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(Show)The Fall 2022 Country Spirit Antique Show
Arcola, Illinois
“Four shows, three towns, two days, one heck of a good time.” That’s how Jill Mattingly summed up the fall edition of Antiques Week in Central Illinois. As promoter of Country Spirit Antique Show, Mattingly manages one of those shows at three of those locations in one of those ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sale
Casco Bay Auctions, Freeport, Maine
Photos courtesy Casco Bay Auctions
On November 12 Casco Bay Auctions offered up around 611 lots in an Americana auction. The sale, which totaled approximately $148,000, was held inside Casco Bay’s facility on Main Street in Freeport, Maine. (Freeport is a notoriously terrible town to park in, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Record for Concert Poster
The only known poster from “The Day the Music Died” became the most expensive concert poster ever sold at auction when it sold November 11, 2022, for $447,000 (includes buyer’s premium) at Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas.
The 22" x 14" poster sold for $447,000.
The “Winter Dance Party” poster dates from the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Fall 2022 Rural Life Antique Show
Tuscola, Illinois
The fall edition of the Rural Life Antique Show was held November 11 and 12 in Tuscola, Illinois. As in the spring, Rural Life used two locations, having previously been in three sites for several years. A notice on Rural Life’s Facebook page three days before the show noted, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Country and Americana Show
Focusing on country antiques and Americana, a new antiques show is planned for east-central Indiana. A Gathering on the Olde National Road Antique Show will debut Saturday, December 3, in Lewisville, Indiana.
The event is the idea of Tom Saunders, Richard McKnight, and Pam Wise. Last year the three were discussing ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Social Dilemma
Beneath the Surface
Our van is about to have 300,000 miles on it, but we have not gotten nearly as much mileage out of it as we have out of Andrew’s thesis. When he first got out of graduate school, as one of the few people to approach Ohio decorative arts ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New England College Donates Unwin Collection to Monadnock Center
The Nora S. Unwin Collection has found a new home at the Monadnock Center for History and Culture in Peterborough, New Hampshire, through a donation from New England College.
In the early 1980s illustrator and printmaker Nora Unwin left the contents of her Peterborough studio—including more than 500 prints, drawings, paintings, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Samaha Collection Adds Variety to CRN Sale
CRN Auctions, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy CRN Auctions
Variety was the flavor of the day at CRN Auctions’ November 6 sale in its Cambridge, Massachusetts, gallery. The sale was filled with surprising offerings, and for the most part prices reflected that. At the opening, the 13 hardy souls in the gallery were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Lachaise Sculpture Is Top Lot at Grogan
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
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For what otherwise would have been a daylong sale at Grogan and Company, the company changed things around for its November auction. Fine art came to market at 11 a.m. November 5 in the Beacon Hill, Boston, gallery. Fine jewelry was sold ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings Sale Brings $7 Million
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Heritage Auctions’ November 4 sale of American art is further proof of the enduring affection buyers have for artistic expression that showcases the natural beauty, culture, and heritage of the United States throughout its history.
The American art “Signature” auction drew 1150 bids and produced ... (Read More)
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