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(Book Review)Books Received
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or a mail-order house is the place to look.
Homes Down East: Classic Maine Coastal Cottages and Town Houses by Earle ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Frame Consignments--Risk Free
Eli Wilner & Company, New York City, has a new program to provide frames at no upfront cost to consignors of artwork. According to Wilner, “In order to participate in this program, the owner of the artwork must agree to purchase the Wilner frame, but the payment is only due ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in Manchester: The Collector's Fair
Show manager Karen DiSaia worked hard and kept smiling. She clearly loves to manage antiques shows.
This is what antiques shows are about. Collectors and dealers are shown looking over Peter Eaton’s make-do chair.
James William Lowery of Baldwinsville, New York, asked $19,500 for this walnut Dutch cupboard from Pennsylvania, 1800-20, ... (Read More)
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(Show)MidWeek Antiques Show
Peter Baker Antiques is based in Elgin, Quebec, and he presented fine Canada-made furniture such as the 12' refectory table on trestle legs and with partitions for place settings. It was from a convent and priced at $12,000. The Quebec-made bird weathervane, circa 1890, was tagged $1850, and a Quebec-made ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Five Auction Records Realized Among 700 Vintage Posters
Swann Auction Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann
An unprecedented 700 posters were offered for bidding at an auction of vintage posters at Swann Galleries, New York City, on August 5. Five of these posters set auction records—three Art Nouveau posters, one World War I poster, and one international vintage racecar ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Prepare to Negotiate
Auction Law and Ethics
We are nearing the end of a long series I have been writing about consigning valuable property to auction. The length of this review reflects the importance of the process and the points, issues, and strategies that it includes. My goal is to help consignors make successful ... (Read More)
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(Show)Desserts at Deerfield
New to the show was Adam Irish of Old as Adam, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Here he is showing off his prize vintage umbrella, circa 1903, from New Hampshire, priced at $375. He has had a shop since 2012 in Portsmouth but has been collecting antiques for 20 years. His business ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California and Western Paintings
Bonhams, Los Angeles and San Francisco
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Bonhams’ California and Western paintings and sculpture specialist Scot Levitt said he was “pleasantly surprised by the results of our August fourth auction. We had the highest percentage of lots sold in years, with all of the high-price paintings finding new homes. The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Folk Art Auction in Manchester
This 19th-century miniature portrait of a young lady in a black dress and tartan shawl was signed near the left shoulder “G.L. Saunders 1845.” It sold for $20,000 (est. $1000/2000) on the Internet, underbid by a phone bidder. The portrait was found in the church rectory in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fred Ponton's Cane Collection
Wickliff Auctioneers, Carmel, Indiana
Photos courtesy Wickliff Auctioneers
Late during a specialized cane auction on August 1 in Carmel, Indiana, a man sitting at a table near the back of the room began muttering in frustration as he was outbid by one particular buyer. “This is ridiculous,” he said, just loud enough ... (Read More)
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