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(Book Review)New Book Documents Early Furniture of America's Lower Mississippi River Valley
A Book Reviewby Ed Polk DouglasFurnishing Louisiana: Creole and Acadian Furniture, 1735-1835by Jack D. Holden, H. Parrott Bacot, and Cybèle T. Gontar, with Brian J. Costello and Francis J. PuigThe Historic New Orleans Collection, 2010, hardbound, 552 pp., $95 plus S/H from Historic New Orleans Collection, (www.hnoc.org) or (504) 598-7147.For ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Albert Sack Has Died
Dealer and author Albert Sack of the legendary antiques firm Israel Sack has died. We'll have more information when it becomes available. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Herkimer Home Closed
by Sabrina Pry and Betty FloodHerkimer Home State Historic Site, a gem of the American Colonial period, closed for the winter with no plans to reopen, according to Dan Keefe, spokesman for the New York Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). The Georgian-style house is located in Little ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Esmerian Pleads Guilty to Fraud
by David HewettOn April 15 Ralph Esmerian, a former president and former chairman of the board of trustees of the American Folk Art Museum in New York City, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote in U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, to a three-count indictment ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skiing and Judaica Posters Make a Splash
The second of several Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) works to come up for bid, La Dame Aux Camelias (1896), a condition B 77½" x 26¾" framed poster, attracted two phone bidders and sold for $19,200. While not an auction record, the price was the auction's highest bid.A Rolf Kemp (dates unknown) ... (Read More)
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(Auction)No Trick: Houdini Poster Brings $30,000
Potter & Potter Auctions, Chicago, Illinoisby Danielle ArnetThe catalog cover lot was catnip for the press, and local TV showed up just to film its sale. The 1902 German color litho with English text at lower right, 31¼" x 43", shows Houdini demonstrating his escape abilities before a panel of ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 23rd Street Armory Antiques Show
Malcolm Magruder of Millwood, Virginia, asked $15,000 for this Moravian chair with an old surface; it came from North Carolina and sold. The friendship quilt from New York state was $12,000. Magruder said he was quite satisfied with his sales and met some new customers.Ron Bassin of A Bird in ... (Read More)
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(Feature)That Gothic Bench in the Garden: How Old Is It?
One of the benches bought by the McGaughs.by David HewettHow important would you think your "Pair of Important Gothic Revival Cast Iron Benches, mid-19th century" was once a rash of similar benches began showing up at auctions and retail shops?Worse yet, how confident would you feel about having paid $6838.39 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ecclesiastical Pennsylvania German Pewter Chalice Sold
Photo courtesy Hassinger & Courtney.by Karl H. PassAn 18th-century American pewter chalice, belonging to the congregation of St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Freeburg, Pennsylvania, sold for $43,000 on April 9. Unmarked and standing 10½" tall, the chalice has survived with its original lid. The buyer was a Pennsylvania private collector ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Florida Defeats Deregulation
On May 6 a deregulation bill was defeated in the Florida State Senate by a wide vote margin (32-6). The vote was a victory for auctioneers and consumers. The auction industry in Florida, which has over 1800 auctioneers and 846 auction businesses, had been slated for deregulation. If the bill ... (Read More)
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