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Tiffany Lantern, Found in a Janitor's Closet, Tops Design Sale
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Freeman’s, Philadelphia Photos courtesy Freeman’s Freeman’s 51-lot design sale on Sunday, October 16, 2016, was billed as “tightly curated.” Specialist Tim Andreadis said, “We turned down more than we took in.” The sale focused on two dozen lots by George Nakashima and his daughter, Mira, and three discoveries in disparate categories that fall ... (Read More)

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A Bright Day at the Shenandoah Antiques Expo
by Walter C. Newman

Fishersville, Virginia The 59th edition of the Shenandoah Antiques Expo was held October 14-16, 2016, on the grounds of Augusta Expo in Fishersville, Virginia. Looking forward to the 60th edition, Heritage Promotions owners Sanford and Mary Ferguson and Raymond and Martha Stokes are very optimistic. Speaking for Heritage Promotions, Ray Stokes described ... (Read More)

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Cincinnati Carved Cabinet Goes Home, Sort Of
by M.A.D. staff

When Herbert Broadfoot II and his wife, Nancy, decided to downsize, they consigned a family heirloom, a Cincinnati carved cabinet attributed to William Henry Fry (1830-1929), to Great Gatsby’s Auction Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia. The cabinet had been a wedding present in 1876 for Nancy Broadfoot’s great-great-aunt Mary Boyd and had ... (Read More)

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Mittler Scrimshaw Blowout
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

 Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc., East Dennis, Massachusetts Photos courtesy Eldred’s It was just like the old days at Eldred’s sale on October 15, 2016, when a full house convened for the star attraction—the scrimshaw collection of Thomas Mittler. Marine art from the Newport, Rhode Island, estate of Robert Tiedemann and a ... (Read More)

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Spanning Generations
by Don Johnson

AntiqueAdvertising.com Photos courtesy AntiqueAdvertising.com Wm Morford Auctions has launched an online business that’s part auction, part retail shop, and part price guide. Branded as AntiqueAdvertising.com, the platform offers timed Internet auctions, a first for company founder William Morford, who has specialized in absentee sales for 25 years. The site also features occasional ... (Read More)

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Fine and Decorative Art Auction
by Don Johnson

Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio Photos courtesy Cowan’s A portrait by French artist William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905), its whereabouts unknown for more than a century, sold for $1,102,500 (including buyer’s premium) at the fine and decorative art auction held by Cowan’s Auctions on October 15, 2016, in Cincinnati, Ohio. How that painting came ... (Read More)

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Ohio Country Antique Show
by Don Johnson

Wilmington, Ohio There was a lesson to be learned at the Ohio Country Antique Show, held October 15, 2016, in Wilmington, Ohio. Bill Hopper of Red Rooster Two Antiques, Vincennes, Indiana, found out all too well. It had to do with sales. If you really didn’t want to sell something, you ... (Read More)

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The Devil's Dictionary of Antiques Collecting: Part 1
by Baron Perlman

Every specialty has its own private language—business, law, politics, the sciences, antiques. Sometimes the intricacies of a profession demand words not in common use: scientists mutter about “cosines,” attorneys about resolutions settled “with prejudice,” and actors about “panning shots.” And this argot is all but demanded by the individual’s field. ... (Read More)

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Three Days and 1305 Lots
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Rago Arts and Auction Center, Lambertville, New Jersey Photos courtesy Rago Arts and Auction Center Rago’s three-day 1305-lot design sale in Lambertville, New Jersey, presented in five catalogs, offered American, French, Italian, and Scandinavian furniture, decorations, and a few pieces of jewelry—all made of wood, glass, clay, jade, stone, and metals, from ... (Read More)

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Stars and Bars Barred
by Clayton Pennington

Editorial A California law, passed with little notice several years ago, had good intentions but has brought unintended consequences. The law specifies that the state of California “may not sell or display the Battle Flag of the Confederacy, also referred to as the Stars and Bars, or any similar image, or tangible ... (Read More)
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