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(Auction)Rare Newspaper Declaration Brings $150,000
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
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Grogan & Company’s May 3 auction at the Beacon Hill gallery elicited lively bidding and striking results with 57% of the lots selling above their estimates. Most lots drew multiple bids. The highlight was the rare July 18, 1776, edition of The ... (Read More)
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(Show)Mid Atlantic Antique & Garden Festival Continues to Grow
Poolesville, Maryland
The semiannual Mid Atlantic Antique & Garden Festival was held May 2 and 3 at Jon and Joy Siegel’s Aix La Chapelle Farm in Poolesville, Maryland. Sixty-two dealers offered traditional antiques as well as garden and interior design accessories. Clear and cool spring weather greeted the nearly 4000 patrons ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hattie Brunner Watercolor Brings $5600
Horst Auctioneers, Ephrata, Pennsylvania
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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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(Auction)The Lifetime Collection of Nancy Goff
Amelia Jeffers, Columbus, Ohio
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That thing in Amelia Jeffers’ rear view mirror is a milestone.
The marker was zipped past all too quickly during the single-owner sale of the Nancy Goff collection, held May 1 and 2 by Amelia Jeffers, Columbus, Ohio. Conducted at The Barn at Stratford, the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Auction in Manheim
Conestoga Auction Company, Manheim, Pennsylvania
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There is a large group of collectors in Pennsylvania who collect everyday functional objects as folk art, which they seek at local shows in Elverson, Lititz, and York, and at smaller one- and two-day shows in various country towns. Redware, stoneware baskets, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Penn Dry Goods Reimagined
The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, is reimagining its annual Penn Dry Goods for 2026. Drawing on the museum's collection of textiles demonstrating centuries of Pennsylvania artistry, Penn Dry Goods on May 15 and 16 will bring together historic textile enthusiasts for a boutique show offering antique ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spring Auction Brings in $1.8 Million at Shannon’s
Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut
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Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers proved, once again, that auctions do not need endless lots to achieve milestone sales. Instead, quality is key, and Shannon’s spring fine arts auction was packed with quality. Consisting of just 152 lots and with an ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Show for Maine
The Poland Spring (Maine) Preservation Society's 50th anniversary celebration in 2026 marks five decades of preserving the 1893 Maine State Building and 1912 All Souls Chapel, and sharing the deep history of Poland Spring.
"The 50th anniversary of the Poland Spring Preservation Society is not only a celebration of our past, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story) Forgotten Frugality
Beneath the Surface
In a lot of ways, Hollie was raised by her grandpa. A gruff Appalachian farmer of few words, he lived next door, and as soon as she was big enough to run back and forth between houses, she was usually where he was. He had a kind of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Auction Topped by Limestone and Sand
Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Freeman's holds two Americana sales in Philadelphia each year, one on the Tuesday after the Delaware Antiques Show in November and another on the Tuesday after The Philadelphia Show in April. Collectors and dealers who come to the shows stop at Freeman's 2400 Market Street salesroom ... (Read More)
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