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(Auction)A Callot Soeurs Orientalist Gown, a Paisley Shawl, and a Fairy Skeleton Gown Bring Top Dollar
Augusta Auctions, New York City
Photos courtesy Augusta Auctions
A labeled Callot Soeurs couture Orientalist gown brought an impressive $30,000 (includes buyer’s premium) at a November 11, 2015, auction of couture and vintage fashions held by Augusta Auctions of Bellows Falls, Vermont, at its New York City venue, Landmark on the Park, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Accidents Happen
Last year, during a flurry of assignments and looming deadlines, I returned calls or e-mails only if they seemed urgent. When the pressure died down I finally got around to amending my negligent behavior.
“What happened?” a friend familiar with my collecting penchant inquired. “I thought maybe you got crushed by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Freeman's Pennsylvania Sale
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
Freeman’s scheduled its November 2015 Americana sale to coincide with the Delaware Antiques Show so that those flying in to shop and dealers trucking to and from the show could stop by and check out more than 500 lots of furniture, paintings, silver, ceramics, maps, prints, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Shakers in Connecticut
This past summer, the New Britain Museum of American Art (NBMAA) in New Britain, Connecticut, opened a new permanent Shaker gallery, one of only three found in U.S. art museums. The other two are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The brainchild of museum trustee ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Colorful Folk
A Book Review
A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life
by Lisa Minardi
The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc., 2015, 70 pages, softbound, $14.95 plus S/H from the Winterthur bookstore (www.winterthurstore.com) or (800) 448-3883 or (302) 888-4822.
A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Best Stand Award Winners at Winter Olympia Art & Antiques Fair
Dealers, do you need some ideas about booth design? The winners of this year’s British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) Best Stand Awards at the November 2-8 Winter Olympia Fine Art & Antiques Fair have been announced. The awards are given annually in recognition of outstanding design and presentation of stands ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The 2015 Delaware Show
Delaware Antiques Show, Wilmington, Delaware
The Delaware Antiques Show is not for beginners. It is the show for the true believers, who make pilgrimages to the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware, every November in search of the finest Americana, the highest quality craftsmanship and design in furniture, objects, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Des Barres Navigational Chart Sails to Victory
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
When it comes to 18th-century British maps of the American Colonies, early is not necessarily more valuable. That was clearly demonstrated when four maps deaccessioned by Colonial Williamsburg sold at Brunk Auctions’ November 6-8, 2015, sale. Three predated the Revolutionary War, and one ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Holiday Sale 2015
Humler & Nolan, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Humler & Nolan
Four words: different merchandise, same story. That was largely the case during the Holiday Sale 2015 conducted by Humler & Nolan in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 7 and 8, 2015. For the most part, the best things did well, while the middle ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Nadeau's Annual Fall Auction
Nadeau’s Auction Gallery, Windsor, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Nadeau’s Auction Gallery
Nadeau’s Auction Gallery held an antiques auction at its gallery in Windsor, Connecticut, on Saturday, November 7, 2015, and much of the material offered had been owned by Credit Suisse. The collection included striking portraits of prominent American businessmen and intellectuals of ... (Read More)
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