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Concord, New Hampshire
On Tuesday, August 9, inside the Everett Arena in this capital city, about 9 a.m., a rash of red circles broke out. But no humans were affected. The small red dots were sold tags, and they spread like wildfire. Up one aisle and down another, on this booth ... (Read More)
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Beneath the Surface
Maybe we are reaching the life stage where our own childhood looks better, but "talking to your kids" when we were growing up seemed to be saying, "Don't do that. I mean it!" We are not saying that that particularly worked, we suppose, but it seemed to be ... (Read More)
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Deerfield Antique Show, Deerfield, New Hampshire
On Monday, August 8, Gurley Antique Shows-the antiques show promotion company headed by brother and sister duo Joshua and Rachel Gurley-opened the Deerfield Antique Show to a waiting crowd at the Deerfield, New Hampshire, fairgrounds.
It's an appropriate venue. The fairgrounds easily accommodates a large antiques ... (Read More)
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After two years of virtual- only fairs, the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) Fair will return in person this fall to the River Pavilion at the Javits Center in New York City for its 29th edition. The October 27-30 fair will present 75 new and returning exhibitors, an increase ... (Read More)
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Cashiers Antique Show, Cashiers, North Carolina
Photos by Donna Prunkl
COVID-19 and summer school conspired to force the Cashiers Antique Show from its traditional venue, the Blue Ridge School in Cashiers, North Carolina. This year it nestled into the Village Green of Cashiers, a private, nonprofit park near the crossroads of Highways ... (Read More)
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Milford Antiques Show, Milford, New Hampshire
On a heat-wave week in the southern part of mountainous New Hampshire at the beginning of and through several days of shows for Antiques Week in New Hampshire, dealers and patrons dressed in short sleeves or no sleeves, cooling fans showed up in booths, and ... (Read More)
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Mebane Antique Auction Gallery, Mebane, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Mebane Antique Auction Gallery
Auctioneer Jon Lambert crammed over 3500 lots into his 29th annual country store sale, August 4-6. Included were bottles, fruit jars, display cases, tobacco tins, gasoline pumps, advertising signs, shipping boxes, neon trade signs, various old machines, and some ... (Read More)
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Cagle Auctions, Bogart, Georgia
Photos courtesy Cagle Auctions
Cagle Auctions, Bogart, Georgia, is located in northeast Georgia's centuries-old pottery country and is also not far from Atlanta. This combination brings to auction some seldom-seen examples of pottery.
This sale opened with a scarce two-gallon 12" tall decorated jar by T. J. Henry of ... (Read More)
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Farrin's Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine
Approximately 400 lots from the collection of longtime Maine dealers Jon and Carla Magoun crossed the block at Farrin's Country Auctions in Randolph, Maine, Saturday, August 6. With no Internet bidding available, the sale packed the house with dealers and collectors. (There was a second sale ... (Read More)
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Marion Antique Auctions, Marion, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Marion Antique Auctions
Frank McNamee and David Glynn of Marion Antique Auctions, Marion, Massachusetts, billed their August 6 sale "The Connoisseur's Sale," and it was that. Their auctions, held in their quarters at 13 Atlantis Drive, the former Marconi transmitter building, are reliable sources of ... (Read More)
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