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(Auction)Variety Spices Life
CRN Auctions, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy CRN Auctions
Karin J. Phillips and Carl R. Nordblom routinely put together an eclectic pastiche of antiques from the 17th through the 20th centuries for their CRN Auctions sales. Their November 6, 2016, auction in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, gallery was no exception. The results were equally ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Potomack Gets Presidential
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company held its quadrennial auction of presidential, political, and historical material on November 5, 2016, at the firm's gallery and showrooms in Alexandria, Virginia. While virtually all of the past presidents of the United States were represented, many of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Southern Folk Pottery Sale
Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society, Bennett, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society
Approximately twice a year the Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society (SFPCS) sends out a publication about southern history and geography in the form of a spiral-bound absentee pottery auction catalog. The 46th SFPCS sale, which closed on ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Devil's Dictionary of Antiques Collecting: Part 2
Our first installment probed the special language of antiques collectors or at least some of it. As I noted then, the terminology used by knowledgeable customers of the antiques trade has two purposes: first, it allows traits of collected materials to be quickly and accurately identified; second, it serves as ... (Read More)
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(Show)Winnetka Is a Winner
Antiques + Modernism Winnetka Show, Winnetka, Illinois
Hot dog and yee-haw! When we overheard a visitor at the November 4-6, 2016, Antiques + Modernism Winnetka Show in Winnetka, Illinois, ask her husband, "Do you think this will fit? We could move the table," we practically levitated.
The exchange was electric because it ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Major Ivory Bust in New York City
Three people and an antiques business in New York City have been indicted for selling and offering illegal elephant ivory. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. announced the charges on September 22.
Irving Morano, 46, Samuel Morano, 48, Victor Zilberman, 62, and Metropolitan Fine Arts & Antiques Inc. are charged ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Eli Porter, Clockmaker of Williamstown, Massachusetts
Although several tall-case clocks by Daniel Porter (1775-1809) of Williamstown, Massachusetts, are known, little has been written about his nephew and trainee Eli Porter (1789-1864). This article has three purposes:
To describe the topographical beauty (fig. 1) and extraordinary growth of Williamstown during the years between Daniel's arrival in 1798 and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Online Archive of Paint-Decorated Walls in Development
The Center for Painted Wall Preservation Inc. (CPWP) is dedicated to the research and preservation of 18th- and early 19th-century American paint-decorated plaster walls. Its goal is to survey and document these walls in situ or in collections, to further the appreciation of this rare and vulnerable art form, and ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Closing the Gap
The Young Collector
In September Andrew attended the 2016 annual conference of the American Association of State and Local History (AASLH). Earlier this year two of his graduate school classmates, always looking for a chance to be supportive, suggested that they build on their experiences as museum professionals and combine Andrew's ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)M. Finkel & Daughter to Publish 50th Catalog of Antique Samplers and an Online Archive of All Prior
This fall M. Finkel & Daughter will present the 50th edition of its semiannual catalog Samplings. By the end of the year, needlework collectors and scholars will be able to scroll through the previous 49 catalogs online free of charge. The archives, which will include images and information on over ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Start Small and Keep Track
Computer Column #335
John P. Reid, e-mail
Many antiques businesses start small. For instance, a collector tries a little dealing on the side, a woodworker wants to get into conservation and restoration, a retired couple opens an iconic country shop, or several dealers organize a group shop.
These enterprises will need office ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Americana Week News: The Big Flea Moves to the Armory, and a Planned New Show Is Canceled
The Big Flea will return to New York City in January 2017, moving to the 69th Regiment Armory, 68 Lexington Avenue at East 25th Street, a venue much beloved by antiques collectors and dealers.
Show manager DeeDee Sides of D'Amore Promotions confirmed the move in a telephone interview.
