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(Show)New Show in New York City
JMK Shows has announced in a press release that it will enter the New York City antiques market with "an elegant, sophisticated show that will be geared for the modern lifestyles of today's affluent society, while incorporating much that is traditional and fashionable."The 40-dealer New York Antiques Show will take ... (Read More)
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(Show)Changeable Weather Means Mixed Results
Farmington, Connecticutby Ed PfeifferFor the Farmington Antiques Weekend on June 9 and 10 in Farmington, Connecticut, the weather factor was good news and bad news. A heavy downpour on Saturday morning drenched the event. Fortunately, nearly all of the 262 exhibitors were in tents. But ugly rain clouds filled the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Woodville Show to Debut
The Woodville Antiques Show & Sale will premiere November 9-11 at the European Antique Auction Gallery at 367 Highway 61 in Woodville, Mississippi.A dozen generous business sponsors have joined with the Wilkinson County Museum for this community event, which continues to expand the museum's many local activities and accomplishments. The ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Fortuitous Circumstances Result in Recovery of $60,000 Atlas
by David HewettSometimes fate is on the side of the good guys, and when it happens it should not go unrecognized.Consider this. On Saturday, May 5 Julia Hickey of the Historical Society of Rockland County, New City, New York, sent out e-mails alerting readers to the fact that someone had ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in the Valley
Oley, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenOley, Pennsylvania, is a kettle-shaped piece of land surrounded by hills in Berks County with dairy farms, covered bridges, and ironmasters' houses on fast-flowing streams. In 1983 Oley was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as a Historic District, the first rural municipality in America ... (Read More)
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(Auction)40th Annual Memorial Day Auction Passes to the Next Generation
Charles Funkhouser & Son, Johnsville, Marylandby Robert KyleJohnsville is a tiny 18th-century town about ten miles east of Frederick, Maryland, and has had auctions continually since 1967. Little has changed and a lot has changed. Most notably, the local auction company, commonly known as "the Johnsville Auction," is under new ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Heritage Civil War Auction Totals Over $6.5 Million
Heritage Auction Galleries, Gettysburg, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassHeritage Auction Galleries, Dallas, Texas, conducted a two-day sale of 744 lots of Civil War items on June 24 and 25, totaling $6,533,431.47 (includes buyers' premiums). Held at the Wyndham Gettysburg hotel within the newly constructed Gateway Gettysburg complex outside of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Things Go Better with Coke-Like Toys and Dolls
James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoAt James D. Julia's toy, doll, and advertising auction on June 23 in Fairfield, Maine, the top lot brought just over $40,000, and dozens of items sold above the $5000 mark. What was equally remarkable is that only a few dozen items failed ... (Read More)
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(Show)Light Attendance, Good Sales at Litchfield County Antiques Show
Kent, Connecticutby Ed PfeifferWhat does it take to create a prestigious, top-flight antiques show? Based on the highly respected and upscale Litchfield County Antiques Show, which took place this year on June 23 and 24 in Kent, Connecticut, there seem to be several key ingredients. Start with an eye-pleasing, tastefully ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Southern Calendar Clocks Still Irresistible
Mebane Antique Auction Gallery, Mebane, North Carolinaby Pete PrunklMoments before the annual antique clock sale, held June 23 at Mebane Antique Auction Gallery, Mebane, North Carolina, auctioneer Jon Lambert waxed nostalgic. "Last year was exceptional," he said, reflecting on the records his gallery established for E. Howard clocks in 2006. ... (Read More)
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