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(Show)A Detour on the Barbecue Trail
Liberty Antiques Festival, Liberty, North Carolina
A traditional measure of success for an antiques show is the number of big-ticket items sold. In the South, we like to include the barbecue factor in our success calculations.
Here’s an example. On Friday, April 29, the first day of the two-day Liberty Antiques Festival ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)John Gould of Yorktown Heights, New York
In the Trade
Discussing how hard it is to sell antique furniture today at almost any price, John Gould quoted a friend, who said, “You see this really good furniture selling for really cheap prices, and it’s still not cheap enough.”
John Gould in his workshop.
That’s why Gould’s small barn, which used ... (Read More)
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(Show)The NYBG Antique Garden Furniture Fair
New York Botanical Garden Antique Garden Furniture Fair, Bronx, New York
The 25th anniversary of the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG)’s Antique Garden Furniture Fair was a blooming success from the April 28 opening through May 1. Bringing the outdoors inside was achieved by filling a 10,000-square-foot tent with flowering plants, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)1stdibs Causes Controversy
1stdibs, an online global marketplace (www.1stdibs.com) that over the last 15 years has helped legions of dealers sell art, antiques, vintage fashion, and jewelry to designers, collectors, curators, and others, has been the focus of a month-long protest by dealers from New York to California. It stems from an e-mail ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)The Art of American Still Life
A Book Review
The Art of American Still Life: Audubon to Warhol by Mark D. Mitchell, with essays by Bill Brown, Mark D. Mitchell, Katie A. Pfohl, and Carol Troyen
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2015, 271 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from the Philadelphia Museum of Art Museum Store (www.philamuseumstore.org)
This book is ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historic Firearms and Early Militaria
Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan’s
Well before the catalog was printed and the online listings were posted, Jack Lewis, director of historic firearms and early militaria at Cowan’s Auctions, knew the April 26 and 27 sale was going to be special. That event, held at Cowan’s gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Hampshire Antiques Week Pickers Market Show Canceled
On November 23, 2015, Barn Star Productions announced that the Pickers Market Antiques Show—part of Antiques Week in New Hampshire for over 20 years—had been revived after a one-year hiatus. Almost five months later, the company announced it was canceling the August 12 show.
Frank Gaglio of Barn Star said, “We, ... (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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(Fragment)Buy a Real Weathervane so the Owners Can Buy a Fake One
The Concord Scout House (CSH) in the middle of Concord, Massachusetts, was built out of an old barn in 1932 for the local Girl Scout troop, and it’s been the site of dances and concerts ever since. Before there was a Concord Scout House, there was a barn, and on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Variety and Surprises
Farmer Auctions, Salem, Virginia
Photos courtesy Farmer Auctions
Farmer Auctions held its spring catalog auction on April 23 at its gallery in Salem, Virginia. The sale offered a good mix of categories and generated several pleasant surprises.
One was an ephemera archive involving a construction project that never came to fruition. In February ... (Read More)
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