The show dates are ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Name, Same Focus
San Francisco Fall Art & Antiques Show, San Francisco, California
Changing the name of the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show (SFFAAS) to add "Art &" was a complicated process to reach a natural conclusion. "Art was always a primary part of the show," said show director Ariane Trimuschat. "Everything in the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Second and Maybe Last Wiscasset, Maine, Show
Wiscasset Antiques Show & Sale, Wiscasset, Maine
Gardiner, Maine, promoter James Montell does things the old-fashioned way. He personally sat at the entrance of his second 30-plus-dealer show on October 30, 2016, at the Wiscasset (Maine) Community Center, collecting admissions and dispensing greetings and thanks.
Greeting each patron was James Montell, who ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Great Time to Buy: Skinner Clocks and Watches
Skinner Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner
I admit it; I'm part of the problem.
I have been an avid clock and watch collector and dealer since 1980; I've sold more than 1700 and still own many. But at the October 28, 2016, clocks, watches, and scientific instruments auction at Skinner, I never ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Transferware Collectors Club Launches Advanced Version of Database of Patterns and Sources
The Transferware Collectors Club (TCC), a U.S.-based club whose mission is to educate and excite people worldwide about British transfer-printed ceramics produced between 1750 and 1900, will announce the launch of Version 2.0 of its "Database of Patterns and Sources" on October 26 at the club's annual meeting in Charlottesville, ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Usable Past: See It and Put It on Your Shelf
A Book Review
A Usable Past: American Folk Art at the Colby College Museum of Art Edited by Lauren Lessing Colby College Museum of Art, distributed by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. (www.artbook.com), 2016, 163 pages, hardbound, $55.
A Usable Past: American Folk Art at the Colby College Museum of Art accompanies an ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Diversity Is King at Shannon's
Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers
Fine art continues to be the go-to genre for American auction houses. While brown furniture still struggles and middle-of-the-road merchandise is soft, fine art (at all prices) seems to be consistently in demand. Because of that, the race is on ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Old Print Gallery in Washington, D.C., to Close
At the beginning of 2017, The Old Print Gallery, currently located in historic Georgetown, will move and consolidate its inventory with its sister shop in New York City, The Old Print Shop, Inc.
According to a press release, "The decision to close our Georgetown gallery was arrived at only after immense ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Transferware Collectors Club Convention Sale
Charlottesville, Virginia
Of the 450 members of the Transferware Collectors Club (TCC), 56% are collectors, 17% are researchers, curators, or authors, 16% are dealers, and 11% are archaeologists. Seventy-one of them, most from the U.S. and nine from the U.K., assembled October 23 through October 26, 2016, for the annual TCC ... (Read More)
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(Show)The First New York TEFAF Fair
TEFAF New York Fall Fair, New York City
White carpeting, white roses, and white walls added serenity and elegance to the inaugural TEFAF (The European Fine Art Foundation) New York Fall Fair at the Park Avenue Armory, October 21-26, 2016.
On the very rainy day when the show opened, invited guests poured ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Trove of Emily B. Waite Artwork Sold
Artwork by Emily Burling Waite (1887-1980) brought record prices during an online auction by Everything But The House (EBTH) on October 26 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The 162 lots totaled $68,396.
