(Issue Story)
A headline in the September 6 Sunnyside Post, "Thief Steals Property from American Folk Art Museum Storage in LIC after Scaling Roof: NYPD," sent shivers down the spine of folk art collectors. According to Kate Merlino, director of communications and marketing at the American Folk Art Museum, the headline and ... (Read More)
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(Show)
Original Semiannual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
Melvin "Butch" Arion's Original Semiannual 171st York Antiques Show and Sale kicked off the Pennsylvania show season September 21-23 at the York Expo Center (fairgrounds), York, Pennsylvania, with 88 dealers offering mostly Americana. As usual the show was strong in quilts and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
An alluring triad of vintage toy windups, still banks, and trains induced an adrenaline high, and bidders responded with gusto at Bertoia Auctions' September 22 auction in Vineland, New Jersey.
Toys at auction are as bullish as Pamplona, and Bertoia seems to have success ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Nadeau's Auction Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island
Many people wanted a piece of one of the grand old "cottages" still in the family of the original owners on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, and they streamed to the Harold Brown Villa on September 22, 2018 for the on-site auction by Nadeau's ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and website for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Skinner Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
It didn't matter that only nine people, including your reporter, were in the audience when Skinner's sale of American and European works of art began on September 21 in the Boston gallery. Skinner's bank of phones was full, and three Internet bidding platforms were in place. Bidding ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Doyle, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle
With plenty of international interest, Doyle's modern and contemporary art and design auction, held two weeks after Labor Day on September 17, rang up a total of $1,348,156 (with buyers' premiums). Of the 253 lots offered, 82% sold.
A young man standing in the salesroom with ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.
Pook & Pook in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, began the fall season with a 660-lot Americana and international offering on Friday evening, September 14, and Saturday, September 15. Much of it came from six estates, including one from New Mexico. Some of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Seeck Auctions, Kansas City, Missouri
Photos courtesy Seeck Auctions
Auctioneer Jim Seeck is seeing what may prove to be emerging trends in the carnival glass market, and the last auctions for the Tarkington collection are no exception.
Prices for punch bowl sets and big pieces seem to be getting softer as collector tastes ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Jackson Hole Art Auction, Jackson, Wyoming
Photos courtesy Jackson Hole Art Auction"The Duke" had his day when the 2018 Jackson Hole Art Auction took place September 14 and 15 in Jackson, Wyoming. Much ballyhoo preceded the sale of the monumental portrait of John Wayne, the work of Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), and ... (Read More)
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