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(Fragment)Gurleys to Continue Marlborough Show
Joshua and Rachel Gurley will be producing the Thanksgiving Sunday Antique Show at the Royal Plaza Trade Center in Marlborough, Massachusetts, on November 25. “A longstanding Gurley tradition, the Thanksgiving Sunday Show is always a great event for both dealers and collectors,” the Gurleys said in press release. The show will ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Collecting Facts
Jim Gergat has been collecting for decades. His passion is American woodworkers. He does not collect furniture or carvings; he collects facts about the lives of 1500 woodworkers active in Philadelphia before 1800.
One of the intriguing mysteries about Philadelphia furniture carvers that has bugged Gergat for years is the life ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Elverson Antique Show Changes Dates
The Elverson Antique Show and Sale has changed its date to the last weekend in October. The semiannual show, held at the Twin Valley High School in Elverson, Pennsylvania, will take place on Saturday, October 27, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, October 28, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Garth’s Moves to Columbus Municipal Light Plant
Garth’s Auctions will move into a new permanent home, the historic Municipal Light Plant, near the heart of Columbus, Ohio, in January. The company’s last sale in The Barn at Stratford was September 14 and 15, when a selection of country Americana served as a fitting good-bye. The auction house ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Wherever You Go
The Young Collector
When we lived in the schoolhouse, it was maddening to lose something. By the end of our time there, the four of us were packed in like sardines, but there were only two small, atypical closets and there was no basement, so when something vanished, it was infuriating. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bonhams Sold
On September 4 it was announced that Bonhams had been acquired from private shareholders by Epiris Fund II, advised by Epiris LLP. Financial terms were not disclosed. Epiris LLP is a private equity firm.
Founded in 1793, Bonhams holds more than 250 sales a year at its salesrooms, including London, New ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Brick-and-Mortar Store for Maria and Peter Warren Antiques
Maria and Peter Warren Antiques now has a brick-and-mortar establishment in Monroe, Connecticut. A grand opening was held on September 15. While the business specializes in 18th- and 19th-century English ceramics, Chinese export, delft, and decorative arts, it also carries 19th- and 20th-century paintings, early American furniture, mid-century modern, vintage ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bob Bockius Cancels York Shows
Bob Bockius bought the Greater York Antiques Shows from Donna Burk, Jim Burk’s widow, in May 2013 and ran 11 shows at the York (Pennsylvania) Fairgrounds for a loyal following of dealers and buyers. He had hoped to celebrate the Greater York Antiques Show’s 50th anniversary on November 16 and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Jeff, Matt, and Beth Ann Foster, Man Cave Antiques, Fly Creek, New York
In the Trade
You may be old enough to remember what the antiques business was like in the 1980s and ’90s when everybody seemed to want antiques. Prices just kept going up. If you paid too much for something, you simply waited awhile and prices caught up. That’s how it is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Clarke Gallery Relocates to Rockland, Maine
Clarke Gallery Relocates to Rockland, Maine
Clarke Gallery has relocated to 338 Main Street in Rockland, Maine. The gallery was formerly located in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Having purchased the 19th-century Federal townhouse in January, Peter and Karen Clarke completed a top-to-bottom renovation of the building, complete with a large first-floor gallery space. The ... (Read More)
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