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(Show)Country Spirit Antique Show
Arcola, Illinois
Forty-six dealers from 17 states filled the three venues of Country Spirit Antique Show on November 7 and 8, 2025, in Arcola, Illinois. Despite a bit of a bump tossed into the weekend, the gate and sales were strong.
If there’s a glitch at Country Spirit, typically it’s the weather. ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Gathering on the Prairie
Arthur, Illinois
The semi-annual A Gathering on the Prairie held its fall antique show November 8, 2025, in Arthur, Illinois. The event drew a full house of 55 dealers, with customers filling 200 chairs and forming an additional line snaking out the door before the opening.
It was the first show since ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Delaware Show
Wilmington, Delaware
The Annual Delaware Antiques Show was a gathering of the clan, a meeting of old friends. Serious collectors came from all parts of the country for the preview on Thursday, November 6, 2025, and some of them returned every day. They came to shop and left with packages. A ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Maine Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Whale and Bird Parts
Sergey Bachkovsky of Greene, Maine, pleaded guilty on September 30, in U.S. District Court in Portland, Maine, to trafficking whale and bird parts in violation of the Lacey Act.
According to court records, between June 2023 and March 2024, Bachkovsky imported wildlife items from Eastern Europe and sold them online to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mahogany, Maritime, and Movie Cameras
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy of Bonhams Skinner
Centered as it is in London, Bonhams Skinner draws on a wide international audience from many national and international collections and collectors. The online auction at Bonhams Skinner in the Marlborough, Massachusetts, gallery, held October 25 through November 4, 2025, was no exception. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Gray Area
Beneath the Surface
No one tells you how much of parenting is bribery. Maybe bribery is a harsh word (we do not think so…) but whatever you call it, coercion, incentivizing, motivating, etc., they are all just fancy words for a bribe. You do this, and I will give you this—or ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Museum Acquires Rare Early Murals by Rufus Porter
Tihe Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity in Bridgton, Maine, has acquired a set of original wall murals painted by Rufus Porter in the late 1820s to early 1830s.
The museum purchased the rare panels from Chris McMahon of Architectural Salvage Inc. in Exeter, New Hampshire. Eight years ago, McMahon ... (Read More)
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(Show)Redware, Everywhere—at the Elverson Antique Show!
Elverson, Pennsylvania
After 56 years and several venue changes, the semi-annual Elverson Antique Show kicked off its fall sale on November 1, 2025, with a crowd of people waiting eagerly in the hallway of Honey Brook Elementary School in Elverson, Pennsylvania.
The line of people snaked through the front doors of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Reese Sentenced
Carter Reese, 77, of Reading, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on September 12 to 60 days in prison, two years of supervised release with four months on home detention, a $50,000 fine, and restitution of $186,125, in connection with a scheme in which Reese defrauded customers by making false representations about the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Part II of the Williams Collection of Color Woodcuts
Swann Auction Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Auction Galleries
Swann Auction Galleries held the second tranche of the Williams collection of color woodcuts as part of its Old Master Through Modern Prints auction on October 30, 2025.
The 58 lots, which were offered at the start of the sale, totaled $85,907. ... (Read More)
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