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Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenThe Original 23rd Street Armory Antiques Show, promoter Frank Gaglio's show, began Philadelphia's Antiques Week with real energy on Friday morning, April 11. Folk art dealer Allan Katz, in town for the Philadelphia Antiques Show, was first in line at 9 a.m. By the time the doors ... (Read More)
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Wintergarden Auction Services, Monson, Massachusettsby Ed PfeifferIt was antiques in Toyland, or maybe vice versa, at Wintergarden Auction's March 15 sale of children's diverse playthings. There were some 288 lots of toys, dolls, trains, games, bicycles, and other categories. Auctioneer Frank Kapsia said most of them were from four large ... (Read More)
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Some in the art and antiques show business, caught up in a tough economic climate, have taken a cue from medical students and are employing a version of Sutton's law. (Sutton's law is the principle of going straight to the most likely diagnosis of a problem. It's named for bank ... (Read More)
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by David HewettAt 4 a.m. on the morning of Tuesday, April 29, Hillsborough Center, New Hampshire, auctioneer Richard Withington died. He passed away at the Birches in Concord, New Hampshire, a community for those with Alzheimer's disease. Withington had been hospitalized after a stroke.It was only circumstance that had landed ... (Read More)
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Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenFreeman's traditionally had held its spring sale the Saturday after Antiques Week in Philadelphia with its presale viewing during the week when the dealers and collectors come to town for shows and museum exhibitions. This year the preview began before the shows opened and continued during ... (Read More)
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Crocker Farm, York, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassThe Zipps of Crocker Farm, Inc., Ryderwood, Maryland, added something new for their ceramics auction, held March 8 in the Old Main Building at the fairgrounds in York, Pennsylvania-a show and sale. Renting tables for $100 apiece, dealers in antique and contemporary pottery could ... (Read More)
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Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers, Delaware, Ohioby Don JohnsonA Pilgrim-Century press cupboard that got high billing in a 1931 auction was turning heads again during Garth's January 4 and 5 sale in Delaware, Ohio, where it was the top lot of the weekend at $38,775 (includes buyer's premium). "It's one of ... (Read More)
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by Rose Safran Well over 20 years ago, walking in Ogunquit, Maine, I wandered into a small, private oceanfront museum located near Perkins Cove where a popular cliff walk offers visitors magnificent vistas of the state's rockbound coast. Greeting me at the museum's entrance was an elderly gentleman clad in ... (Read More)
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The folk art and Americana auction held April 19 by Willis Henry Auctions, Inc. in Dedham, Massachusetts, featured a miniature firkin in original Windsor green paint, stamped on the lid "C.H." (probably Cotton or Caleb Hersey of Hingham, Massachusetts), in excellent condition, 21/2" high x 2" in diameter at the ... (Read More)
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Craftsman Auction, Lambertville, New Jerseyby Lita Solis-CohenMarket watchers say that the art market usually doesn't react immediately to downturns in financial markets and that the art and antiques markets don't feel the impact for many months, or even years. The record-breaking Craftsman Auction weekend sale at Rago Arts and Auction ... (Read More)
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