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Alderfer Auction & Appraisal, Hatfield, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassAlderfer Auction & Appraisal in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, has a reputation for putting together sales of quality, diverse estate material. Its niche is fine art, especially the New Hope school of Pennsylvania impressionist paintings. Its three-day sale, held June 14-16, totaled $1,574,674.65 (includes ... (Read More)
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Chadds Ford, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenFor 36 years the Brandywine River Museum has ushered in the Memorial Day holiday weekend with its annual antiques show. More than 100 volunteers make it the most hospitable show on the circuit for dealers and for showgoers.Stunning flower arrangements from the volunteers' own gardens and ... (Read More)
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by Lita Solis-CohenThe spring show in Philadelphia, promoted by Barry Cohen and Jim Burk, will go on in a new location.When the Philadelphia Antiques Show signed up the Navy Pier for its 2008 April show, it left the Cohen and Burk spring show, which had encamped at the Navy Pier ... (Read More)
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The Cobbs Auctioneers, Peterborough, New Hampshireby Mark SiscoOils on canvas by Frank Shapleigh and William Aiken Walker have featured prominently in the Cobbs' auctions over the past few years. The same held true for their July 7 sale in Peterborough, New Hampshire, but perhaps they weren't quite as prominent as ... (Read More)
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AAA ProgramsThe Appraisers Association of America (AAA) has launched a new series of programs and publications for high-net-worth collectors and their advisors, including estate accountants, estate planners, and trust and estate lawyers. The purpose is to underscore the need to prepare for newly issued IRS regulations regarding non-cash charitable contributions ... (Read More)
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An inlaid Kentucky cherry dressing table sold for $130,900 (includes buyer's premium) to Richmond, Virginia, dealer Bob Crawford of R.E. Crawford Fine Art and Antiques, who was bidding on behalf of a client. The table was part of the July 6 auction at the Mark Mattox auction facility in Carlisle, ... (Read More)
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Ken Farmer Auctions & Appraisals, Radford, Virginiaby Walter C. Newman Ken Farmer Auctions & Appraisals held its summer cataloged estate and collectibles auction at its Radford, Virginia, facility on June 10. The 817-lot sale consisted of antiques and collectibles consigned by several different estates from Virginia, West Virginia, and North ... (Read More)
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Antiques Week in New Hampshire, the annual slate of shows and auctions in and around Manchester, New Hampshire, in August, started off with a bang when Northeast Auctions sold a nest of 12 painted Shaker boxes for $209,500 (includes buyer's premium) to Patrick Bell of Olde Hope Antiques, Solebury, Pennsylvania, ... (Read More)
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JMK Shows has announced in a press release that it will enter the New York City antiques market with "an elegant, sophisticated show that will be geared for the modern lifestyles of today's affluent society, while incorporating much that is traditional and fashionable."The 40-dealer New York Antiques Show will take ... (Read More)
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Farmington, Connecticutby Ed PfeifferFor the Farmington Antiques Weekend on June 9 and 10 in Farmington, Connecticut, the weather factor was good news and bad news. A heavy downpour on Saturday morning drenched the event. Fortunately, nearly all of the 262 exhibitors were in tents. But ugly rain clouds filled the ... (Read More)
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