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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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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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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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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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Green Valley Auctions, Inc., Mt. Crawford, VirginiaMcKenney Collection Called Fantasticby Walter C. Newman"Fantastic!" That was the word that floated about from the 550-plus bidders who attended Green Valley Auctions' March 23 and 24 sale of the personal collection of Dorothy and Henry McKenney. "Dolly" and "Mac," as everyone knew them, ... (Read More)
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York, PennsylvaniaYork Shows Together Yet Separateby Karl H. PassShow managers Jim Burk of the Greater York Antiques Show and Sale and Barry Cohen of the York County Classic Antiques Show combined their shows on the York, Pennsylvania, fairgrounds the weekend of May 18 and 19.The single-admission event in Memorial Hall ... (Read More)
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Guyette & Schmidt, St. Charles, IllinoisWhole New Territory Achieved for Decoys at Auctionby Karl H. PassOn April 26 and 27 the decoy auction firm of Guyette & Schmidt, Inc. conducted its 22nd annual spring auction at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois. The total gross of the 671-lot ... (Read More)
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by David Hewett
In a complaint filed on June 1 in the Southern District of Alabama, nearly 80-year-old quilter Annie Mae Young asked for compensatory and punitive damages from the people and the organizations that have prospered from her labors. Young, a resident of rural Gee?s Bend and a descendant of ... (Read More)
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by David Hewett
On June 4, former Independence Seaport Museum president John S. Carter, 57, pleaded guilty to federal fraud and tax evasion charges in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia. Carter admitted that he took well over $1,500,000 of museum funds for personal use between 1997 and 2006, during the 17 ... (Read More)
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by Robert Kyle
The mid-March Antiques in Alexandria show in Alexandria, Virginia, falls at an opportune time of year. It's too chilly for outdoor shows, and there are no competing indoor antiques events in the Washington, D.C., area. So why isn't this classy show mobbed? It is, more or less. It ... (Read More)
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