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(Fragment)Antiques Dealer Convicted and Sentenced for Walrus Ivory Trafficking and Tax Evasion
Walter Earl, 76, owner of The Antique Gallery in Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced on August 11 to six months of home confinement and more than $400,000 in fines and restitution for illegally trafficking in walrus ivory and failing to report business income to the IRS.
According to court documents, on three ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Mixed Markets
Beneath the Surface
The last 15 months (it was just months, right?) have wrought many changes, and a fascinating aspect of living in a historical moment is seeing how many of them become permanent. Maybe we have discovered that working from home does work for a number of people, that present ... (Read More)
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(Show)Americana Celebration 2021
Concord, New Hampshire
The 40-plus dealers from 13 states celebrated their sales, buyers celebrated their purchases, and show manager Peter Mavris of Parsonsfield, Maine, celebrated another successful show in the “quadrangle” of shows in August 2021 in no-sales-tax New Hampshire.
The Tuesday, August 10, Americana Celebration antiques show in the Douglas Everett ... (Read More)
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(Show)Deerfield Dealers Display Americana and More
Deerfield Antique Show, Deerfield, New Hampshire
On Monday, August 9, dealers from over a dozen states displayed their finds and their expertise at the Deerfield Antique Show, the long-running show managed by Rachel Gurley and Joshua Gurley. The Deerfield Fairgrounds in Deerfield, New Hampshire, offered lots of parking, two large buildings ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Americana Collection of Deborah and Edward Dick
Garth’s Auctions, Columbus, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth’s Auctions
Sometimes auction results provide more information than just market values and buying trends. That was the case with the recent single-owner, online-only sale that concluded on August 8 and consisted of 330 lots of Americana from the collection of Deborah and Edward Dick of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decorative Arts Auction
Treadway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Treadway Gallery
Gertrude Abercrombie (1909-1977), painting of three conch shells, a compote with grapes, and a skull, oil on board, signed and dated 1944, 8¾" x 11¾" (sight size), excellent condition, $118,750 (est. $20,000/30,000).
Gertrude Abercrombie’s march through the art market continues unabated. During the decorative arts ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of “Magnificent Polychrome Floating Sculptures”
Guyette & Deeter, St. Michaels, Maryland
Photos courtesy Guyette & Deeter
This mallard drake created by Charles Edward “Shang” Wheeler (1872-1949) of Stratford, Connecticut, shows the bird at rest, its head to the side and its beak tucked in, with comb painting in a tight herringbone pattern. Made around 1940, it was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Crocker Farm Sale Is One for the Record Books
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm
The massive ovoid vessel by Dave Drake stands nearly 25" high with a circumference of 77". It survives without cracks but with four areas of loss to the rim. The poem jar went to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Hit Debut and a Welcome Return
Downeast Art & Antiques Show, Blue Hill, Maine
The Downeast Art & Antiques Show made its debut with a well-attended preview party on August 2 at George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill, Maine. The show continued August 3 and 4. The tagline for the show read “A continuing tradition since 1948.”
How ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Stewart Collection of Western Art
Bonhams, Los Angeles
Photos courtesy Bonham
Specialist Katherine Halligan said she was “thrilled with the results” of Bonhams’ August 4 Los Angeles auction, “Portrait of the West: The Diane and Sam Stewart Collection.”
“We knew going in that the Stewarts purchased these paintings at the top galleries and auctions, but we believed in ... (Read More)
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