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(Issue Story)Bill du Pont: Impassioned Collector and Connoisseur
William "Bill" Kemble du Pont, impassioned and very private collector of American antiques, died tragically in a tractor accident on July 4, leaving the Delaware Valley antiques world without its number one supporter. Over more than six decades, du Pont bought antiques from a battalion of dealers, collectors, and auctioneers ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gamage Has the Ball and It's Second Down and Ten from the Fifty
Bruce Gamage, Jr. Antiques, Rockland, Maine
For Bruce Gamage, it was second down and ten from the 50-yard line. But the next play didn't happen until five months later. His last planned auction had been set for the middle of March. In the Rockland, Maine, Elks Lodge, the tables were all ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Welcome Respite
Shortly after arriving at the Deerfield Fairgrounds for Gurley Antique Shows' annual event, part of Antiques Week in New Hampshire, happening live, I was speaking with Timothy Libby, husband of co-promoter Rachel Gurley.
I told Libby that on my way driving to the show, I noticed the first yellow "Antiques Show" ... (Read More)
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(Show)Country Farm Antiques Show
Casey, Illinois
They needed this. Everyone did. After the stay-at-home orders, social distancing, and lack of time with family and friends. After the loss of income due to multi-state shutdowns. After the absence of in-person, hands-on, face-to-face opportunities to shop. After any sense of just being able to get out and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)North American Decoys at Auction
Guyette & Deeter, Inc., St. Michaels, Maryland
Photos courtesy Guyette & Deeter, Inc.
Good collectors make for good collections, and good collections make for good auctions. Such was the combination at Guyette & Deeter's August 21 and 22 absentee and online decoy auction that brought $4 million (with buyers' premiums). The auction ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Baltimore Show Rescheduled to 2021
The 2020 Baltimore Art, Antique & Jewelry Show, postponed from August to November, has now officially been rescheduled to 2021. The original event was rescheduled following the City of Baltimore's executive order to cancel public events through August 30. However, recent updates from government officials regarding the use of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Novel Approach to the Novel Virus Problem
Barridoff Galleries, South Portland, Maine
Photos courtesy Barridoff Galleries
Here's an idea that falls right into the "Why didn't anyone else think of this?" category. On August 15 Barridoff Galleries held its latest art auction in South Portland, Maine. To encourage absentee bidding in this "Age of COVID," the buyer's premium was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)George Nakashima Furniture Sells Well in Virginia
Cox & Graves Auction Co., Fredericksburg, Virginia
George Nakashima Furniture Sells Well in Virginia
by Walter C. Newman
Photos courtesy Cox & Graves Auction Co.
A group of six pieces of furniture crafted at the Nakashima studios in New Hope, Pennsylvania, recently came to auction in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The pieces were offered by the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skinner Americana
Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner
Skinner's annual August Americana auction, held online August 3-13, included over 600 lots from multiple consignors. A Boston-area collection gathered carefully in the 1960s and 1970s from the best dealers of the day was the source of many of the highly desired lots. Stephen Fletcher, head ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Eldred's Summer Marine Auction
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred's
Every seat beneath the tent on the terrace was occupied for Eldred's August 13 marine sale in East Dennis, Massachusetts. While seating was spaced to allow for social distancing, it still meant that 40 or so hardy souls were on site for bidding. And bid ... (Read More)
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