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(Auction)The Estate of General Colin Powell
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company of Alexandria, Virginia, offered at auction the estate of General Colin Luther Powell (1937-2021) in an online sale that closed November 16. Proceeds of the sale were for the benefit of the America’s Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Washington Letter with Maine Connection Brings $2.38 Million
Freeman’s, Philadelphia
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
On September 18, 1787, George Washington forwarded a freshly printed copy of the new Constitution to Thomas Jefferson, the American minister to France. Washington’s cover letter, minus the enclosure, read “Yesterday put an end to the business of the Federal Convention. Enclosed is a copy of the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2022 Delaware Antiques Show
Wilmington, Delaware
he annual Delaware Antiques Show is an Americana collector’s dream. At what other show can you find three sawbuck farm tables, three full-blown Philadelphia dressing tables with carved shells and leafy streamers, and just as many simpler, earlier Pennsylvania dressing tables made before the full flowering of the form, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Bath Antique Sale
Bath, Maine
“I see a lot of new faces, and I see a lot of old faces,” said co-promoter Rachel Gurley shortly before the Bath Antique Sale opened at 10 a.m. on Sunday, November 13, in Bath, Maine. For this one-day, short-and-sweet antiques show, the Gurleys—Rachel and her brother, Joshua, run ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Representing Established and Recently Discovered Self-Taught Work Drives Slotin Folk Art
Slotin Folk Art, Buford, Georgia
Photos courtesy Slotin Folk Art
Slotin Folk Art held its annual fall “Masterpiece” online-only auction November 12 and 13, and owner Steve Slotin was again impressed with the interest this genre generated. “We continue to have new collectors jump into this field, and that is so important ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Fall 2022 Gathering on the Prairie
Arthur, Illinois
Chuck Springob was coughing up blood. That’s when he and his wife, Mary, knew something was seriously wrong.
The Springobs manage A Gathering on the Prairie, which held its fall outing on November 12 in Arthur, Illinois. Chuck hadn’t been feeling well since returning home from a show in Iowa ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2022 Homesteaders Folk Art & Antiques Show
Arthur, Illinois
It was business as usual at Homesteaders Folk Art & Antiques Show, held November 11 and 12 at Arthur, Illinois. That was the good news. The expected news. But there was something else.
Homesteaders has long been a regular part of the semi-annual Antiques Week in Central Illinois, a multi-venue ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Fall 2022 Country Spirit Antique Show
Arcola, Illinois
“Four shows, three towns, two days, one heck of a good time.” That’s how Jill Mattingly summed up the fall edition of Antiques Week in Central Illinois. As promoter of Country Spirit Antique Show, Mattingly manages one of those shows at three of those locations in one of those ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sale
Casco Bay Auctions, Freeport, Maine
Photos courtesy Casco Bay Auctions
On November 12 Casco Bay Auctions offered up around 611 lots in an Americana auction. The sale, which totaled approximately $148,000, was held inside Casco Bay’s facility on Main Street in Freeport, Maine. (Freeport is a notoriously terrible town to park in, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Record for Concert Poster
The only known poster from “The Day the Music Died” became the most expensive concert poster ever sold at auction when it sold November 11, 2022, for $447,000 (includes buyer’s premium) at Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas.
The 22" x 14" poster sold for $447,000.
The “Winter Dance Party” poster dates from the ... (Read More)
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