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Exhibitions, October 2025
by M.A.D. Staff

Hoosier suffrage quilt, before 1929, cotton plain weave, pieced, embroidered, and quilted. Frank B. Bemis Fund and anonymously donated funds. Photograph (c) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. -Through October 12 -Nashville, Tennessee Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at the Frist Art Museum celebrates ... (Read More)

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The September Springfield Extravaganza
by Don Johnson

Springfield, Ohio It began with an earworm. I'm not sure from where or why. The short night certainly didn't help, clinging to only two hours of sleep after swapping stories with a friend during a lengthy evening at my kitchen table. But in the new day-all day-there it was, one single ... (Read More)

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The Taconic Antiques Fair A New Star Is Born
by Fran Kramer

Chatham, New York One dealer said it was like an "unveiling." Another said, "It was not like any other show" that they had been to before. The show's founder called it a "generalist" show in an interview with Chronogram Magazine. "You'll find just about everything there, from art to vintage clothing to ... (Read More)

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Renny Reynolds' Garden Party
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Freeman's | Hindman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Photos courtesy Freeman's | Hindman Garden designer and party planner Renny Reynolds and his partner, garden writer John "Jack" Howard Staub III, transformed a bramble-choked 100-acre Bucks County dairy farm in Wrightstown, Pennsylvania, into Hortulus Farm. Hortulus, a Latin word for little garden, was used to establish ... (Read More)

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The Dubord Collection Sold
by Mark Sisco

Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine, offered up a single-owner sale September 19, 2025, from the estate of Larry and Jean Dubord of Farmington, Maine. Theirs was a nearly lifelong collection of folk art and Americana, filled with paintings, furniture, ... (Read More)

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Great Estates Three-day Auction
by Don Johnson

Amelia Jeffers, Columbus, Ohio Photos courtesy Amelia Jeffers Railroad painting by Daniel Ralph Celentano (1902-1980), oil on canvas, circa 1930, depicting two sets of railroad tracks with an approaching passenger train and nearby figures, 19" x 231/4", framed, some crazing, seam line on canvas inside stretcher edge, $15,990 (est. $800/1200). A circa 1930 ... (Read More)

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Betty Lamp Is Top Lot in September Sale
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Horst Auctioneers, Ephrata, Pennsylvania Photos courtesy Horst Auctioneers Bidders at the September 12 and 13, 2025, cataloged antiques auction at Horst Auctioneers in Ephrata in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, were urged to leave the maximum price they were willing to bid before the item was sold, and if planning on bidding in real ... (Read More)

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Anson Daguerreotype Brings $46,000
by M.A.D. Staff

Rufus Anson daguerreotype of French soprano Marie-Charlotte Lemercier achieved $46,000. An unusual daguerreotype of a saluting woman in a military-style uniform sold for $46,000 (includes buyer's premium) at Kennedy's Auction Service LLC in Selmer, Tennessee, on September 13. The buyer was "a collector and authority on daguerreotypes," according to a press ... (Read More)

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Neon Signs Shine Bright
by Kay Manning

Rockabilly Auction Co., Hartwell, Georgia Photos courtesy Rockabilly Auction Co. "It's Elvis's fault," joked Kurt Kilgore of his passion for jukeboxes, soda fountains, and other nostalgia that led to the formation and naming of Rockabilly Auction Co. of Hartwell, Georgia, in 2007. "It came from me being an Elvis fan," and a ... (Read More)

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Boston Collects
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

Doyle, Boston, Massachusetts Photos courtesy Doyle Auctions Doyle Auctions launched its new Boston gallerywith its September 12 "Boston Collects" sale at The Vendome at 290 Dartmouth Street. "Boston Collects" auctions, largely monthly, bring objects from established Boston collections to market. The space has plenty of light and an entire wall of windows, ... (Read More)
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