Stories for August '26

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Hattie Brunner Watercolor Brings $5600
by Karl H. Pass

Horst Auctioneers, Ephrata, Pennsylvania Photos courtesy Horst Auctioneers Horst Auctioneers held an 861-lot sale on May 1 and 2 at its facility in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. The total gross was $219,915 (Horst does not charge a buyer’s premium). Online bidding was charged a 10% buyer’s premium. Absentee bids were charged 10%, and there ... (Read More)

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The Liberty Antiques Festival: Past, Present, and Future
by Pete Prunkl

Liberty, North Carolina “Antiques have been our life,” said Mary Ellen Sico. She and husband Vito Sico had antiques shops in their home state of New Jersey and then in North Carolina. Mid-1990, they were chatting about the possibility of an outdoor antiques show with their real estate agent-friend Janet Hill. ... (Read More)

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Massachusetts Block-Front Chest Leads Auction
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

CRN Auctions, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts Photos courtesy CRN Auctions Collections of fine antiques from all over drew buyers to the April 19 sale by CRN Auction, which was held in its half-century-old Cambridge, Massachusetts, gallery, known for its esoteric offerings. Chippendale block-front mahogany chest, circa 1760, Massachusetts, has a shaped, molded-edge top, four ... (Read More)
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