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(Young Collectors)Objects Less Fortunate
The Young Collector
Last month we talked about poverty and the related stigma of being poor, speculating on how it might affect the attitudes of modern Americans toward antiques. Yet poverty and the reactions to it don’t happen in a bubble. As with racism and many other -isms, they become institutionalized ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bookbinder Booked, Convicted, and Sentenced to Prison
Michael Chrisman, an Ohio bookbinder, has been sentenced to one year and nine months in federal prison for stealing nearly $500,000 from his Atlanta business partner in a bookbinding project. The defendant sent false invoices claiming that he completed more than 70 sets of replica Gutenberg Bibles, but he failed ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"Hudson Hewn"
Hudson Hewn: New York Furniture Now by Jennifer Carlquist, curator at Boscobel House and Gardens in Garrison, New York, is the catalog for the tenth annual exhibition at Boscobel, which was held April 16 through August 14, 2016. The annual exhibition usually focuses on the historic art of the region ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Jewelry Specialists Share Favorites from 2016 Sales
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
As an end-of-the-year wrap-up, we asked jewelry specialists what they liked best that sold at auction in 2016 and to tell the stories of those choices. We thank them for their thoughtful responses, which include stories of jewelry from a full spectrum of historical eras and a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Society of the Cincinnati Plate Leads at Potomack
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company held its midwinter catalog sale in three stages. The gallery sale took place on January 28 at the firm’s facilities in Alexandria, Virginia. On January 31, an online-only sale was conducted. That sale highlighted items from the estate of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, February 2017
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
Antiquities are very much in evidence in this “Letter” and not all of them confined to the principal piece on “Antiquities….” Look out also for an Egyptian funeral boat and a well-documented but still mysterious Roman intaglio ring that made a huge sum.
A revolver that recalls an infamous ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Calder Mobile Tops Art Auction
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Alexander Calder (1898-1976) garnered top honors at Skinner’s January 27 auction in its Boston gallery when his 5¾" high standing mobile from about 1965, an untitled sheet metal, brass, wire, and paint construction (est. $150,000/250,000), sold for $471,000 (including buyer’s premium). The catalog cover lot, it had ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Alderfer Auction Has Been Sold
Sherry S. Russell is the new owner of Alderfer’s Auctioneers and Appraisers in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. “I could not be happier to pass the gavel to Sherry,” said Sandy Alderfer, CEO of Alderfer’s. “She will carry on the Alderfer legacy with a commitment to our local community and will be a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)What’s in a Name?
Editorial
We’ve heard all kinds of ideas to help revitalize the antiques industry, but Paul Fuller of Paul Fuller Promotions, Waldoboro, Maine, has a novel idea to help his 50-dealer event in Bath, Maine. He’s dropping the word “show” from the title, rebranding the event as the “Bath Antique Sale.”
Why?
“The change ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Clifford Wallach to Curate Americana Auctions for Jasper52.com
Tramp art dealer and author Clifford A. Wallach has joined Jasper52.com (www.jasper52.com), a website featuring weekly online auctions of curated items from auction houses and dealers. Wallach, who has more than 30 years of industry experience, will be leading efforts within the Americana, folk art, and tramp art categories.
Founded in ... (Read More)
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