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The Lebanon Antique Show Finds a New Home, but for How Long?
by Don Johnson

A variety of coverlets and quilts were displayed by the Warren County Historical Society, which hosts the Lebanon Quilt & Fabric Arts Show each March. This 50" wide end-of-the-line trolley bench from Marietta, Ohio, had a back that flipped from one side to the other. Judi and Bob Fryer of Fryer ... (Read More)

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Americana Surprises at Pook & Pook
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Sheet copper butterfly weathervane, late 19th century, attributed to J.W. Fiske & Co., New York, 22¼" high x 25½" wide, sold for $90,000 (est. $4000/8000) to a collector in the salesroom, underbid by Oliver Overlander. It’s a very rare form, and according to the condition report, the surface has been ... (Read More)

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Florida Auction House and Company President Plead Guilty to Wildlife Smuggling Conspiracy
by M.A.D. Staff

Elite Estate Buyers Inc., doing business as Elite Decorative Arts, an auction house located in Boynton Beach, Florida, and the company’s president and owner, Christopher Hayes, pleaded guilty on January 14 in U.S. District Court in Miami to an illegal wildlife trafficking and smuggling conspiracy. The auction house and Hayes ... (Read More)

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Semi-Positive Bidding on Negatives
by Mark Sisco

It’s fun to look at the players in static poses that were intended to appear dynamic. This Jack Doran Old Judge glass negative took top price honors for the negatives at $5635. Saco River photo. Three Ty Cobb T206 cards. Above: Sweet Caporal Cigarettes, graded very good, $1840. Below left: El ... (Read More)

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The 60th Washington Winter Show--a Winner
by Walter C. Newman

Janice Paull of Portimao, Portugal specializes in English ironstone china and 19th-century European ceramics. The large tureen by Hicks & Meigh dates from the first half of the 19th century. It was priced at $3000. The large vase on the top shelf, left, circa 1820, was tagged $700. The ornate ... (Read More)

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California Goes After Ivory
by M.A.D. Staff

Add California to the list of states attempting to stop the trade of antique ivory. California Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins introduced a bill on January 7 to close loopholes that she claims “prevent the effective enforcement of existing California law prohibiting the sale of ivory.” Senator Ricardo Lara is ... (Read More)

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Calendar Clock Brings $27,600
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

The 24" diameter D. J. Gale’s rosewood calendar clock was untouched and sold to a dealer in the gallery on the phone with a client for $27,600. The painted cast-iron Kewpie doll arcade target (34" long) with ten figures was rare and sold for $4887.50. McInnis photo. A Newburyport mahogany bowfront chest ... (Read More)

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Furniture by Thomas Nisbet Tops Auction
by Peter Smit

From the Ritchie family came a mahogany desk made by Thomas Nisbet & Son for the New Brunswick Legislature and inscribed in pencil “Alan Joseph Ritchie, Newcastle, NB.” The desk made $2800. Indian Town at the Foot of Main Street, Saint John, New Brunswick, a 12" x 16" gouache signed by ... (Read More)

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The Annual Augusta New Year's Day Show
by Clayton Pennington

Preliminary drawing of the Mystic Whaler, a 78' long schooner designed in 1963 by V.B. Crockett in Camden, Maine. It was $50 from dealer Dana McKinney of Rockland, Maine. The sign from the early 1940s was for the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America. ... (Read More)

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Big Crowd Sees Red at Foster's
by Mark Sisco

Connecticut Valley Chippendale four-drawer chest in dry red paint, $1980. Stepback mahogany Sheraton chest with uniform matching graining on the drawer fronts, full spiral-turned columns, and hints of tiger graining on the top edge, $990. A 6'5" x 4'6" Navajo rug showing kachinas, sun symbols, and several animal pictographs rang out ... (Read More)
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