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Antique Jewelry Market Winners
by Mary Ann Hensel

A platinum and diamond ring containing an octagonal step-cut diamond weighing approximately 15.20 carats and two baguette-cut diamonds weighing approximately 0.75 carat total, soared to $158,600 (est. $30,000/50,000). It was accompanied by a GIA certificate stating Q to R color range, VVS2 clarity, good polish, very good symmetry, and no ... (Read More)

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New Officers for NHADA
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From left: Melissa Alden, Kathy Schoemer, Rich Bojko, Beverly Longacre, Thomas Thompson, and Peter Sawyer. Not pictured: Peter Austin, Gail Piatt, Ken Pike, and Sharon Platt.The New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA) held its annual business meeting and dinner on November 3, 2010, at the Bedford Village Inn in Bedford, ... (Read More)

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Reproductions
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Adelaide Joy Oliver, 8 lbs. 5 ozs., daughter of Jacob and former M.A.D. staffer Laura Oliver, was born on November 8, 2010.Nora Rosalie, daughter of Andrew Richmond and Hollie Davis, authors of The Young Collector column, was born on September 6, 2010. Originally published in the January 2011 issue of ... (Read More)

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Turned Southern Chairs
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Circa 1790 lamp-black and oil painted Warren County armchair with original split oak seat. Pinned with wooden dowel on top splat.East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, announces an upcoming exhibition of seating furniture from North Carolina and Virginia, "Have a Seat": Early Turned Chairs of the Tar-Roanoke Basin. Twenty-five ... (Read More)

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The Richard and Joane Smith Sale
by Lita Solis-Cohen

The Berks County (Pennsylvania) schrank, inscribed "17 Philip Detuk 75," has a blue and red cornice with dentil and diamond molding and green-sponged molding above a red- and yellow-sponged frieze with ivory astragal for the name and date. It has raised panel doors and sides with sponged panel fields framed ... (Read More)

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USArtists 2010
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) painted this 533/4" x 403/4" oil on canvas Portrait of a Young Girl and Her Dog in England in 1776-$275,000 from Tillou Gallery. That's Peter Tillou on the left and his son, Jeffrey, on the right. "We formed a new company to sell paintings at USArtists. We ... (Read More)

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Letter from London
by Ian McKay

by Ian McKay, e-mail: Last year, for lack of anything on which to hang it, I had to abandon my usual practice of kicking off this issue with something on the Christmas theme and a seasonal greeting. Last year a copy of Dickens' immortal tale, A Christmas Carol, came too ... (Read More)

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The Young Collector's Guide to Last-Minute Gifts
by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond

The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondWe've been watching our annual round of holiday specials including How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the original cartoon, not that ghastly thing with Jim Carrey), and we've decided that there is a great deal of symbolism in that scene where the Grinch's little ... (Read More)

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Instant Ancestors: The Market for Portraits
by Daniel Grant

Signed and dated 17th-century panel painting by Hendrick Berckman. Photo courtesy Lawrence Steigrad.Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., Portrait of Mary, Countess of Wilton, oil on canvas, 57" x 45". Estimated at GBP400,000/600,000, it will be offered at Christie's in London on December 7. Christie's Images Ltd. 2010.by Daniel GrantMost homes are ... (Read More)

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Western Reserve Academy Antiques Festival
by Susan Emerson Mellish

Multiple booths, buyers, and even a bicyclist crowd just one of the many venues filled with dealers at the 29th annual Western Reserve Academy Antiques Festival, held on the campus of Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio.Debbie Schlichter of Mustard House Antiques, Greenfield, Ohio, holds a massive wooden trencher whose ... (Read More)
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