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(Auction)Logan Estate Sold by Choice, Choice, and Choice Again
Iroquois Auctions, Cape Vincent, New Yorkinby David HewettOne of the more unusual on-site estate auctions we've covered took place in Cape Vincent, New York, over the three days of July 6-8. Iroquois Auctions of Brewerton, New York, conducted the sale of the John and Jane Logan estate under tents on ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Auction Law and Ethics: Maybe...Maybe Not
by Steve ProffittQ I have a question concerning auctions that allow bidding over the Internet, by telephone, and by absentee bid. Many auctioneers use terms that are totally inconsistent with these forms of bidding. For example, one auction house states: "Everything will be sold as is, where is, with all ... (Read More)
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(Show)Mid-Week in Manchester Antiques Show: Frank Gaglio's "Michelangelo"
by Jeanne SchintoIt was, admittedly, a faux pas. "Don't you do one of the New Hampshire shows?" this reporter asked a well-known American folk art dealer after approaching him at an auction in July. "I'm doing the show," he testily replied, meaning the one that was about to celebrate its ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rumors Don't Hurt Northeast's August Americana Sale
Northeast Auctions, Manchester, New Hampshire ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sloans & Kenyon: Furniture, Photographs, Jewelry, and Asian Arts Strong
>by Robert KyleDealers and collectors of fine art, furniture, photography, Asian artifacts, Japanese swords, and diamonds quenched their desires at Sloans & Kenyon, June 22-24, in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Amid the nearly 1700 lots there were rarities that commanded attention. Nearly $1.4 million was spent by 368 registered bidders.The Friday ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia Teakettle from the Shop of Benjamin Harbeson Sold for $9200
by Lita Solis-Cohen A copper teakettle, stamped on the top of the handle "Harbeson" in a serrated arc above a crown mark, sold at a Wiederseim Associates auction in Chester County, Pennsylvania, on June 23 for $9200 (includes buyer's premium). Cataloged as English and estimated at $600/800, the three-quart, 11" ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Withington's Last Big Sale at the Hillsborough Center House
Richard W. Withington, Hillsborough, New Hampshireby David HewettThere was standing room only around the big white tent pitched in Richard W. Withington's backyard on Thursday morning, July 26. The nearly 90-year-old auctioneer, who counts a #1 New Hampshire auctioneer's license among the trophies won in a career spanning nearly 70 ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Who Is the Young Collector?
by Andrew Richmond and Hollie DavisWith the plaintive cry of "Where are all the young collectors?" going up all over the marketplace these days, we thought it might be timely to answer the more appropriate first question: who is the young collector?Who is this nameless, faceless entity so important and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Swann Galleries? First Lot to Break $1 Million
The top lot at Swann Galleries? auction of 19th- and 20th-century photographs on Monday, October 15 in New York City was a partial set of Edward S. Curtis's magnum opus, The North American Indian, with 16 complete portfolios containing his large-format photogravures and 16 fully illustrated text volumes in Morocco ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Samuel Herrup of Sheffield, Massachusetts
by Frank DoneganOne thing you can say about Samuel Herrup: he's an optimist. Here's a guy who has been in the business for 35 years, and he waits until now-when everyone is telling you this is the worst antiques market in decades-to open his first shop.Herrup, who has long been ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fiftieth NHADA Show a Smash Hit, Just Like the Others
by David Hewett"It's just like the old days!" marveled Judith Milne, as she watched the crowds surge into her booth and claim pieces on and off the wall and the floor. It really was. A few minutes earlier, just seconds after the doors opened, the initial flow of prospective customers ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Titanic Morning for R.M.S. Titanic Memorabilia at Ocean Liner Sale
Christie's, New York City by Richard de ThuinA deck log for the cable ship S.S. Mackay-Bennett, the first of four ships chartered by the White Star Line to search for bodies in the aftermath of the Titanic sinking, realized $102,000 (includes buyer's premium) from a bidder who left the salesroom ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Poulin's Antiques and Auctions, Bangor, Maine: The Hannibal Hamlin House Sale
by Mark SiscoBangor Theological Seminary, founded in 1814, was originally located in nearby Hampden but relocated to Union Street in Bangor in 1819. Two years ago the seminary decided to sell its Union Street land and buildings and move to the campus of Husson College in Bangor. Poulin Antiques and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Presidential Coin's 77th Medals and Tokens Auction
