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(Fragment)The Creations, Contributions, and Legacies of Black Craftspeople
A Book Review
I consider myself fortunate to have used a Cesar Chelor plane more than once. A friend who passed away some years ago had collected hand planes, and when I needed to raise some panels in the upstairs hallway of our 18th-century house in Maine, he handed me a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Classical Card Table Leads Carlsen Sale
Carlsen Gallery, Inc., Freehold, New York
Photos courtesy Carlsen Gallery, Inc.
Carlsen Gallery, Inc., has been holding auctions in the Hudson Valley since 1984. It’s a family business founded by Russell Carlsen and his wife, Abby, and now includes their son Josh. With a small staff, they hold four live sales a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early American Furniture Paces Auction
Casco Bay Auctions, Freeport, Maine
Photos courtesy Casco Bay Auctions
At Casco Bay Auctions’ Americana auction in Freeport, Maine, June 21, some very reasonably estimated furniture provided hope that the depressed market for such pieces might be showing signs of coming back to life. Now in its sixth year of operation under ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Different Kind of Antiques Show
Dover Antique Show & Vintage Market, Dover, New Hampshire
The brother-and-sister team of Rachel and Joshua Gurley deliberately set out to create a show that would encourage new dealers to “give it a try” and also encourage those who had not attended an antiques show before to try it. The June ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Nakashima Tops Auction
New England Auctions, Branford, Connecticut
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New England Auctions presented a combination of modern and vernacular items as well as fine art and photography in the Branford, Connecticut, gallery June 18 and 19. On the first day, the sale called “Intersection - of Modern and Vernacular” brought objects ... (Read More)
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(Show)Walker Homestead Show: True to Its Primitive Roots
Walker Homestead’s Antiques & Primitive Goods Show, Brookfield, Massachusetts
Kris and Paul Casucci, who manage the show, live in this restored 1698 home. The show is set up in tents around and behind the house. Their antiques shop, Walker Homestead, is also in their home.
The full name of the show, Walker ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Fitting It In
Beneath the Surface
At a recent show, we sold our two biggest and heaviest things, which always means it is a successful show. In our early auction days one strategy of ours was to go to shows and walk the floor the last few hours; we would usually come up with ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Art, Including Sporting Art and Dogs in Art
Doyle, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle
Telephones were ringing and computers were pinging for most of the lots of American and English paintings and prints of dogs and horses at Doyle’s June 11 sale in New York City. Paddles in the room were not exactly “wagging,” but when they were raised ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Winter Scene Tops Summer Sale
Freeman’s | Hindman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman’s | Hindman
Woodrow Wilson was a professor of history and political science at Bryn Mawr College from 1885 to 1888, at Wesleyan University from 1888 to 1890, and at Princeton University from 1890 to 1910—all before he became the 28th U.S. president in 1913. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ram Weathervane Leads Hilliard’s 100th Sale
Hilliard & Co., Madison, Virginia
Photos courtesy Hilliard & Co.
On June 7 Hilliard & Co. conducted its 100th sale from its converted mercantile storefront gallery in Madison, Virginia. From that location in March 2015 the Hilliard brothers entered the mid-Atlantic auction scene. Over the last decade, André and Nicholas Hilliard have ... (Read More)
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