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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, May 2022
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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(Auction)American Art
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Heritage Auctions’ recent sale of American art was a “love letter” to life in the United States and the artists whose vision and creativity defined the essence of the American experience.
The May 10 American art Signature auction drew 850 bidders and produced $6.1 million ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Taradash Joins Marion Antique Auctions
Nicholas Taradash has joined Marion Antiques Auction of Marion, Massachusetts, as a junior partner, according to co-owners Frank McNamee and C. David Glynn.
Taradash majored in history at Northern Vermont University, graduating in 2014. He then began working in the curatorial department of the New Bedford Whaling Museum. After two and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Endowed by Their Owner
Beneath the Surface
You would not know we are antiques dealers by the state of our house. Or maybe you would. We seem to be accumulating household additions as fast as we accumulate inventory. Things sneak in around the edges: a “new” stoneware crock on top of a shelf, another glass ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Elverson Antique Show and Sale
Elverson, Pennsylvania
The popular Elverson Antique Show and Sale has returned. Held the first weekend in May on the 7th and 8th, the semiannual country show in Chester County, Pennsylvania, was last held in the fall of 2019. That year marked its 50th anniversary.
Began as a fund-raiser for the Elverson Fire ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historical Americana Brings $4.9 Million
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
A trove of the some of the finest and most important presidential and historical treasures from a top collector recently brought an astonishing $4.9 million at auction from fewer than 100 lots.
Heritage Auctions’ May 7 sale of 98 lots from the collection of Melvin ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Grass Valley Old West Show
Grass Valley, California
Attending the Grass Valley Old West Show on Mother’s Day weekend (May 6 and 7) in Grass Valley, California, was like being in a time capsule. Nothing has changed from past shows—not the dealers, customers, or material. The show was full of people, but only two or three ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Use of Tax ID Number Leads to Felony Charge
On February 16 a criminal complaint was filed against dealer Gary Wayne Clearwater, 70, of Dauphin, Pennsylvania. The charge was retail theft—under-ring, a felony.
According to an affidavit, Pennsylvania State Trooper Logan Spiece was dispatched to the Silver Moon Consignment Barn in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. A dealer in the shop said he ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, May 2022
Once again a mix of both London and provincial sales fills this month’s “Letter”—and a very mixed bag it really is!
The most heavily illustrated piece features a selection of Lalique scent bottles that brought the sweet smell of success to a Scottish saleroom. Sold in London, a Japanese Great Wave ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Editorial, May 2022
What’s Old is What’s New Again
In these days of super-connectivity, it’s good to remember the old ways of marketing antiques still work.
Ruby Lane (www.rubylane.com), the e-commerce website established in 1998 by Tom Johnson, a high-level computer programmer, recently held an old-fashioned marketing event: a 30% off, 96-hour “Red Tag” sale, ... (Read More)
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