Presidential Coin & Antique Company, Baltimore, Marylandby Alan V. Weinberg H. Joseph Levine's Presidential Coin & Antique Company (PCAC) of Clifton, Virginia, conducted its 77th medals and tokens auction in Baltimore, Maryland, on June 30, in connection with the Baltimore Coin & Currency Convention, recently acquired by Whitman Publishing Company ... (Read More)
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(Show)Dallas, Texas: Ralph Willard's Tower Antique Show at Fair Park
by David AndersonRalph Willard's Tower Antique Show at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, June 1-3, had a nice mix of local and out-of-state vendors. Many of these vendors are longtime veterans of the same display space in this spacious air-conditioned exhibition hall in the Food and Fiber Pavilion and, along ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Summer Art Auction Yields Over $4 Million
Barridoff Galleries, Portland, Maineby Rose SafranLast year Rob Elowitch of Barridoff Galleries was delighted. He sold over $4 million worth of art-his best auction. This year, he was also delighted. Despite a one-third buy-in rate, unusually high for this house, the August 3 auction on a hot Friday evening in ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Rookwood XVII, Keramics 2007, Art Glass 2007
Cincinnati Art Galleries, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonSeventeen years. Riley Humler can't quite figure it. "I'm sitting here talking to you about Rookwood Seventeen, and I don't know how we got where we are. We went from 1991 to 2007 in the blink of an eye-it's scary," said Humler, director of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)No Sophomore Slump at O'Brien's Second Sporting Sale
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Plymouth, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoA curlew carved by A. Elmer Crowell achieved a new price record at Stephen B. O'Brien Jr.'s second annual sporting sale on July 26, when it sold to a phone bidder for $186,500 (includes buyer's premium). According to O'Brien's research, it is the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historic Americana Auction
Cowan's, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonGo West, young man.If you're thinking Horace Greeley, you'd be wrong. John Soule's 1851 article in the Terre Haute (Indiana) Express originated the famous quote that has been credited with sending many a young man west across the continent. Seems it was good advice then. Ditto ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques at Elm Bank Estate: Capricious Storm, Capricious Customers
Wellesley, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoIt's easy enough to love the venue-gorgeous grounds with gardens tended by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society on which sit two historic buildings in one of New England's most affluent communities. It's easy, too, to love promoter Marvin Getman. "Marv sure gets them into the seats," said Ken ... (Read More)
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(Show)Bedford, New Hampshire: Stampede Opens Flamingo's Manchester Show
by Jeanne SchintoThe satellite show that Flamingo Promotions begat nine years ago to take advantage of the crowds of collectors drawn to Antiques Week in New Hampshire increased its gate this year by 20%, according to Flamingo's Tina Bruno. "I think folks are finally finding out that this is a ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Firearms Column
by Robert KyleAntique American firearms that bring the most money at auctions are generally those associated with historic figures such as cowboys, lawmen, outlaws, Native Americans, U.S. presidents, and other notables. Across the Atlantic, however, where cowboys and Indians and the winning of the West existed only by hearsay, Britain ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sells in California
Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, Californiaby Alice KaufmanReflecting on the June 25 San Francisco sale of American furniture and decorative accessories, Bonhams & Butterfields' Americana specialist Brooke Sivo said that, in general, Americana "is not an easy market today."The market for country, for instance, Sivo said, was "very soft," then ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Christie's Inaugural Dog Sale Fetches $2.1 Million
Christie's, New York Cityby Dorothy S. GelattEven though half the elegant lots were passed, Christie's first sale of mostly English and American dog paintings and sculpture-"The Dog Sale"-managed to chew up $2,169,840. But that was a lot less than most people had expected.A major reason for the relatively meager return, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Americana Celebration in Deerfield
Deerfield, New Hampshireby Mark SiscoThis was Nan Gurley's 13th year at Antiques Week in New Hampshire. Her annual outdoor show at the fairgrounds in Deerfield, New Hampshire, was held on August 7. She stuck to her traditional Tuesday, despite Frank Gaglio's show opening the day before in nearby Bedford. Sandwiched ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"I Like to Auction Better Than Anything I've Ever Done in My Life"
