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Carousel Fails to Sell at Auction
by Kay Manning

The 1922 Spillman Engineering Co. menagerie carousel. The restored sign of the maker. Goat from row 9, made in 1885 by Dare’s New York Carousel Manufacturing Co. Leaping pig from row 3, made in 1875 by Chanvan Co., France. A collection of McDonald’s memorabilia that included (not shown) Mayor McCheese, whose head was a ... (Read More)

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Raleigh's Summer Show
by Pete Prunkl

The eight tumblers on a Rogers silver tray ($285) are old Waterford in the Alana pattern. Robert and Sharon Kurschner of Sterling Treasures, Camden, South Carolina, were asking $985 for all eight. The carafe ($164) is not Waterford. The silver primrose tray at the back is $325. Jane Lavinder of Lavinder ... (Read More)

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Goosefare Antiques Show at High School Hits Middle Age at 35
by Mark Sisco

Patricia Ann Breame of Woodstock, Maine, offered an unusual form of Sheraton dressing stand for $2300. It has upper and lower drawers, a protruding upper section, and brown and black pinstriping over an old mustard-yellow base. It was signed “J. BROWN” in heavy slashes of black paint. Her best news ... (Read More)

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Chappaqua Antiques Show Canceled for 2015
by Julie Schlenger Adell

The Chappaqua Antiques Show, which has been in existence for 46 years in the tiny hamlet in northern Westchester County, 40 miles from New York City, has been canceled this year. Organized by a team of over 100 volunteers under the aegis of the New Castle Historical Society (NCHS), the ... (Read More)

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Elephant Stampedes to $166,750, Leading Crocker Farm Summer Sale
by Karl H. Pass

Leading off the sale was this 14½" high four-gallon stoneware jar marked “WEST TROY / N.Y. / POTTERY” and depicting an elephant in profile. The large design took up a big portion of the jar’s front. The decoration was done using slip-trailed and brushed techniques. The elephant has boot-like feet ... (Read More)

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July Estates Auction Balances Live and Online Platforms
by Karla Klein Albertson

The son of freed slaves, William Edmondson (1874-1951) worked hard at service jobs in Nashville until receiving what he considered a God-sent calling to become a sculptor at the age of 57. His medium was limestone; his tools were a hammer and railroad spike. In 1937 he was the first ... (Read More)

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Stewart Coin Silver Trophy Breaks Record
by Pete Prunkl

George W. Stewart Kentucky coin silver trophy. Photo courtesy Brunk Auctions. Collectors and museums battled in the home stretch to win a coin silver trophy by George W. Stewart (c. 1820-c. 1875) at Brunk Auctions on July 16 in Asheville, North Carolina. The undated trophy was not associated with a particular ... (Read More)

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Financial Troubles of Broker/Consultant Create Avalanche of Legal Action
by Clayton Pennington

A broker and consultant’s financial troubles have led to three lawsuits, and he figures prominently in other suits where he is not named as a defendant. London resident Timothy Sammons and his dissolved firm, Timothy Sammons, Inc., are facing suits in U.S. federal courts and a New York state court. ... (Read More)

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Bonhams in Sydney, Australia Sells Lockwood de Forest Collection
by Lita Solis-Cohen

In oil on a 9½" x 14" card, this painting by Lockwood de Forest II is initialed, dated, and inscribed “Ulwar L de F 93.” It brought $2717. A late 19th-century carved teak vitrine, designed by Lockwood de Forest II and made for him in Ahmedabad, India and assembled in New ... (Read More)

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A Pottery Sale for the New Collector Generation
by Marty Steiner

Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society, Bennett, North Carolina Photos courtesy Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society Not every Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society (SFPCS) absentee sale can offer a $100K-plus “Dave the Slave” decorated pot. Then again, few collectors can even think about bidding on such an item. The most recent SFPCS sale, ... (Read More)
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