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(Book Review)A Comprehensive Look at the Bond Family of Clockmakers
A Book Review
Queen Victoria visited the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations on several occasions in 1851. The brainchild of her beloved husband, Prince Albert, this inaugural world’s fair also was called the Crystal Palace Exhibition. She penned and published lengthy journal entries about those royal ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Protected Speech
New York state law allows dealers to sell to out-of-state buyers ivory that conforms to federal restrictions, but the dealers are not allowed to display it.
New York state’s restrictive ivory law—far more draconian than federal ivory law—does not allow for the “physical display for sale” of any ivory object not ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Freeman’s Moves
Freeman’s in Philadelphia, America’s oldest auction house, has sold its historic building at 1808 Chestnut Street, and the firm is moving its main salesroom to the newly refitted Aramark building at 2400 Market Street, just a short walk from the 30th Street Station.
Freeman’s new purpose-built gallery and auction room with ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Colorful September Sale
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Heritage Auctions held its September 23 fall fine jewelry signature auction at its Beverly Hills, California, location. Jill Burgum, senior director of fine jewelry at Heritage, said, “The September sale was so colorful, and had lots of really pretty pieces to engage the eye—whether ... (Read More)
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(Show)The York Show
Original Semi-annual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
The weather was gorgeous the last weekend of summer, September 20-22, when the 173rd Original Semi-annual York Antiques Show and Sale set up in Memorial Hall East at the York Fairgrounds, York, Pennsylvania. It was smaller than usual, with 20-some fewer dealers ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Last but Not Least: The Final Auction of the David and Janice Frent Collection
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Six auctions and more than 5000 lots later, Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, has earned the right to sigh a hearty “Whew!,” having dispersed the extensive and highly valued David and Janice Frent collection of presidential and political Americana. The auctions finished on September 21 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)$4.3 Million “B” Auction
Rago Arts & Auction Center, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago Arts & Auction Center
September 21 and 22, 2019, was the first weekend sale at Rago Arts & Auction Center in Lambertville, New Jersey, after Rago merged with Chicago auctioneer Richard Wright. There were some subtle changes, but this was a ... (Read More)
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(Show)Vintage Paper, Book, and Advertising Show
Paper Town, Boxborough, Massachusetts
Paper Town, a regional vintage paper, book, and advertising show, set up shop on September 21 in Boxborough, Massachusetts. The 36-year-old show was a lesson in patience for one reporter. Just about anything in or of paper attracts buyers of the same. Paper shows are extremely interesting—and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Porcelli Collection of American, Folk, and Outsider Art
Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio
Photos courtesy Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Joyce and Dennis Porcelli were seeking out and collecting Outsider art before Outsider art was cool. Now that this interesting genre has become mainstream, it was the perfect time for the couple to offer up not only their collection of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, October 2019
Joseph Paul Vorst (1897-1947), Sharecroppers’ Revolt, 1939, oil on panel, 24" x 30". Shogren-Meyer collection. —St. Peter, Minnesota —Through November 10 ... (Read More)
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