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(Auction)Sapphires and Diamonds Dazzle at Spring Auction
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
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Blue was the color of the day at Grogan & Company’s May 5 spring auction in its Boston gallery, where four sapphire and diamond rings brought a total of $286,700 (including buyers’ premiums). The sale was chock full of objects from across ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Zachary Taylor Flag Leads Auction Past $1.9 Million
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
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When one of the leading companies in the auction industry, specifically historical and political Americana, states that an item it is offering for sale is truly unique, rest assured, the collecting community will tune in. Such was the case during the Americana and political ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Inaugural Auction at Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians
Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians & Associates, Portsmouth, New HampshirePhotos courtesy Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians & Associates
The name may have changed, but the faces and places remain the same. The inaugural auction on May 5 of the official partnership of Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians & Associates in the gallery at the Treadwell Mansion in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, demonstrated that ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques at The Tavern a Success
Hanover, Virginia
The first annual Antiques at The Tavern antiques show and sale was held May 3-5 at the historic Hanover Tavern located at Hanover Courthouse, Virginia. Less than a year ago, David L. Deal, executive director of the Hanover Tavern Foundation, envisioned adding a “traditional antiques show” to the broad ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Somerson Collection of 20th- and 21st-Century Metalwork and Jewelry
Toomey & Co., Oak Park, Illinois
In what is believed to be the first-ever sale of its kind, Toomey & Co., Oak Park, Illinois, held a landmark single-owner sale on May 5 devoted solely to 20th- and 21st-century metalwork, including silver and jewelry. The auction offered curated items from the personal ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Pook Sells Mahantongo Painted Urn for $128,100
The Mahantongo Valley, Pennsylvania, turned and painted urn-shaped sugar bowl or spice cup and cover, dated 1861 and inscribed “Jared Stiely" [sic], illustrated on the cover of Pook and Pook’s May 4 catalog sold on the phone for $128,100 (with buyer’s premium) to Edwin Hild, partner with Patrick Bell of Olde ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana and International Auction
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook
The Mahantongo Valley, Pennsylvania, turned and painted sugar bowl or spice cup and cover illustrated on the front and back covers of the Pook & Pook May 4 auction catalog sold for $128,100 (includes buyer’s premium). Dated 1861, it is inscribed ... (Read More)
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(Show)Boone County Treasure Hunt
Lebanon, Indiana
Change has been good for the Indy Antique Advertising Show. After being purchased in January 2017 by Nona and Mark Wilson of Northstar Collective, Park Falls, Wisconsin, it was moved out of Indianapolis and reinvented as part of the Boone County Treasure Hunt in Lebanon, Indiana. With the Indy ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Bradford Family Potteries in Massachusetts
American redware has been a type of utilitarian production sought after by collectors and museums for well over a century. The Pennsylvania German sgraffito wares were some of the earliest styles in demand. Understandably, many of the best examples disappeared from the American marketplace when they were acquired by such ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Stolen First Nations Art
The Nanaimo Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a significant piece of First Nations art that was stolen in late March. The art piece, known as a spindle whorl, created and designed by local carver Joel Good, was last seen on Thursday, March ... (Read More)
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