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(Issue Story)Pennsylvania Tulip-Decorated Candle Box Sells for $103,200 at Tepper
Pennsylvania Tulip-Decorated Candle Box Sells for $103,200 at Tepper
by Lita Solis-Cohen
In these days of Internet postings and digital pictures, not much goes under the radar. On November 3, 2007, at Tepper Galleries in New York City, a Pennsylvania slide-lid candle box, painted green with tulips in cream-colored reserves, estimated at ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Texas Historical Commission Nixes Davy Crockett Letter
Texas Historical Commission Nixes Davy Crockett Letter
by David Hewett
On December 7, 2007, the Texas Historical Commission announced its decision not to purchase a letter purported to have been written by one of the Lone Star State's most revered figures, Colonel David Crockett, better known as Davy Crockett, frontiersman, hunter and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Briskin Family Collection of Folk Art Sold
Briskin Family Collection of Folk Art Sold
by Lita Solis-Cohen
Not every private collection goes to auction. In a private deal said to be in seven figures, the Briskin family collection, 107 pieces of American folk art, was bought by Marcy Carsey and Susan Baerwald, partners in Just Folk, a gallery in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Allison Eckardt Ledes, 1954-2008
Allison Eckardt Ledes, editor in chief of The Magazine Antiques died at home in New York of cancer on January 8, 2008. She was 53.
Ledes arrived at Antiques in 1975, fresh out of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, where she had taken a single course in American decorative ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Sgraffito Plate Sells for Record $351,000
"There is the best and the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)October Americana Auction
Christie's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenChristie's October 3 Americana sale in New York City offered 129 lots, of which 94 (73%) sold for a total of $10,904,250 (including buyers' premiums), showing that January is not the only time that collectors and dealers compete for the best Americana when it comes ... (Read More)
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(Feature)American Indian and Western Art at Auction
Cowan's, Cincinnati, OhioBy Don JohnsonIt wasn't a screamer, but it worked. Cowan's latest American Indian and Western Art sale, held September 15 in Cincinnati, Ohio, grossed approximately $1.2 million from about 540 cataloged lots. "I was very pleased with the sales results considering we had relatively few stars in the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)New Florida Show
Florida show promoters Yvonne and Jim Tucker have announced the inauguration of a new southwest Florida show in February 2008. The new show, the South Ft. Myers/Naples Antique Show, will be held February 22 and 23 at the Three Oaks Banquet and Conference Center at 20991 Parkway in Estero, halfway ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Margot Johnson Moves Gallery
Margot Johnson, a dealer in 19th-century American antiques and specializing in the Aesthetic Movement work of Herter Brothers, New York designers, has moved to 135 East 65th Street, third floor, New York City. (There is an elevator.) Hours are by appointment; call (212) 794-2225.
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(Fragment)Pineapple Promotions Acquires Two Shows
Pineapple Promotions, Inc. has acquired the Norfolk Scope Antiques Show, Norfolk, Virginia, and the Fleur-de-Lis Antiques Show, Charlottes-ville/Keswick, Virginia, from Ray and Martha Stokes of Lynchburg, Virginia. The Stokeses will continue to operate the 2008 Norfolk Scope and Fleur-de-Lis antiques shows with support from Pineapple Promotions. All show contracts and ... (Read More)
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