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(Auction)Things Go Better with Coke-Like Toys and Dolls
James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoAt James D. Julia's toy, doll, and advertising auction on June 23 in Fairfield, Maine, the top lot brought just over $40,000, and dozens of items sold above the $5000 mark. What was equally remarkable is that only a few dozen items failed ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Something Called "Bailment"
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittLast month I mentioned that fellow column writer David Vazdauskas had written me about a consignor who suffered a loss of property consigned to an auction house. David asked what recourse the consignor had. That made me think of a reader's letter I had received ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Something Called Bailment
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittLast month I mentioned that fellow column writer David Vazdauskas had written me about a consignor who suffered a loss of property consigned to an auction house. David asked what recourse the consignor had. That made me think of a reader's letter I had received ... (Read More)
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(Show)Light Attendance, Good Sales at Litchfield County Antiques Show
Kent, Connecticutby Ed PfeifferWhat does it take to create a prestigious, top-flight antiques show? Based on the highly respected and upscale Litchfield County Antiques Show, which took place this year on June 23 and 24 in Kent, Connecticut, there seem to be several key ingredients. Start with an eye-pleasing, tastefully ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Southern Calendar Clocks Still Irresistible
Mebane Antique Auction Gallery, Mebane, North Carolinaby Pete PrunklMoments before the annual antique clock sale, held June 23 at Mebane Antique Auction Gallery, Mebane, North Carolina, auctioneer Jon Lambert waxed nostalgic. "Last year was exceptional," he said, reflecting on the records his gallery established for E. Howard clocks in 2006. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Mother of Inventions Auction
Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head, Maineby Mark SiscoThe June 28 auction at the Owls Head Transportation Museum in Owls Head, Maine, was billed as "Transportation & Technology" but might be described as the "Mother of All Inventions Auction." If necessity is the mother, then value and collectability are the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in the Valley
Oley, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenOley, Pennsylvania, is a kettle-shaped piece of land surrounded by hills in Berks County with dairy farms, covered bridges, and ironmasters' houses on fast-flowing streams. In 1983 Oley was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as a Historic District, the first rural municipality in America ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Dealer Maggi Weston's Collection Ignites New York Photography Auctions
Sotheby's, Christie's, Swann, Phillips de Pury & Company, New York City ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Pop Culture: The Thing That Wouldn't Die
Geppi's Entertainment Museum, Baltimore, Marylandby Karla Klein AlbertsonThere were probably ancient Greeks who thought Euripides wrote tearjerkers for the masses. Medea is definitely a weeper. And there were certainly Romans who would never dream of mingling with the riffraff at the Coliseum. For most ordinary mortals, however, pop culture is ... (Read More)
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(Show)Round Lake Is a Shot in the Arm
Round Lake, New Yorkby Betty Flood, assisted by Jessica McKeeThere were no signs of a soft economy at the 35th annual Round Lake Antiques Festival, held June 23 and 24 to benefit the library of the village of Round Lake, New York. From the reported numbers of people using the ... (Read More)
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