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(Show)There is a Lot to See at Battersea
Battersea Antiques Show and Historic Trades Fair, Petersburg, Virginia
The third annual Battersea Antiques Show and Historic Trades Fair was held at the historic Petersburg, Virginia, site on the Appomattox River September 17 and 18. Dealers and exhibitors set up in the ground-floor rooms of the Battersea mansion and on the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of Elmer’s Auto & Toy Museum Brings $8.5 Million
Mecum Auctions, Fountain City, Wisconsin
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Up Elmer’s Road, through hundreds of discarded cars, to Eagle’s Bluff—one of the highest points on the Mississippi River—lay a slice of Americana, the kind of quirky attraction that has long drawn people to Wisconsin. There, stacked to the rafters of barns, were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Collection of Trish and Don Herr
Horst Auctioneers, Ephrata, Pennsylvania
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For years collector and author Dr. Patricia “Trish” Herr cataloged textiles for Horst Auctioneers in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, so it was not surprising that when her husband, Dr. Donald “Don” M. Herr, died in 2021, she downsized and sent a group of things to Horst ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Treasures and Surprises at Brunk Auctions
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
Before traveling to Asheville, North Carolina, for the Brunk Auctions September 15-17 sale, your reporter called Nan Zander for her insights and observations. Zander is Andrew Brunk’s American art specialist. She shared a fascinating story about two of the featured paintings in the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Online Decoy and Decoratives Auction
Decoys Unlimited, West Barnstable, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Decoys Unlimited
Decoys Unlimited’s online auction September 17 featured objects from collections from all over. Judy and Ted Harmon, principals of Decoys Unlimited of West Barnstable, Massachusetts, gathered nearly 300 lots of decoys and decorative bird and fish carvings for every taste. Buying by collectors ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Surprises and Disappointments in Sacramento Auction
Witherell’s, Sacramento, California
Photos courtesy Witherell’s
Witherell’s September 16 “Luxury Asset” auction in Sacramento, California, “met expectations,” said CEO Brian Witherell, “but with that said, there were surprises and disappointments throughout the sale.”
The biggest disappointment was a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk estimated at $5000/10,000 that sold for $3150 (includes buyer’s premium). In ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Furniture, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts
Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Hindman
Two Andrew Clemens sand bottles, a southern water cooler, and a portrait of a black stage actor brought some of the most attention and strongest bids during the sale of American furniture, folk art, and decorative arts held by Hindman September 14 and 15 in Cincinnati, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)U.S. Files for Forfeiture of Marksmanship Medals
On July 8 the United States Attorney’s Office in Boston filed a civil forfeiture action in U.S. District Court seeking to reclaim 24 marksmanship medals from the 1880s and 1890s believed to have been unlawfully removed several decades ago from the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, a National Historic site.
Several of the Bull marksmanship medals.
One of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Defeating the Hoard
Beneath the Surface
What’s on your summer reading list? We wonder who these people are who have additional time to read in the summer. They are not people with yards and gardens and summer camps and 4-H projects! We admit that we are probably not the beach-read target audience. (What? Doesn’t ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Harry Winston Ring Tops Jewelry Auction
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Hindman Auctions
After the Hindman Auctions jewelry sale September 13 in Chicago, Illinois, Ruth Thuston, G.G., senior specialist of jewelry and watches, said over the phone, “I was very, very happy with the auction. We really are very relationship driven, so we have lots and lots ... (Read More)
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