"This collection was kind of a landmark for us," said Graydon Sikes, director of artwork for EBTH. "We pretty much blew ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, November 2016
Ian McKay,
Fashionable ruffs, a self-portrait by "the most excellent painter in England," an exquisitely executed coffee break, a musical prelude to an artistic fall from grace, together with views of Connemara and the ruins of Walsingham, are among the pictures featured in this month's "Letter." Other stories take in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Peale Portrait Prints Pop
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
In a twist on auction events of late, Ron Bourgeault packed the gallery to the rafters for Northeast Auctions' October 25, 2016, sale at the Treadwell Mansion in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. What's more, it was just like the "old days," beginning at 5:30 p.m. on a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hunting Tuna, Catching Dolphins
Editorial
It's happened again. A well-meaning law has been passed-this time in California-aimed at cracking down on illegal activity and improving consumer protection. As have so many legislative actions before, however, the new law has cast so wide a net, it has enormous ramifications for the art and antiques trade. It's ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Boscobel Offers Free Admission for Veterans
To honor all former U.S. military personnel, Boscobel in Garrison, New York, will offer free house and grounds admission to veterans who show their military ID (or even a photo of themselves wearing their uniform) at the front desk during the month of November. The Boscobel Salutes Veterans Program will ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and website for ... (Read More)
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(Show)Positively Pensive
Monroe Antique Show and Sale, Monroe, Washington
The weather was good; the crowds obliged; the dealers were responsive; and the atmosphere felt just right for what might be the penultimate Monroe Antique Show and Sale, October 22 and 23, 2016. The murmurs of rumor became a more pronounced buzz, confirmed as ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Jewelry Shines at Grogan & Company
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
It caught our attention when Grogan & Company's October 23, 2016, auction in Boston was roughly one-third jewelry-111 lots of its 339-lot sale. I called Lucy Grogan, Grogan's jewelry specialist and gallery director, to discuss the sale. She began by saying that ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Boston International Fine Art Show
Boston, Massachusetts
For 20 years the Boston International Fine Art Show (BIFAS) has brightened the fall calendar in Boston. During the October 20-23, 2016, event, just shy of 40 dealers, many of whom have done the show since the beginning, set up beneath the domed glass ceiling of the Cyclorama building ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Horological, Jewelry, and Antiques Auction
R.O. Schmitt Fine Arts, Manchester, New Hampshire
R.O. Schmitt Fine Arts' October 22 and 23, 2016, auction was the first under the complete ownership of Dan Horan. Former owner Bob Schmitt opened the sale-his last-before a fuller house than usual at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire. After the sale ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Strong "Pre-Election Selection"
Farrin's Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine
Rusty Farrin, a.k.a. Farrin's Country Auctions, runs about 25 or 30 auctions per year from his Randolph, Maine, hall. Once or twice each year, he culls some of the best stuff for presentation in a single sale, usually in autumn. Often it's billed as a pre-Thanksgiving ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)California Passes Broad Law Regulating Autographed Objects
"This law is nuts."
That was the blunt assessment of one member of the trade when asked about changes in a California law that was originally written to protect buyers of sports memorabilia. Governor Jerry Brown signed the amended bill into law on September 9. Selling or consigning to auction in ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 42nd Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show
St. Charles, Illinois
The 42nd Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show, October 15 and 16, 2016, felt more like a family reunion than a show. We've previously written here that Chicago Suburban Antiques Dealers Association (CSADA) events, held twice a year in St. Charles, Illinois, seem to be a love fest for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany Lantern, Found in a Janitor's Closet, Tops Design Sale
Freeman's, Philadelphia
Photos courtesy Freeman's
Freeman's 51-lot design sale on Sunday, October 16, 2016, was billed as "tightly curated." Specialist Tim Andreadis said, "We turned down more than we took in."
The sale focused on two dozen lots by George Nakashima and his daughter, Mira, and three discoveries in disparate categories that fall ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Bright Day at the Shenandoah Antiques Expo
Fishersville, Virginia
The 59th edition of the Shenandoah Antiques Expo was held October 14-16, 2016, on the grounds of Augusta Expo in Fishersville, Virginia. Looking forward to the 60th edition, Heritage Promotions owners Sanford and Mary Ferguson and Raymond and Martha Stokes are very optimistic.
