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(Feature)Attendance Low but a Perfect Summer Day
Manchester Village, Vermontby David HewettShow manager Linda Turner said she wished a few more people had come to the Hildene Antiques Show in Manchester Village, Vermont, on July 12. Even so, after it was over she said, "Almost everyone told me they had had a decent show. The Hildene people ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Auction Kicks Off Antiques Week
Northeast Auctions, Manchester, New HampshireAmericana Auction Kicks Off Antiques Weekby David HewettAntiques collectors and dealers alike anticipate Ronald Bourgeault's big Northeast Auctions summer Americana sale in Manchester, New Hampshire. It opens the series of seven events that have become known collectively as Antiques Week in New Hampshire. Dealers and collectors ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Joseph Lincoln Decoys Excel at Summer Sale
Guyette & Schmidt Inc., South Portland, MaineJoseph Lincoln Decoys Excel at Summer Saleby Karl H. PassGuyette & Schmidt held its summer decoys auction on July 26 and 27 at the Wyndham Hotel in South Portland, Maine. The 451-lot sale grossed $1,700,721 with buyers' premiums. One lot went over $100,000, but ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Clairman Sale
Tim Potter Auction Services, Port Hope, Ontario, CanadaThe Clairman Saleby Robin McMullenAll prices in Canadian fundsAlan Clairman, who died in December 2007, was a collector and dealer in the Toronto area from 1970 until 2007. He started out his career practicing law but soon realized this occupation did not suit ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Colt Walker Revolver Sells for $920,000
A Colt Walker revolver, called by James D. Julia the ?finest martial Walker in existence,? sold for $920,000 (includes buyer?s premium) at Julia?s auction house in Fairfield, Maine, on October 7.
The buyer was unidentified.
The martial Walker, used by Texas Ranger Sam Wilson, retained inspector marks, proof marks, and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Colt Walker Revolver Sells for $920,000
A Colt Walker revolver, called by James D. Julia the ?finest martial Walker in existence,? sold for $920,000 (includes buyer?s premium) at Julia?s auction house in Fairfield, Maine, on October 7.
The buyer was unidentified.
The martial Walker, used by Texas Ranger Sam Wilson, retained inspector marks, proof marks, and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Art of Renting
by Daniel GrantOver the years homeowners have purchased Jenny Laden's paintings, and as she said, "My art looks like something you'd see in someone's home." That may be good enough for the film industry. Several of the Brooklyn, New York, artist's figurative pictures of women have been used as set ... (Read More)
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(Auction)British Sporting Painting Tops Annual Auction
Barridoff Galleries, Portland, MaineBritish Sporting Painting Tops Annual Auctionby Rose SafranOn the front cover of Barridoff Galleries' attractive catalog for its August 1 sale in Portland, Maine, was a detail of The Huntsman, A Bad Scent, an equestrian sporting painting by British artist Sir Alfred Munnings. Dominant against a stark, ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Silversmiths to the Nation
A Book ReviewSilversmiths to the Nationby Lita Solis-CohenSilversmiths to the Nation: Thomas Fletcher & Sidney Gardiner: 1808-1842By Donald L. Fennimore and Ann K. WagnerAntique Collectors’ Club, 2007, 287 pages, hardbound, $95 plus S/H from Winterthur, (302) 888-4741, ; or from Antique Collectors’ Club, (800) 252-5231, Web site (www.antique-acc.com).On August 19, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Small Volume of Americana in Bonhams & Butterfields Sale
Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, CaliforniaSmall Volume of Americana in Bonhams & Butterfields Saleby Alice Kaufman The June 16 Bonhams & Butterfields auction of European and American furniture and decorative arts in San Francisco included 26 lots in its Americana section. Only 15 of those lots sold, but three of ... (Read More)
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