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(Auction)Marathon Spring Catalog Sale in Manheim
Conestoga Auction Company, Manheim, Pennsylvania
Marathon Spring Catalog Sale in Manheim
by Karl H. Pass
Conestoga Auction Company in Manheim, Pennsylvania, held its two-day spring catalog sale on May 4 and 5. The 1411-lot sale was much larger than the typical multi-consignor catalog sales conducted by Conestoga. The large sale grossed over $750,000 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Editorial: A Brave Goodbye
A Brave GoodbyeRichard Withington, New Hampshire's oldest auctioneer (near 90) and the holder of New Hampshire auctioneer's license No. 1, shocked the standing-room-only crowd at his on-site sale in Keene on June 7 when he announced that his brain cancer was incurable and doctors have given him four to five ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Larson Clock Collection: Rare and Right
Cottone Auctions, Leicester, New YorkThe Larson Clock Collection: Rare and Rightby Jeanne SchintoWe've been asked to make it clear at the outset. Lindy and Karen Larson of Westminster, Vermont, are not going out of business, and they are not getting a divorce after 38 years of marriage-far from it. Neither ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Treasures at Doyle's May Americana Sale
Doyle, New York CityTreasures at Doyle's May Americana Sale by Lita Solis-CohenDealers always check out Americana sales at Doyle New York knowing that 70% of the goods come from estates. Sometimes they find treasures among undercataloged lots with low estimates.The publicity for the sale on May 1 touted a silver-hilted ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Tenth Annual Historic East Berlin Antique Show
East Berlin, PennsylvaniaThe Tenth Annual Historic East Berlin Antique Showby Karl H. PassMay 17-19 marked the tenth annual Historic East Berlin Antique Show. All proceeds from the show go to the nonprofit East Berlin Historical Preservation Society and are used to maintain five buildings in its care: a 1790's stone ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Art Dealer Pleads Guilty in Investment Fraud Scheme
Art Dealer Pleads Guilty in Investment Fraud SchemeArt dealer Thomas Hugh Akins, 52, of Rockville, Maryland, pleaded guilty on May 17 to wire fraud.Akins owned and operated the Thomas H. Akins Company, Inc., which traded as Galerie Elan in Ellicott City, Maryland, according to the plea agreement. "Between 2002 and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bloomsbury Auctions Expands to Big Apple
Bloomsbury Auctions Expands to Big AppleBloomsbury Auctions is opening a New York City salesroom. According to the firm's Web site, a schedule of six book auctions will be announced for the autumn of 2007, and specialist departments for prints and photographs will open in 2008. Bloomsbury has locations in London ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)American Ceramic Circle Book Award
American Ceramic Circle Book AwardThe American Ceramic Circle has announced the creation of an award that recognizes publications that make major contributions to the field of ceramics. Known as The American Ceramic Circle Book Award, it will be granted annually to a book or exhibition catalog that either advances scholarship ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Coffman's to Close
Coffman's to CloseAfter 19 years of business, Coffman's Antiques Market at the Jenifer House Commons in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, will close on July 31, according to a press release from the firm. "Sudden and rapidly failing health has been the primary reason we are closing," cited Don Coffman.The Coffmans opened ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Judgment in Flag Libel Lawsuit Stricken; Leads to More Court Action
Judgment in Flag Libel Lawsuit Stricken; Leads to More Court ActionA communication error has caused the default judgment in a lawsuit brought by Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn, M.D., of Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, against David Martucci of Washington, Maine, to be stricken. The determination of damages in the suit, $39,750, has been ... (Read More)
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