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Antiques Week in New Hampshire: Pickers Market Changes Dates
by M.A.D. Staff

Barn Star Productions’ 21st Pickers Market Antiques Show is changing dates. It will be held on Friday, August 7, in Concord, New Hampshire, during Antiques Week in New Hampshire. Frank Gaglio of Barn Star said, “Last year we moved the Pickers Market one day earlier to Thursday after the NHADA show ... (Read More)

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Ivory Ban's Effects on Collectors, Museums, Musicians, and the Art Trade
by Kevin P. Ray

In response to concerns that poaching of African elephants is rapidly driving the species to extinction, the U.S. federal government tightened restrictions on the import, export, transfer, and sale of African elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn.1 The revised restrictions followed on President Obama’s July 2013 executive order committing the U.S. ... (Read More)

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The Wall-Apelt Oriental Art Collection
by Mark Sisco

This approximately 66" tall carved and lacquered wood statue of the Vairocana Buddha led the auction at $379,200. It had sold at Christie’s in New York City in September 2004 for $65,725. It’s always interesting when an item with an insignificant estimate comes alive and heads out of sight. Here we ... (Read More)

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Brazelton Lots Spice Up Northeast Auctions Sale
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

This oval “lover’s eye” miniature watercolor on ivory, set within a seed pearl and enamel border and mounted on a ring, went to a persistent phone bidder for $7680 (est. $500/800). Northeast Auctions photo. This 19th-century eight-panel screen, in two parts, is covered in French scenic wallpaper depicting “The Passage ... (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 Web site ... (Read More)

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Record Price for a Bear Trap
by Don Johnson

Martin J. Donnelly holds the No. 6 Blake, Lamb & Company bear trap during the auction on March 21 in Indianapolis. At 44" long, it was the largest trap the company offered. The holy grail of traps is the Blake, Lamb & Company No. 6 bear trap, of which only one ... (Read More)
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