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(Show)The Vermont Antiques Dealers' Association Annual Show
The most visually exciting piece of the show! Stephen-Douglas Antiques, Rockingham, Vermont, must have a very deep stock. We’ve visited their booth in at least six shows this year and don’t recall seeing the same piece twice. The very brightly painted four-drawer chest, found in Putney, Vermont, is yellow with ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Packed House and Strong Retail Presence Spark Labor Day Sale
This 40" high bronze sculpture by Malvina Hoffman depicting Russian dancers Anna Pavlova and Mikhail Mordkin is dated 1917 and bears the foundry marks of the Roman Bronze Works. There had been a lot of presale interest, but when it was offered, Bill Smith had to work hard to get ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: A Tsunami of Counterfeits
Counterfeiters have become more sophisticated and accomplished in cranking out fake bills. The problem is widespread enough that even many small, rural shops now have a counterfeit detection pen handy, ready to see if the bills they receive are real or fake.Counterfeit bills are one thing. Counterfeit coins are quite ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Less Agita, More Action at Fall Art Sale
Studies for Sculpture by Henry Moore (1898-1986) in charcoal, wax crayon, watercolor wash, ink, and gouache on paper, sheet size 15¾" x 11½", brought $82,950 (est. $30,000/50,000). Signed and dated “Moore 50,” it was from the Grasso estate. Speaking of his sculptural studies in general, Robin Starr said, “They hark ... (Read More)
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(Show)Coastal Maine Antiques Show
“I love red sold tags,” Melissa Alden of M.S. Carter Antiques, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, said with a laugh, as she applied one to this rustic wooden apple tree ladder.Damariscotta, Maineby Mark SiscoThe Coastal Maine Antiques Show, sponsored by the Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA) in cooperation with the Damariscotta River ... (Read More)
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(Auction)On-Site Antique Automobilia Auction
A 1930 Ford phaeton touring car in running condition sold for $24,200.Chevy convertible, 1940, with world’s fair license plates, brown, $17,050.Hornet Sportabout AMC, beige, $82.50.Jon Lee Auction Services, Poestenkill, New Yorkby Betty FloodJon Lee Auction Services held an on-site estate auction in Poestenkill, New York, on September 12 of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana, Round Two
This painted and comb-decorated dry sink brought $14,375. Cyr photo.A display for Dr. David Roberts’s veterinary medicines sold for $5750. Cyr photo.A pair of primitive portraits by the same artist, each of the subjects seated insimilar red-upholstered chairs with just the corners visible and each in an original painted and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: David Rudd and Debbie Goldwein of Dalton's, Syracuse, New York
David Rudd and Debbie Goldwein.A very partial view of Dalton’s large shop.A pair of rockers from 1902-04 in original finish, $10,500 the pair, flank a circa 1907 Gustav Stickley cedar-lined blanket chest with its original surface and iron hardware, $32,000. Rudd said the pair of rockers has always been together. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)A Summary of the Egerton Family and Their Furniture: What's Attributable, What's Not
by David A. Sperling(This is the third in a three-part series.)Matthew Egerton, Sr. and Jr., of New Brunswick, New Jersey, created some of the most elegant formal and country/formal furnishings for early America. They used the finest woods and matching veneers. Their cabinetwork, especially the clock cases, possessed superb form, ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Report All the Beans
by Steve ProffittLast month, I wrote about my experience recounting how I was requested to write a column about the buyer's premium for a group I didn't identify. I submitted an outline of points for the piece but ran into trouble when I stated that the money collected from a ... (Read More)
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