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(Fragment)Tailgate Show Moves to Saturdays
The Tailgate antiques show in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, is the brainchild of Connecticut antiques dealer Ian McKelvey and Massachusetts antiques dealers and show promoters Kris and Paul Casucci. In 2016 McKelvey and the Casuccis were looking for a show that would combine resources for picking fresh antique merchandise with a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Montgomery Prize and Award Reestablished
After a lapse of several years, the Decorative Arts Society (DAS) is reestablishing the Charles F. Montgomery Award and Prize for excellence in decorative arts scholarship, honoring the pioneering work of connoisseur, collector, antiques dealer, author, and teacher Charles F. Montgomery (1910-1978). Entries are now open, and the deadline for ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Vocational Awe
Beneath the Surface
One of the challenges of self-employment is that there are very few “lines” in our lives that divide our days into sections. This is especially true since we opened an auction house, but it is true of being self-employed in any way these days. There are for many ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Outsider Art Fair
New York City
The Outsider Art Fair continues to mature, and its 32nd edition, held February 29 to March 3 in New York City, garnered the respect the fair has worked to achieve along with rave reviews.
Critics from national newspapers celebrated the art and the artists, claiming the relevance of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rate Changes at Sotheby’s
On February 1 Sotheby’s announced a dramatic change to both its buying and selling commissions. On May 20 the buyer’s premium will be 20% of the hammer price up to and including $6 million. Beyond $6 million, the buyer’s premium drops to 10%.
The previous buyer’s premium was 26% up to ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Seduction and the Casting of Spells
“I just love that highboy! Look at the (portrait) bust. Oh, the lines! Oh, the legs! The curves. Original surface.” The very language of antiques collecting seems oddly like that of romance (OK, maybe not “original surface”). Marvelous objects entice, ensorcell, enchant, enrapture.
Hardened collectors can be reluctant romancers, yet they ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Bonhams Skinner
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Bonhams Skinner’s online Americana auction held February 19-29 presented bidders with an eclectic array of antiques, most with deep historical interest.
Glass was offered from the collection of scholar and collector Dorothy-Lee Jones Ward (1927-2022), founder of the Jones Gallery of Glass and Ceramics at Douglas Hill in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Welcome Change
The recent announcement by Sotheby’s that the firm is overhauling its buyer’s premium and seller’s commission is welcome news (see page 28). For the first time in years, an auction house hasn’t tried to increase profits by digging even deeper into the pockets of buyers.
Beginning in May, Sotheby’s will charge ... (Read More)
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