(Auction)
Tim Isaac, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
All prices in Canadian dollars
Tim Isaac changed his auction venue from the Algonquin hotel in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, to the Saint John Trade and Convention Centre in Saint John, New Brunswick, for his annual summer sale on Monday, July 11. It did not ... (Read More)
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
The 2016 national convention for the American Political Items Collectors (APIC) was held from July 6 to July 10 at the Harrisburg Hilton Hotel in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
The APIC holds its national convention every two years. “Usually in election years our membership goes up a few hundred,” remarked president Ron ... (Read More)
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“This [was a] non-identifiable piece of trash that I turned into a gleaming piece, and the government decides they want it,” said art dealer Matthew Schwartz of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Schwartz was speaking about 1934 Farmer, a large oil on canvas by John D. Slavin that he offered on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
John McInnis Auctioneers, Hopedale, Massachusetts
John McInnis Auctioneers’ July 8 sale on the grounds of the home of William and Nancy Gannett in Hopedale, Massachusetts, told the story of a family and a town. In 1816 farmer Ira Draper patented the improved fly shuttle that allowed weavers to run two power ... (Read More)
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Summertime seems to be a time for decisions. Peter Eaton and Joan Brownstein have decided not to do the Winter Antiques Show in January. “We are not dropping the Winter show; we are taking a year’s leave of absence for medical reasons. Joan had four vertebrae fused two weeks ago, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
In the Trade
The antiques trade has a well-deserved reputation for being a textbook example of capitalism in the raw. There’s little regulation; there’s lots of gossip; and there’s certainly no shortage of sharp practice. There are times when one might be tempted to rank antiques dealers below even politicians, used ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
Chinese works of art, mostly in the ceramics line but with one little ivory figure and a couple of big wooden screens included, provide a run of way over estimate results and most of the higher priced items featured in this month’s “Letter.” Elsewhere, we have a few ... (Read More)
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Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886-1957), Baile en Tehuantepec, oil on canvas, 79" x 64½", signed and dated 1928. ©2016 Banco de México Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Baile en Tehuantepec, painted by Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886-1957) in 1928, has been sold ... (Read More)
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(Show)
South Salem, New York
Spread out on the grounds of Stevens Memorial United Methodist Church were almost 70 dealers who spent their Fourth of July toiling while taking in the sunshine and good cheer an outdoor show can create. Managed by Frank Gaglio’s Barn Star Productions, the one-day show is a ... (Read More)
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On July 2 Gibson Auction, Inc. in Orange, Virginia, offered a relatively small group of rare books and manuscripts for sale without reserve. The bulk of the lots came from the estate library of the Craige family of North Carolina and Virginia and had been collected over three generations.
The high ... (Read More)
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