Martin J. Donnelly Antique Tools, Hillsboro, New Hampshireby Mark SiscoSomehow, the story of the tools seems secondary to the story of the man. Martin Donnelly's Live Free or Die Antique Tool Auctions conducted its annual sale and show on the Withington auction grounds in Hillsboro, New Hampshire, on June 29 ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Noel Barrett's June Sale: "Primo Stuff Brought Primo Prices"
Noel Barrett Antiques & Auctions, New Hope, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenWhere to sell a lifetime collection is a big decision. Collectors of architectural toys, old bicycles, trains, mechanical banks, penny toys, and other related material chose Noel Barrett's June 16 and 17 Father's Day weekend auction at the Eagle Fire Hall ... (Read More)
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(Show)Bedford Pickers Market: Not in the Minor Leagues Any More
Bedford, New Hampshireby Fran Kramer"Frank Gaglio hit a home run," said dealer Edward Miller of Pioneer Folk Antiques, Ellsworth, Maine, an exhibitor at the tenth annual Bedford Pickers Market, held August 6 in Bedford, New Hampshire. It was a Monday opening, not a Friday "game," and Gaglio and his 100-plus ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Collectible Computers, Screen Savers
Computer Column # 226by John P. Reid, e-mail: jreid@dca.netComputers as collectibles and homegrown screen savers are discussed.-Antique Computers?Setting up at an antiques show with an old Windows 95 computer for recording sales, I am sometimes jokingly asked, "Is that an antique?" Perhaps it is-if computer years are like dog years. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sternboard Eagle Leads Cyr Auction
Cyr Auction Company, Gray, Maineby Mark SiscoThere was standing room only, and precious little of that, at Cyr Auction Company's July 11 Fine Arts and Americana auction in Gray, Maine. The place was packed, and so were the books holding the absentee bids. Auctioneer Jim Cyr reported "Our previous record ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Let's Hear It for the Associations
I managed to get to the Maine Antiques Dealers Association show at River Arts at Round Top Farm in Damariscotta a few weeks ago and had a short talk with outgoing MADA president Nancy Glazer of Bailey Island. I told her I thought she and her organization had done an ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Durfee Collection of Dedham Pottery Sold
Northeast Auctions, Manchester, New Hampshireby Alexander FarnhamOn August 3, as part of its 20th annual summer Americana auction in Manchester, New Hampshire, Northeast Auctions sold 96 pieces of Dedham pottery from the collection of Florence Durfee. Another part of her collection will be included in the firm's October 26-28 auction. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Great American Antiquefest Sold
Bobi Dallas has sold the Great American Antiquefest to Judy and Steve Allman of Allman Promotions LLC, according to a press release.The next Great American Antiquefest will be held July 18-20, 2008, at Onondaga Lake Park in Liverpool, New York, close to Syracuse. Allman Promotions has begun the organizational work ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques Show Worth Traffic Jam
East Hampton, New York by Richard de Thuin Traffic on Southern State Parkway on Saturday, July 14, was a breeze until exit 44 leading to Route 27 into the Hamptons. The fender-to-fender traffic on this one-lane highway strained nerves all the way into Southampton and Water Mill until Bridgehampton came ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Art Dealer Sentenced to Six and a Half Years, Restitution
On September 6, U.S. District Judge Andre M. Davis sentenced art dealer Thomas Hugh Akins, 52, of Rockville, Maryland, to 78 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud arising from an art investment scheme. Akins was ordered to pay restitution of $1.2 million to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Americana on the Block
by Lita Solis-CohenThe first Americana sales since last January at Christie's and Sotheby's on October 3 and 4 are eagerly anticipated, and collectors will find plenty to tempt them. Among the highlights, Christie's offers on October 3 two previously undocumented treasures: a circa 1760 Philadelphia tea table attributed to the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sotheby's to Sell Cincinnati Badge Owned by George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette
Sotheby's has announced that it will sell one of the most important relics from George Washington's life, his specially commissioned gold medal that was presented by Washington's family after his death to the Marquis de Lafayette. The medal, in the form of an eagle, represented the values that Washington, Lafayette, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Flights into Fantasy: The Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection of Children's Illustration
