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(Issue Story)Dan Morphy: The Man with a Specialized Plan
Head of the House
Photos courtesy Morphy Auctions
Dan Morphy had the good fortune to grow up in a collecting family. His physician father, Dr. John C. Morphy Sr., and his mother, Janet, took him along on the antiques trail, and Dan began acquiring and dealing his favorite specialties as a very ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Witek Sentenced for Mail Fraud
Daniel Witek, 54, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of mail fraud, was sentenced to time served (six months) by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny on November 8, 2017. He was also ordered to pay $2100 in restitution.
Witek was a volunteer at the Buffalo History Museum in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Changes at the Winter Antiques Show
Michael Lynch, Lucinda Ballard, and Arie Kopelman.
Arie L. Kopelman, the chairman of the Winter Antiques Show for the last 25 years, was made for the job. As president and CEO of Chanel, Inc. at its New York City headquarters, he is credited with transforming Chanel from a reported $357 million ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hoarder or Collector? Some Readings and Reflections
“Why do you collect all these newspapers?” I asked Uncle Arthur.
Uncle Arthur tilted his head and looked at me curiously from slitted eyes. “I don’t collect them.”
“Then why do you have so many?”
“I’ve been busy. I haven’t had time to read them.”
Uncle Arthur’s papers closed around us like a dark ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Long Island Dealer Sentenced to Two Years for Trafficking Rhinoceros Horns
On September 18, Fengyi Zhou of Syosset, New York, the owner of New York USA Antiques, Inc., which specializes in Asian works of art, was sentenced to two years of imprisonment for one count of illegally trafficking endangered black rhinoceros horns.
In court papers, Zhou admitted to purchasing a rhinoceros horn ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Art, Pottery, and Jewelry Headline Arts of the American West
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Denver, Colorado
Photos courtesy Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Provenance packs a punch, especially when discussing artwork being offered up by an institution. Not only do collectors know the items in question were probably handled and cared for properly, said artwork has a documented past.
These attributes added to the appeal of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Americana Collection of Lynne Dingus
Forsythes’ Auctions, LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Forsythes’ Auctions, LLC
Dispersal auctions of well-known antiques enthusiasts’ collections are always met with mixed emotions. There is the sadness of the person’s passing mixed with the realization that what was collected is now going to be broken up. Sometimes, as collectors, we are witnessing ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Jewelry and a Painting by John Singer Sargent
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Grogan & Company celebrated its 30th year on November 5, 2017, with an approximately $2.55 million sale, drawn primarily from jewelry and paintings. The auction house is earning a reputation as the bijou auction house in Boston. It’s small and located conveniently, and the small size ... (Read More)
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(Show)Mr. “Nice Guy” Manager of Milford Antiques Shows
Milford, New Hampshire
At 7 a.m. on November 5, 2017, I was entering the back door of the Hampshire Hills Athletic Club, not to play tennis but to visit one of Jack Donigian’s antiques shows during his 42nd consecutive year of running them in the area, a few miles west of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Constitution Cane Tops Americana Auction
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Collections from all over featured in Skinner’s November 4, 2017, Americana auction in its Boston, Massachusetts, gallery, where collectors and the trade vied for good American furniture and other objects. Stephen L. Fletcher, who wears many hats as Skinner’s chairman of the board, executive vice president, and ... (Read More)
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