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(Issue Story)Serendipity in Collecting
“Chance favors the prepared mind.” —Louis Pasteur, French chemist, microbiologist, and inventor.
Collectors sometimes find that it is the unplanned moment that rises in importance. I think of happenstance, a random event that happens by chance or coincidence. A wonderful word, happenstance, a combination of happen and circumstance, originated in America ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)All of Me: A Winfred Rembert Exhibition
Writers are taught to write about what they know. The same could be said for artists.
In the case of Winfred Rembert (1945-2021), his works of dye on carved and tooled leather, a skill he picked up while incarcerated during his youth, are filled with scenes of black life from Cuthbert, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Successful Spring Sales at Hilliard
Hilliard & Co., Madison, Virginia
Photos courtesy Hilliard & Co.
There have been several significant changes at Hilliard & Co. since we last visited. Although none of the changes affects the firm’s business model or the way in which it conducts its auctions, Hilliard is heading in the right direction toward creating ... (Read More)
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(Show)Old Venue or New, Right Turn or Left, Bowmanville Is Still the Best
Bowmanville Antiques and Folk Art Show, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
All prices are in Canadian dollars.
Left or right? Trust me, the choice had nothing to do with ideology. Rather, heading out of my driveway, it was a decision of how to travel on the morning of April 7 to cover the annual ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, April 2023
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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(Auction)Spring African American Art Sale
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
Swann Galleries held its spring African American art sale April 6, the Thursday before Easter weekend. The sale, which offered 213 lots, was helmed by two teams of auctioneers and specialists and conducted online.
Swann’s fifth- and sixth-floor space at 104 East 25th ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Goddard Family Collections
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Bonhams Skinner
All prices include the buyer’s premium.
A single-owner sale of the collections of the Goddard family of Providence, Rhode Island, drew buyers and lookers to the Marlborough, Massachusetts, gallery of Bonhams Skinner for previews of the collections. The 252-lot sale was online only and closed ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Online Sale of Overbeck Pottery Figurines and More
Walther & Hawkins Auctioneers, Centerville, Indiana
Photos courtesy Walther & Hawkins Auctioneers
A mammy holding a raised rolling pin brought a near-record price for an Overbeck Pottery figurine when it sold for $4972 (including buyer’s premium) during an online sale that closed April 5 at Walther & Hawkins Auctioneers, Centerville, Indiana. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, April 2023
This month’s “Letter” includes some quite odd lots, not least the battered metal advertising board for Silver Moonlight stove polish, as well as an equally battered-looking but rare seagoing cabin trunk by Louis Vuitton. A medieval love ring and a tiny postbox with royal links also are to be found, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Oddities Flea Market
Chicago, Illinois
From the inky skull stamped on the back of your hand upon entry to the pounding sound of goth metal music, it was clear this was a different kind of show. The Oddities Flea Market in Chicago April 1 and 2 opened with a line of people who paid ... (Read More)
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