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(Auction)Bertoia's "Holiday Surprises" Lives Up to Its Name at $1.867 Million
Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
With an eye-popping inundation of treasures, Bertoia Auctions lived up to its pre-Thanksgiving theme of “Holiday Surprises.” The three-day, 2239-lot event, November 13-15, 2015, was a rip-snorter. No toy category was left behind as banks, trains, doorstops, vintage windups, a well-curated batch of biscuit tins, 250 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tennessee Dealer Sentenced
Paul “Mike” Willis, the owner of Unique Antiques and Auction Gallery, Collierville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to theft of over $60,000 from a customer and was sentenced on September 1 to 90 days in jail and ordered to pay $22,000 in remaining restitution, according to Shelby County District Attorney General Amy ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received, November 2015
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or online orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or a mail-order house is the place to look.
Magnificent 19th Century Furniture: Historicism in Germany and Central Europe by Rainer ... (Read More)
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(Show)2015 Salon: Art + Design
New York City
Vive le Salon! Now in its fourth year under the management of Sanford L. Smith + Associates, but no longer partnered with the Syndicat National des Antiquaires, The Salon: Art + Design opened in New York City, November 12, 2015, the night before the terrorist attack in Paris.
A ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Malcolm Ivey Pleads Guilty
Malcolm Ivey, the former operator of Ivey-Selkirk Auctions and Appraisals in St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty on September 14 in St. Louis County Circuit Court to five Class C felony counts of stealing and one Class D felony count of unlawful business practices. As part of the plea agreement, Ivey will ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)School's in Session
The Young Collector
After 120 years our house seems to have come full circle. As of this fall it is once again a schoolhouse. Nora, who just turned five, has started kindergarten at home. (Just in case the house itself wasn’t evidence enough that we never do anything the easy way.) ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Callot Soeurs Orientalist Gown, a Paisley Shawl, and a Fairy Skeleton Gown Bring Top Dollar
Augusta Auctions, New York City
Photos courtesy Augusta Auctions
A labeled Callot Soeurs couture Orientalist gown brought an impressive $30,000 (includes buyer’s premium) at a November 11, 2015, auction of couture and vintage fashions held by Augusta Auctions of Bellows Falls, Vermont, at its New York City venue, Landmark on the Park, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Accidents Happen
Last year, during a flurry of assignments and looming deadlines, I returned calls or e-mails only if they seemed urgent. When the pressure died down I finally got around to amending my negligent behavior.
“What happened?” a friend familiar with my collecting penchant inquired. “I thought maybe you got crushed by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Freeman's Pennsylvania Sale
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
Freeman’s scheduled its November 2015 Americana sale to coincide with the Delaware Antiques Show so that those flying in to shop and dealers trucking to and from the show could stop by and check out more than 500 lots of furniture, paintings, silver, ceramics, maps, prints, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Shakers in Connecticut
This past summer, the New Britain Museum of American Art (NBMAA) in New Britain, Connecticut, opened a new permanent Shaker gallery, one of only three found in U.S. art museums. The other two are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The brainchild of museum trustee ... (Read More)
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