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(Auction)Traveling in the Talbot Time Machine
Charles M. Talbot Associates, Turner, Maine
Hey, anybody want to take a trip back to the 19th century? Or at least back to the mid-20th century? Just step into the Talbot time machine. That’s what it feels like to attend a Charles M. Talbot Associates auction in Turner, Maine, such as ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Downeast Art & Antiques Show
Blue Hill, Maine
The Downeast Art & Antiques Show has returned to its roots. It was held August 15-17, which included the Thursday preview cocktail party, at George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill, Maine, where the show first took place in 1948. Acknowledging a one-year COVID-19 interruption, the show still lays ... (Read More)
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(Show)In the Shadow of Jonathan Fisher and E. B. White
Jonathan Fisher House Antiques Show, Blue Hill, Maine
The Jonathan Fisher House Antiques Show in Blue Hill, Maine, held this year at the Blue Hill Fairgrounds on August 17, is a pleasant “down home” counterpart to the more elegant and upscale show going on at the same time a couple of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Adams Photograph Tops Maine Auction
Barridoff Auctions, South Portland, Maine
Photos courtesy Barridoff Auctions
For its summer sale Barridoff Auctions pitches a large white tent on the lawn right outside of its South Portland, Maine, facility. The outside venue makes the sale seem festive, even though the crowd would have easily fit into Barridoff’s building. On August ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Ricky Jay Collection: Part III
Potter & Potter Auctions, Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Potter & Potter Auctions
Many a seasoned collector or reader knows that sometimes life brings a full-circle event. For those who have not had the experience, that’s when an earlier happening or impression loops and relates to or ties to a later experience or ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Timekeeper and a Remarkable Scientific Instrument
Several months ago I traveled to see a William Claggett clock at Delaney Antique Clocks in West Townsend, Massachusetts. While there I was afforded the opportunity to see a tall-case clock inscribed “Joseph Pope / Boston.” The magnificence before me was overwhelming. The beautiful mahogany case, the brass-fluted columns, and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Charges Filed in Ivory Case
On June 14 Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. announced the indictments of Yincheng Wu, Grace Hu, and Merces Gallery LLC for illegally selling thousands of dollars’ worth of illegal elephant ivory through online auctions.
Wu, Hu, and Merces Gallery LLC are each charged in a New York State Supreme ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Maine Antiques Dealers Association Show
Coastal Maine Antiques Show, Waldoboro, Maine
The Coastal Maine Antiques Show, the annual summer show presented by the Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA), is holding its own. This year it was presented at the Medomak Middle School in Waldoboro, Maine, on August 14. John and Elizabeth DeSimone are the nominal show ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)“Antique Shop Bandit” Arrested
In June detectives with the Albuquerque, New Mexico, Police Department’s Burglary Unit arrested and charged David Johnson, 55, who is on the department’s top ten burglary offender list for serial burglaries throughout the city. Police have dubbed him the “antique shop bandit.”
Businesses targeted include Old Town Antiques, U Neek Findings, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Farnsworth’s Internship Program to Address Lack of Diversity
The Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine, has launched its inaugural Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Institute for Museum Studies internship program. This initiative offers rising undergraduate sophomores and juniors an opportunity to immerse themselves in the world of museum curation, engagement, and operations while creating new pathways for young ... (Read More)
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