
In short: art was hot; Americana was not.
An in-house collector battled a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rare Chicago License Plate Brings $42,840
On August 28, in the sale of a private collection of vintage license plates and vehicle tags held by Donley Auctions in Union, Illinois, a plain 1904 license plate made of thin, stamped aluminum with black paint soared to $42,840 (includes buyer's premium). The lot, originally issued in Chicago, had ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Musgo Sign Brings $1.5 Million
Richmond Auctions in Greenville, South Carolina, sold a 48" diameter double-sided porcelain Musgo Gasoline sign for $1,552,500 (including buyer's premium) August 27, setting a new world record for a porcelain advertising sign sold at auction. The estimate was $100,000/750,000.
The buyer was a private collector who wishes to remain anonymous, said ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Heritage Auctions Hits it Out of the Park
A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie card sold for $12,600,000 (includes buyer's premium) when bidding closed August 27 at Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas. The trading card, graded a Mint+ 9.5 by Sportscard Guaranty Corporation, now holds the record for the most valuable sports collectible ever sold at auction.
Photo courtesy ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)American Furniture 2020
A Book Review
American Furniture 2020, the Chipstone journal, delayed by COVID-19, arrived in spring 2022 (American Furniture 2021 was promised for July). Whenever it arrives, for 28 years this journal has given hours of pleasure to those who enjoy reading about the art of the woodworking trades.
The 2020 volume is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tolland Antiques Show Date Change
After a three-year COVID-19 hiatus, the Tolland Antiques Show was scheduled to return April 2, 2023. Since this was announced, another antiques show in Connecticut announced its return and scheduled its date for April 1, 2023.
According to the show promoters John and Elizabeth DeSimone of Goosefare Antiques & Promotions, the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Arader Donates $1.75 Million Botanical Watercolors to American Philosophical Society
Five rare botanical watercolors, valued at $1.75 million, are now part of the collections of the American Philosophical Society (APS). The watercolors were donated by Graham Arader and Lori Cohen. The plants illustrated by Jacques le Moyne de Morgues circa 1565 were included in one of the earliest collections of ... (Read More)
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(Show)MADA Coastal Maine Antiques Show Returns
Damariscotta, Maine
Antiques, antiquers, and dealers returned in force to the Great Salt Bay Community School August 24, as the Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA) hosted its first Coastal Maine Antiques Show in three years. From 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. dealers were set up in the school's gymnasium and cafeteria ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Online American Art Sale
Bonhams, New York City
Photos courtesy Bonhams
An online-only summer sale of American art filled with works depicting water was offered for the first time by Bonhams American art department. At the end of the 67-lot sale, which began at 2 p.m. Thursday, August 24, the auction house had realized $494,303 and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Modern-Day Old Country Auction
Laughlin Auctions, Edinburg, Virginia
Photos courtesy Laughlin Auctions
A friend recently posed a rhetorical question: "Is there any such thing as a little country auction anymore?"
My knee-jerk response was that there are not and something to the effect that online auctions have supplanted them. Upon reflection, I wish to walk that back ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Bringing Art to the People
Visitors to Scarborough Beach State Park in Scarborough, Maine, will find a sandy beach, a cresting Atlantic Ocean, and wildlife. They will also see a reproduction of Antonio Jacobsen's 1891 oil on canvas portrait, 241/2" x 38", of the ill-fated steamboat The Portland.
The Portland isn't the only picture at Scarborough ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Bodrero's Polo Players
In the case of the many weathervane designs of Wilhelm Hunt Diederich (1884-1953) floating around, not all that glitters is gold. For almost 50 years, a particular weathervane of two polo players engaged in a spirited chase has been exhibited, sold, and editorialized about. Spoiler alert: it's not by Diederich.
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(Fragment)Amelia Jeffers Returns to the Auction Podium
Be it producing Sophisticated Living, a glossy magazine touting Ohio's elegant lifestyle; helping clients find their dream home as a Realtor; or pulling together and-with gavel in hand-conducting auctions of antiques or luxury items, Amelia Jeffers of Columbus, Ohio, is one busy woman.
Although she enjoys the many hats she wears, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Americana Collection of Natalene and Eric Aaberg
Garth's Auctions, Columbus, Ohio
The Americana Collection of Natalene and Eric Aaberg
A folky portrait of a girl and her dog brought the top price during a single-owner sale held by Garth's Auctions August 21. However, a variety of smalls defined the market that day.
The collection was that of Natalene and Eric ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of Fine Art
Barridoff Auctions, South Portland, Maine
Photos courtesy Barridoff Auctions
Barridoff Auctions of South Portland, Maine, offered 207 lots in its August 20 sale of fine art. Barridoff was established in the mid-1970s as an art and antiques gallery and in the late 1970s shed the gallery and antiques portion of its business ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, September 2022
Jules Cheret, Bal du Moulin Rouge, 1889, color lithograph, 48 7/8" x 343/4" (sheet size). The James and Susee Wiechmann Collection, M2021.60. Photo by John R. Glembin.