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(Fragment)Guernsey's to Auction Jack Naylor Collection
by Samuel PenningtonWhat do you do when you want to sell a whole building full of rare 800-pound gorillas? You call in Guernsey's auctioneers. And that's what photography collector Thurman F. "Jack" Naylor has done.According to a press release from Guernsey's in New York City, Naylor, a World War II ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Kentshire to Open Gallery on Madison Avenue
by Lita Solis-CohenNew York City art galleries are on the move. Some are moving out of the Upper East Side to Chelsea, and others are moving in. Barry Friedman has moved to 515 West 26th Street, and Primavera Gallery may be found at 210 Eleventh Avenue, both in Chelsea. Kentshire ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gloucester, Mass.: Fitz Henry Lane and Mary Blood Mellen
by Rose SafranOn several levels Fitz Henry Lane & Mary Blood Mellen: Old Mysteries and New Discoveries is an important exhibition. It answers and poses questions about a major American artist and the contribution to his art by his most talented pupil.Curated by American art historian and Princeton University professor ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Experiencing History: "Flyers of the Hudson"
by A.J. Peluso, Jr.Old paper and glass are perishable. Don't believe it. Many lithographs, newspapers, photographs, and postcards survive despite their insubstantial nature. They gravitate to attic trunks, closet corners, and little-used dresser drawers. Out of the way, they lie dormant in dry and dark places for ages undisturbed. But ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rail Splitter Auction
The Rail Splitter, a national organization of Lincoln and Civil War collectors, is hosting its 12th annual auction of Lincolniana and Civil War-related memorabilia. The auction, which concludes on September 27, consists of more than 1200 lots and is the organization's largest sale ever of historical artifacts, documents, and material ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Green Valley Auctions, Inc., Mt. Crawford, Virginia: Newcomb Pottery Bowl Leads Green Valley Sale
by Walter C. NewmanIt is not surprising to learn that a piece of pottery emerged as the top lot at a Green Valley Auctions sale. It is surprising to learn that the piece in question is from the 20th century, and that it is not from the Shenandoah Valley. Such ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Settlement Reminder
Several years ago there was a court settlement in excess of $500 million against Sotheby's and Christie's for colluding illegally on consignor fees. The court let the defendants off easily in part by ordering the two auction houses to issue thousands, if not tens of thousands, of rebate "stock-like" certificates ... (Read More)
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(Feature)VADA Show Dedicated to John Robinson and Andy Williams
Autumn antiquing in Vermont begins with the 33rd annual Vermont Antiques Dealers' Association Show to be held at Hunter Park Pavilion on Route 7 in Manchester Center, Vermont. This year's show is dedicated to the memory of two loyal VADA members, John Robinson and Andy Williams. Both took part in ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Winter Antiques Show to Showcase Shaker
by Fran KramerThe Shaker Museum and Library at Old Chatham, New York, has just announced that it will present the loan exhibit at the Winter Antiques Show in New York City, January 17-27. The exhibition, An Eye Toward Perfection: The Shaker Museum and Library, is sponsored by the Chubb Group ... (Read More)
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(Feature)A Silas Hoadley Clock with a Lot to Say
by David SperlingWhen I attend antiques shows I frequently ask the dealers if they have any early American clocks "back home." Before the sentence is out of my mouth I hear, "Oh, we don't deal with those things"; "We don't understand clocks"; "They're a nuisance"; or "They always come back ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Cincinnati, Ohio, The Indian Hill Antiques Fair
by Don JohnsonIndian Hill Antiques Fair celebrated its 25th year in the northern reaches of Cincinnati on July 22 with 102 dealers, a strong gate, and picture-perfect weather. Promoters Ray and Kathy Mongenas of Loveland, Ohio, couldn't have asked for more.In a way, the gate and dealer count weren't surprising. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Philadelphia Tea Table Sells for $6,761,000; Another from the Same Shop to be Offered in January
by Lita Solis-Cohen
A previously unknown 18th-century Philadelphia tea table, a masterpiece of Colonial furniture, discovered in July in a suburban Philadelphia house being staged for sale, sold for $6,761,000 (includes buyer's premium) at Christie's in New York City on October 3. It was estimated at $2/3 million. The price is ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: A Lesser Americana Week
Editorial: A Lesser Americana Week
There's been a big hit to Americana Week in New York City.
