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Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
Before traveling to Asheville, North Carolina, for the Brunk Auctions September 15-17 sale, your reporter called Nan Zander for her insights and observations. Zander is Andrew Brunk’s American art specialist. She shared a fascinating story about two of the featured paintings in the ... (Read More)
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Decoys Unlimited, West Barnstable, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Decoys Unlimited
Decoys Unlimited’s online auction September 17 featured objects from collections from all over. Judy and Ted Harmon, principals of Decoys Unlimited of West Barnstable, Massachusetts, gathered nearly 300 lots of decoys and decorative bird and fish carvings for every taste. Buying by collectors ... (Read More)
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Witherell’s, Sacramento, California
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Witherell’s September 16 “Luxury Asset” auction in Sacramento, California, “met expectations,” said CEO Brian Witherell, “but with that said, there were surprises and disappointments throughout the sale.”
The biggest disappointment was a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk estimated at $5000/10,000 that sold for $3150 (includes buyer’s premium). In ... (Read More)
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Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Hindman
Two Andrew Clemens sand bottles, a southern water cooler, and a portrait of a black stage actor brought some of the most attention and strongest bids during the sale of American furniture, folk art, and decorative arts held by Hindman September 14 and 15 in Cincinnati, ... (Read More)
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On July 8 the United States Attorney’s Office in Boston filed a civil forfeiture action in U.S. District Court seeking to reclaim 24 marksmanship medals from the 1880s and 1890s believed to have been unlawfully removed several decades ago from the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, a National Historic site.
Several of the Bull marksmanship medals.
One of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Beneath the Surface
What’s on your summer reading list? We wonder who these people are who have additional time to read in the summer. They are not people with yards and gardens and summer camps and 4-H projects! We admit that we are probably not the beach-read target audience. (What? Doesn’t ... (Read More)
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Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Hindman Auctions
After the Hindman Auctions jewelry sale September 13 in Chicago, Illinois, Ruth Thuston, G.G., senior specialist of jewelry and watches, said over the phone, “I was very, very happy with the auction. We really are very relationship driven, so we have lots and lots ... (Read More)
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has appointed Michael J. Bramwell as the inaugural Joyce Linde Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art. The creation of the new position is part of an initiative designed to reanimate and reimagine the MFA’s folk-art collection for 21st-century audiences. The initiative is supported ... (Read More)
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Lebanon Antique Show, Lebanon, Ohio
Shortly before the opening of the Lebanon Antique Show, held September 10 and 11 in Lebanon, Ohio, promoter John Wanat offered an overview of the market for shows in general. “From other dealers, what I’m hearing is the gate is down, but the customers coming are ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Americana Auction by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo
John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy McInnis Auctioneers
It’s been a summer-long extravaganza at John McInnis Auctioneers in Amesbury, Massachusetts, that culminated in a live auction September 10 at which John McInnis and his staff sold over 600 lots of Americana. On our approach to the gallery, the degree of available ... (Read More)
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