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(Feature)The Heartland Antiques Show
Richmond, Indianaby Don JohnsonLate in the morning of June 2, during the one-day Heartland Antiques Show, held at the Wayne County Fairgrounds on the edge of Richmond, Indiana, a Ford F-350 Super Duty pickup truck hitched to a cargo trailer was parked between two of the main exhibition halls. At ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fund-Raising Auction for Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center
Old Saybrook, Connecticutby Ed PfeifferKatharine Hepburn starred in two very different worlds. One was international. She was famous around the globe for her theater performances on and off Broadway and in films and television. During her 62-year film career, from 1932 to 1994, she was in 45 movies, usually in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Unsigned Firehouse Painting Paces Julia Auction
James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoWhile it didn't quite set the house on fire, the biggest success at James Julia's May 5 auction in Fairfield, Maine, was a 19th-century firehouse painting, generating lots more than just local interest. It was an unsigned oil on canvas of what is believed ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Los Angeles Antiques Show: Change Happens
Los Angeles, Californiaby Blanche MossIn a town where nothing succeeds like excess, they came, they saw, and they bought at the sexy and dynamic April 25 opening night party for the April 26-29 Los Angeles Antiques Show, hosted by a new charity beneficiary, P.S. Arts. "I loved the energy of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Quiet Sale Produces Healthy Gross
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshireby David HewettThere wasn't any blockbuster furniture in Northeast Auctions' sale on May 19 and 20 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and there was only a smattering of art objects. In fact, there wasn't anything of note evident in a quick perusal of the catalog.The second session ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fun and Fantasy at Rhinebeck
Rhinebeck, New Yorkby Fran KramerIf Washington Irving's character Rip Van Winkle had opened his eyes after a 31-year sleep (instead of 20) at the May 26 and 27 Rhinebeck Antiques Fair, he'd be amused, amazed, and a little befuddled.He'd recognize the show management—efficient, organized, dealer-friendly—and even a few of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hibbard Vermont Landscape Tops Rockport Art Association Annual Fundraiser
Rockport Art Association, Rockport, Massachusettsby Rose SafranThe Rockport Art Association's annual art sale is one of this writer's favorite auctions. The principal fundraiser for the venerable Rockport Art Association (RAA), it is held in May in the organization's charming headquarters in the heart of this popular destination for artists and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chippendale Secretary Leads
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maineby Mark SiscoAs a group, some ship paintings by Badger and Stubbs were the strongest offerings at the Thomaston Place Auction Galleries sale on May 26 and 27 in Thomaston, Maine. With items representing four continents and numerous countries, it was a wide-ranging sale.The small ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Revelations about Smuggled Whale's Teeth
Revelations about Smuggled Whale's Teethby David Hewett
In April, antiques dealer Martin Schneider, 60, of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, pled guilty to smuggling "hundreds" of the raw sperm whale's teeth from 1995 through 2005, so many that his sales of the teeth netted him over $500,000. "That's just the tip of the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Reingold Sculpture Sale
by Lita Solis-Cohen
Photos courtesy Rago Arts and Auction Center
Dr. Marvin Reingold and his wife, Eileen, collected American sculpture and art pottery passionately for 40 years. ?We were first at every sale at Sotheby?s, Christie?s, and Doyle?s, and we went to sales in upstate New York in snowstorms. We ... (Read More)
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