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Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Association Antiques Show & Sale, Waukesha, Wisconsin
When the Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Association (WADA) has a show, it’s an Event, with a capital E. Accordingly, opening day of the February 2 and 3 WADA Antiques Show & Sale featured that popular Northwoods standard, a Friday night fish fry, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer’s premium when charged. We’re always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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Freeman’s | Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Freeman’s | Hindman
The first installment of a two-part sale of the barbershop collection of James Carpenter (1929-2021) was held by Freeman’s | Hindman at the company’s Cincinnati location on January 30. A Moxie store sign was the top lot of the day, but personalized ... (Read More)
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Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s “Visions of America,” its umbrella for Americana Week sales, ended January 29 with an offering of just 16 lots of manuscript and printed Americana, of which five sold. Maps and letters related to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and views of Mexico contributed ... (Read More)
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New York City
The 70th Winter Show celebrated its platinum anniversary with 70 booths of art and antiques in the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. The cavernous 144-year-old brick building was transformed into a garden of delights—gratifying to the eyes, stimulating for the brain, and teasing the heart.
The ten-day ... (Read More)
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Nameless Art + Design Show, New York City
American art and design by unknown makers was the theme of Nameless Art + Design Show, a new show that took place in far west Chelsea January 26-28. It overlapped with the final weekend run of the Winter Show, which took place 40 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
A euphemism is a mild or indirect word or phrase that substitutes for a well-understood, more direct description or adjective. The latter may elicit more emotion and power; the former is softer and often meant not to hurt feelings. Why be blunt if one can avoid it? Why be clear ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)
A Book Review
In this book Bruce A. Austin describes the extraordinary history of how the automobile and the corresponding road building, road paving, and road traveling started the commerce of selling arts and crafts roadside. Driving around in the 1930s was more than, well, driving around. It was a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Morphy Auctions/Brian Lebel’s Old West Auction, Las Vegas, Nevada
Photos courtesy Morphy Auctions/Brian Lebel’s Old West Auction
Noted scholar and historian James Nottage, who has written a book about Edward H. Bohlin, described this ensemble by Bohlin as “the most artistic and richly embellished Western-styled gun belt and holster set ever made.” ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Harold Leslie Chalfant Jr., whose parents called him Skip from the get-go, lives five miles from where he grew up. “I’m still here. Guess I didn’t get too far in life,” he said with a chuckle. For him, knowing lots of people and places in the area means a great ... (Read More)
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