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(Show)Rifle Hall Americana Antique Show & Spring Jubilee
Round Top, Texasby Steve BrooksKaren and Charley Buckingham of Burleson, Texas, offered this hooked rug from Texas, circa 1880, for $2800. The rug was hooked from old clothing, most of it cotton, and the loops were left intact, rather than clipped. "They recycled old clothing," said Karen. "They couldn't afford ... (Read More)
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(Show)Sterling McCall Antiques Showcase
This silverware set was custom made for William K. Vanderbilt, grandson of tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt, in the late 19th century. It was priced at $29,500 by Phil Dreis of Antique Cupboard, Waukesha, Wisconsin.These production pottery pieces were made around 1940 by the Roseville Pottery Co., Zanesville, Ohio, which mold-cast and ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Chicago Botanic Garden Antiques & Garden Fair
Business was brisk at the booth of Gladstone Jones, Philadelphia, which was filled with botanical prints.We snapped a photo of London seller Robert Bloch in his booth. The French 19th-century drapery table is $6600. Behind it, the French bistro mirror measures 59" x 74" and is $6500. The mid-19th-century French ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Leigh Keno Will Chair Antiques in the Gardens
Dealer, auctioneer, and Antiques Roadshow personality Leigh Keno will be the honorary chair for the Antiques in the Gardens show, held at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine. The show is produced by the Maine Antiques Dealers Association. Keno will be in attendance at the gala preview event ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Passed-Lot King?
by David HewettAntique Place in Hallandale, Florida, may be a possible record holder for passed lots. It has had four Live Auctioneers sales in 2010. The auctions ranged in size from 215 lots to 270 lots. So far this year it has offered a total of 956 lots. According to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rare Southern York County, Pennsylvania, Paint-Decorated Chest Surfaces at Small Household Sale
by Karl H. PassIt was not a typical Tuesday evening sale for Wehrly's Auction Service Inc. on May 11. The small rural Glen Rock, Pennsylvania-based company sold an unusual paint-decorated southern York County, Pennsylvania, lift-top chest for $11,000 (includes buyer's premium) to a Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, private collector."We believe it ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Paint and Provenance Power Auction
William Jurian Kaula landscape of the Pemigewasset Valley of New Hampshire, $10,925.Delaware Valley ladder-back armchair, $10,350.Spectacular open-top pewter cupboard, probably from the Margaree Valley region of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. It had an array of detailed decorative carvings, ranging from a reticulated dentil cornice, to pinwheel rosettes and quarter sunburst ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Who Did That to You?
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittHow do we get into the bad spots that we do? We usually do it to ourselves. We "sell" ourselves into the predicaments that haunt and harm us.Take my cousin, Junior, over in Boaz, Alabama, a real intellectual and crack negotiator too. Cross Gomer Pyle ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.A Force for Change: African American Art and the Julius Rosenwald ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Energy and Interest at California and Western Paintings Auction
Woman in a Garden Sewing by Joseph Kleitsch (1882-1931), 24" x 30", sold to a Bay Area private collector for $230,000. The painting was one of several offered from the estate of Nancy M. Daly, a Los Angeles collector who was married to L.A. mayor Richard Riordan. "Kleitsch is one ... (Read More)
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