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(Auction)Wadsworth Atheneum Corrals Remington "Bronco" for $510,000
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
Connecticut played a small but noteworthy part in the short life of Frederic Sackrider Remington (1861-1909). The renowned artist briefly attended Yale University, which later gave him an honorary degree, and he briefly lived in Ridgefield, Connecticut, where he died at age 48. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)September Auction of Shaker Objects
Willis Henry Auctions, Hancock, Massachusetts
Part three of the superb Shaker collection of professors Gerald “Jerry” McCue (1913-2011) and Miriam McCue (who turned 100 on November 4) came to market on September 16 at Willis Henry’s auction at the Hancock Shaker Village in Hancock, Massachusetts. It was the final dispersion of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Toy Auction
Pook & Pook Inc./Noel Barrett, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook/Noel Barrett
“These days you have to add a fourth ‘D’ to the reasons for an auction; in addition to death, debt, divorce, add downsizing,” said Noel Barrett at the September 15 toy sale he masterminded in partnership with Pook & ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Fan Fire IV" Heats Up Weschler's Rockville Debut
Weschler’s Auctioneers & Appraisers, Rockville, Maryland
Photos courtesy Weschler’s Auctioneers & Appraisers
Weschler’s Auctioneers & Appraisers held its first cataloged auction at its new Rockville, Maryland, location on September 15. The sale was a doubleheader of sorts, with two sessions and with the two separate catalogs bound into a single volume.
The morning ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Brock Jobe to Discuss C.K. Davis Collection
On Wednesday, September 20, at 6 p.m., Schwenke Auctioneers in Woodbury, Connecticut, will host an “Expert Eye” decorative arts forum program. The speaker will be scholar, author, instructor, and research expert Brock Jobe.
Jobe will discuss recollections of C.K. Davis and his relationship with Henry Francis du Pont, founder and benefactor ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Leslie Hindman Sells Palmatary Map of Chicago, Expands to Atlanta
When Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago offered an aerial pre-Great Chicago Fire view of Chicago in the September 13 sale of fine books and manuscripts, the staff knew that it would do well, but they had no idea how well. So they set what Gretchen Hause, director of fine books ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Ups and Downs of Deaccessioning
The Young Collector
At the time of this writing, it’s the middle of summer in a mostly boxed-up house with two bored small children whose entertainment choices seem to be digging in the dirt, riding a tricycle in circles on the deck, reading, coloring, watching whatever PBS is showing, and seeing ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Summer Summary of Jewelry Sold at Hindman and Skinner
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Leslie Hindman Auctioneers and Skinner, Inc.
In the last days of summer, auctions at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago and Skinner, Inc. in Boston brought a vast array of fine jewelry to market, including many antique offerings. Each auctioneer held a live sale. Hindman had 1609 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bruce Phillips, Fair Trade Antiques, Heath, Massachusetts
In the Trade
Bruce Phillips didn’t get into this business because he loved antiques. He got into it because he loved traveling to faraway places—Australia, New Zealand, Nepal, India—and selling antiques was a way to underwrite the traveling life. “It’s an accidental career,” he said. He’s been doing it for almost ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pure and Simple Show in Indiana Changes Dates
The Pure and Simple Antique Show in Kokomo, Indiana, is changing dates. In 2018 the show will be held on June 23. According to the promoter, the show date is being changed for numerous reasons but mostly because of already established shows in the East.
Bobbie Pries of Westfield Center, Ohio, ... (Read More)
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