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(Auction)Three Days and $1.2 Million Later
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
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There was no printed catalog for Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ three-day auction June 28-30 in Thomaston, Maine. The decision to go with only an online catalog elicited complaints from some viewers. But it’s hard to argue with success. The three-day ... (Read More)
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(Show)Wells Antiques Show & Sale
Wells, Maine
Now in its 23rd year, the Wells Antiques Show & Sale is held at the historic Laudholm Farm in Wells, Maine, on the last Sunday in June. Managed and organized by John and Elizabeth DeSimone, principals of Goosefare Antiques & Promotions, the show has had a higher gate each ... (Read More)
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(Show)The National Insulator Association Show
Elkhart, Indiana
The National Insulator Association (NIA) held its 55th national show June 28-30 in Elkhart, Indiana. The event featured about 100 tables of goods, mostly insulators but also a variety of go-withs, from advertising items to household glassware made by companies that also produced insulators. About 30 states were ... (Read More)
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(Show)Locust Grove Antiques Market
Louisville, Kentucky
The Locust Grove Antiques Market featured about 60 dealers during its summer edition, held June 30 in Louisville, Kentucky. Eric Lausch, in his second year managing the semiannual show, put together a slightly stronger event than last year, having a solid mix of veteran dealers paired with those new ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Steve Slotin
Stopping at a drugstore for a Coke float some 30 years ago contributed to altering Georgia-born-and-bred Steve Slotin’s course in life. “There were face jugs in the cabinet by Lanier Meaders, who lived down the street. I thought I knew everything about the South—I knew every swimming hole, the best ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Weathervane Recovered 40 Years after Theft
An antique copper weathervane stolen from a Vermont railway station 40 years ago is now back in the Green Mountain State.
The 1910 steam locomotive and coal tender weathervane was atop the White River Junction Station in Hartford, Vermont, until its theft on November 3, 1983 (see M.A.D., January 1984, p. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Like No Other
The world of art and antiques got a little smaller when news of the death of Sanford L. Smith was revealed by the New York Times on May 26.
Smith, known to most everybody as Sandy, was more than a show promoter. He was champion of the industry.
He loved the stuff, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Founding Documents of the U.S., Books, and Other Treasures
Sotheby’s, New York City
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The broadside-formatted printing by John Holt of the Declaration of Independence on the entirety of the third page of the July 11, 1776, issue of the New-York Journal; or, The General Advertiser, Number 1749, sold on the phone for $3,360,000 (est. $2,500,000/5,000,000). It was underbid ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Outsider, Folk, Contemporary, and Fine Art Sale
Potter & Potter Auctions, Chicago, Illinois
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During a summer marked by expansion, consolidation, a move, and new partnerships announced by several auction houses in Chicago, one city-bound house held its ground.
While others had collectors gobsmacked with each announcement of sometimes incongruous hookups, Chicago’s Potter & Potter ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Bonhams Skinner
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
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Bonhams Skinner’s summer Americana auction, online June 15-25, spotlighted the collections of Boston dealer Stephen Score (1944-2023), whose eye for the extraordinary guided him. He was a collector’s collector, buying objects he would want to live with. He valued objects for their color, form, ... (Read More)
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