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Marion Antique Auctions, Marion, Massachusetts
When Marion Antique Auctions announces one of its twice yearly sales, collectors and dealers mark their calendars. Much of what passes through the auction house is fresh to the market; much of it has area provenance. Much relates to the maritime heritage of the area.
Frank McNamee ... (Read More)
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Gustave J.S. White, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
It was all about paintings at the Gustave J.S. White sale on July 25 at Michael R. Corcoran’s Newport County Auction Gallery in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. As fixtures on Aquidneck Island (the island that includes Newport, Portsmouth, and Middletown) Corcoran and his staff are positioned ... (Read More)
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Michael and Lucinda Seward of Pittsford, Vermont, showed this painting by Lucy H. Doane, who died in 2010 at the age of 101. Born in Nahant, Massachusetts, Doane lived, painted, and taught art in Vermont and Massachusetts. The 21½" x 27½" boating scene was $1250.
Stone Block Antiques, Vergennes, Vermont, brought ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
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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The Simple Goods antiques and primitives show in Mansfield, Ohio, has been sold to Massachusetts antiques dealer and show promote Kris Casucci, who with her husband, Paul, and Pennsylvania antiques dealer Christina Hummel owns Walker Homestead in Brookfield. Hummel and her husband, Scott, own Primitive America Antiques in Pennsdale.
Casucci and ... (Read More)
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Dolphin Promotions has been selected by the Rotary Club of Sarasota Sunrise Foundation to manage the 40th annual Pineapple Antiques Show to be held March 12 and 13, 2016, in Sarasota, Florida. The show will feature 40 dealers. The two-day event will be held at the renovated Sarasota Municipal Auditorium, ... (Read More)
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Tall-case clock by William Lloyd (1779-1845), 1803, Springfield, Massachusetts, cherry, white pine, sumac, birch, brass, iron, bitumen, and enamel. Historic Deerfield photo
Historic Deerfield in Deerfield, Massachusetts, has acquired a Springfield, Massachusetts, tall-case clock made by cabinetmaker William Lloyd (1779-1845). The case, made in 1803, had been on loan to Historic ... (Read More)
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Editorial
You can’t fight City Hall, or so the old saying goes.
Don’t tell that to Karen Barchi, owner of Bay Avenue Antiques, Barnegat Township, New Jersey. She’s on the verge of victory.
Last year the Barnegat Township Committee passed a “Secondhand Dealers” ordinance that put severe restrictions on antiques dealers in the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
The 1922 Spillman Engineering Co. menagerie carousel.
The restored sign of the maker.
Goat from row 9, made in 1885 by Dare’s New York Carousel Manufacturing Co.
Leaping pig from row 3, made in 1875 by Chanvan Co., France.
A collection of McDonald’s memorabilia that included (not shown) Mayor McCheese, whose head was a ... (Read More)
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The eight tumblers on a Rogers silver tray ($285) are old Waterford in the Alana pattern. Robert and Sharon Kurschner of Sterling Treasures, Camden, South Carolina, were asking $985 for all eight. The carafe ($164) is not Waterford. The silver primrose tray at the back is $325.
Jane Lavinder of Lavinder ... (Read More)
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