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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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(Show)The Fall 2022 Rural Life Antique Show
Tuscola, Illinois
The fall edition of the Rural Life Antique Show was held November 11 and 12 in Tuscola, Illinois. As in the spring, Rural Life used two locations, having previously been in three sites for several years. A notice on Rural Life's Facebook page three days before the show noted, ... (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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(Fragment)New Country and Americana Show
Focusing on country antiques and Americana, a new antiques show is planned for east-central Indiana. A Gathering on the Olde National Road Antique Show will debut Saturday, December 3, in Lewisville, Indiana.
The event is the idea of Tom Saunders, Richard McKnight, and Pam Wise. Last year the three were discussing ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Social Dilemma
Beneath the Surface
Our van is about to have 300,000 miles on it, but we have not gotten nearly as much mileage out of it as we have out of Andrew's thesis. When he first got out of graduate school, as one of the few people to approach Ohio decorative arts ... (Read More)
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