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(Auction)Motley's Celebrates Its 40th Year of Auctions
Motley's Auction & Realty Group, Richmond, Virginiaby Walter C. NewmanRichard Motley entered the auction business as a volunteer. After a family tragedy, Dick and his wife, Linda, became active in the Richmond, Virginia, chapter of the March of Dimes. During one of the charity's fund-raising auctions, Dick was pressed into ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Stoneware Stag Hunted at Pook & Pook's
Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenPook & Pook Inc. in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, put together 921 lots of mostly American furniture and decorations, including some appealing19th-century stoneware and a dozen painted dower chests, for a fall sale on September 28 and 29. It brought out the locals, attracted a ... (Read More)
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(Feature)A Spirit Anew
Renton, Washingtonby Cathy AldrichLast spring left us with the dance in transition. The party who had conceived the whole notion was leaving, looking forward to sitting on the sidelines. The new partner understood the moves and was ready to waltz on alone. The new venue for the dance passed muster, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Final Ford Sale Yields a Nugget
Stack's, New York City ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Target Ball Prices Take Wing
American Bottle Auctions, Sacramento, Californiaby Ralph FinchAnother exciting installment of the sale of the Alex Kerr target ball collection took place August 8-13 when Jeff Wichmann and his American Bottle Auctions (ABA) of Sacramento, California, offered a helping of 23 items ranging from common to very nice to one-of-a-kind-and selling ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Washington Chair and Tiffany Desk at End of Summer Sale
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maineby Mark SiscoLabor Day weekend saw two major auctions competing head-to-head on the coast of Maine. Thomaston Place Auction Galleries held a two-day sale September 1 and 2 in Thomaston, while just a few miles down the road in Newcastle, Robert Foster held his big ... (Read More)
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(Show)2007 Vermont Dealers' Show Is Successful
Manchester, Vermontby David HewettThere were generally favorable reports coming from exhibitors at this year's Vermont Antiques Dealers' Association Antiques Show, but the best news was contained in this one: "I walked the floor most of the weekend and saw a lot of younger customers this year," manager James Dunn said. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Weston Show: 49 Years, with or without Mother Nature's Assistance
Weston, Vermontby David HewettThe only element separating this year's version of the Weston Antiques Show from those of the past was attributable to Mother Nature. Where the setting for past shows has been smack-dab in the middle of the shining yellows and vivid reds of Vermont's premier attraction, foliage season, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Leslie Hindman Auctioneers to Expand, Add Glass Department
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, Illinoisby Sharon VerbetenWhen Leslie Hindman Auctioneers reopened the doors of its Chicago auction house four years ago, success was not only on the horizon. It was expected. And with the firm's reputation and experience in the auction world, owner Leslie Hindman planned for big things. "We're ... (Read More)
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(Feature)27th Summer Antiques Show Sizzles a Second Time
Baltimore, Maryland
by Robert Kyle
The Three Musketeers did it again. The trio of young show promoters, known as the Palm Beach Group, convincingly confirmed that last year's dramatic resurrection and rebirth of a middling 26-year-old downtown Baltimore event was no accident. One for all and all for one certainly translated into ... (Read More)
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