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A collection of 67 dolls was consigned three years ago to Theriault’s in Annapolis, Maryland, a well-known auction house specializing in antique dolls and childhood playthings since 1970. The consignment resulted in no payments until the consignor filed a lawsuit in California.
Bart I. Ring, attorney for plaintiff Phyllis Roberts, a ... (Read More)
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Treasures turn up at the Morristown Armory Antiques Show. Second-generation antiques and art dealer Butch McGrath and his son, James, offer fascinating and beautiful objects found near their home in Scituate, Massachusetts. Last February, I spotted a handwritten label in their booth identifying material related to the famous American artist/educator ... (Read More)
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Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Freeman’s Sale of Rare Pendant Breaks Company Record; Debut of Freeman’s Live Internet Bidding Platform
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
The November 1, 2017, sale of a rare circa 1910 J.E. Caldwell and Co. Belle Époque diamond pendant, centered by a fancy vivid yellow cushion-cut 10.59-carat diamond, “was a home run” ... (Read More)
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Downingtown, Pennsylvania, auctioneer Ronald Pook called the other day to say that his crew had made a great find. It was not a Bonnin and Morris pickle dish nor John Cadwalader’s sofa.
“We cleaned out an attic of items we can sell in an online sale, and just before closing up ... (Read More)
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Editorial
A ruling handed down in a New York court in late September shines a light on a common practice in the trade and offers up a cautionary tale.
In June 1989 Reed Galin purchased a one-third interest in Andrew Wyeth’s Ice Storm from his childhood friend and art dealer David Ramus. ... (Read More)
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New York City
The Art and Antique Dealers League of America (AADLA) put on a new show October 27-30, 2017, at Wallace Hall that overlapped with TEFAF New York Fall, held 18 blocks south at the Park Avenue Armory.
The show was managed for the AADLA by Brad Reh, a show promoter ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Provenance Counts by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Northeast Auctions began as it meant to go for its fall weekend sale, October 28 and 29, 2017, in the Portsmouth gallery. Every seat and some extras were filled. Dealers and collectors were a large presence. The first lot of the first day was a southern ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
“Horology in Art” by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo
The Ward Francillon Time Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts
Since 1980 the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC) has sponsored the Ward Francillon Time Symposium at sites around the country where members meet to compare clocks, view examples of interesting and historic clocks, share new discoveries, and renew friendships. National and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
John M. Hess Auction Service, Newmanstown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy John M. Hess Auction Service
The large sandstone and limestone house of the miller at Millbach in Millcreek Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, is the finest and best-known example of Pennsylvania German architecture. It was built in 1752 by German immigrant Georg Müller (since ... (Read More)
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Wilmington, Ohio
Two and a half hours after the doors opened for the fall edition of the Ohio Country Antique show, held October 28, 2017, at Wilmington, Ohio, a man stood in the cold outside one of the entrances, looking at the wooden baker’s rack hanging out of the rear of ... (Read More)
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