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The original Frost pattern No. 171 is clearly marked with the E.S. Frost & Co. name. It has a basket tipping to the left in contrast with the Waldoboro rug at the right. It seems highly unlikely that two designers during the same time frame would come up with the ... (Read More)
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by Clayton PenningtonArticle 37 on the warrant for the May 4 town meeting in Dennis, Massachusetts, was a seven-page proposed bylaw that, if passed, would have severely limited the antiques business in the town of approximately 16,000. Action by local dealers resulted in the article's being pulled from the town ... (Read More)
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Multimillionaire art collector Halsey Minor, former head of CNET, has lost the latest skirmish in his ongoing war with the New York City auction houses.
In a March 31 judgment, Minor was ordered by U.S. District Judge Barbara S. Jones to pay Sotheby’s $6,639,850.99. As of June 14, no payments had ... (Read More)
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A Book Reviewby Lita Solis-CohenLockwood de Forest: Furnishing the Gilded Age with a Passion for Indiaby Roberta A. MayerUniversity of Delaware Press, 2008, 238 pages, hardbound, $49.50 plus S/H from University of Delaware Press, (www2.lib.udel.edu/ udpress) or (302) 831-1149.Based on her doctoral dissertation, Roberta A. Mayer's book firmly places Lockwood ... (Read More)
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In 2005 the Transferware Collectors Club (TCC) made a commitment to establish a database of transfer printed patterns on British pottery. The new database was completed and launched in July 2006. The objectives for developing this one-of-a-kind database of patterns were to provide a comprehensive on-line source of information about ... (Read More)
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Daniel Horan (left) and R.O. "Bob" Schmitt at the April 24 sale in Manchester, New Hampshire.by Jeanne SchintoR.O. "Bob" Schmitt has announced that, while he is relocating his residence to Phoenix, Arizona, this summer, the clock auction house he founded in 1979 will continue to have its semiannual sales in ... (Read More)
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