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(Fragment)Rare Corkscrews
At an online auction of corkscrews sponsored by ICCAuctions, LLC, a rare German Langenhan spring corkscrew, one of only two known, sold on November 13, 2016, for $25,376.62 (no buyer’s premium charged). For many years, German corkscrew collectors have searched for a Langenhan spring corkscrew, patented in 1878, and known ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Folk Art Cutwork Leads Evans Sale
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia
Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates held its 31st semiannual Americana and fine antiques auction at its Mt. Crawford, Virginia, gallery and showrooms on November 12, 2016. Over the past several years Evans has used this event to ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques Week in Central Illinois
Arcola, Arthur, and Tuscola, Illinois
Smack dab in the middle of practically nowhere, Antiques Week in Central Illinois has slowly been gaining a reputation in recent years. Not that there isn’t a bit of confusion in the midst of it all. Consider this: the semiannual event consists of five antiques shows ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Collector's Collection Sells for Bargains
John McInnis Auctioneers, Newburyport, Massachusetts
There’s nothing like an on-site sale in a Federal house in a seaport town, especially when the owner was a collector’s collector. That’s what John McInnis Auctioneers delivered in three parts on November 11, 2016, in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
The house was owned by Frank E. Miller (1923-2014), ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ward Brothers Decoy Nearly Doubles Auction Record
The top decoy in Guyette & Deeter’s annual fall decoy and sporting art auction on November 10, 2016, in Easton, Maryland, was a “hump back” style pintail hen by the Ward brothers. It sold for $201,250 (includes buyer’s premium), a world auction record for the Ward brothers. The estimate was ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Canadian Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Offenses Stemming from Smuggling Narwhal Tusks
Gregory R. Logan, 59, of St. John, New Brunswick, a retired officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine on September 28 to ten money-laundering offenses. Logan was indicted in November 2012 and charged with conspiracy, smuggling, and money ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Gary Taylor, Bloomin' Antiques, Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire
In the Trade
There was a time back in the 20th century when it was not remarkable to find an antiques shop on your average New England village green. In fact, you almost expected it. A local shop that stocked a general line of what the locals lived with (and died ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Leroy Graves and Brock Jobe to Be Awarded Wunsch Award
Peter Wunsch oversees the Wunsch Americana Foundation, which was founded in 1946 by his father, collector Eric Martin Wunsch (1924-2013), for the purpose of preserving America’s art history. Wunsch has announced that Leroy Graves and Brock Jobe will share the fifth Eric M. Wunsch Award for Excellence in the American ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Legislation Introduced to Prohibit Sale of Purple Hearts
Representative Paul Cook, a Republican from California, has introduced a bill in the U.S. Congress that prohibits the sale of any Purple Heart medal presented by the government to a wounded service member or the service member’s family.
The “Private Corrado Piccoli Purple Heart Preservation Act” is named for Private Corrado ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Greater York Antiques Show
York, Pennsylvania
The Greater York Antiques Show on November 5 and 6, 2016, in York, Pennsylvania, took the focus off the upcoming election for a few hours for those who love the treasure hunt a good antiques show provides. A steady crowd arrived on Saturday, creating energy during the first few ... (Read More)
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