Search Stories
Now showing 8760-8770 of 9782 result(s)
(Fragment)New Forum: Speaking from the Heart
The 28th annual Heart of Country Antiques Show, to be held March 12-14 at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, will introduce a new event, designed to reemphasize the need to learn and grow as a collector and dedicated to education. Novice shoppers and experienced buyers alike can attend ... (Read More)
|
(Show)Few Dealers for Indian Lake Show
Indian Lake, New Yorkby Betty FloodCliff Alexander of Juniper Hill Antiques, Sudbury, Vermont, had this fascinating wooden creel from the Lake Champlain Valley in original blue paint with a center hole opening, priced at $350.The Adirondack Antiques Weekend was advertised as two antiques shows, complete with shuttle service between the ... (Read More)
|
(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail A Merry Christmas, One and All!Among the books in the Seeger sale, estimated at $30,000/45,000 is a 1926 first U.S. edition of Winnie-the-Pooh that was a gift from A.A. Milne to Ernest Shepard and a copy in which he acknowledged his sense of debt to the ... (Read More)
|
(Computer Article)On-Line Encyclopedias
Computer Column #241On-Line Encyclopedias by John P.
Reid, [email protected]'s talk about
on-line encyclopedias.One of the more amazing Web sites on the Internet is
Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org). It is a
free general-purpose encyclopedia, which many people turn to first for quick information.
It is exceptional, however, for the culture in which it ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Modern Market Rolls On
Sollo:Rago Modern Auctions, Lambertville, New Jerseyby Lita Solis-CohenCharles Sumner Greene’s architectural cabinet of fumed Honduras planked mahogany, 1907-11, with handles inlaid with iridescent glass squares, invisible hinges, and a sidecupboard for rolled-up blueprints, marked “Peter and John Hall, Pasadena, CA,” 72½" x 57½" x 23½". Greene gave it to his ... (Read More)
|
(Show)The San Francisco Show
San Francisco, Californiaby Alice KaufmanThis 19th-century Italian Classical Revival inlaid mahogany and parcel-gilt bed cost $68,000 at Therien & Co., San Francisco and Los Angeles.The circa 1780 French Aubusson tapestry is a complete panel of a bouquet of flowers. The price at Kathleen Taylor-The Lotus Collection, San Francisco, was $37,500.This ... (Read More)
|
(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: 'Tis the Season to Be Thankful
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondIn the midst of the holiday season, we always try to stop, take a deep breath, and just spend a few moments being grateful. While we have the opportunity to tell our families and each other how grateful we are, we realize that we don't ... (Read More)
|
(Show)Fall at Rhinebeck
Rhinebeck, New Yorkby Fran KramerThe miniature golf bridges, 1930’s-40’s, were $2200 from Gary Promey of Atwater, Ohio.Great form on this hooked rug, $425 from Steven Rowe of Hanover, New Hampshire.Jane Wargo of Wallingford, Connecticut, sold her worktable, but the hooked rug above it ($1150) was still available.The leaves were falling, ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Chinese Plaque Creates Fireworks at Motley Sale
Motley's Auction & Realty Group, Richmond, Virginiaby Walter C. NewmanPhotos courtesy Motley’s Auction & Realty GroupThe 31" x 8" (sight size) circa 1900 porcelain plaque in a simple wooden frame was the high lot of the auction. It depicts a vertical scene of birds and chrysanthemums in a natural setting ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Still Hammering Away After 25 Years
Martin J. Donnelly Antique Tools, Nashua, New Hampshireby Mark SiscoThe remnants of a hurricane put the damper on most of the parking lot tailgate show, but this was the 25th anniversary of Martin Donnelly's entrance into the antique tool business and his ninth year of conducting a tool auction. The ... (Read More)
|
1 (800) 752-8521 • PO Box 1429 • Waldoboro, ME 04572
