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(Fragment)Possible Scalp Seized in Maine
In early May 2022, a beaded American Indian pipe bag with possibly an Apache scalp attached was seized from Poulin Antiques American & Auctions in Fairfield, Maine. If tests determine it is a scalp, selling the object would violate the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act.
A recently unsealed affidavit by ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Over a Million Dollars in Jewelry and Watches
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Nadeau’s Auction Gallery
The tenth annual New Year’s Day sale held by Nadeau’s Auction Gallery, Windsor, Connecticut, resulted in a 96% sell-through rate after a “long day of spirited and competitive bidding,” according to the auction house. I communicated with Ed Nadeau Jr., co-president of Nadeau’s, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Jeffrey Ricketts, East Nottingham Antiques
“Oh my gosh Jeffrey, why do you like this old junk?” ask his friends.
With a self-effacing demeanor, Jeffrey Ricketts, a 21-year-old antiques dealer from North East, Maryland, who has been selling out of a barn on his parents’ property for the last five years and who has done shows since ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Dodged One Bullet—More to Come
When the text of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2023 was released, language changing bank secrecy laws was not included. The final House version of the bill is a victory for the art and antiques trade.
The initial House bill included text of the ENABLERS Act (“Establishing ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, January 2023
Morgan and Marvin Smith, untitled, Marvin and Morgan Smith and Sarah Lou Harris Carter, 1940, gelatin silver print, 10" x 8". Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library. Photograph © Morgan and Marvin Smith.
—Through January 8 —New Orleans, Louisiana
Called to the Camera: Black American Studio Photographers ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Americana Week 2023 in New York City
Americana Week, the annual January conclave in New York City of collectors, curators, museum directors, scholars, historians, librarians, designers, and the curious who look over, discuss, and purchase American furniture, silver, ceramics, textiles, paintings, prints, books, and manuscripts made in the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, is jam-packed.
The Winter ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Successful Eclectic Holiday Auction
Hilliard & Co., Madison, Virginia
Photos courtesy Hilliard & Co.
All prices include the buyer’s premium.
Hilliard & Co. concluded its final auction of 2022 at its gallery in Madison, Virginia, December 19. Following the format that it has used during the COVID-19 environment, the Hilliard sale was available for several days online ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Auction Record for Netsuke
On December 16, a 3 3/8" high wooden netsuke of a kirin on a cloud, estimated at $15,000/20,000, sold for a whopping $441,300 (includes buyer’s premium) at Bonhams, New York City. The buyer was a private collector, underbid by the Japanese trade.
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(Issue Story)Finds
Finds are a highlight of collecting. Because of the many definitions, gradations, and nuances, I am unsure that agreement exists on what one is, but collectors know when such a discovery takes place.
To some a find is a treasure a collector discovers unexpectedly. To other collectors spending the day going ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Arrested in Antiques Shop Thefts
Between September 14 and October 5, the Camp Verde Office in Verde, Arizona, received reports of an older man allegedly committing thefts from local antiques stores. This man entered the stores during business hours and allegedly took several thousand dollars’ worth of jewelry and other high-end merchandise without paying for ... (Read More)
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