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Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
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Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine, held a late winter three-day auction February 21 to 23. When the last gavel came down, the gallery had taken in a cool $1.5 million. Only one lot hit the hundred-grand mark, but there ... (Read More)
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Copley Fine Art Auctions, LLC, Pembroke, Massachusetts
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Copley Fine Art Auctions' two-day online-only auction February 21 and 22 brought in over $3 million, was over 95% sold by lot, and achieved new record prices. The auction house, based in Pembroke, Massachusetts, and entering its third ... (Read More)
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Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
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A superb trove of presidential and political memorabilia from the collection of a single owner was sold at Heritage Auctions' February 21 and 22 Americana and political "Signature" auction.
The Roger H. Kimmel collection featured 916 lots, with an emphasis on political pins from the ... (Read More)
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Asheville, North Carolina
Devotees of the annual National Arts & Crafts Conference and Shows in Asheville, North Carolina, didn't waste any time once the doors to the show of antiques and contemporary crafts opened on February 21. Bright red sold signs began sprouting throughout the Omni Grove Park Inn's grand ballroom ... (Read More)
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Lebanon, Tennessee
The Heart of Tennessee Antique Show was held in Lebanon, Tennessee, February 13-15. The event featured 33 dealers and began with a Thursday evening preview party. The ninth annual show was once again part of Nashville's antiques week, which offered five solid but distinct shows divvied up between Nashville ... (Read More)
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Nashville, Tennessee
The Fairgrounds Nashville had an interesting way of promoting one of its marquee events. Taped to the doors of restroom stalls, where occupants became a captive audience, were fliers for the monthly Nashville Flea Market, described as "The Best Flea Market in Tennessee."
A flea market was an odd thing ... (Read More)
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Lebanon, Tennessee
The guy behind me is tapping his fingers impatiently. Seriously. He's drumming away like John Bonham of Led Zeppelin. Except I'm oblivious to his exasperation-focused instead on photographing a small wool-covered ram. Anyway, sorry, dude. I didn't mean to raise your blood pressure.
It was Friday morning, shortly after the ... (Read More)
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Nashville, Tennessee
With new owners and some tweaks to the event, Fiddlers Antique Show was held February 12-15 in Nashville, Tennessee. An integral part of Nashville's antiques week, the long-running show was one of three antiques-related events held that weekend at The Fairgrounds Nashville.
Jill and Mark Mattingly of MattPro Show ... (Read More)
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The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
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The Potomack Company held its first suite of 2025 sales the week of February 10 to 14. The online-only sales consisted of ten targeted groupings offering a total of 1395 lots. A separate catalog was published for each sale. Over the week ... (Read More)
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The Decorative Arts Society, Inc. (DAS) recognized scholarly works produced in 2023 by presenting its Charles F. Montgomery Prize and Award and Robert C. Smith Award on November 12 at the Explorers Club in New York City. Recipients were chosen after careful review of numerous worthy and laudable publications submitted ... (Read More)
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