Americana @ The Piers, the mega-event run by the Stella Show Management Company, will not be held this January, due to construction problems and overruns on Piers 88-90.
What a loss.
The Stella firm is lobbying the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Stickley Treasures Found at Fox Island Sale
by Walter C. Newman
In 1905, then New York State Senator Horace White purchased Fox Island, at the east end of Lake Ontario, near Cape Vincent, New York. Several years later, after briefly serving as lieutenant governor, White became New York's governor for three months, completing the unexpired term of Charles ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Zane Grey Material Flies (Unexpectedly) High
by David Hewett
Lang's Sporting Collectables, Inc.'s two-day sale in Boxborough, Massachusetts, featured some outstanding fishing-related offerings, such as Heddon lures, reels, fly rods, boxes of hand-tied flies, and advertising pieces, and brought a total of $1.7 million. That figure made it Lang's most successful auction ever.
The people at Lang's know ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Salander-O'Reilly Galleries: "Passive Investor? Wants Out; Collector Awarded $3.2 Million
by David Hewett
On August 7, one new lawsuit was filed against Salander-O'Reilly Galleries in New York City, joining the six suits already reported in prior issues (see M.A.D. August, p. 28-A; September, p. 11-A; October, p. 12-A).
This filing contained a genuine bombshell, though. This complaint didn't come solely as the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New National Capital Winter Antiques Show Postponed
Washington, DC-based promoter Armacost Antiques Shows has announced that its new antiques event, The National Capital Winter Antiques Show, has been postponed until 2008.
The inaugural show had been scheduled to take place November 30-December 2, 2007.
New dates, location, and other details will be released in the near future. More ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Antique Duck, Goose Decoys Break $1 Million Barrier in Private Sale
According to a press release from Stephen O'Brien, Jr. Fine Arts of Boston, the firm sold two antique decoys, a duck and a goose, on September 20 for a record-setting $1.13 million each in a private sale. The decoys were both made by carver A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1954) of East ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Wallpaper, Browser, Free Software
Computer Column #225by John P. Reid, e-mail: jreid@dca.net This month we have a miscellany: wallpaper for the antiquer's computer desktop, a new Internet browser, and free on-line word processor and spreadsheet.-Computer WallpaperWindows computers come with an assortment of wallpaper images that can be used as a background behind the icons ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Wallpaper, Browser, Free Software
Computer Column #225by John P. Reid, e-mail: jreid@dca.net This month we have a miscellany: wallpaper for the antiquer's computer desktop, a new Internet browser, and free on-line word processor and spreadsheet.-Computer WallpaperWindows computers come with an assortment of wallpaper images that can be used as a background behind the icons ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The 11th Annual Eastfield Village "Dish Camp"
East Nassau, New York ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Maximize Your Functionality: Notes from eBay Live! 2007
Boston, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoA man in a white lab coat stands on stage, about to address an audience of several hundred. It's opening day of the sixth annual eBay Live! 2007 and the first in the Northeast. Billed as "a Community celebration" and held at the Boston Convention & Exhibition ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Show Coming to D.C.
