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Small Sale of Americana
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Freemans's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Photos courtesy Freeman's If these were normal times, Freeman's sale of 191 lots of Americana on November 10, 2020, might have been part of its annual fall Americana sale. That auction has traditionally taken place a few days after the Delaware Antiques Show, when dealers and collectors are in ... (Read More)

(Young Collectors)

Plan B
by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond

The Young Collector If we have learned anything from the past few months (please, let us have learned something), it might be that our plans are not plans. Our plans are all too often more like ideas. We have ideas about what we want, ideas about how things will go, and ... (Read More)

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The Online Delaware Antiques Show
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Wilmington, Delaware For more than a decade the Chase Center in Wilmington has been the venue for the Delaware Antiques Show during the first week of November. The show is known for attracting a large crowd of collectors both local and from afar. During this year of the COVID crisis, the ... (Read More)

(Auction)

Pennsylvania Country Antiques from Old-Time Collection Excel
by Karl H. Pass

Horst Auction Center, Ephrata, Pennsylvania Photos courtesy Horst Auction Center Horst Auction Center held a 526-lot sale that grossed $221,880 (including buyers' premiums) at its auction house in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, on November 6 and 7, 2020. In an age when auction houses need to be as competitive as ever, Horst does not ... (Read More)

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Gurleys Move Thanksgiving Sunday Show to New Hampshire
by M.A.D. staff

Gurley Antique Shows will be running the firm's annual Thanksgiving Sunday Antique Show at a new location-the DoubleTree by Hilton in downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, the same venue that hosts the annual New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA) show during Antiques Week in New Hampshire. The show will be held on ... (Read More)

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Nine Photographs Offered at Auction Draw a Lawsuit
by M.A.D. staff

No auction house wants to sell an alleged fake, but when the alleged fake is copyrighted, there can be additional trouble. Nine photographs offered in three sales by Mid-Hudson Auction Galleries in December 2019 and January and March 2020 have prompted a lawsuit filed by Iconic Images, Ltd., owner of the ... (Read More)

(Issue Story)

Hanging with Tom Jewett and Butch Berdan
by Julie Schlenger Adell

We are all spending much more time now in our houses and apartments because of COVID-19. Because we all might enjoy staring at someone else's walls for a change, this column gives our readers an idea of what some of their colleagues, fellow collectors, and other readers surround themselves with ... (Read More)

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The Online TEFAF Show
by Lita Solis-Cohen

TEFAF New York, New York City From November 1 to 4, 2020, The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) offered a virtual edition of TEFAF New York, the fair that would have filled the Park Avenue Armory in New York City for its fifth year but for the COVID-19 pandemic. TEFAF reports that ... (Read More)

(Auction)

Farrin's Sets the Tables for Thanksgiving
by Mark Sisco

Farrin's Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine One thing that business markets hate is uncertainty. Economic, social, and political doubts are often reflected in stock markets, currency markets, and antiques markets. Witness Rusty Farrin's auction in Randolph, Maine, on the night of November 4, 2020, when the final results of the presidential election ... (Read More)

(Issue Story)

Letter from London, November 2020
by Ian McKay,

Quite a mix has resulted from my attempts to look back at some earlier summer sales and to keep as up to date as possible. There are a few old masters and a couple of tortoises, a pair of old shoes, two Dutch dolls with a political edge, and a ... (Read More)
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