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(Auction)Americana Stands Tall
Early in the auction the top painting lot, a 30" x 24" oil on canvas portrait of Sambo the Beggar Man by Ethan Allen Greenwood (1779-1856), sold for $13,420, an auction record for the artist. Greenwood was one of the earliest artists to use the physiognotrace, an instrument used to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Getman Creates Two New Antiques Shows for the Holiday Season
Antiques show promoter Marvin Getman of New England Antique Shows will present two new events for the 2009 holiday season. "I believe that many people are looking to use their gift money more wisely this year, and given the chance, they will welcome the opportunity to purchase unique items that ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sideli Exhibition at Tillou Gallery
John Sideli, Rare Bird, mixed-media construction, 17" x 15" x 31/2".Many know John Sideli as a dealer in American antiques and folk art. He's also an artist, and his work is the subject of the inaugural exhibition at Tillou Gallery in Litchfield, Connecticut, a new division of Jeffrey Tillou Antiques ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Campbell & Morton/ Penn Yan: A Newly Discovered Stoneware Manufacturing Partnership
The Collector's Findby Steven B. Leder and Jack McMackinThe allure of collecting antique American salt-glazed stoneware is due to not only the attractive cobalt blue decorations frequently seen on crocks, jugs, and pitchers, but also the important fact that many pieces have impressed marks allowing for precise identification of potter, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Free Night at Historic Alexandria Antiques Show
Visitors to this year's Historic Alexandria Antiques Show in Alexandria, Virginia, can treat themselves to an evening of looking and learning without paying the admission fee. Celebrating its 61st consecutive year, the show will be free to visitors after 5 p.m. on Friday, November 13 only. Show admission at other ... (Read More)
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(Auction)One Auction Record at Summer Sale of Vintage Posters
Swann Galleries, New York Cityby Richard de ThuinPhotos courtesy SwannWe were preparing to turn in our paddles and leave the salesroom at Swann Galleries on August 5 when we bumped into a dealer/collector who lives here in New York City."How did you do today?" we asked."Didn't buy anything," he replied.His ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Kennedy Photography
Garth's Auctions' 49th annual Thanksgiving Americana auction on November 27 and 28 in Delaware, Ohio, will include original photography by the late Robert Davidoff from his book The Kennedy Family Album (2008).In conjunction with the sale, the Columbus Museum of Art and the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum will host ... (Read More)
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(Show)Holiday Show Rings in the Fall, Brings in the Buyers
Joe Bartolomei of Critter Run Antiques, Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, just couldn't resist hamming it up. He insisted upon climbing into the copper hip tub ($2100) whose faucet was marked Doulton & Co., London & Paisley. The green and blue coverlet hanging on the side like a towel ($750) was made ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Record-Setting Southern Sampler Leads Evans Sale
The star of the Evans sale was this magnificent silk-on-linen sampler. It carries two stitched inscriptions: "Sarah. Ann. Gibbons'. Sampler./ Harrisonburg... August. th. 8/ A.D. 1834" and "Near Avon's banks a cultured spot. With many a tuft of flowr's adorned./ Was once an aged shepherd's cott. Who scenes of greater ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Wyeth Drawings Top Gamage Auction
An Andrew Wyeth graphite study of the schooner Stephen Taber sold for $12,320.An Andrew Wyeth drawing of Dudley Rockwell sold for $29,120.Queen Anne lowboy, $5488.Bruce Gamage, Jr., Rockland, Maineby Mark SiscoBruce Gamage billed his August 24 auction in Rockland, Maine, as "Small amount of items-large amount of quality and freshness." ... (Read More)
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