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Historical Documents Sale Highlights Reagan's 50-Year Correspondence with a Fan
by Jeanne Schinto

Profiles in History, Calabasas, California Photos courtesy Profiles in History An archive of over 350 candid photographs of Ronald Reagan, the majority unpublished, along with 128 letters by him dating from the 1940s through the mid-1990s, as well as much, much more, sold to an unidentified institution for $120,000 (including buyer’s premium) ... (Read More)

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The Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show 2016
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show was up and running April 14 through 17 and much improved after two years of rehabilitation. Show managers Diana Bittel and Karen and Ralph DiSaia were the doctors in charge of this fund-raiser for Penn Medicine, and they prescribed a new regimen that ... (Read More)

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Chicago Botanic Garden Antiques, Garden & Design Show
by Danielle Arnet

Glencoe, Illinois The Chicago Botanic Garden was the site of two very different events in April. Both were newsworthy, but they could not have been more unlike. One, the 16th Chicago Botanic Garden Antiques, Garden & Design Show, held April 15-17, was an eagerly anticipated and always gorgeous annual event. The ... (Read More)

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Local Buyers and Good Karma at Rago, and Strong Designer Brooch Sales at Heritage
by Mary Ann Brown

Antique Jewelry & Gemology Photos courtesy Rago Arts and Auctions and Heritage Auctions There was strength in the private buying pool and an 88% sell-through rate at Rago Arts and Auctions’ April 17 fine jewelry and unreserved jewelry sales in Lambertville, New Jersey, according to Sarah Churgin, head of the jewelry department. ... (Read More)

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Wilton Spring Antiques Show
by Julie Schlenger Adell

Wilton, Connecticut The Wilton Spring Antiques Show, held April 16 and 17, faced two hurdles it had trouble overcoming, yet “it’s still a viable show,” said manager Frank Gaglio of Barn Star Productions. The warm, sunny weekend along with area schools being on spring break accounted for the show’s low attendance, Gaglio ... (Read More)

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South Shore Treasures
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

Willis Henry Auctions, Plymouth, Massachusetts Karel and Willis Henry of Willis Henry Auctions, Marshfield, Massachusetts, routinely offer their estate-sale bidders fresh South Shore material, mostly from longtime collections. One such collection was that of Oscar Karl Hollander Jr. and Lois Hollander of West Falmouth, Massachusetts. The Hollanders collected widely and unerringly. ... (Read More)

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New York Art Antiques & Jewelry Show Relocates to Pier 94
by Julie Schlenger Adell

The Palm Beach Show Group (PBSG) will relocate its New York City Art Antiques & Jewelry Show to Pier 94 this year, taking over the dates that became available when U.S. Antique Shows, a division of Emerald Expositions, canceled its November 2016 Pier Show (see M.A.D., March, p. 11-A). Opening ... (Read More)

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California Fine Art
by Alice Kaufman

Bonhams, Los Angeles and San Francisco Photos courtesy Bonhams Specialist Scot Levitt called his auction on April 12 and 13 in Los Angeles (simulcast in San Francisco) of California and Western paintings and sculpture “extremely successful. We had our best sell-through rate in many years, with all but twelve paintings sold out ... (Read More)

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Caren Historical Documents Sale
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Bonhams, New York City Photos courtesy Bonhams “Treasures from the Caren Archive II: How History Unfolds on Paper” was the title of an auction at Bonhams, New York City, on April 11 that again sold documents, letters, and newspapers that tell stories from American history, from the 16th century to the computer ... (Read More)

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AD 20/21
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

Boston, Massachusetts  The ninth AD 20/21, the annual Boston design show, held April 7-10, was set up under the steel and glass dome of the Cyclorama building at the Boston Center for the Arts. Forty-three dealers in antiques, art, and design filled booths in the 1884 brick building for the show ... (Read More)
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