Washington, D.C.-based promoter Armacost Antiques Shows will launch a new antiques event, the National Capital Winter Antiques Show. The inaugural show, which will feature 150 dealers in room settings, will take place in the DC National Guard Armory, November 30-December 2.For more information, call (202) 537-1169.
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(Feature)The Firearms Column
by Robert KyleA rare opportunity to bid on items from one of the most significant private arms accumulations in America-if not the world-will occur when part one of the Frank and Karen Sellers collection is offered by Rock Island Auction in Moline, Illinois, September 8-10."His collection is rich in history ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Dennis Holzman of Albany, New York
In the Tradeby Frank DoneganWhat do you do when you graduate from college with a degree in 20th-century American poetry? Lots of people would tell you to prepare for that proverbial job at McDonald's. On the other hand, you could do what Dennis Holzman did and become an antiques dealer.Holzman's ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Something Called "Bailment"
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittLast month I mentioned that fellow column writer David Vazdauskas had written me about a consignor who suffered a loss of property consigned to an auction house. David asked what recourse the consignor had. That made me think of a reader's letter I had received ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Something Called Bailment
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittLast month I mentioned that fellow column writer David Vazdauskas had written me about a consignor who suffered a loss of property consigned to an auction house. David asked what recourse the consignor had. That made me think of a reader's letter I had received ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Dealer Maggi Weston's Collection Ignites New York Photography Auctions
Sotheby's, Christie's, Swann, Phillips de Pury & Company, New York City ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Pop Culture: The Thing That Wouldn't Die
Geppi's Entertainment Museum, Baltimore, Marylandby Karla Klein AlbertsonThere were probably ancient Greeks who thought Euripides wrote tearjerkers for the masses. Medea is definitely a weeper. And there were certainly Romans who would never dream of mingling with the riffraff at the Coliseum. For most ordinary mortals, however, pop culture is ... (Read More)
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(Show)Round Lake Is a Shot in the Arm
Round Lake, New Yorkby Betty Flood, assisted by Jessica McKeeThere were no signs of a soft economy at the 35th annual Round Lake Antiques Festival, held June 23 and 24 to benefit the library of the village of Round Lake, New York. From the reported numbers of people using the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)"Sketched at Sea"--The Exhibit and the Market
by Jeanne SchintoI've been on a mission these last few weeks, trying to find dealers-or even a dealer-who could speak to me about the market for mariners' sketches. These are drawings, primarily of ships and shorelines, executed by sailors and other travelers at sea. They are included in illustrated journals, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Indian Art Auction
Sotheby's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenThere were just 160 lots in Sotheby's American Indian art sale on Friday morning, May 18, which brought a small tribe of enthusiastic collectors and dealers to the New York City salesroom to bid on Pueblo pottery from the Leede collection, baskets from the Charlotte ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Folk Art in the Tramp Art Style: Debunking the Myths
by Clifford WallachEver since I bought my first piece of tramp art over 20 years ago I realized that I knew as much as the dealers I bought the pieces from. In other words, there was a serious lack of any kind of scholarship about tramp art. It was obscure ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Diverse Collection Sells in Cincinnati
Treadway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonTreadway Gallery's annual June auction in Cincinnati, Ohio, has traditionally been a showcase of Rookwood pottery and other ceramics. This year's sale, held June 1 and 2, was a bit different. Rookwood once again played a major role, but a diverse range of items from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Major General Auction
Gerald W. Bell, Jr. and George Morrill, Portland, Maineby Mark SiscoIt took special circumstances to drag Maine auctioneer George Morrill out of retirement. "Just some special stuff like this," he said, of the single-owner estate sale he brought to market on June 1 and 2. He teamed up with auctioneer ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Jackson Parker, 1920-2007
