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(Auction)Goddard Family Collections
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
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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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(Auction)Scarlett Fever
Barridoff Auctions, South Portland, Maine
Photos courtesy Barridoff Auctions
Barridoff Auctions held a small, approximately 145-lot sale of art Saturday, April 1, at its comfortable facility in South Portland, Maine. The sale included paintings, prints, sculpture, and photographs. It was 90% sold.
Leading all sales was a 40" x 49 1/8" oil on ... (Read More)
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(Show)April Fools’ Day and the Greater Rochester Spring Antique Show
Henrietta, New York
There were no “fools” and no “fooling around” at the Greater Rochester Spring Antique Show, produced April 1 by the Genesee Country Antique Dealers Association (GCADA). The collectors and dealers who came and the exhibitors who exhibited were savvy, serious, and smart. At 10 a.m. the huge overhead ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ship Models Sail to Market
Boston Harbor Auctions, Norwell, Massachusetts
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Boston Harbor Auctions’ April 1 online maritime sale brought to market a range of ship models and half-hulls, along with navigational equipment and engine order telegraphs (E.O.T.s). The sale comprised just shy of 400 lots.
Larry Lannan, principal of the auction house and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Howard Rehs
It’s a family affair at Rehs Galleries, Inc., New York City, and has been for four generations. A new generation was literally “waiting in the wings” when M.A.D. spoke with Howard Rehs in early February—a first grandchild was expected that week.
As did his grandparents M. Edwin and Ruth Schillay and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany Windows Shine
Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York
Photos courtesy Cottone Auctions
Cottone Auctions held a small 218-lot sale March 31 in Geneseo, New York. Almost every lot sold, and the total was almost exactly $3 million. “There may have been about five lots that passed,” said Matt Cottone. “It was a great sale.”
Tiffany ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ring Flask Rings Up $204,000 at Crocker Farm
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm
“There are still great objects resurfacing and coming onto the market,” remarked Mark Zipp of Crocker Farm following the Zipp family’s spring sale. This was one of the questions when starting out 20 years ago—how to find the material over time, sale after sale. ... (Read More)
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