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(Feature)Joseph Ives & Abel Stowell: In Search of Lost Time
Fig. 1A. Gallery clock, A. Stowell & Son, Charlestown, Massachusetts, circa 1840. Note flower and vine gilt plaster of Paris façade. Fig. 1B. Dial of the Stowell gallery clock.Fig. 1C. The electrical movement was installed in 1898 and is currently in place.Fig. 1D. Original brass eight-day movement of the Stowell ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Cars and Trucks as Business Expenses
Taxes 101Nearly everyone in business ends up using a car or a truck for one reason or another. It is rare for a business to be so self-contained that no transportation over the road ever occurs.When running an antiques business, one needs to take into account what it costs to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Strongest Summer Sale Since 2007
A willet by A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) of East Harwich, Massachusetts, with turned head and carved primary feathers sold to an advanced collector for $57,500, the sale's highest price. Its excellent paint surface is in near-mint condition, but the bill was a working replacement. The rare, large curlew by Walter ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Davy Crockett's Wedding License Application Ruled Property of State
by David HewettOn July 26, the Tennessee Court of Appeals reaffirmed a trial court decision that the application for a marriage license, dated October 21, 1805, by iconic figure Davy Crockett was not the private property of 92-year-old Margaret V. Smith of Tampa, Florida. Instead, it belonged to the state ... (Read More)
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(Show)Decent Sales to Savvy Buyers at Mid-Week in Manchester
"The Spotted Charmer" is what the Norwoods called the 28" x 49" hooked rug from the turn of the 20th century. Professionally mounted, it was marked $4900.Elliott and Grace Snyder of South Egremont, Massachusetts, asked $9500 for the circa 1815 Middle Atlantic States carved pine mantelpiece with unusual freestanding fluted ... (Read More)
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(Show)Barn Star's Manchester Pickers Market Draws Largest Ever Crowds
A very large carnival sign from the Niagara Falls area of New York was $2200 from Village Braider Antiques, Plymouth Falls, Massachusetts.Pictured is the back wall of the neat-looking booth put together by Pioneer Folk Antiques, Ellsworth, Maine. The portrait at upper right, signed Fullington, was tagged $625; the printing ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Sold Tags Blossom at the New Hampshire Antiques Show
Michael Hingston of Etna, New Hampshire, showed five pieces of pottery made by New Hampshire residents Edwin and Mary Scheier. The couple met in 1937 while part of the Big Stone Gap Federal Art Project in Abingdon, Virginia, and taught at the University of New Hampshire from 1940 to 1968. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The "We're Here to Sell" Show
The fairgrounds provide a bucolic setting with log cabins and pine trees.Dealer booths inside one of the two largest buildings.The first wave of early buyers.Rachel Gurley and her fiancé, Tim Libby, of Gurley Antiques Center, Yarmouth, Maine, pose in front of a charming paint-decorated Sheraton table that was $950.Deerfield, New ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Not-So-Happy Returns
In this issue, we print a letter from Ohio dealer Greg Smart concerning a transaction gone bad (see page 4-A). His letter raises issues that deserve scrutiny.In short, Smart bought a painted box four years ago for $15,000 at a show in Massachusetts and has since sold it twice. Twice, ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: What Does It Say?
by Steve ProffittIf you have ever thought that making a consignment to an auctioneer is a quick and easy process, you are right—it can be. What it cannot be is quick and easy, plus safe and secure. To gain safety and security requires a consignor to spend time and effort ... (Read More)
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