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(Issue Story)Four Pieces of Privately Sold Rhode Island Furniture on View
For nearly 50 years, M.A.D. has covered the market for American antiques by reporting sales at auctions and shows, often highlighting the fine points of design and craftsmanship, and quoting scholars who have written about the art in American furniture.
Record prices were paid at auctions. Dealers who kept their business ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Folk, Outsider, and Self-Taught Art Plus Americana
Toomey & Co., Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Toomey & Co.
Readers who expected a big whoop-de-do and rapturous advance over an October 11 Toomey & Co. sale of folk, Outsider, and self-taught art plus Americana were probably disappointed when the event happened without bugles, bells, or hyperbole.
A little history on the event ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Toomey & Co. Joins Rago/Wright
On September 7 it was announced that Chicago auction house Toomey & Co. is joining Rago/Wright. As with Rago/Wright’s 2021 partnership with LA Modern Auctions (LAMA), Toomey & Co. will maintain its name while all four houses work together to share technology, expertise, and marketing efforts.
The Toomey & Co. office ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized
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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(Show)Fall Antiques at Rhinebeck
Rhinebeck, New York
October means picking (apples), taking rides in the countryside (for fall foliage), and going to a historic town near the Hudson River to a spot for great antiques and art. The twice-a-year Antiques at Rhinebeck by Barn Star Productions is held inside large buildings on the Dutchess County ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Russum’s Sells Benjamin Franklin’s Book on Electricity for $153,400
Photos courtesy Russum’s Furniture Auctioneers
In these days of the Internet, when a rarity turns up in a small auction in a remote part of the country, it is not a secret. Sometimes the prices for these discoveries at out-of-the-way country sales are higher than those at well-publicized auctions held in ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Chicago Show: Antiques & Art & Modern
Chicago, Illinois
The quest for a continuing high-end antiques show in Chicago has had more episodes than Bayer has aspirin. Many have tried, but to date no one has succeeded with a long-term run.
Looking at history, the Chicago Tribune heralded a Chicago International Antiques Show at one end of Navy Pier ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Three-Day Sale Brings $2.5 Million
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook
It took three days for Pook & Pook to sell 1408 lots in its Americana and international auction October 5-7. The 1372 sold lots brought a total of $2,518,924 (with buyers’ premiums); the hammer total (without premiums) was at the top ... (Read More)
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(Auction)History Sold at Withington Auction
Photos courtesy Withington Auctions
For many, the best objects at auction are those with an intriguing history. Such was the case at Withington Auctions’ October 7 sale in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Material was culled from several estates and collections, including the estate of Joseph William Pepperrell Frost (1923-2008) of Kittery Point ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Stair Galleries
Stair Galleries, Hudson, New York
Photos courtesy Stair Galleries
Sales at Stair Galleries in Hudson, New York, are often single-owner sales of furnishings of people with good taste. The auction house’s fall calendar included the October 6 sale of the contents of John Rosselli’s bachelor pad that he kept as a guest ... (Read More)
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