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(Fragment)Cincinnati Carved Cabinet Goes Home, Sort Of
When Herbert Broadfoot II and his wife, Nancy, decided to downsize, they consigned a family heirloom, a Cincinnati carved cabinet attributed to William Henry Fry (1830-1929), to Great Gatsby’s Auction Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia. The cabinet had been a wedding present in 1876 for Nancy Broadfoot’s great-great-aunt Mary Boyd and had ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 42nd Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show
St. Charles, Illinois
The 42nd Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show, October 15 and 16, 2016, felt more like a family reunion than a show. We’ve previously written here that Chicago Suburban Antiques Dealers Association (CSADA) events, held twice a year in St. Charles, Illinois, seem to be a love fest for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany Lantern, Found in a Janitor's Closet, Tops Design Sale
Freeman’s, Philadelphia
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Freeman’s 51-lot design sale on Sunday, October 16, 2016, was billed as “tightly curated.” Specialist Tim Andreadis said, “We turned down more than we took in.”
The sale focused on two dozen lots by George Nakashima and his daughter, Mira, and three discoveries in disparate categories that fall ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Bright Day at the Shenandoah Antiques Expo
Fishersville, Virginia
The 59th edition of the Shenandoah Antiques Expo was held October 14-16, 2016, on the grounds of Augusta Expo in Fishersville, Virginia. Looking forward to the 60th edition, Heritage Promotions owners Sanford and Mary Ferguson and Raymond and Martha Stokes are very optimistic.
Speaking for Heritage Promotions, Ray Stokes described ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mittler Scrimshaw Blowout
Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc., East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred’s
It was just like the old days at Eldred’s sale on October 15, 2016, when a full house convened for the star attraction—the scrimshaw collection of Thomas Mittler. Marine art from the Newport, Rhode Island, estate of Robert Tiedemann and a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spanning Generations
AntiqueAdvertising.com
Photos courtesy AntiqueAdvertising.com
Wm Morford Auctions has launched an online business that’s part auction, part retail shop, and part price guide. Branded as AntiqueAdvertising.com, the platform offers timed Internet auctions, a first for company founder William Morford, who has specialized in absentee sales for 25 years. The site also features occasional ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine and Decorative Art Auction
Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
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A portrait by French artist William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905), its whereabouts unknown for more than a century, sold for $1,102,500 (including buyer’s premium) at the fine and decorative art auction held by Cowan’s Auctions on October 15, 2016, in Cincinnati, Ohio. How that painting came ... (Read More)
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(Show)Ohio Country Antique Show
Wilmington, Ohio
There was a lesson to be learned at the Ohio Country Antique Show, held October 15, 2016, in Wilmington, Ohio. Bill Hopper of Red Rooster Two Antiques, Vincennes, Indiana, found out all too well. It had to do with sales. If you really didn’t want to sell something, you ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Devil's Dictionary of Antiques Collecting: Part 1
Every specialty has its own private language—business, law, politics, the sciences, antiques. Sometimes the intricacies of a profession demand words not in common use: scientists mutter about “cosines,” attorneys about resolutions settled “with prejudice,” and actors about “panning shots.” And this argot is all but demanded by the individual’s field. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Stars and Bars Barred
Editorial
A California law, passed with little notice several years ago, had good intentions but has brought unintended consequences.
The law specifies that the state of California “may not sell or display the Battle Flag of the Confederacy, also referred to as the Stars and Bars, or any similar image, or tangible ... (Read More)
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