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(Fragment)Rich Penn Joins Morphy Auctions
Rich Penn, an Iowa auction company CEO and antique advertising specialist, has joined Morphy Auctions in the newly created role of market development officer.
From his base in Waterloo, Iowa, Penn will work in tandem with Morphy’s marketing team and will advise on the latest technological innovations for the auction process. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Show in Guilford, Connecticut
Debbie Turi of D. Turi Antique Shows has announced a new show: the Shoreline Antiques & Retro Market, to be held on the fairgrounds in Guilford, Connecticut, June 1 and 2.
According to Turi, “We are planning on a varied market with dealers showing folk art, Americana, furniture, decorator art, mid-century ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Kaleidoscope Show of Color, Energy, and Activity
Spring Rhinebeck Antiques Show, Rhinebeck, New York
Frank Gaglio’s Barn Star Productions offered 125-plus dealers in three buildings at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds during the Spring Rhinebeck Antiques Show, held May 25 and 26 in historic Rhinebeck, New York. Those dealers welcomed huge crowds of toddlers, tweens, and twenty-somethings, plus longtime ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Randolph Street Market Festival
Chicago, Illinois
About the first Randolph Street Market Festival (RSM) of 2024, we have this to say: we have good news, and then there’s even better news.
The first thing to understand about the two-day outdoor/indoor market—now in its 21st year and loved by design mavens, bargain hunters, connoisseurs, and seekers of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Rob Wolfe
The ability to tell stories through objects is what gets Rob Wolfe out of bed every morning. He grew up in Bettendorf, Iowa, with his older brother, Mike, who is his counterpart on the History Channel’s American Pickers, soon to begin its 25th season. The Wolfe boys constructed forts in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Free Admission to Those under 18 at Rhinebeck Show
The Spring Antiques at Rhinebeck show on May 25 and 26 will offer free admission to anyone under 18. The Memorial Day weekend show, produced by Barn Star Productions, will be held at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, New York. The entire show will be held indoors. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Ringing the Warning Bell
On the lawn of a Maine historical society sits a bronze bell cast by the Revere Foundry in Boston. The foundry cast over 900 bells between 1792 and 1843, and 24 of them are in the state of Maine. This particular bell was originally hung in a church, but when ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Boscobel House and Gardens Raising Money to Fix Library Ceiling
During the evening of April 16, the plaster ceiling of the library room at Boscobel House and Gardens, Garrison, New York, collapsed without warning. According to a press release, no one was in the building at the time, but the incident caused major damage to the library, its contents, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Sale of the Attix Collection
Locati LLC, Pineville, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Locati LLC
C. Thomas Attix Jr. (1927-2012) was a passionate collector who liked wood, silver, and Oriental rugs. A corporate lawyer for RCA, the father of four bought carefully, filling his house in New Jersey with furniture made in the mid-18th and early 19th centuries. He ... (Read More)
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(Auction)$10,000 Bucher Box Tops Auction
Horst Auctioneers, Ephrata, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Horst Auctioneers
Horst Auctioneers in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, has been in business since around 1900. According to the history the company posts on its website, which calls the firm “The Voices of Experience,” A. A. Landis, Timothy and Thomas Horst’s great-grandfather, began calling auctions at the turn ... (Read More)
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