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Old Master through Modern Prints, Featuring the Reba and Dave Williams Collection
by Julie Schlenger Adell

Swann Auction Galleries, New York City Photos courtesy Swann Auction Galleries A 386-lot sale of old master through modern prints, filled with color woodcuts of flora, fauna, figs, fish, flamingos, and phlox, was held at Swann Auction Galleries, New York City, the morning of April 15. The 63 lots of color woodcuts ... (Read More)

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Midwest Antique & Art Show
by Don Johnson

Cedar Rapids, Iowa The semiannual Midwest Antique & Art Show held its spring edition April 13 at Hawkeye Downs Fairgrounds in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Managed by Thomas and Cathy Rawson, the show featured 52 dealers from 15 states. "They come to Cedar Rapids for a one-day show. It's a killer," said ... (Read More)

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The Collector's Eye
by Elizabeth Johnson

Cedar Rapids, Iowa The spring edition of The Collector's Eye took place April 13 at Hawkeye Downs Fairgrounds in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The semiannual event was held in conjunction with the Midwest Antique & Art Show. Housed in the Expo Center, the two shows were located in adjacent halls, and a ... (Read More)

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Hilliard's Eclectic Sale Lives Up to Its Name
by Walter C. Newman

Hilliard & Co., Madison, Virginia Photos courtesy Hilliard & Co. One of the realities of the post-COVID-19 online antiques auction world is the move toward targeted sales. We now see an increasing number of sales that consist of lots grouped so as to appeal to specific genres or collecting categories-Asian ceramics, 20th-century ... (Read More)

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"April Adventure" at Marion
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

Marion Antique Auctions, Marion, Massachusetts Photos courtesy Marion Antique Auctions Marion Antique Auctions presented its spring sale April 12 and titled it "April Adventure." The auction included the estate of Newport, Rhode Island, dealer Alan J. Gaines (1942-2024), who with his wife, Amy Louise (Boocock) Gaines (1955-2022), operated A & A Gaines ... (Read More)

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The Hermann Antique Show
by Don Johnson

Hermann, Missouri Sometimes an antiques show is special for something other than the merchandise. For me, that's the case with the Hermann Antique Show. After attending Hermann for the first time last year, the show went on my favorites list. The reasons varied. In part, it was the event itself, a solid ... (Read More)

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The Catalog of a Once-in-a-Lifetime Assemblage
by Lita Solis-Cohen

A Book Review Valley Culture: Constructing Identity Along the Great Wagon Road is the catalog for the special exhibition that celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Center for Pennsylvania German Studies at Historic Trappe in Trappe, Pennsylvania. This gathering of painted boxes, cupboards, chests, and fraktur that enriched the daily lives ... (Read More)

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New Auction Record for Temperance Jug
by Karl H. Pass

Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland Photos courtesy Crocker Farm Setting a new auction record for an American temperance jug, this Anna Pottery stoneware temperance jug, 12" tall, with a rare solid cobalt ground sold to a folk-art collector for $144,000 (est. $30,000/50,000). Provenance, condition, extravagant decoration, and coloring (the blue ground) all played ... (Read More)

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Lost in Flooding
by Kay Manning

Asheville, North Carolina A collection of 50 mostly southern high chairs, often lent to museums for exhibitions on life in Appalachia. An elaborately carved 19th-century Buddha cabinet from Shanxi Province, China, for worship and honoring ancestors. A medieval suit of armor. Antiques dealers and collectors typically think of themselves as custodians of items ... (Read More)

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Tiffany and More
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Rago, Lambertville, New Jersey Photos courtesy Rago Tiffany Studios enameled copper cabinet vase with mushrooms, circa 1905, just 21/4" high x 21/2" diameter, sold online for $82,550 (est. $10,000/15,000). "It turned up on Antiques Roadshow in Oregon, and the owner said she bought it for less than a dollar at a garage ... (Read More)
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