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(Issue Story)Vermont Latest to Get It Wrong but Gives Dealers Some Time
Vermont antiques dealers have about a year to legally sell all their antique scrimshaw, ivory netsuke, or any other antique that will be illegal to sell under a newly passed animal parts and products law.
The law—signed on October 8—prohibits the buying and selling of any item of a covered animal ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Shaker and Sand Art Highlight Americana Sale
Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner
This sand art bottle by Iowa artist Andrew Clemens (1857-1894), with patriotic and geometric designs, a heart, a hand, and a mortar and pestle, was a presentation piece, dedicated to Dr. Prosper Harvey Ellsworth of Hot Springs, Arkansas, “From Two Friends.” Ellsworth had been a Union ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Good Early Furniture Straight from the Source
D. L. Straight Auctions, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Like many auctioneers, David Straight of D. L. Straight Auctions in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, is rolling with the COVID-19 punch. For his auction on November 22, 2020, the number of in-person bidders was zero, but the number of Internet and absentee ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Doherty Decoy Collection
Guyette & Deeter, St. Michaels, Maryland
Photos courtesy Guyette & Deeter
New Jersey collectors Jim and Pat Doherty formed their decoy collection with care. They studied the subject deeply and gathered carefully. Their collections also included clocks, stoneware, theorems, and glass. Jim was the founder of the South Jersey chapter of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Weathervane Tops Smith Sale
William A. Smith, Inc. Plainfield, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy William A. Smith, Inc.
William A. Smith, Inc., the well-established auction house in Plainfield, New Hampshire, held an antiques auction on November 21, 2020. The auction was online only and consisted of over 400 lots.
This late 19th-century full-bodied eagle weathervane with a 63" ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, December 2020
Adriaen van Diest (1655-1704), The Battle of Lowestoft, circa 1690, oil on canvas, 40¾" x 71¼". Gift of the Berger Collection Educational Trust.
—Through December 6 —Denver, Colorado
Treasures of British Art: The Berger Collection showcases about 60 paintings gifted to the Denver Art Museum (DAM) by the Berger Collection Educational Trust ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rising Interest in American Furniture
Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred’s
Rising interest in American furniture drove Eldred’s November 19 and 20, 2020, auction. Many of the lots came from New England collections and estates. One of those collections was that of Richard I. M. Kelton (1929-2019), a collector extraordinaire. Kelton’s collection has been sold at ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Material from the Indian Wars brought strong interest during the November 19, 2020, sale of American historical ephemera and photography held by Cowan’s Auctions of Cincinnati, Ohio. It was a change from Cowan’s typical American history auctions, which are often highlighted by Civil War ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two Hundred Grand for a Telescope and a Machine Gun
Morphy Auctions, Denver, Pennsylvania
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At Morphy Auctions’ firearms and militaria auction in Denver, Pennsylvania, November 17 and 18, 2020, it was two days of selling and about $8.8 million to the bank in a sale led by one important American telescope and a machine gun that looked as ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Silver Presentation Trophy Comes in First
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
A collection of spectacular sporting trophies from America’s Gilded Age highlighted a recent auction of silver and objects of vertu that was the most successful auction of its kind in the history of Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas.
Featuring some of the finest workmanship of America’s ... (Read More)
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