Speaking for Heritage Promotions, Ray Stokes described ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Cincinnati Carved Cabinet Goes Home, Sort Of
When Herbert Broadfoot II and his wife, Nancy, decided to downsize, they consigned a family heirloom, a Cincinnati carved cabinet attributed to William Henry Fry (1830-1929), to Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia. The cabinet had been a wedding present in 1876 for Nancy Broadfoot's great-great-aunt Mary Boyd and had ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mittler Scrimshaw Blowout
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(Auction)Spanning Generations
AntiqueAdvertising.com
Photos courtesy AntiqueAdvertising.com
Wm Morford Auctions has launched an online business that's part auction, part retail shop, and part price guide. Branded as AntiqueAdvertising.com, the platform offers timed Internet auctions, a first for company founder William Morford, who has specialized in absentee sales for 25 years. The site also features occasional ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine and Decorative Art Auction
Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan's
A portrait by French artist William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905), its whereabouts unknown for more than a century, sold for $1,102,500 (including buyer's premium) at the fine and decorative art auction held by Cowan's Auctions on October 15, 2016, in Cincinnati, Ohio. How that painting came ... (Read More)
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(Show)Ohio Country Antique Show
Wilmington, Ohio
There was a lesson to be learned at the Ohio Country Antique Show, held October 15, 2016, in Wilmington, Ohio. Bill Hopper of Red Rooster Two Antiques, Vincennes, Indiana, found out all too well. It had to do with sales. If you really didn't want to sell something, you ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Devil's Dictionary of Antiques Collecting: Part 1
Every specialty has its own private language-business, law, politics, the sciences, antiques. Sometimes the intricacies of a profession demand words not in common use: scientists mutter about "cosines," attorneys about resolutions settled "with prejudice," and actors about "panning shots." And this argot is all but demanded by the individual's field. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Three Days and 1305 Lots
Rago Arts and Auction Center, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago Arts and Auction Center
Rago's three-day 1305-lot design sale in Lambertville, New Jersey, presented in five catalogs, offered American, French, Italian, and Scandinavian furniture, decorations, and a few pieces of jewelry-all made of wood, glass, clay, jade, stone, and metals, from ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Stars and Bars Barred
Editorial
A California law, passed with little notice several years ago, had good intentions but has brought unintended consequences.
The law specifies that the state of California "may not sell or display the Battle Flag of the Confederacy, also referred to as the Stars and Bars, or any similar image, or tangible ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Portland, Maine, Antiques Show Postponed until 2017
The Maine Antiques Exposition, a new antiques show that had been scheduled by John and Elizabeth DeSimone of Goosefare Antiques & Promotions for October 15 and 16 at Thompson's Point Events Center in Portland, Maine, has been postponed for a year.
The events center has experienced construction delays and will not ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Eastfield Village Marches On
East Nassau, New York
With two years gone since the untimely loss of Don Carpentier, the founder and director of Eastfield Village, 2016 saw a full roster of workshops and conferences at the village. These are the oldest historic preservation workshops in existence, offering hands-on instruction in tinsmithing, blacksmithing, masonry, and, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)MADA Presents Check to Maine Maritime Museum
On October 12, 2016, the Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA) presented the Maine Maritime Museum (MMM) in Bath, Maine, with a $1500 grant for its upcoming permanent exhibit Into the Lantern: A Lighthouse Experience. The museum has a fundraising goal of $980,000 for the one-of-a-kind exhibit, which is set to ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Lost in Translation
The Young Collector
You know how when you say a normal word like "apostrophe," "tailgate," or "dentistry" over and over that after a while it becomes divorced from its meaning and begins to sound like complete nonsense? Yeah, well, funny thing, but that happens after you read auction catalogs or sales ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Collector, His Companies, and Two Shippers Indicted for Tax Fraud
Real estate developer and collector Michael Shvo, 43, his companies, Shvo Art Ltd. and Seren LLC, and two shipping companies and their principals were indicted on September 8 in New York City for participating in a scheme to evade the payment of more than $1 million in state and local ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received, October 2016
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or online orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or a mail-order house is the place to look.
