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(Fragment)Corson Doll Collection Is 100% Sold at Withington
Photos courtesy Withington Auctions
The Carol Corson doll collection was 100% sold at a live auction held October 20 by Withington Auctions at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Nashua, New Hampshire. The hammer total of the sale was $780,000 (buyers paid a premium of 15% or 18% depending on how they ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Savannah on Sale: The John and Virginia Duncan Collection
Everard Auctions, Savannah, Georgia
Photos courtesy Everard Auctions
Communities that were part of England’s early settlements along the Atlantic coast developed unique cultures and styles. This was particularly true in England’s southern colonies of Georgia and South Carolina. Savannah epitomizes this with the merging of English and Continental styles and goods along ... (Read More)
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(Auction)First Part of Weiss Collection Sold
Nye & Company, Bloomfield, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Nye & Company
Nestled into Nye & Company’s October 20 estate treasures auction were 38 lots of furniture, including three mirrors, from the Stanley Weiss collection of American and English furniture. The sale of the first tranche of items (another tranche is scheduled for ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 48th Annual Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show: Online
While prepping this article about the online 48th annual Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show held October 18 and 19 by the Chicago Suburban Antiques Dealers Association (CSADA), we learned of a seller anecdote that captures the allure of that long-lived show.
Seller Tim Chambers of Missouri Plain Folk, Sikeston, Missouri, knew ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Second Installment of the DeWitt Collection
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
During his lifetime, insurance titan J. Doyle DeWitt (1902-1972) was a voracious collector of political and presidential memorabilia, assembling an extraordinary collection of more than 25,000 items that was reportedly rivaled only by the Smithsonian Institution. DeWitt spent years amassing his collection of political ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Return of the San Francisco Fall Show
San Francisco, California
The post-COVID return of the San Francisco Fall Show, formerly the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show and the San Francisco Art & Antiques Show, was warmly welcomed by exhibitors, collectors, and just plain fans who think of it as an elegant temporary museum. This was the show’s 40th ... (Read More)
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(Show)Ohio Country Antiques Show
Wilmington, Ohio
Ohio Country Antiques Show held its fall edition Saturday, October 15, at the Roberts Centre in Wilmington, Ohio. The event featured approximately 70 dealers.
Large mantel out of a house in Miami County, Ohio, 66½" high x 7' wide, priced at $725 and sold during the first minutes of the ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Sunny Day at Fishersville
Fishersville Antiques Expo, Fishersville, Virginia
After several weeks of dramatic late summer temperature fluctuations and a week of rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ian, the skies were clear and there was a hint of fall in the air when the gates opened for the 69th semiannual Fishersville Antiques Expo. October ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, October 2022
There is a somewhat wider price range than usual evident in the lots that make up this month’s selection—one that includes works sold for as little as $240 and in excess of half a million dollars.
One famous Japanese print, The Great Wave,made that biggest splash, but a second got into ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Book Reviews
Here are brief reviews of books we’ve recently seen. We have included contact information for books that you can order directly from the publisher or museum. We also encourage you to consider supporting your local independent bookstore.
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Wandering Whalemen and Their Art: A Collection of Scrimshaw Masterpieces by Alan Granby (Cahoon ... (Read More)
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