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(Fragment)Rendell Archive Gifted to Grolier Club
A collection relating to the detection of forged handwriting has been given to the Grolier Club Library in New York City from club members Kenneth W. Rendell and Shirley McNerney. The Grolier Club calls it “the most important and comprehensive collection on the subject known to exist anywhere.”
Rendell, a leading ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Views of Malta and Rome Highlight Auction
CRN Auctions, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy CRN Auctions
It was almost like the good old days at CRN Auctions’ June 20 sale in the Cambridge gallery, where collectors and the trade were finally reunited after a long shutdown of sales and shows. People were pleased to be out and to greet each ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Looking on the Bright Side of Life: The Summer Sale at Leland Little
Leland Little Auctions, Hillsborough, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Leland Little Auctions
Two bright, cheery paintings that portrayed the sheer joy of summer set the tone for Leland Little Auctions’ signature summer sale held on June 12. The perky paintings also far exceeded their estimates. They were produced by an Iowa farm girl ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2021 Canandaigua Antique Show & Sale
Canandaigua, New York
Where were you in 1948? Kindergarten? Junior high? Or maybe you were not even born yet? If you lived in the Rochester, New York, area in 1948 and collected or bought and sold antiques, or maybe knew someone who did, you might have read something in the area ... (Read More)
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(Auction)“Keramics & Rookwood”: American and European Art Pottery Sold Online
Toomey & Co., Oak Park, Illinois
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The Chicago auction scene notched another big win on the collector scale on June 17 when Toomey & Co. held a dedicated art pottery auction offering more than 400 lots of choice examples. It was, as far as we could determine, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Folk-Art Knowns, Lesser Knowns, and Unknowns
Ledbetter Folk Art and Americana Auction, Gibsonville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Ledbetter Folk Art and Americana Auction
Mid-pandemic, Matt Ledbetter defied the odds and held his first public, in-person, socially distant auction in Gibsonville, North Carolina, on June 13, 2020. The emphasis was folk art from his personal collection (see M.A.D., August ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Strong Asian Sale at Oakridge
Oakridge Auction Gallery, Ashburn, Virginia
Photos courtesy Oakridge Auction Gallery
Oakridge Auction Gallery held its sale of Asian art and antiques in two sessions, June 12 and 13, at its gallery in Ashburn, Virginia. For the time being, Oakridge continues to conduct virtual sales using five online bidding platforms as well as ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fresh Silver Collection Leads to Blowout Sale on Long Island
South Bay Auctions, East Moriches, New York
Photos courtesy South Bay Auctions
"It was a barnburner, just like the old days,” said Portsmouth, New Hampshire, silver dealer Jonathan Trace. “I got blown out of the water.”
As did Trace, New York City silver dealer Tim Martin of S.J. Shrubsole went to the live ... (Read More)
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(Show)Burton Is Bustling in 2021
Burton Antiques Market, Burton, Ohio
If the long lines waiting to enter the show and the arms of customers exiting the show laden with packages were any indication, the June 12 edition of the Burton Antiques Market, held at the Geauga County Fairgrounds in Burton, Ohio, was a huge success.
“We did ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Back in Action in the Green Hills of Turner
Charles M. Talbot Associates, Turner, Maine
It was a cool, misty late spring morning when Charles M. Talbot Associates emerged from a COVID-19-induced slumber to hold its first auction in over a year on June 12 in Turner, Maine. With a rural setting of the old Talbot homestead graced by a ... (Read More)
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