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(Issue Story)Family Circus
Beneath the Surface
Last year, Andrew was approached about the most effective way to disseminate an enormous collection. The answer was an auction. (Hollie keeps thinking of The Godfather Part III: "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!") This collection has, in many ways, illustrated much ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)National Gallery Buys a Dave Jar
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., has acquired an 1859 storage jar by David Drake that was deaccessioned by the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center (MMCC) in Madison, Georgia. The 213/4" high alkaline-glazed stoneware jug was donated to the MMCC in 1992.
Dave (c. 1801-1870s), later recorded as "David Drake," was an ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Hap Moore Closes Business
In a February 14 email, York, Maine, auctioneer Hap Moore announced that he is closing his business. He is not retiring. "What I'm doing is stopping my business," he said in a phone call. "When you're in a business like antiques, and you are as dedicated to it as I ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Serendipity in Collecting
"Chance favors the prepared mind." -Louis Pasteur, French chemist, microbiologist, and inventor.
Collectors sometimes find that it is the unplanned moment that rises in importance. I think of happenstance, a random event that happens by chance or coincidence. A wonderful word, happenstance, a combination of happen and circumstance, originated in America ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)All of Me: A Winfred Rembert Exhibition
Writers are taught to write about what they know. The same could be said for artists.
In the case of Winfred Rembert (1945-2021), his works of dye on carved and tooled leather, a skill he picked up while incarcerated during his youth, are filled with scenes of black life from Cuthbert, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Successful Spring Sales at Hilliard
Hilliard & Co., Madison, Virginia
Photos courtesy Hilliard & Co.
There have been several significant changes at Hilliard & Co. since we last visited. Although none of the changes affects the firm's business model or the way in which it conducts its auctions, Hilliard is heading in the right direction toward creating ... (Read More)
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(Show)Old Venue or New, Right Turn or Left, Bowmanville Is Still the Best
Bowmanville Antiques and Folk Art Show, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
All prices are in Canadian dollars.
Left or right? Trust me, the choice had nothing to do with ideology. Rather, heading out of my driveway, it was a decision of how to travel on the morning of April 7 to cover the annual ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, April 2023
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)Spring African American Art Sale
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
Swann Galleries held its spring African American art sale April 6, the Thursday before Easter weekend. The sale, which offered 213 lots, was helmed by two teams of auctioneers and specialists and conducted online.
Swann's fifth- and sixth-floor space at 104 East 25th ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Goddard Family Collections
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Bonhams Skinner
All prices include the buyer's premium.
A single-owner sale of the collections of the Goddard family of Providence, Rhode Island, drew buyers and lookers to the Marlborough, Massachusetts, gallery of Bonhams Skinner for previews of the collections. The 252-lot sale was online only and closed ... (Read More)
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