This month's obituary pages say good-bye to a number of people who have made the antiques market the way it is today. We'll miss them all, but it was particularly hard to say good-bye to Jackson Parker, who covered the decoy market for M.A.D. for 30 years. Jackson came to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Blackstone Illusions Up for Sale
On September 1 and 2 at Opportunities Auction in Newnan, Georgia, illusions used by Harry Blackstone Sr. and later used by Harry Blackstone Jr. will be offered.The Blackstone name is synonymous with magic. Harry Blackstone Sr. was younger than Harry Houdini, and there was competition between them for a number ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Walter Emerson Baum Painting Sets New Auction Record
Alderfer Auction & Appraisal, Hatfield, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassAlderfer Auction & Appraisal in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, has a reputation for putting together sales of quality, diverse estate material. Its niche is fine art, especially the New Hope school of Pennsylvania impressionist paintings. Its three-day sale, held June 14-16, totaled $1,574,674.65 (includes ... (Read More)
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(Show)Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenFor 36 years the Brandywine River Museum has ushered in the Memorial Day holiday weekend with its annual antiques show. More than 100 volunteers make it the most hospitable show on the circuit for dealers and for showgoers.Stunning flower arrangements from the volunteers' own gardens and ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Digs for Cohen and Burk Philadelphia Show
by Lita Solis-CohenThe spring show in Philadelphia, promoted by Barry Cohen and Jim Burk, will go on in a new location.When the Philadelphia Antiques Show signed up the Navy Pier for its 2008 April show, it left the Cohen and Burk spring show, which had encamped at the Navy Pier ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fisher Oil Leads Antiques and Fine Art Auction
The Cobbs Auctioneers, Peterborough, New Hampshireby Mark SiscoOils on canvas by Frank Shapleigh and William Aiken Walker have featured prominently in the Cobbs' auctions over the past few years. The same held true for their July 7 sale in Peterborough, New Hampshire, but perhaps they weren't quite as prominent as ... (Read More)
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(Feature)AAA Programs
AAA ProgramsThe Appraisers Association of America (AAA) has launched a new series of programs and publications for high-net-worth collectors and their advisors, including estate accountants, estate planners, and trust and estate lawyers. The purpose is to underscore the need to prepare for newly issued IRS regulations regarding non-cash charitable contributions ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Inlaid Cherry Dressing Table Brings $130,900
An inlaid Kentucky cherry dressing table sold for $130,900 (includes buyer's premium) to Richmond, Virginia, dealer Bob Crawford of R.E. Crawford Fine Art and Antiques, who was bidding on behalf of a client. The table was part of the July 6 auction at the Mark Mattox auction facility in Carlisle, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Variety Marks Farmer Sale
Ken Farmer Auctions & Appraisals, Radford, Virginiaby Walter C. Newman Ken Farmer Auctions & Appraisals held its summer cataloged estate and collectibles auction at its Radford, Virginia, facility on June 10. The 817-lot sale consisted of antiques and collectibles consigned by several different estates from Virginia, West Virginia, and North ... (Read More)
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(Auction)High Prices in Manchester
Antiques Week in New Hampshire, the annual slate of shows and auctions in and around Manchester, New Hampshire, in August, started off with a bang when Northeast Auctions sold a nest of 12 painted Shaker boxes for $209,500 (includes buyer's premium) to Patrick Bell of Olde Hope Antiques, Solebury, Pennsylvania, ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Show in New York City
JMK Shows has announced in a press release that it will enter the New York City antiques market with "an elegant, sophisticated show that will be geared for the modern lifestyles of today's affluent society, while incorporating much that is traditional and fashionable."The 40-dealer New York Antiques Show will take ... (Read More)
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(Show)Changeable Weather Means Mixed Results
Farmington, Connecticutby Ed PfeifferFor the Farmington Antiques Weekend on June 9 and 10 in Farmington, Connecticut, the weather factor was good news and bad news. A heavy downpour on Saturday morning drenched the event. Fortunately, nearly all of the 262 exhibitors were in tents. But ugly rain clouds filled the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Woodville Show to Debut
The Woodville Antiques Show & Sale will premiere November 9-11 at the European Antique Auction Gallery at 367 Highway 61 in Woodville, Mississippi.A dozen generous business sponsors have joined with the Wilkinson County Museum for this community event, which continues to expand the museum's many local activities and accomplishments. The ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Fortuitous Circumstances Result in Recovery of $60,000 Atlas
