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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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Americana by Lita Solis-Cohen
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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Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
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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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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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Eight years after Margot Johnson closed her gallery at 65th Street and Lexington Avenue and announced her retirement, she is back in New York City with a new gallery at 17 East 70th Street specializing in furniture and decorative arts made for the Gilded Age in the last half of ... (Read More)
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(Show)
New York City
Thirty-six hours after Donald J. Trump became president-elect, the fifth edition of The Salon Art + Design opened at the Park Avenue Armory. Located ten blocks and two avenues from Trump Tower, the armory was transformed by 55 exhibitors into a showcase of exploration for the November 10-14, ... (Read More)
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Wilmington, Delaware
“The press got the election wrong, and you guys are wrong about brown furniture—it’s doing very well,” said Woodbury, Connecticut, dealer David Schorsch, who was showing for the first time at the 53rd annual Delaware Antiques Show and watching brown furniture sell like hot cakes.
No one, dealers or market ... (Read More)
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Bedford, New York
Debbie Turi’s Bedford Antiques Show was “a darling show with good quality,” remarked an attendee early on the first morning of the weekend show, held November 12 and 13, 2016, at Historical Hall on the Old Post Road in Bedford, New York.
Nineteen dealers set up shop on both ... (Read More)
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New York City
The Palm Beach Show Group’s New York Art, Antique & Jewelry Show opened in a new venue the day after the U.S. elected a new president. It was an adjustment for all.
After being denied a contract to renew his show at the Park Avenue Armory, Scott Diament, president ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Slotin Folk Art Auction, Buford, Georgia
Photos courtesy Slotin Folk Art Auction
Folk artists come and go, and collectors and buyers come and go, but the Slotin Folk Art auctions keep presenting a broad range of material ranging from masters that sell for five digits to new discoveries that sell for moderate ... (Read More)
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