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(Auction)The Estate of Peter H. Tillou
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
In a 2002 article in Antiques & Fine Art, Peter H. Tillou (1935-2021) said that there was a common denominator to his love affair with dealing and collecting. In everything he acquired as a curious eight-year-old and as an adult, there was an ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Jill Bokor
As executive director of Salon Art + Design for the last 11 years, and a magazine editor and publisher for over 20 years before that, Jill Bokor has enjoyed many chapters in her life—professionally, personally, and in what she collects.
Jill Bokor.
A native New Yorker, Jill is currently going through a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)One-Owner, One-Artist Collection Highlights Hindman Auction
Hindman Auctions, Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Hindman Auctions
Hindman Auctions in Chicago always rolls out the big guns for its seasonal fine arts sales, but the September 27-29 sales added a blitz of high power.
Bidders accustomed to a traditional series of American and European art, postwar and contemporary art, plus prints and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany Zodiac Panels Top Sale
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
A collection of six rare Tiffany Studios mosaic glass panels representing zodiac symbols led Heritage Auctions’ September sale of masterful works of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and art glass.
The sale, highlighted by works from Tiffany Studios, was part of the Dallas-based auction house’s introductory ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)New Ammi Phillips Discoveries
David R. Allaway has spent more than a decade creating the digitized catalog of portraits by Ammi Phillips (1788-1865), the most prolific American folk artist. His study identifies sitters, provenance, and sale information. It lists Phillips’s portraits in alphabetical order in Volume 1, with sections on unidentified portraits, and displays ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)R. Scudder Smith, 87, Publisher and Editor
Reprinted courtesy Antiques And The Arts Weekly
The Smith family announces with sadness the passing of R. Scudder Smith on August 14. He was 87 years old. Born April 12, 1935, Robert Scudder Smith was the elder son of Paul Scudder Smith and Mary Starr Conger Smith, and older brother to ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Bite the Bullet
At every auction I attend as a reporter, I register and get a bidding number. The reason is two-fold: the registration gets me on the auction house’s mailing list, and, who knows, I might get a bargain if something is going cheaply. At every registration, I’m asked if I have ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fourth Annual Show—After a Three-Year Hiatus
Maine Antiques Exposition, Portland, Maine
In October 2017 John and Elizabeth DeSimone of Goosefare Antiques and Promotions, Saco, Maine, debuted a new antiques show in Portland. Sixty-six dealers set up at the inaugural Maine Antiques Exposition at Brick South at Thompson’s Point.
The show ran successfully for three years, and then the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Original 179th York Antiques Show and Sale
York, Pennsylvania
The Original 179th York Antiques Show and Sale at the York, Pennsylvania, fairgrounds September 23 and 24 was a shadow of what it once was but still a “great dealers’ swap meet.”
Reduced to only 50 dealers from the 75 advertised, and down from 98 in its heyday, the show ... (Read More)
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(Show)Back To Our Roots Antique Show
Dayton, Ohio
Concentrating on early country antiques and primitives, the Back To Our Roots Antique Show was held September 24 on the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Dayton, Ohio. The semiannual event featured a full slate of 44 dealers in a comfortable indoor setting.
The show began in 2015 in Medina, Ohio, south ... (Read More)
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