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(Computer Article)Web Resources for Researching Antiques
Computer Column #332
John P. Reid, <[email protected]>
There are Internet resources for researching antiques of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
When the Old Was New
Auction-goers and pickers in rural areas often buy today’s antiques that were sold new a century ago in mail-order catalogs. Mail-order sales were made easier in the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in Manchester
Manchester, New Hampshire
Passionate collectors and dealers in Americana who gather annually in August in New Hampshire for the grand treasure hunt were not disappointed this year. The four shows were filled to capacity, all with waiting lists of dealers wanting to show during Antiques Week in New Hampshire.
It seemed a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Notre Dame Sued over Purportedly Stolen Collection
A collection of pre-Columbian artifacts at the University of Notre Dame’s Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, Indiana, includes stolen property according to a Pennsylvania man who is suing the university. Notre Dame and the dealer who sold the collection to the university deny the accusation.
Scott Leff, the son of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Boynton Beach Sees Antiques Stores as Key for Growth
Editorial
The City Commission of Boynton Beach, Florida, a city of approximately 69,000 residents, should be congratulated. It has recognized that antiques shops and consignment stores can help boost the economy in cities.
On July 5 the City Commission approved relaxed rules regarding antiques stores and consignment shops. The new rules are ... (Read More)
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(Show)Americana Celebration: "I Always Wanted a Fancy Show"
Concord, New Hampshire
She always wanted a fancy antiques show, and she got one on Tuesday, August 9, in Concord, New Hampshire. But she, Nan Gurley, longtime collector, dealer, and show manager, was not there in person, just in spirit. As her daughter Rachel told us, her eyes filling with tears, ... (Read More)
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(Show)MidWeek Antiques Show Moves Back to Manchester
MidWeek in Manchester Antiques Show, Manchester, New Hampshire
One of the first things that show promoter Frank Gaglio of Barn Star Productions said to us as we entered the JFK Memorial Coliseum in Manchester, New Hampshire, on August 9, the setup date for the MidWeek in Manchester Antiques Show and, coincidentally, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The GSA Goes after Another Painting
Collector Myron Kaplan paid $57,500 for Abstraction #6 by Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967) at Sotheby’s on November 20, 1997. The 16¼" x 20" oil on canvas was estimated at $15,000/20,000, and the provenance in the catalog noted that it was “acquired directly from the artist.”
In May 2016—almost 20 years after he ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Enormous Gets More Enormous
Maine Antiques Festival, Union, Maine
Paul Davis’s centerpiece show, the three-day Maine Antiques Festival in Union, Maine, held August 5-7, is back on a solid upswing again.
In its second consecutive year of renewed growth, about 45 new dealers brought the total to just under 200 exhibitors, still down from its peak ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Promoter and New Look for Zoar Harvest Festival & Antiques Show
Zoar, Ohio
The 43rd annual Zoar Harvest Festival & Antiques Show had a new look and a new show promoter for the August 6 and 7 event. Since 2008, Jan and Dick Wilks had ably brought wonderful dealers and antiques to Zoar, but with their decision to retire from managing the ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Useful Dictionary of Canton Forms
A Book Review
Collecting Canton: In Pursuit of the Best by Gail and Rich Mellin, with Erica Mellin Scioscia Mellin’s Antiques Publishing, 2015, 167 pages, hardbound, $165 postpaid from Mellin’s Antiques, (203) 938-9538 or (www.mellinsantiques.com).
After purchasing two dinner plates in the 1970s, Gail and Rich Mellin fell in love with blue ... (Read More)
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