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(Issue Story)Spruce Gum Boxes--Folk Art for Sweethearts
Spruce gum boxes were created by lumbermen in the crowded bunkhouses of the North woods on Sundays and during cold winter nights. The boxes were made to contain sap from the spruce tree used as chewing gum. Spruce gum is resin from the spruce tree, and before chicle was discovered ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Who Designed the Stickley Furniture Sold at Bonhams?
Rare and aesthetically arresting furniture by Gustav Stickley does not often appear on the auction market, but when it does there is keen competition. When a chair and a settle, both with copper and pewter inlay, were pictured in the catalog for a Bonhams sale of 20th-century decorative arts on ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The International Vintage Poster Fair Will Be a Featured Section of the Pier Antique Show
The International Vintage Poster Fair is returning to New York City for its 26th anniversary with a new location; this year’s fair will be a featured section of the Pier Antique Show in New York City on November 14 and 15.
The International Vintage Poster Fair offers collections from over a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Furniture, Silver, Decorative Arts, and Clocks at Bonhams
New York City
Photos courtesy Bonhams
The chair that held many prominent figures in 19th-century American history while their portraits were taken by photographer Mathew Brady sold on the phone for $449,000 (with buyer’s premium) at the Bonhams fine furniture, silver, decorative arts, and clocks sale on October 26, 2015. The carved ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fall Antiques Market
Wilton Fall Antiques Market, Wilton, Connecticut
For less than the price of a movie ticket, antiquers could spend the day talking with and buying from three dozen dealers who set up booths at the one-day Wilton Fall Antiques Market on October 25, 2015.
Now in its third year under Frank Gaglio’s Barn ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana
Skinner, Boston, Massachusetts
All eyes were on Boston Harbor by William Bradford (1823-1892) at Skinner’s Americana auction on October 25, 2015. In the Boston gallery Bradford’s early Luminist oil on Winsor & Newton board, 18" x 24", fetched $303,000 (includes buyer’s premium) from one of five phone bidders. Several major dealers ... (Read More)
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(Show)The San Francisco Fall Antiques Show
San Francisco, California
San Francisco Fall Antiques Show (SFFAS), benefiting Enterprise for High School Students, pulled off its 34th annual four-day run without a hitch, October 22-25, 2015. There was zero competition from the Giants making the World Series as in years past, and the weather cooperated with gloriously warm and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Richmond Has a Bright New Show
Virginia Festival of the Antique, Richmond, Virginia
There is a new antiques show in Richmond, Virginia. Its name is the Virginia Festival of the Antique. The inaugural show was held at the Virginia Historical Society building over the weekend of October 23-25, 2015. Richmond has a well-established place in history and ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Fine Selection of Art
Boston International Fine Arts Show, Boston
Nineteen years old and counting, the Boston International Fine Arts Show (BIFAS) is still growing. While it remains a distinctly Boston affair, the mix of its 41 dealers from near and far gave it a wide horizon October 22-25, 2015. Of those dealers, 26 were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)R.O. Schmitt Fine Arts Fall Auction
Manchester, New Hampshire
Clock auctions are interesting events—no more or no less well attended than most other auctions. Buyers, however, want to see the clock that interests them, and its innards, and a 90" tall clock requires significant space for examination. The salesroom at R.O. Schmitt’s October 24 and 25, 2015, ... (Read More)
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