by David HewettSometimes fate is on the side of the good guys, and when it happens it should not go unrecognized.Consider this. On Saturday, May 5 Julia Hickey of the Historical Society of Rockland County, New City, New York, sent out e-mails alerting readers to the fact that someone had ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in the Valley
Oley, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenOley, Pennsylvania, is a kettle-shaped piece of land surrounded by hills in Berks County with dairy farms, covered bridges, and ironmasters' houses on fast-flowing streams. In 1983 Oley was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as a Historic District, the first rural municipality in America ... (Read More)
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(Auction)40th Annual Memorial Day Auction Passes to the Next Generation
Charles Funkhouser & Son, Johnsville, Marylandby Robert KyleJohnsville is a tiny 18th-century town about ten miles east of Frederick, Maryland, and has had auctions continually since 1967. Little has changed and a lot has changed. Most notably, the local auction company, commonly known as "the Johnsville Auction," is under new ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Heritage Civil War Auction Totals Over $6.5 Million
Heritage Auction Galleries, Gettysburg, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassHeritage Auction Galleries, Dallas, Texas, conducted a two-day sale of 744 lots of Civil War items on June 24 and 25, totaling $6,533,431.47 (includes buyers' premiums). Held at the Wyndham Gettysburg hotel within the newly constructed Gateway Gettysburg complex outside of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Things Go Better with Coke-Like Toys and Dolls
James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoAt James D. Julia's toy, doll, and advertising auction on June 23 in Fairfield, Maine, the top lot brought just over $40,000, and dozens of items sold above the $5000 mark. What was equally remarkable is that only a few dozen items failed ... (Read More)
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(Show)Light Attendance, Good Sales at Litchfield County Antiques Show
Kent, Connecticutby Ed PfeifferWhat does it take to create a prestigious, top-flight antiques show? Based on the highly respected and upscale Litchfield County Antiques Show, which took place this year on June 23 and 24 in Kent, Connecticut, there seem to be several key ingredients. Start with an eye-pleasing, tastefully ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Southern Calendar Clocks Still Irresistible
Mebane Antique Auction Gallery, Mebane, North Carolinaby Pete PrunklMoments before the annual antique clock sale, held June 23 at Mebane Antique Auction Gallery, Mebane, North Carolina, auctioneer Jon Lambert waxed nostalgic. "Last year was exceptional," he said, reflecting on the records his gallery established for E. Howard clocks in 2006. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Mother of Inventions Auction
Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head, Maineby Mark SiscoThe June 28 auction at the Owls Head Transportation Museum in Owls Head, Maine, was billed as "Transportation & Technology" but might be described as the "Mother of All Inventions Auction." If necessity is the mother, then value and collectability are the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Traylor's Blue Cat Claws Its Way to $42,550
Slotin Folk Art Auction, Buford, Georgiaby Marty SteinerThe sales of almost every established auction house, especially those that specialize, are like the children of a large family. There is a lot of similarity from one to another, but, as in families, each sale takes on its own unique personality.Slotin Folk ... (Read More)
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(Show)Gate Up, Results Mixed at Annual Wells Antiques Show
Wells, Maineby Rose SafranBefore opening time on a beautiful clear Sunday morning, June 24, the crowd was lined up at the entrance to Laudholm Farm in Wells, Maine, where the well-promoted Wells Antiques Show & Sale has been held for the past several years. The action thinned out toward the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)More Trouble for Salander-O'Reilly Galleries
On September 7 Salander-O'Reilly Galleries lost a big one. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sotheby's to Sell Badge Owned by Washington and Lafayette
Sotheby's to Sell Cincinnati Badge Owned by ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)One of 600
One of 600
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(Computer Article)Hand-Helds, Scanning, and Banking
by John P. Reid, jreid@dca.net
This month there are three short topics.
More Hand-Held Computers
Last month we discussed the small hand-held computers that ... (Read More)
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