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(Feature)In the Trade: Laura Fisher, New York City
In the TradeLaura Fisher, New York Cityby Frank DoneganLaura Fisher with some of her 300 or so hooked rugs. She also has dozens of rag carpets and braided rugs.A corner of Fisher’s quilt room where she stores approximately 500 quilts. “I have a big inventory,” she said. “If I’d become ... (Read More)
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(Feature)NHADA Directory
The newly revised 2009 directory of the New Hampshire
Antiques Dealers Association will be available by the end of February. The directory
will list 286 members in good standing, including addresses, phone numbers, e-mail
addresses, and their specialties. The New Hampshire dealers are listed alphabetically
by town. There are dealers ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dawson & Nye to Begin Free Weekly Walk-in Appraisal Days and Monthly Gallery Talks
Dawson & Nye to Begin Free Weekly Walk-in Appraisal Days and Monthly Gallery TalksDawson & Nye, the Morris Plains, New Jersey, auction house, will begin a free weekly appraisal service in its galleries. Each Monday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the gallery will be open to anyone wishing to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sale Offers Different Perspectives
Garth's, Delaware, Ohioby Don JohnsonPhotos courtesy Garth'sIt comes down to perspective. During Garth's annual Thanksgiving weekend auction on November 28 and 29, 2008, in Delaware, Ohio, two contrasting views were expressed to the Garth's staff. One person with a home full of early American furniture and accessories expressed nervousness over ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Clock Market: "Running a Little Slow"
R.O. Schmitt Fine Arts, Manchester, New Hampshireby Jeanne SchintoPhotos courtesy Schmitt'sThe sale’s top lot, a circa 1889 Seth Thomas Regulator No. 10, was pictured on the catalog’s inside cover. In a 72" tall walnut case with burled accents, it has an eightday weight-driven movement, a good signed silvered dial, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Toys and Other Things
Noel Barrett Antiques & Auctions Ltd., New Hope, PennsylvaniaSalesman’s samples are in demand, especially when they have to do with agriculture. This complex and fully functional working sales model of a double gang-plow for The Peru Plow & Wheel Co., with the words “Pace-Maker/ Gang/ ‘It Sets the Pace,’” retains ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Christie's: "The Cup Is Half Full"
George Washington at Valley Forge by Tompkins Harrison Matteson, signed and dated 1854, oil on canvas, 36" x 48", together with a preliminary sketch, sold on the phone for $314,500 (est. $300,000/ 500,000). It is a record for the artist. In May 2003 it was sold by the Sherburne Public ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gray Oil Leads Farmer Sale
High lot of the Farmer sale was this oil on canvas by Jack Lorimer Gray (1927-1981), Paying in the Nets, depicting two fishermen in an open rowboat working their nets in choppy seas. A fog-shrouded coastline is visible in the background. The image is 25" x 36" (sight size) and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Remains Strong at Green Valley
This miniature (4¼" tall) saltglazed stoneware pitcher marked “S Bell” emerged as the high lot of the sale. (The catalog attributed it to Samuel Bell when he worked in Winchester, Virginia, from about 1825 to 1842.) It is heavily decorated with cobalt floral and feather designs as well as other ... (Read More)
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(Auction)What Price History?
Bloomsbury Auctions, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Bloomsbury AuctionsThis vellum manuscript wedding certificate of Isaac Norris Jr. and Sarah Logan was signed by family, friends, and notables of Philadelphia Quaker society. Their 1739 wedding was one of the most significant social events in the city’s early history. The document ... (Read More)
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