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Fiddlers Antiques Show, Nashville, Tennessee
The Fiddlers Antiques Show will always be fondly remembered as the show where collectors popped in and out of rooms at an old motel. But the current show, under the management of Kay and Bill Puchstein, features a roster of around 60 exhibitors who happily spread ... (Read More)
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Thornton Dial Sr., McCalla, Alabama, 2007. Photo © Jerry Siegel.
—Through March 25 —Dothan, Alabama
Thornton Dial Sr. (1928-2016) is one of Alabama’s most critically acclaimed artists. The exhibition I, Too, Am Thornton Dial at the Wiregrass Museum of Art makes the case that Dial’s drawings are as significant to his practice ... (Read More)
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Withington Auctions, Goffstown, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Withington Auctions
The February 17 midwinter auction at Withington Auctions, Goffstown, New Hampshire, brought out some interesting historical objects and showcased some creations of contemporary artisans.
The three partners of the auction house, Mike Reopel, Ken Labnon, and Gary Yeaton, share some overlapping duties, but it ... (Read More)
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Photos courtesy Wiederseim Associates
If ever an auction lot qualified as a “sleeper,” it was an 18th-century English tall clock that sold February 15 at Wiederseim Associates in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, for $37,500 (includes buyer’s premium), far exceeding its $350 high estimate.
The clock’s engraved brass “sheet” dial was signed “Whitehurst, Derby” by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
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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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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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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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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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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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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