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(Auction)Early Map Surprises at Spring Auction
Hap Moore Antiques Auctions, York, MaineEarly Map Surprises at Spring Auctionby Rose SafranIt may have been the timing, for an optimistic spirit certainly prevailed at the Friday afternoon preview of Hap Moore's spring auction, where two items sold in the five-figure category and plenty of interest was indicated in the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair
Chicago, IllinoisThe Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair by Danielle ArnetChicago's Merchandise Mart gave a wonderful party April 27-30, and a great time was had by all. More to the point, the Mart's four-day Artropolis extravaganza ushered in a new era of hosting major antiques shows. And you can put your ... (Read More)
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(The Art of Marketing)The Contrarian Path to Happiness
The Art of MarketingThe Contrarian Path to Happinessby David VazdauskasIt's too bad that contrarians get a bad rap. We're seen as being unjustly negative and dour. We're serial pessimists. We see the glass as half empty. We argue that the glass would be even more empty if it were bigger.I'm ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: The Big One!
Auction Law and EthicsThe Big One!by Steve ProffittIn June,
I began answering several questions a reader posed. When I filled my space for
that column, I hadn't even gotten to my big point. Here's the letter—my big
point follows.I consigned a nice collection to an auctioneer to sell in what ... (Read More)
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(Show)Early Birds Get the Worms at the King City Show
King City, OntarioEarly Birds Get the Worms at the King City Showby John NorrisAll prices in Canadian funds; rounded U.S. dollars in parentheses "We've been opening the show at one p.m. for twenty-two years now," said Sam Halpern, promoter, with his wife, Sandra, of the King City Show, held April ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mulliken Tall Clock, Found on West Coast, Sells for $33,350 at Kaminski
Mulliken Tall Clock, Found on West Coast, Sells for $33,350 at Kaminski by Jeanne Schinto On Sunday, April 22, the same weekend as the Schmitt auction (p. 16-D), Frank Kaminski of Kaminski Auctions, Beverly, Massachusetts, offered 520 items, including a tall clock made by Joseph Mulliken (1765-1802) of Concord, Massachusetts. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Charles and Rebekah Clark, Woodbury, Connecticut
In the TradeCharles and Rebekah Clark, Woodbury, Connecticutby Frank DoneganI first met Charles and Rebekah Clark in New York in the mid-1990's. We were all setting up for the American Classicism show at Alexander Gallery on Madison Avenue. Charles and Rebekah were wearing white cotton curator's gloves. I said to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Terry Walker Collection: Part Two
Chris Huntington, Truro, Nova ScotiaThe Terry Walker Collection: Part Twoby Chris BeckettAll prices in Canadian funds; rounded U.S. figures in parenthesesThe trouble with announcing your retirement, especially if you're an auctioneer, is that the sale opportunity of an entire career could be just around the corner. Well-known Maine and Maritime ... (Read More)
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(Show)12th Annual Hunt Country Antiques Fair
Leesburg, Virginia12th Annual Hunt Country Antiques Fairby Robert KyleThe Hunt Country Spring Antiques Fair has endured over the years by changing with the economic times and adjusting to meteorological uncertainties. Once a gala outside event with majestic pointed white tents on the grounds of the historic Oatlands Plantation south of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Comprehensive Edward Hopper Retrospective
Museum of Fine Arts, BostonComprehensive Edward Hopper Retrospective by Rose Safran"He became, in the public's mind, a down-to-earth, stalwart, quintessentially American artist, a realist whose style was associated with truth telling and admirable independence."—Carol Troyen, curator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from the exhibition catalog essay "A Stranger Worth Talking ... (Read More)
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