A Bibliography of Maine Imprints, 1785-1820 by Glenn B. Skillin, with a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)NASA Seizes Artifact Sent to It for Verification
In October 2014 two objects related to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) were put up for bid in an online auction held by Gaston & Sheehan Auctioneers. A flown, zipped lunar sample return bag with lunar dust had a beginning bid of $20,000. A gray Apollo-era mesh cushion, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show
Deerfield, Massachusetts
Polished and unpretentious, the ADA/ Historic Deerfield Antiques Show on October 8 and 9, 2016, in Deer-field, Massachusetts, compelled visitors to swarm the place at opening, and many sales were consummated within minutes. A few took a little longer, but not much. Day one was fine weather, and long ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Vaseline Grape Leaves Tricornered Bowl, the Only One Known, Brings $13,500
Jim Wroda Auction Service, Mount Hope, Ohio
Photos courtesy Jim Wroda Auction Service
Purchased more than two decades ago in New Jersey, a vaseline Grape Leaves tricornered bowl made its five-figure debut in the world of carnival glass on October 8, 2016, at the Millersburg Glass Association's annual auction, held this time ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Home and Business Security
Computer Column #334
Protecting our computers from malware has been discussed in this column. This month the emphasis will be reversed. Computers, other digital devices, and the Internet can protect us and our antiques businesses from criminals.
Dome and bullet-style security cameras.
Security Cameras
Security or surveillance cameras are everywhere. News reports tell us ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Some Icons Return to Market
Pook & Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook
Pook & Pook's Americana sale on October 7 and 8 was a big one. The 847 lots covered the full range of American furniture, ceramics, metalware, advertising, and paintings, collected by the last two generations of collectors. The sale provided a barometer ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Annie Oakley Wins the Shooting Match
James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maine
Here's a story about a little woman who became a very big shot. Phoebe Ann Mosey (1860-1926) was born in Woodland, Ohio, into a hard life of poverty. She had little schooling, and at the age of seven, she began hunting and trapping to support ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African American Fine Art Auction
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
Swann Galleries is approaching its tenth anniversary of conducting African American fine art auctions, and the October 6, 2016, sale at the New York City auction house did not disappoint. It was a see-and-be-seen event for the enthusiastic collectors and spectators who filled ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Elmore and Harvard Settle Suit
The lawsuit filed by Harvard University against Santa Fe, New Mexico, dealer and author Steve Elmore has been settled.
In 2015 Elmore self-published a 217-page book, In Search of Nampeyo: The Early Years, 1875-1892, after the manuscript was rejected by the Peabody Museum Press, the publishing arm of the Peabody Museum ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Monumental Emanuel Leutze Painting Discovered in Pennsylvania Masonic Temple
An unpublished and previously unknown painting by the famous American historical and portrait painter Emanuel Leutze (1816-1868), best known for his iconic Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851, Metropolitan Museum of Art), has come to light in a Masonic temple in eastern Pennsylvania.1Measuring 80" x 118" with its frame, the oil ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings, Furniture, and Decorative Arts
Doyle New York, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle New York
Doyle hit a home run with the sale of Daniel Huntington's The Counterfeit Note, a genre scene painted in 1858 and out of the public eye since 1877, when it sold for $406,000 (with buyer's premium) to a buyer who was ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Potomack Company Expands into Connecticut
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia, has expanded to the Greenwich, Connecticut, area. Suzanne Branch has been appointed head of Potomack's Greenwich office to provide collectors, executors, and dealers in the Northeast with a full range of auction services. Branch is a graduate of Sweet Briar College and studied at the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Robert P. Walker, Polka Dot Antiques, Waccabuc, New York
In the Trade
Robert Walker sells British ceramics. Given the state of today's market, one might logically assume that selling such specialized material is not easy. After all, what could seem less in vogue these days than fussy little pieces of china? Even the word sounds old-fashioned. And, not surprisingly, prices ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)American Watch History in Geneva
If you want to examine three valuable and rare watches with uniquely important historical connections to the United States, you need to travel to the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva, Switzerland.
Front view of the Patek Philippe Museum, Rue des Vieux-Grenadiers 7, Geneva, Switzerland.
