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(Issue Story)Pitfalls in Making Good Decisions as a Collector
Experienced antiques collectors have learned a thing or two, especially when it comes to deciding which pieces to add to their collections. They know that forces weigh on them, sometimes only on the edges of awareness or hidden altogether, and not always positive. Nor is the collector’s thinking always rational. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Daniel Boone Compass Navigates the Block at Heritage
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texa
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Several extraordinarily important artifacts of American heritage fetched six-figure amounts when they crossed the auction block at Heritage Auctions’ February 25 and 26 Americana and political “Signature” auction in Dallas.
The auction included a compass owned by explorer Daniel Boone (1734-1820), who served as a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Abercrombie Leads Three-Day Auction in Maine
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ three-day sale “Winter Enchantment,” held February 24-26, brought in a total of “just under $1.7 million” with an 85% sell-through rate. The weekend sale saw 1377 lots offered.
“Friday was fun, Saturday was not so much fun, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Ricky Jay Collection: Part One
Potter & Potter Auctions, Chicago, Illinois
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“It is a peculiar profession.” —Ricky Jay, speaking about magic in the 2012 documentary Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Celebrated magician Ricky Jay, born Richard Jay Potash, was much more than a performer. The master of sleight ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decoys and More at Copley
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Hingham, Massachusetts
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From the Hingham, Massachusetts, offices, Stephen B. O’Brien Jr. and his Copley Fine Art Auctions brought 657 lots of decoys and fine art to market in an online auction February 24 and 25 that brought more than $2.2 million and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Alderfer Auction Opens Second Location
Alderfer Auction has opened a second location, a 14,000-square-foot facility at 584 West Swamp Road, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
According to the company, the decision to expand to a second location came from a desire and need to increase its footprint with room for more offices, processing, and a showroom plus ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, March 2023
This month’s “Letter” contains any number of curious items, not least a tiny ring inset with a “Toadstone,” which turns out to be the fossilised tooth of a long extinct fish, and a very rare early printing of the sheet music for “Jingle Bells,” a familiar song that centuries later ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New CEO at Hindman
Alyssa D. Quinlan is the new chief executive officer at Hindman. She has served as Hindman’s chief business development officer for the past three years, a period in which Hindman increased annual sales by 43%. In 2022 the company recorded its highest-ever annual sales total.
Alyssa D. Quinlan.
Quinlan has 25 years ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Collecting Denim
Never in his wildest dreams could a miner in the Old West have imagined that the jeans he wore and labored with by candlelight would sell for $87,400 during a 2022 festival celebrating all things denim.
Nor could Solomon Warner have believed that a pair of jeans he stocked in his ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bonhams Skinner Americana
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Bonhams Skinner
The warmth of wood featured in the Bonhams Skinner February 12-22 online sale “American History in Wood: The Levine Folk Art Collection,” which brought to market 404 lots spanning American history. As serious collectors do, Anne and Dr. Robert “Bob” Levine delivered meticulous provenance, ... (Read More)
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