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(Auction)American Silver at Auction
Fisher family silver, gold, and hardstone dinner service for 25, marked for Hans Brassler and Eleder-Hickok Co., Newark, New Jersey, circa 1936, in the Louis XIV pattern, with borders cast and chased with strapwork and accented with applied gold and silver-gilt putti, swags, ram's heads, and the initial "F" beneath ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques at Music Valley Draws Dealers from Across the Country
First-time exhibitor Joshua Steenburgh of Pike, New Hampshire, was pleased by his great sales at setup. He stands by a 19th-century cobbler's bench with lots of character that he was offering for $750.Cathy Consentino of Timber River Farm, Timber River, New Brunswick, had sold the metal garden arch that formed ... (Read More)
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(Show)Heart of Country Returns to Restored Opryland Hotel
The pack was back. Collectors and dealers share stories while waiting for the 6 p.m. opening of the preview party on February 17. The line stretched far down a hallway of the beautiful restored Convention Center at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville. A bluegrass duo provided the background music.Edd Oberg ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fiddler's Antique Show: Old Place, New Face
A smiling Pat Cobb of Ann Arbor, Michigan, used the standard motel mirror to reflect her wares. A sewer tile bird on stump was $650; an English blown glass tazza or syllabub stand, $1000; and a cobalt glass bottle, $795.Kitty Saylor of Hamilton, Ohio, was having a great day as ... (Read More)
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(Show)Marin Show: Art of the Americas
Santa Fe dealer Steve Elmore was asking $14,000 for this circa 1885 Zuni heart-line deer jar.Choctaw Ron Milam of Corona, California, has been selling at auction since 1966. This early Yokut bowl was priced at $11,900. Ron's son Allen Milam said he had sold "a lot of little items. Our ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts
Daniel and Joanna Rose at the exhibition. Dan Rose said he was thrilled to see the quilts for the "first time." He said, "I mostly saw their backs. When we went to shows, I was the one who held them up so Joanna could see the pattern." Photo: Gavin Ashworth.The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)JMK Takes Over Virginia Show
JMK Shows has taken over the Northern Virginia Antique Show in Arlington, Virginia, after reaching an agreement with Pappabello Shows.According to a press release, Arthur Farbenbloom of Pappabello Shows has made the decision to retire from the promotion of the Northern Virginia Antique Show and instead concentrate on the management ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Jon Deeter Joins Guyette & Schmidt
Jon Deeter of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, has joined Guyette & Schmidt, Inc. as a partner in the decoy auction firm. Deeter and his wife, Leigh Ann, will be taking over much of Frank and Vicki Schmidt's roles in the firm, according to a press release. Frank, a partner in the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bidders Pounce on Black Panthers at Best African Americana Sale
The top lot was an archive of published and unpublished writings of Charles Harris Wesley (1891-1987), historian, author, and educator. An institution paid $43,200 (est. $30,000/40,000) for the approximately 35 cartons of correspondence, photographs, albums, diaries, booklets, brochures, programs, pamphlets, and ephemera covering the years 1927-82.A group photograph of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)What Modern Is: The Collection of Mark McDonald
Thomas Downing's Four Blue Five, 1962, a 66¾" x 66¾" acrylic on canvas, signed, dated, and titled, came from McDonald's personal collection. Estimated at $20,000/30,000, it sold for $62,500 to a dealer on the phone. Downing was one of the Washington Color Painters (named for their original 1965 exhibition in ... (Read More)
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