Many of us, not just in the top ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Kenos Answer One Lawsuit but Face Two More
Update: This suit and all others have been settled and dismissed. For more: http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/news/kenos-resolve-all-legal-matters
There are now three lawsuits claiming that Leigh Keno or Leslie Keno and/or one of their companies have not paid their auction house bills. The Kenos are twin brothers who shot to fame in the world of ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2016 Main Line Antiques Show
Radnor, Pennsylvania
The Main Line Antiques Show is a benefit for Surrey Services for Seniors. Surrey supports independent living by providing companions, nurses, short-term care, live-in 24/7 care, house cleaning, money management, and help with insurance claims for those in need. Last year Surrey provided 79,000 hours of home services, 28,000 ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 25th Hunt Country Antiques Fair
Middleburg, Virginia
The 25th annual Hunt Country Antiques Fair was held October 1 and 2, 2016, at the Hill School Athletic Center in Middleburg, Virginia. Over the years, the show has been held in various venues in the greater Middleburg area, but for the past several years it has come full ... (Read More)
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(Show)Vermont Antiques Week: Antiques in Vermont
Manchester Center, Vermont
On one day only, Sunday, October 2, the largest show of Vermont Antiques Week, the 32rd annual Antiques in Vermont event, was held with 80 dealers.
The preview included drinks and donuts, and managers Phyllis Carlson and Tim Stevenson exhibited as well. Held in the Riley Rink at Hunter ... (Read More)
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(Show)Vermont Antiques Week: Weston Antiques Show
Weston, Vermont
Fall in Vermont has its own allure-foliage, food, festivals-but in-the-know antiquers time their visits with one four-day "weekend" at the end of September/beginning of October when Vermont Antiques Week is held in five different venues: a theater, a ski lodge, another ski lodge, a community center gym, and an ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Merton Simpson Collection, Part One
Quinn's Auction Galleries, Falls Church, Virginia
Photos courtesy Quinn's Auction Galleries
All prices include buyer's premium
Merton D. Simpson (1928-2013) was a well-respected artist and art dealer. He is best remembered, however, as a pioneer in the field of tribal and African art collecting. At the time of his death his estate included ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Nigerian Government Asks for Plaque to Be Withdrawn
On October 1 Quinn's Auction Galleries, Falls Church, Virginia, sold part one of the inventory and collection from the estate of Merton D. Simpsonn (1928-2013). Simpson was a well-known African and tribal art collector and dealer. The Simpson estate is being sold in a series of three auctions.
The featured lot ... (Read More)
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(Show)Vermont Antiques Week: Antiques at Stratton Mountain
Bondville, Vermont
Opening on October 1 for a two-day run was Antiques at Stratton Mountain, the heir to the long-running Bromley Mountain Antiques Show. Stratton is a showy resort with European-style architecture for its lodging. The antiques show was held inside the base lodge, under the direction of dealer Greg Hamilton, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Vermont Antiques Week: The Ludlow Antiques Show
Ludlow, Vermont
The third show to open during Vermont Antiques Week was the Ludlow Antiques Show, which has been running for 52 years. It opened on Friday, September 30, and ran through Saturday, October 1, at the Ludlow Community Center next to the Black River High School, just a few miles ... (Read More)
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(Show)Vermont Antiques Week: The Okemo Antiques Show
Ludlow, Vermont
September 30 was the opening for the 23rd annual Okemo Antiques Show in Ludlow, Vermont, about ten miles north of Weston. It has been held at the Okemo Mountain ski resort for many years. This year the show saw new managers: Steven Sherhag of Canfield, Ohio, who manages the ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Oak Furniture: The British Tradition
A Book Review
Oak Furniture: The British Tradition. A History of Early Furniture in the British Isles and New England by Victor Chinnery. ACC Art Books, 2016, 551 pages, hardbound, $125 plus S/H from (www.antiquecollectorsclub.com) or (212) 645-1111.
