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by Ian McKay, e-mail: A Celtic copper-alloy comb with "armadillo" motif, A.D. 40-70. Found by a metal detectorist in a field in England, it sold for $43,825 at Bonhams.Two Roman cameos from the Bonhams antiquities sale of October 28. That of the Empress Livia sold for $159,360, and the little ... (Read More)
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Armacost Antiques Shows has assumed ownership of the Delray Beach Antiques Show, previously owned by the Delray Beach Historical Society. The show features 30 dealers from around the United States and abroad.The show will take place February 6 and 7 at the Delray Beach Community Center in Delray Beach, Florida. ... (Read More)
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by Lita Solis-CohenIn the days before there were antiques shows every week, going from gallery to gallery was a major weekend sport in New York City. Openings were social and selling events. Museum curators came early, often with patrons in tow, and reserved works to acquire.As the antiques shows became ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Rookwood Sea Green glaze vase by Matt Daly, 1900, grapes decoration, marked, 12¾" high, light crazing overall, $17,250.Rookwood Aerial Blue glaze vase decorated with a young woman and a tiger by Sallie Toohey, 1895, marked, 8¾" high, $17,250.Newcomb College vase by Henrietta Bailey, 1911, with carved and repeating irises, 12 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)
Vermont artist Stephen Huneck, 60, known for dog-themed paintings, woodcuts, and carvings, died on January 7 in Littleton, New Hampshire.Huneck's wife, Gwen, confirmed that the artist died by his own choice. A letter posted on the Internet read:"It is with great sadness that I share with you the news of ... (Read More)
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Dealer Marilyn Haley, Taylor Swift, and Bea Starr, Kay Puchsteins mother.Country singer Taylor Swift and her family shopped the October 31, 2009, Music Valley and Tailgate shows in Nashville, Tennessee. According to show management, in between shopping for antiques, Swift and her family stopped at many of the 300 booths ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)
The Young Collector
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondSometimes adults have a tendency to overcomplicate things. We talk about extenuating circumstances, right and wrong, gray areas, and we use big words or abstract concepts, but in reality, most things either are or they're not.Most of the time, life is really simpleget ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
William Toye in the studio of his Baton Rouge house, which was raided by the FBI in September 2009.Art collector and dealer Donald Fuson with some of the Clementine Hunter paintings he bought from William and Beryl Toye. A Hunter painting of a Christmas tree was considered rarethe artist painted ... (Read More)
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(Show)
George and Debbie Spiecker of North Hampton, New Hampshire, asked $6500 for the curly maple card table; the fine Boston andirons, with fire tools, fender, and jamb hook, marked J. David Boston, were $8500; the horse weathervane was $4200; the Pennsylvania corner cupboardwith swans-neck top and an alligatored cherry surface ... (Read More)
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A 43" x 40" oil on canvas folk art portrait by Ammi Phillips (1788-1865) of Theron Simpson Ludington (1850-1922) and his older sister Virginia Ludington (1846-1865), circa 1852, sold for $782,500 (includes buyer's premium) at Christie's in New York City on January 22. The buyer was Atlanta, Georgia, dealer Deanne ... (Read More)
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