-Through October 16 -Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Known as the father of the poster, Jules Cheret (French, 1836-1932) caused a sensation when he brought colorful, large-scale advertisements ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Freeman's Summer Jewels Auction
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Freeman's
The top price in the sale was for this diamond and platinum 16" long solitaire necklace from a private Massachusetts collection. The necklace is centered by a brilliant-pear-cut diamond in a platinum basket setting, suspended from a platinum rope chain. It was accompanied by a ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 65th Annual New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association Show
The New Hampshire Antiques Show, Manchester, New Hampshire
It was 65 years ago when the New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA) held its first annual show. According to the organization, it was held in an upstairs room at the Highway Hotel in Concord. From that humble beginning, the Dealers' Show, as ... (Read More)
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(Auction)August Americana
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Bonhams Skinner
It's axiomatic: good collections make good sales. Two such collections were sold at Bonhams Skinner's live and in-person auction August 13 in the Marlborough, Massachusetts, gallery. The highlight was a manuscript journal from an 1817 cruise on the pleasure yacht Cleopatra's Barge. Estimated at ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hutchinson Hooked Rug Tops Sale in Freeport
Casco Bay Auctions, Freeport, Maine
Photos courtesy Casco Bay Auctions
Andrew Davis of Casco Bay Auctions held an Americana auction August 13 in a small tent set up in the parking lot behind his Freeport, Maine, location. On August 12 he held an ephemera and books sale; the two-day total was approximately ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2022 Antiques in Manchester: The Collector's Fair
Manchester, New Hampshire
"It's a major show, during a major week, and people get on airplanes to come here."
Those words came from Christopher Settle, a Newton, Massachusetts, furniture dealer, explaining why Antiques in Manchester: The Collector's Fair is the only antiques show he does.
A major component of Antiques Week in New ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)MESDA Expands to Include Alabama
The board of trustees of Old Salem and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) has voted to expand the museum's collecting mission to include Alabama.
Established at Old Salem by Frank Horton in 1965, MESDA is home to a collection of objects made and used by the diverse people ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Stolen Ammi Phillips Portraits Returned
On Sunday, June 26, Historic Huguenot Street (HHS), the historic district in New Paltz, New York, celebrated the return of the portraits by Ammi Phillips (1788-1865) of Dirck D. Wynkoop (1738-1827) and his second wife, Annatje Eltinge (1748-1827), that had been missing for 50 years.
In the February 24, 1972, Kingston ... (Read More)
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(Show)Americana Celebration: The Buzz Was On
Concord, New Hampshire
On Tuesday, August 9, inside the Everett Arena in this capital city, about 9 a.m., a rash of red circles broke out. But no humans were affected. The small red dots were sold tags, and they spread like wildfire. Up one aisle and down another, on this booth ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)How to Talk to Your Kids about Antiques
Beneath the Surface
Maybe we are reaching the life stage where our own childhood looks better, but "talking to your kids" when we were growing up seemed to be saying, "Don't do that. I mean it!" We are not saying that that particularly worked, we suppose, but it seemed to be ... (Read More)
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(Show)Hot August Show in Deerfield
Deerfield Antique Show, Deerfield, New Hampshire
On Monday, August 8, Gurley Antique Shows-the antiques show promotion company headed by brother and sister duo Joshua and Rachel Gurley-opened the Deerfield Antique Show to a waiting crowd at the Deerfield, New Hampshire, fairgrounds.
It's an appropriate venue. The fairgrounds easily accommodates a large antiques ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)IFPDA Print Fair to Return to In-Person Event
After two years of virtual- only fairs, the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) Fair will return in person this fall to the River Pavilion at the Javits Center in New York City for its 29th edition. The October 27-30 fair will present 75 new and returning exhibitors, an increase ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Venue, Happy Crowds at 44th Annual Show
Cashiers Antique Show, Cashiers, North Carolina
Photos by Donna Prunkl
COVID-19 and summer school conspired to force the Cashiers Antique Show from its traditional venue, the Blue Ridge School in Cashiers, North Carolina. This year it nestled into the Village Green of Cashiers, a private, nonprofit park near the crossroads of Highways ... (Read More)
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(Show)The "Warmup" Show for Antiques Week
Milford Antiques Show, Milford, New Hampshire
On a heat-wave week in the southern part of mountainous New Hampshire at the beginning of and through several days of shows for Antiques Week in New Hampshire, dealers and patrons dressed in short sleeves or no sleeves, cooling fans showed up in booths, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ever-Surprising Country Store Sale
Mebane Antique Auction Gallery, Mebane, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Mebane Antique Auction Gallery
Auctioneer Jon Lambert crammed over 3500 lots into his 29th annual country store sale, August 4-6. Included were bottles, fruit jars, display cases, tobacco tins, gasoline pumps, advertising signs, shipping boxes, neon trade signs, various old machines, and some ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Pottery and Folk-Art Sale
Cagle Auctions, Bogart, Georgia
Photos courtesy Cagle Auctions
Cagle Auctions, Bogart, Georgia, is located in northeast Georgia's centuries-old pottery country and is also not far from Atlanta. This combination brings to auction some seldom-seen examples of pottery.
This sale opened with a scarce two-gallon 12" tall decorated jar by T. J. Henry of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Magoun Collection Plays to a Full House
Farrin's Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine
Approximately 400 lots from the collection of longtime Maine dealers Jon and Carla Magoun crossed the block at Farrin's Country Auctions in Randolph, Maine, Saturday, August 6. With no Internet bidding available, the sale packed the house with dealers and collectors. (There was a second sale ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Connoisseur's Sale
Marion Antique Auctions, Marion, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Marion Antique Auctions
Frank McNamee and David Glynn of Marion Antique Auctions, Marion, Massachusetts, billed their August 6 sale "The Connoisseur's Sale," and it was that. Their auctions, held in their quarters at 13 Atlantis Drive, the former Marconi transmitter building, are reliable sources of ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2022 Downeast Art & Antiques Show
Blue Hill, Maine
There was no sophomore slump for the Downeast Art & Antiques Show. The show, in its current incarnation, is two years old, and it improved on its impressive debut last year. It's a well-curated, beautiful little show.
The show is a direct descendant of the Ellsworth Antiques Show, ... (Read More)
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