The years before and after 1980 were, in retrospect, something of a golden age ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)From the Ground Up
Charles G. Dorman (1920-2000), who served as curator of Independence National Historical Park, used to tell the urban archaeologists digging in Philadelphia's historic district that when trenching at a country house or farmhouse, they should estimate the pitching arm of the cook or the farmer's wife and dig around the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Old Salem to Open Moravian Decorative Arts Gallery
Old Salem Museums & Gardens in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will open a new self-guided gallery, the Dianne H. Furr Moravian Decorative Arts Gallery, on October 22.
The Dianne H. Furr Moravian Decorative Arts Gallery will include nearly 2500 square feet in the Frank L. Horton Museum Center at 924 S. Main ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Skinner Features the Nancy and Gilbert Levine Antique Jewelry Collection
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Skinner, Inc. held its September 27 fine jewelry auction in Boston. A large portion-96 of the 718 lots-was dedicated to the sale of the Nancy and Gilbert Levine collection, donated to the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) and now selling "to benefit future acquisitions," according to Skinner. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, October 2016
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and website for ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, October 2016
Ian McKay,
Some very expensive lots from the English summer sales are lined up for this month's "Letter," not the least of them a pictorial tour of a Prince Bishop's Bavarian garden. Stubbs and Munnings provide a couple of defining moments in equine portraiture, while mayhem in a Dutch schoolroom ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Grand Opening for 14 E. King Antiques and Design
A new shop in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania, 14 E. King Antiques and Design, will celebrate a grand opening September 22-24. The shop will be open all three days from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Owners Tracy Dodge and Steve Lipman, former owners of The Yellow Garage Antiques Marketplace, Mullica Hill, New Jersey, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Arion's Fall York Show 2016
The Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
There were over 90 dealers on 92 stands at Melvin "Butch" Arion's 167th Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale in York, Pennsylvania. It was a three-day event, September 23-25, with a diverse roster of dealers from Pennsylvania, New York, New ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bierstadt's Washington Monument Leads Potomack Sale
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company held a big two-day antiques and fine arts catalog auction on September 24 and 25 at the firm's Alexandria, Virginia, gallery. The sale consisted of more than 800 lots at the two-day live auction and another 300 lots during ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Diamonds Are an Auctioneer's Best Friend
Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York
Photos courtesy Cottone Auctions
At the September 23 and 24 auction at Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York, the top lot of the sale of 700-plus lots was a vintage Kashmir sapphire and diamond ring that sold for $103,500 (includes buyer's premium) to a New York City collector. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Anemones in a Glass Jar" Tops Sale in Boston
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner, Inc.
Robin S.R. Starr, the paintings department director and an auctioneer at Skinner, Inc., summed up the September 23 paintings sale in the Boston gallery when she said, "Overall, we are pleased, given the vagaries of the current market." Those vagaries make for volatile sales ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ball Club, Once in the Trash, Brings $102,000
Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan's Auctions
An Otoe ball club sold for $102,000 (with buyer's premium) to highlight the sale of American Indian and Western art held by Cowan's Auctions on September 23, 2016, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The weapon came with an intriguing back story. The club was consigned by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Important American Furniture, Silver, Outsider Art, and Folk Art
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
Christie's catalog for the September 20 Americana sale was small, just 81/4" x 6 5/8". The sale was small, just 144 lots. There was a small crowd at the sale with fewer than 15 bidders in the salesroom. Two dozen phones were available for bidders ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Fire: Living a Collector's Worst Nightmare
The Sport of Collecting by Sir Martin Conway was one of my few antiquarian books to emerge, charred and waterlogged, from the wreckage of my home, which burned to the ground in January 2016. As an antiques dealer and collector, collecting is my sport, my lifelong passion, and my livelihood. ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Bit of Everything
Springfield Extravaganza, Springfield, Ohio
Apparently, Elvis had left the building.
