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(Fragment)The 2015 Delaware Show
Delaware Antiques Show, Wilmington, Delaware
The Delaware Antiques Show is not for beginners. It is the show for the true believers, who make pilgrimages to the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware, every November in search of the finest Americana, the highest quality craftsmanship and design in furniture, objects, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Des Barres Navigational Chart Sails to Victory
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
When it comes to 18th-century British maps of the American Colonies, early is not necessarily more valuable. That was clearly demonstrated when four maps deaccessioned by Colonial Williamsburg sold at Brunk Auctions’ November 6-8, 2015, sale. Three predated the Revolutionary War, and one ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Holiday Sale 2015
Humler & Nolan, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Humler & Nolan
Four words: different merchandise, same story. That was largely the case during the Holiday Sale 2015 conducted by Humler & Nolan in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 7 and 8, 2015. For the most part, the best things did well, while the middle ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Nadeau's Annual Fall Auction
Nadeau’s Auction Gallery, Windsor, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Nadeau’s Auction Gallery
Nadeau’s Auction Gallery held an antiques auction at its gallery in Windsor, Connecticut, on Saturday, November 7, 2015, and much of the material offered had been owned by Credit Suisse. The collection included striking portraits of prominent American businessmen and intellectuals of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Grant to Aid Research of Transferware Medical and Toilet Wares
The winner of the Paul and Gladys Richards Foundation Research Grant for studies in British transferware, awarded by the Transferware Collectors Club (TCC), is Richard Halliday of Market Harborough, U.K., who will research transferware medical and toilet wares, 1780-1850.
Halliday plans to produce a book that deals specifically and comprehensively with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The-Saleroom.Com and Bidsquare Team Up
The-saleroom.com, a portal for art and antiques auctions in the U.K. and Europe, and Bidsquare, an online bidding platform in the U.S., have forged a partnership. Participating auctions will be listed on each other’s respective websites, allowing auction houses to reach new international bidders and expose more fine art and ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Time to Rethink
Auction Law & Ethics
Auctions are different—very different. Those who patronize auctions know they are nothing like going to a traditional retailer to shop. The public knows it too. So why do I make a distinction between those who go to auctions and the public? Because just as auctions and retailers ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Good Fellows: The Walpole Society
Part I of V
Photos courtesy the Walpole Society
“…an assembly of good fellows, meeting under certain conditions.”
— The definition of club by Dr. Johnson (1755)
The Walpole Society—have you heard of it? Even longtime antiques aficionados may not know of this über-exclusive club for Americana collectors, curators, scholars, house preservationists, and antiquarian ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Berks County History Center
The Berks History Center at 940 Centre Avenue in Reading, Pennsylvania, will open two new galleries dedicated to Pennsylvania German folk art and Berks County clocks and furniture on Saturday, November 14. The new installation was made possible through a bequest of 33 artifacts from the estate of Lancaster County ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Looking at Antiques Shows from Both Sides Now: A Collector's Experiences
Have you ever wondered what it is like for dealers to “do” an antiques show? What they experience? What they see when we—possible customers, potential friends, dismissive critics—wander past their booths? So have I, and I decided to shadow a dealer during several shows. (My apologies to dealers in advance ... (Read More)
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