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(Auction)Cowan's Inaugural Auction in Cleveland
Circa 1900 brewing company sign showing a bird’s-eye view of “The John Wagner Sons Br’g. Co. / Sidney, Ohio, U.S.A.,” color lithograph on paper, 22½" x 33½" (sight size) plus frame, toning and minor foxing, top of frame scratched, $7200.
Late 19th-century American Star high-wheel bicycle by H.B. Smith Machine Company, Smithville, ... (Read More)
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(Show)American Folk Art Festival
Sacramento contemporary folk artist Susan Arnot makes everything at her booth by “lots of cutting, sewing, gluing,” she said. Her best seller was “the Little Black Cat Theater.”
Karen Pierce of Cottage Creek Antiques, Reno, Nevada, was asking $15 for this 10" diameter old egg basket filled with painted mini gourds. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Dealers and Collectors Super Selective at Shaker Sale
The sisters cupboard over drawers in original bittersweet red-orange paint has some great features: there are two original pegs on each side, original brass knobs, and the original iron key in a concealed hiding place. Read the story to discover why that key nearly drove Will Henry mad. The cupboard ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Back-to-Back Sales for John McInnis
The North Carolina secretary-desk by William Seay dated from about 1790. It sold to a bidder from the South for $51,750. McInnis photos.
The China trade portrait of the American ship Julia A. Brown off Hong Kong sold on line for $4255.
The 19th-century bicycle repairing sign (10" x 36") with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ruling in Private Provenance Case
On September 4 in U.S. District Court in Dallas, Chief Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater filed a memorandum order and opinion that severely reduced the award that art patron Marguerite Hoffman had won at trial only months earlier. The case involved Hoffman’s desire to keep the sale of a painting private.
In ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Americana Week News: One Show Canceled and a New One to Debut
U.S. Antique Shows announced on August 27 it has postponed the 2015 Armory Antique Show because the National Guard has scheduled a drill at New York City’s 69th Regiment Armory over the weekend previously held for the show and a suitable alternative venue has not been found.
“Upon learning of the ... (Read More)
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