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Maine Antiques Exposition, Portland, Maine
In October 2017 John and Elizabeth DeSimone of Goosefare Antiques and Promotions, Saco, Maine, debuted a new antiques show in Portland. Sixty-six dealers set up at the inaugural Maine Antiques Exposition at Brick South at Thompson’s Point.
The show ran successfully for three years, and then the ... (Read More)
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York, Pennsylvania
The Original 179th York Antiques Show and Sale at the York, Pennsylvania, fairgrounds September 23 and 24 was a shadow of what it once was but still a “great dealers’ swap meet.”
Reduced to only 50 dealers from the 75 advertised, and down from 98 in its heyday, the show ... (Read More)
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Dayton, Ohio
Concentrating on early country antiques and primitives, the Back To Our Roots Antique Show was held September 24 on the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Dayton, Ohio. The semiannual event featured a full slate of 44 dealers in a comfortable indoor setting.
The show began in 2015 in Medina, Ohio, south ... (Read More)
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Sign for the Black Horse, circa 1771. Connecticut Historical Society, 1961.63.8.
—Ongoing —Hartford, Connecticut
Between 1750 and 1850 more than 50,000 inn and tavern signs were produced by American painters, creating a distinct visual language and offering a glimpse into tavern life, travel, and patriotic ideals. Only a fraction of these signs ... (Read More)
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Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
Many doctors have the collecting gene. Dr. Larry McCallister (1935-2021) was one of them. He had a passion for American furniture. His hobby was woodworking, and he appreciated the talents of cabinetmakers. He bought William and Mary, Queen Anne, Chippendale, Federal, Classical, and Gothic Revival ... (Read More)
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Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Chiswick Auctions
Chiswick Auctions, headquartered in Chiswick, London, presented a jewelry auction on September 22 “which sold 87% of the lots for 95% of their estimates,” according to Raphaëlle Godfrey, acting director of jewelry. Godfrey had been covering for Sarah Duncan, head of the jewelry department, ... (Read More)
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Rago/Wright, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago/Wright
Rago/Wright’s September 22 early 20th-century design sale and September 23 modern design sale in Lambertville, New Jersey, were the company’s first post-COVID-19 live sales and the first after Toomey & Co. joined the company and moved its business from Oak Park, Illinois, to Wright’s headquarters ... (Read More)
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Battersea Antiques Show and Historic Trades Fair, Petersburg, Virginia
The third annual Battersea Antiques Show and Historic Trades Fair was held at the historic Petersburg, Virginia, site on the Appomattox River September 17 and 18. Dealers and exhibitors set up in the ground-floor rooms of the Battersea mansion and on the ... (Read More)
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Mecum Auctions, Fountain City, Wisconsin
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions
Up Elmer’s Road, through hundreds of discarded cars, to Eagle’s Bluff—one of the highest points on the Mississippi River—lay a slice of Americana, the kind of quirky attraction that has long drawn people to Wisconsin. There, stacked to the rafters of barns, were ... (Read More)
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Horst Auctioneers, Ephrata, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Horst Auctioneers
For years collector and author Dr. Patricia “Trish” Herr cataloged textiles for Horst Auctioneers in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, so it was not surprising that when her husband, Dr. Donald “Don” M. Herr, died in 2021, she downsized and sent a group of things to Horst ... (Read More)
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