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(Show)The Boston Home Decor Show
Boston, Massachusetts
For exhibitors and visitors at the Boston Home Décor Show, in its third year at Boston’s Cyclorama building in the South End, the theme was juxtaposition—the sublime mix of antiques with the contemporary. Antiques and art met contemporary home design. There was much evidence overall of such blending, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Twelve Chairs and Some Meaty Portraits
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Presidential election uncertainty hung over the salesroom at Skinner on November 19, 2016, for its Americana sale and inspired more than a few furtive glances around the gallery, where a decent audience was seated. The show went on and very well too, although one can’t help suspecting ... (Read More)
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(Show)Heartland Antique Show, Fall Edition
Richmond, Indiana
There was a problem at the fall edition of the Heartland Antique Show, held November 19, 2016, on the Wayne County Fairgrounds at Richmond, Indiana. A number of them, actually. But it wasn’t the show that was at issue.
The challenges, so to speak, were found in the booth of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Some Martin Brothers Birds Sold in Dallas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Nine leering, smirking, sneering, mean, sly, and eccentric salt-glazed stoneware Martin Brothers birds came to market at Heritage Auctions’ November 18, 2016, 20th-century design sale and accounted for three of the top five lots and five of the top ten. Even though most of the birds were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Shattering the $3 Million Glass Ceiling
James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maine
For the first time in the company’s history, James D. Julia’s lamp and glass section—now officially expanded to the lamp, glass, and fine jewelry division—held an auction that raked in over $3.4 million. They did it on November 18, 2016, in Fairfield, Maine, and they did ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American History
Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan’s
Items related to early American figures, the American West, and the Civil War all drew considerable interest during the American history sale held by Cowan’s Auctions in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 18, 2016.
The top lot at $36,000 (includes buyer’s premium) was a sixth-plate tintype of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Vintage Dresses and a Rare Discovery
Augusta Auction Company, New York City
Photos courtesy Augusta Auction Company
As part of an estate consignment of Chinese clothing, employees at Augusta Auction Company of Bellows Falls, Vermont, received the surprise of their lives. Upon emptying out the contents of a suitcase in a country house in Vermont, they discovered at ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
Twice a year, in November and April, Freeman’s, America’s oldest auction house, sells Americana. The sales are scheduled just after two major antiques shows that focus on American furniture and decorations, the Delaware Antiques Show in November and the Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show in April, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Fall Start" Toy Auction Makes a $1.9 Million Landslide
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
Bertoia Auctions’ three-day “Fall Start” outing November 11-13, 2016, in Vineland, New Jersey, included highly diverse entries with pedigree. Continuing on an unabated hot streak, Bertoia Auctions saw estimates dissolve like snowflakes. This perennially popular fall classic happened to fall two days after ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Wes Cowan of Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Head of the House
Photos courtesy Cowan’s Auctions
“Head of the House” is a new feature that explores the founder, forte, and future of major American auction houses. In his or her own words, the current president is asked to explain how the business began, which specialties have been most successful, and ... (Read More)
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