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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Perennially strong on folk art and Americana, the Midwest Antique & Art Show had its fall edition on Sunday, October 30, in the Hawkeye Downs Expo Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The semiannual show did not disappoint.
The event’s longevity speaks of its success. “We’ve been doing this for ... (Read More)
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Elverson, Pennsylvania
“We just love this show,” said Heather Bissell while looking at stoneware in the booth of Duane Watson of Doc’s Crocks at the Elverson Antique Show in northern Chester County, Pennsylvania, Saturday, October 29. She and her two sisters, Heidi Kluesner and Sara McCool, came to the show from ... (Read More)
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Woody Auction, Douglass, Kansas
Photos courtesy Woody Auction
Nineteenth-century American furniture single-owner sales are rare. Ron Blessing’s collection was sold by the Woody Auction Company October 29 and featured a number of lots that had been originally sold to Blessing by Woody. Blessing’s sale included French art glass lots along with silver ... (Read More)
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The Decorative Arts Trust has announced that the 2022 Prize for Excellence and Innovation will be awarded to Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum for its upcoming exhibition A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.
Dorothy Liebes’s studio, New York City, circa 1957. Dorothy Liebes Papers, Archives of ... (Read More)
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After a Georgia militaria collector implored a superior court judge to appropriately punish Gary L. Hendershott for stealing items that had been consigned to him to sell, the well-known dealer was sentenced August 18 to five years in prison and ten years of probation and was ordered to pay about ... (Read More)
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Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer’s premium when charged. We’re always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Bonhams’ Native American specialist Ingmars Lindbergs said his department’s single-owner two-day auction October 26 and 27 in Los Angeles was “pretty damn good.” And by pretty damn good, he means $4.46 million in sales (including buyers’ premiums).
Acquiring, researching, cataloging, and selling the collection of Roy ... (Read More)
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Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers
Celebrating a quarter of a century, Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers marked the occasion with an October 27 auction in its Milford, Connecticut, gallery. American art from the 19th through the 21st centuries was culled from collections and estates far and ... (Read More)
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Although his colorful fraktur has been collected since the early 20th century, the name of the artist who did these embellished documents was unknown. Scholars referred to him as the Heidelberg-Brothers Valley Artist for the two areas of Pennsylvania where he worked, namely Northampton County, in the part that became ... (Read More)
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On August 26 the Ottawa (Ontario) Police Service West Criminal Investigations Section charged an Ottawa man following an investigation into multiple allegations of fraud and possession of stolen property by an Ottawa-based auction house.
In July an investigation was commenced into incidents that occurred between early 2019 and February 2022 involving ... (Read More)
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