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(Auction)The Rubin Collection of Wedgwood
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
Freeman’s called the February 15 sale in Philadelphia of the Wedgwood collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin and Suzanne Borow Rubin “All the Variety and Perfection.” Fellow collector and Wedgwood scholar Woody Johnson said, “Suzanne and Ellis were following the model of the Buten Museum in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mid-19th-Century Documents Top Lots at Muscarelli Auction
Muscarelli Auction Company, Taylorsville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Muscarelli Auction Company
Two historical handwritten documents tied for the top lot at Taylorsville, North Carolina-based Muscarelli Auction Company’s online sale that ended February 11. A letter from Confederate General Robert E. Lee to the governor of Florida and an account ledger book kept ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Theft of Antique Canes Reported in Roswell, Georgia
A Roswell, Georgia, collector contacted police regarding an alleged theft of ten-plus antique canes that were in a container next to his front door. Some of the canes had silver handles, and the collector guessed the value of the collection was $50,000 to $100,000.
The 62-year-old collector—disabled, bedridden, and unable to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Charlton Hall Sells Hopper Collection
Charlton Hall Galleries, Inc., West Columbia, South Carolina
Photos courtesy Charlton Hall Galleries, Inc.
History ran deep in maps, books, and manuscripts from pre-Revolutionary War times through the Civil War at Charlton Hall Galleries’ February 10 online auction, and history was made with several record-setting prices.
The 376-lot, no-reserve sale of the collection ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)MADA’s Annual Coastal Show Moves One Week Earlier
The annual Coastal Maine Antiques Show is moving to one week earlier. The popular one-day show produced by the Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA) will be held on Wednesday, August 16, at the Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta, Maine.
The show was scheduled for August 23—its traditional fourth Wednesday ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Fuehrs to Open Antique Round Top
On March 18 antiques dealers Ted and Jennifer Fuehr will open Antique Round Top in Round Top, Texas. The 8000-square-foot, climate-controlled venue will showcase the wares of their company, American Spirit Antiques, along with curated collections from a select group of antiques dealers.
“When you’ve been in the business for forty ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)2023 Failey Grants
The Decorative Arts Trust has announced that the 2023 Dean F. Failey Grant recipients will be British and Irish Furniture Makers Online (BIFMO), London; the Center for Painted Wall Preservation (CPWP), Hallowell, Maine; Preservation Long Island (PLI), Cold Spring Harbor, New York; and Stenton, Philadelphia.
The Failey grant program provides support ... (Read More)
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(Show)The February York Show
The Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
The 180th Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, held February 3 and 4 at Memorial Hall East on the Fairgrounds in York, Pennsylvania, seemed like a recovering aging friend who had lost a lot of weight after a serious illness: ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Inaugural Firearms Auction
Guyette & Deeter, St. Michaels, Maryland
Photos courtesy Guyette & Deeter
There have been big doings at Guyette & Deeter in St. Michaels, Maryland. The company launched its new firearms division with an inaugural sporting arms sale February 4 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum up the street from its offices. A ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Metric Side of the Ruler
Beneath the Surface
Bias comes up often in conversation these days, and as is always the case when any word gets thrown around rapidly, the meaning begins to get dented up or to accumulate connotations that do not belong to it. Because it is often used in connection with ideas that ... (Read More)
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