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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, June 2026
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer's premium when charged. We're always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)More Glass for Glass Museum
The Vaseline Glass Collectors, Inc. (VGCI) and The Stretch Glass Society have unveiled two permanent exhibitions at the National Glass Museum in Wellington, Kansas, coinciding with the museum's grand reopening in March 2026. The adjoining installations celebrate two visually striking and historically significant traditions of American glassmaking: the iridescence of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Second Part of King Collection is 100% Sold
Flying Pig Auctions, Westmoreland, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Flying pig Auctions
The second part of the Matt King collection sale at Flying Pig Auctions saw another 900 lots cross the block over three days, May 31 through June 2. The sale featured many lots of colorful and rare early American glass. There ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Board Treasurer Charged in Historic House Museum Theft
"I did embezzle funds to pay for my own expenses."
That quote is from a criminal complaint charging Steven E. Jahnke, the former board treasurer of the Friends of Hearthstone, Inc., which operates the Hearthstone Historic House Museum in Appleton, Wisconsin.
According to the criminal complaint filed in Outagamie County Circuit Court, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bertoia Sells Almost $2 Million of Toys in Two Days
A circa 1906 Bing gauge 4 toy locomotive soared to $78,000 (includes buyer’s premium) at Bertoia Auction’s two-day sale on May 29 and 30 in Vineland, New Jersey. The auction tallied nearly $1.9 million.
The event was highlighted by part two of the Martin and Deborah Maloy toy collection. The Maloys’ ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Justin Westbrook, Justin Westbrook Antiques
Justin Westbrook is a mover and shaker.
Since childhood, when he would polish silver and sweep floors in his grandfather's "dealers-only" auction house in Sardis, Georgia, he has loved the industry.
Admittedly, he had "a few stints" in college, crossing the Rubicon when he chose making a full-truck delivery to Atlanta over ... (Read More)
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(Auction)From a Windowsill in Oklahoma to $42,000 in New Hampshire
William A. Smith, Inc., Plainfield, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy William A. Smith, Inc.
An early blown glass flask was destined for an estate sale until Bill Smith’s auctioneer, Leon Rogers, advised that doing so would be a mistake. That was good advice as it was sold at William A. Smith’s May 27 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Davis to Retire from Historic Deerfield
Historic Deerfield president and C.E.O. John Davis will retire this fall after five years of leadership of the Deerfield, Massachusetts, institution. Davis has guided the organization through a period of growth, innovation, and renewed commitment to its mission of preserving and interpreting the art, architecture, and history of Deerfield, the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Turnabout
A nearly 70' long mural by Ben Shahn (1898-1969) is in grave danger, according to Living New Deal, an organization that documents and celebrates the accomplishments of the New Deal, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's signature accomplishment.
The fresco mural, The Meaning of Social Security, was executed in 1940-42, and lines a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, June 2026
Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani (1920-2012), untitled ("Mt. Fuji" and flames in homage to Hayami Gyoshu), after 2001. Museum purchase: R. Charles and Mary Margaret Clevenger Art Acquisition Fund, 2020.0221.
-Through June 28 -Lawrence, Kansas
Street Nihonga-The Art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani at the Spencer Museum of Art sheds light on Mirikitani's creative practice, ... (Read More)
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