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(Book Review)Willard Lighthouse Clocks
A Book Review
Simon Willard Patent Alarm Time Pieces: An Exhibition of Willard Lighthouse Clocks by Paul J. Foley and John C. Losch Willard House & Clock Museum, 2016, 110 pages, softbound, $35 plus S/H from the Willard House & Clock Museum, (www.willardhouse.org/shop) or (508) 839-3500.
Simon Willard, perhaps America’s best-known clockmaker, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dealer Charged with Two Counts of Theft
Antiques dealer Robert Jones, 48, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, has been charged with two counts of “Theft—Business Setting,” a felony, according to a criminal complaint filed on January 19.
Court papers state that a police investigator was contacted by Marc Storch on November 15, 2015. Storch reported that he had contracted ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rago's February Sales
Rago Arts, Lambertville, New Jersey
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Rago Arts and Auction Center presented its three-day 20th-century arts and design auction February 26-28 in four catalogs. Two catalogs were for private collections, one with Tiffany, French art glass, and German porcelain plaques, and the other the collection of James and Rose ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sweet Sale Sweeps Graeter's Americana into Others' Collections
Main Auction Galleries, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Main Auction Galleries
Auctioneer J. Louis “Jay” Karp had a simple explanation for the success of the February 28 sale at Main Auction Galleries in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. “Getting great stuff,” he said. “That’s the trick of the game.”
The best material was Americana from the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)John and Ruth Page Collection Sold at Auction
William A. Smith, Inc., Plainfield, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy William A. Smith, Inc.
It was nearly impossible to find a seat in the salesroom of William A. Smith, Inc. for the February 27 midwinter auction. Customers were lined up and leaning against the wall. It is an interesting phenomenon that the gray-haired ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A $46,125 Overmantel Painting Tops Americana Sale
Skinner, Inc., Boston
It’s a rare sight in most auction rooms these days, but there it was at Skinner’s February 27 Americana sale in the Boston gallery. As the preview wound down on the morning of the sale, staff was busy rolling out pallets of chairs to augment the seating already ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Collection of Corinne H. Machmer
Conestoga Auction Company, Manheim, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Conestoga Auction Company
There is an old saying that for a dealer’s auction to be successful, the consignor has to be dead. “That is just not true when everyone likes you; everyone loves Corinne,” said Phil Nissley, a partner in Hess Auction Group, after he ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Variety Is Key at Quinn's - Central Virginia
Quinn’s Auction Galleries - Central Virginia, Louisa, Virginia
Photos courtesy Quinn’s Auction Galleries
Quinn’s Auction Galleries - Central Virginia held its winter fine and decorative arts auction on February 27 at the firm’s showrooms in Louisa, Virginia. Since opening its new location in September 2015, the firm has offered regularly scheduled cataloged, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Berman's Political Americana Collection Totals $2.75 Million
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
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Merrill C. Berman knew what he liked, and he bought what he wanted, and where his collection of political Americana was concerned, he liked and bought a lot. From February 2015 to February 2016, Heritage Auctions of Dallas, Texas, presented four cataloged auctions of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Midwinter Auction of a Country Collection
Davies Auctions, Lafayette, Indiana
The question came midway through a single-owner sale held by Davies Auctions on February 27 in Lafayette, Indiana. A dealer I’ve known for years tapped me on the shoulder and, with a smile, asked, “Is it fair to write a story about how crazy it is sometimes ... (Read More)
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