Late on the first day of the Springfield Extravaganza, held September 16-18 at the Clark County Fairgrounds in central Ohio, The King was gone. His image had been there Friday morning at the start of the show-the rock-and-roll legend on black velvet. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Adirondack Antiques Show and Sale
Blue Mountain Lake, New York
The Adirondack Antiques Show and Sale at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, New York, was held Saturday, September 17, and Sunday, September 18, with 33 dealers from South Carolina to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Attendance was clocked in at 1601 patrons, and the dealers ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Selling of Kovels' Collectibles: Part One of Many
Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio
Photos courtesy Rachel Davis Fine Arts
"I really won't mind if you say the sale was not that good" is not the comment one expects when interviewing the main consignor after her auction has taken place.
But not everyone is Terry Kovel.
For the record, the prices realized ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Henry Clay Gold Medal Tops Lincoln Auction
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Isn't it interesting that Abraham Lincoln is one of our country's most beloved presidents? He was shy and reserved and not a blowhard or attention-junkie by any means, and surely his "everyman" ways struck a chord. It definitely has where collecting anything related to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chinese Teacups Soar at Quinn's
Quinn's Auction Galleries-Central Virginia, Louisa, Virginia
Photos courtesy Quinn's Auction Galleries
Quinn's Auction Galleries-Central Virginia held its fall fine and decorative arts auction at the firm's galleries in Louisa, Virginia. The sale on September 17 offered a good mix of American and Continental antiques, fine art, ceramics, modern three-dimensional art, and Asian ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Collection of Nan Gurley
Gurley Auction Co., Parsonsfield, Maine
Nan Gurley (1943-2016) was a powerful force in the New England antiques business and was well known and highly respected as a show promoter and dealer. She didn't turn to show management until the 1980s, when she ran venues in Deerfield and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Portland, ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Comparing Computers
Computer Column #333
John P. Reid, jreid@dca.net
One thing is inevitable in modern life: a day will come when that old personal computer has to be replaced. My wife just retired her eight-year-old Windows Vista desktop machine. It was getting cranky and was not fast enough for modern software.
Computers are not new ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in 2 Barns
Hilliard, Ohio
This one was different. It was a risk. And at the end of it all, promoter Jennifer Sabin was perplexed.
"I don't know what to think," she said.
She stood just outside two pole buildings that gave the day's event its name, Antiques in 2 Barns. The show, held on Wednesday, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Dealer's Fair Has New Management
The Dealer's Fair, held at the Goshen Fairgrounds in Goshen, Connecticut, will be under new management this fall. Maria McLennan, owner of Covet Antiques, and Annie Fletcher Itin, creative director and owner of the Fletcher Design Group, will partner under the name of Hunt & Gather Events.
Now in its fourth ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Fall Sales Topped by Antique Kashmir Sapphire
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
The two-day September jewelry auction held September 11 and 12 by Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, Illinois, yielded $4.5 million for 1336 lots and showed the continued market strength of exceptional colored stones, including what Alexander Eblen, director of fine jewelry at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, called an "Old-World ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Brexit Leads to BADA Dealers Showing in New York City
There will be a dedicated pavilion of members of the British Antique Dealers' Association (BADA) at the Palm Beach Show Group's New York Art, Antique and Jewelry Show taking place at Pier 94 in New York City November 9-13.
The BADA initiative is being launched as a response to the U.K.'s ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany Beatitudes Sell for $356,950
Fontaine's Auction Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Fontaine's Auction Gallery
Cleaning out the basement takes on a whole new meaning when you are John Fontaine, auctioneer and CEO of Fontaine's Auction Gallery.
"I was on a call at a home outside of Brooklyn and found myself in the basement trying to figure ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Country Americana
Garth's Auctions, Delaware, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth's
"Some things are good, which are not pleasant, other things are pleasant, that are not good but to live in peace is both good and pleasant." Text on a fraktur by the Ehre Vater Artist.
It came down to what was "both good and pleasant." When ... (Read More)
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