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(Auction)Four Days of “Majestic”
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
There were no six-figure blockbusters at the Thomaston Place Auction Galleries four-day sale in Thomaston, Maine, on November 6th-9th, 2025, grandly billed as “Autumn Majestic.” But in the 1700-plus lot marathon, there were plenty of four- and five-figure scores.
Chickens in ... (Read More)
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(Show)Rural Life Antique Show
Tuscola, Illinois
The fall edition of Rural Life Antique Show was held at Tuscola, Illinois, on November 7 and 8, 2025. The event featured 24 dealers in two locations: Tuscola Community Building and Main Street Center.
As has been the case in recent years, many of the dealers at Tuscola Community Building ... (Read More)
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(Show)Country Spirit Antique Show
Arcola, Illinois
Forty-six dealers from 17 states filled the three venues of Country Spirit Antique Show on November 7 and 8, 2025, in Arcola, Illinois. Despite a bit of a bump tossed into the weekend, the gate and sales were strong.
If there’s a glitch at Country Spirit, typically it’s the weather. ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Gathering on the Prairie
Arthur, Illinois
The semi-annual A Gathering on the Prairie held its fall antique show November 8, 2025, in Arthur, Illinois. The event drew a full house of 55 dealers, with customers filling 200 chairs and forming an additional line snaking out the door before the opening.
It was the first show since ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Delaware Show
Wilmington, Delaware
The Annual Delaware Antiques Show was a gathering of the clan, a meeting of old friends. Serious collectors came from all parts of the country for the preview on Thursday, November 6, 2025, and some of them returned every day. They came to shop and left with packages. A ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Maine Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Whale and Bird Parts
Sergey Bachkovsky of Greene, Maine, pleaded guilty on September 30, in U.S. District Court in Portland, Maine, to trafficking whale and bird parts in violation of the Lacey Act.
According to court records, between June 2023 and March 2024, Bachkovsky imported wildlife items from Eastern Europe and sold them online to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mahogany, Maritime, and Movie Cameras
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy of Bonhams Skinner
Centered as it is in London, Bonhams Skinner draws on a wide international audience from many national and international collections and collectors. The online auction at Bonhams Skinner in the Marlborough, Massachusetts, gallery, held October 25 through November 4, 2025, was no exception. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Gray Area
Beneath the Surface
No one tells you how much of parenting is bribery. Maybe bribery is a harsh word (we do not think so…) but whatever you call it, coercion, incentivizing, motivating, etc., they are all just fancy words for a bribe. You do this, and I will give you this—or ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Museum Acquires Rare Early Murals by Rufus Porter
Tihe Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity in Bridgton, Maine, has acquired a set of original wall murals painted by Rufus Porter in the late 1820s to early 1830s.
The museum purchased the rare panels from Chris McMahon of Architectural Salvage Inc. in Exeter, New Hampshire. Eight years ago, McMahon ... (Read More)
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(Show)Redware, Everywhere—at the Elverson Antique Show!
Elverson, Pennsylvania
After 56 years and several venue changes, the semi-annual Elverson Antique Show kicked off its fall sale on November 1, 2025, with a crowd of people waiting eagerly in the hallway of Honey Brook Elementary School in Elverson, Pennsylvania.
The line of people snaked through the front doors of the ... (Read More)
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