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Virginia Pickers Antiques & Collectables Show, Glen Allen, Virginia
The fall edition of the Virginia Pickers Antiques & Collectables Show was held October 21 and 22 at Gilmanor Farm in Glen Allen, Virginia. This was the ninth installment of the biannual event. Having begun as a seat-of-the-pants gathering in October 2018, ... (Read More)
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Henrietta, New York
The Greater Rochester Fall Antique Show was great in every sense of the word.
A great location for a new show, just one day, October 22, in a venue that decades ago hosted a series of antiques shows. Minett Hall, a 23,000-square-foot building that is part of the ROC ... (Read More)
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The Seven Lively Arts, 1947, oil on canvas, each panel 89" x 41", on loan from the estate of Seymour H. Persky, installed at Madron Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
—Through December 16, 2022 —Chicago, Illinois
Palette and Palate is an exhibition celebrating Chicago, its artists, and Riccardo’s Restaurant and Gallery, one of the ... (Read More)
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Photos courtesy Withington Auctions
The Carol Corson doll collection was 100% sold at a live auction held October 20 by Withington Auctions at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Nashua, New Hampshire. The hammer total of the sale was $780,000 (buyers paid a premium of 15% or 18% depending on how they ... (Read More)
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Everard Auctions, Savannah, Georgia
Photos courtesy Everard Auctions
Communities that were part of England’s early settlements along the Atlantic coast developed unique cultures and styles. This was particularly true in England’s southern colonies of Georgia and South Carolina. Savannah epitomizes this with the merging of English and Continental styles and goods along ... (Read More)
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Nye & Company, Bloomfield, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Nye & Company
Nestled into Nye & Company’s October 20 estate treasures auction were 38 lots of furniture, including three mirrors, from the Stanley Weiss collection of American and English furniture. The sale of the first tranche of items (another tranche is scheduled for ... (Read More)
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While prepping this article about the online 48th annual Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show held October 18 and 19 by the Chicago Suburban Antiques Dealers Association (CSADA), we learned of a seller anecdote that captures the allure of that long-lived show.
Seller Tim Chambers of Missouri Plain Folk, Sikeston, Missouri, knew ... (Read More)
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Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
During his lifetime, insurance titan J. Doyle DeWitt (1902-1972) was a voracious collector of political and presidential memorabilia, assembling an extraordinary collection of more than 25,000 items that was reportedly rivaled only by the Smithsonian Institution. DeWitt spent years amassing his collection of political ... (Read More)
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San Francisco, California
The post-COVID return of the San Francisco Fall Show, formerly the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show and the San Francisco Art & Antiques Show, was warmly welcomed by exhibitors, collectors, and just plain fans who think of it as an elegant temporary museum. This was the show’s 40th ... (Read More)
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Wilmington, Ohio
Ohio Country Antiques Show held its fall edition Saturday, October 15, at the Roberts Centre in Wilmington, Ohio. The event featured approximately 70 dealers.
Large mantel out of a house in Miami County, Ohio, 66½" high x 7' wide, priced at $725 and sold during the first minutes of the ... (Read More)
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