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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, 403/4" x 711/4". 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
Photos courtesy Morphy Auctions
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
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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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(Auction)Grogan & Company "Does Better" at Fall Auction
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Grogan & Company
Visitors to the Grogan & Company gallery in Boston to preview the November 15, 2020, auction were greeted by plywood across the front door. During the Black Lives Matter protests last June, the door had been spray-painted "#BLM Do Better, Art World!" ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Virtual Version of Rhinebeck
Fall Antiques at Rhinebeck
We have known promoter Frank Gaglio of Barn Star Productions for decades, have covered dozens of his shows, and are always amazed by his innovations. We thought he had used up his bag of ideas by now, but he found one of his best for the November ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Thomaston Place Ends 2020 with a Four-Day Sale
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
From November 12 to 15, 2020, it was four days of continuous selling at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Thomaston, Maine. With 1730-plus lots up for grabs altogether, about 1350 successfully found new homes over the four-day affair. Day one presented the lower end of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Slotin Enjoys Its Highest-Grossing Auction
Slotin Folk Art Auction, Buford, Georgia
Photos courtesy Slotin Folk Art Auction
The antiques-at-auction industry continues to weather COVID-19 like a boss. The numbers don't lie; buyers of antiques are fine with bidding remotely, be it online, absentee, by proxy, or by phone, and auction houses continue to present gorgeous auctions filled ... (Read More)
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