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(Fragment)Withington Auctions Gets New Partners
There will soon be increased auction activity in central New Hampshire under a familiar name. Marcia and Larry Leizure, owners of Hillsborough, New Hampshire-based Withington Auctions, are joining their business with new partners who are looking to continue the Withington auction legacy.
From left: Kenneth Labnon, Gary Yeaton, and Mike Reopel.
New ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Antique Jewelry to Be Worn and Loved All Over Again
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Sworders
There is a wealth of antique jewelry to be found “across the pond,” and Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers’ sale of fine jewelry and watches, held live online on July 27 in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, U.K., had stellar examples in its 493-lot auction.
Because so many of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Betting Big on a Recovery
On July 10 the first lot sold at Casco Bay Auctions in Freeport, Maine, was a Connecticut cherry bonnet-top highboy. Estimated at $8000/12,000, it sold for $51,000 (includes buyer’s premium).
Longtime market observers thought it was a good buy. “That would have easily been $100,000 in the old days,” they said.
Savvy ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Major Work by Local Artist Leads the Sale
Case Antiques, Knoxville, Tennessee
Photos courtesy Case Antiques
Being in the auction business is a continual learning experience, and no matter how much you learn there will always be surprises. Reviewing his firm’s successful summer auction on July 24 and 25, John Case of Case Antiques noted, “I’m very analytical. I look ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, August, 2021
Victoria Hutson Huntley (1900-1971), Babe in Arms, 1937, lithograph, 10" x 8¾". Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; gift of Stephen Goldfarb.
—Through August 15 —Athens, Georgia
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia presents Rediscovering the Art of Victoria Hutson Huntley. Huntley’s lithographs were well known in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)MidWeek One Day Antiques Fair Postponed until 2022
Antiques Week in New Hampshire will have one less show in 2021. Barn Star Productions has postponed its flagship MidWeek One Day Antiques Fair until August 2022.
According to Frank Gaglio of Barn Star, the event went “from a two-day show two years ago to a one-day event which saw an ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Holy Grail of Sports Cards Smashes All-Time Auction Record
Lot 1 at a timed sale that began on July 23 and was scheduled to end on August 15 at 9 p.m. at Robert Edward Auctions, Chester, New Jersey, was a 1909 T206 Honus Wagner baseball card. Brian Dwyer, who in 2016 bought the New Jersey sports memorabilia company founded ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Netsuke Leads to Criminal Convictions
On July 22 International Antique & Art Importers Inc., which operates as Ming’s Asian Gallery & Antiques in King County, Washington, pleaded guilty to one felony count of violating the voter-approved Washington Animal Trafficking Act (WATA). The business will pay $8000, which includes a $4000 criminal wildlife penalty.
Business owner Doreen ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Coolidge Point Estate
Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred’s
Eldred’s single-owner sale on July 15 brought to market antiques from the collection of Catherine Coolidge Lastavica of Coolidge Point in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. The sale, beneath a tent on the terrace at the gallery in East Dennis, had a 99% sell-through rate.
Coolidge Point, formerly Millet’s ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Annual Show Canceled, Tolland Historical Society Seeks Donations
For a second year the Tolland Historical Society, Tolland, Connecticut, has canceled its annual antiques show because of COVID-19 restrictions and the unsettled dealers market. “This is not a decision we take lightly,” said show director Mary-Pat Soucy in a press release. “This is our major annual fund-raiser, one which ... (Read More)
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