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Nelson Lots Top Massachusetts Auction
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

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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"Emerald Bay" Brings Gold
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

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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"'Pretty Good' Is the New 'Great' in the Antiques Business"
by David Hewett

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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Exhibitions
by M.A.D. Staff

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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Simple Goods Show in Ohio Changes Hands
by M.A.D. Staff

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 to Manage 40th Annual Pineapple Antiques Show
by M.A.D. Staff

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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Historic Deerfield Acquires 1803 Tall-Case Clock
by M.A.D. Staff

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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An Army of One
by Clayton Pennington

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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Carousel Fails to Sell at Auction
by Kay Manning

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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Raleigh's Summer Show
by Pete Prunkl

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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