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ADA/Historic Deerfield Show to Return Live
by M.A.D. Staff

At a gathering at the Bernard and S. Dean Levy gallery in New York City January 18, John Davis, president and CEO of Historic Deerfield, announced the return of the annual Antiques Dealers’ Association of America/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show. Previously an October event, the show will now be held live ... (Read More)

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Record Rembert at Outsider Art Sale
by Julie Schlenger Adell

Christie’s, New York City Photos courtesy Christie’s The widely anticipated Outsider and vernacular art sale at Christie’s was held the afternoon of Wednesday, January 18, midway through Americana Week. The sale, which offered 103 lots, totaled $2,064,384, with a sell-through rate of 99%. The presale estimates totaled $1.2/2 million, according to Cara ... (Read More)

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Eagle Tops $4.5 Million 47-Lot Auction
by Julie Schlenger Adell

Sotheby’s, New York City Photos courtesy Sotheby’s Sotheby’s offered 47 lots in its “Art of the Americas” sale held January 18, midway through Americana Week. The noon sale totaled $4,514,580 (including buyers’ premiums). Of the 47 lots offered (lots 5 and 7 were withdrawn before the auction), 33 sold, for a ... (Read More)

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Revere Silver Pitcher Sells for Record $129,950
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Anyone who previewed the 400 lots of estate jewelry and coins from the New York County Public Administrator and a collection of Native American pottery for the first day of Weiss Auctions’ two-day monthly sale January 18 and 19 in Lynbrook, New York, might have walked past the tarnished Paul ... (Read More)

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Sale of the Schiffer Collection
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc. Pook & Pook offered the collection of Margaret Berwind Schiffer in 393 lots in an illustrated color catalog and sold it live in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, January 18, with about 40 people in the salesroom competing with bidders online and on ... (Read More)

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American Indian Art
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Sotheby’s, New York City Photos courtesy Sotheby’s For the first time in eight years, Sotheby’s sold American Indian art. It was an online sale January 10 through 18 that opened with sculpture from the collection of Amy and Elliot Lawrence, most of it small pieces of walrus ivory. The sale also ... (Read More)

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Halliday House Stock Sold
by Alice Kaufman

Annex Auctions by Witherell’s, Sacramento, California Photos courtesy Annex Auctions by Witherell’s Witherell’s, a Sacramento, California, auction house now run by three generations of the Witherell family, held an online single-owner sale on its Annex Auctions platform featuring the contents of Halliday House, a “quaint little antiques shop nestled in the vineyards ... (Read More)

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The Washington Winter Show Returns in Style
by Walter C. Newman

Washington, D.C. Staging an antiques and design show in Washington, D.C., in early January is, at best, problematic. The traditional holiday season turmoil is over, but Mid-Atlantic weather is always unpredictable. The Washington Winter Show has had its share of hurdles over the years, but snow, sleet, and ice storms were ... (Read More)

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Garthoeffner Collection Crosses the Auction Block
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

New England Auctions, Branford, Connecticut Photos courtesy New England Auctions The large full-bodied molded and sheet-copper weathervane in the form of Lady Liberty holding a ten-star flag and raising her right arm was made by Cushing & White (formerly A.L. Jewell), Waltham, Massachusetts. The substantial figure, 38¾" x 27½", retains the original ... (Read More)

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Peter Mavris’s Three-Hour Antiques Show
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

Hampton, New Hampshire The vagaries of weather and COVID-19 notwithstanding, Peter Mavris’s January 15 antiques show in Hampton, New Hampshire, pleased dealers and buyers alike. A couple of dealers were struck down by COVID or the flu and withdrew from the show, but it was a delight for those who did ... (Read More)
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