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(Auction)American and European Art
Hindman Auctions, Chicago, Illinois
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After a viral pandemic upended auctions earlier this year, collectors' thoughts turned next to the new normal-whatever that could be. It makes sense that staff at Hindman Auctions in Chicago had to have major worries, even butterflies, before a clutch of previously planned fine ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Online Sale Recalls Farm Sales of the Past
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
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Pook & Pook's online sale on May 20 was one of those that regularly follow its major catalog sales: material deemed not quite worthy of illustrations in a printed catalog. These sales call to mind the once common farm sales ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Country Americana and Decorative Arts
Garth's Auctions, Columbus, Ohio
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May was different at Garth's Auctions. That's not how Jeff Jeffers, CEO and principal auctioneer, would have wanted it, but with Ohio restricting businesses and gatherings because of the coronavirus pandemic, it's the way things were. The trouble was, May is always a big ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)"A Strong and Continuing Demand"
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, held its two-day "Spring Premier and Emporium Auction" May 15 and 16, and the first day of the sale included 156 lots of antique to contemporary jewelry and timepieces that achieved a 98% sell-through rate, indicating "a strong ... (Read More)
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(Show)Virginia Pickers Takes a Step into the New World
Virginia Pickers Antiques and Collectables Show, Glen Allen, Virginia
The fourth installment of the Virginia Pickers Antiques and Collectables Show was held on its originally scheduled dates at Gilman's Farm in Glen Allen, Virginia, May 15 and 16. As with virtually all antiques events, the fate of the Pickers show had ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spring Sale Makes $2.5 Million
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Spring Sale Makes $2.5 Million
Sometimes you just have to go for it. "At the beginning of March, once we realized everything was probably going to be shut down due to COVID-19, we knew we had to address our spring toy auction slated for May 7 and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bidders Undeterred by Pandemic or Remote Format of African Americana Sale
Swann Galleries, New York City
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"I am still somewhat dumbfounded that we managed to pull off a strong sale given the circumstances," director of books and manuscripts Rick Stattler wrote in an e-mail shortly after Swann's annual printed and manuscript African Americana sale on May 7. The auction ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Scottish Gold Center Bowl Tops Sale
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
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In the midst of the pandemic and diminishing interest in sterling silver flatware and decorative pieces, at least by young people, Heritage Auctions' sale of fine silver and objects of vertu highlighted bidder enthusiasm and bested sales estimates.
The May 5 sale in Dallas, ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Staying at Home
The Young Collector
We write this in our first week of Ohio's mandatory "Stay at home" order. "Stay at home," Ohio Governor Mike DeWine thinks, and we agree, sounds a good bit less ominous than "Shelter in place," which conjures visions of 1960s elementary school kids crowding under their desks. We ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)In Pursuit of History
A Book Review
"H. Richard Dietrich Jr. loved to collect," writes his son, H. Richard Dietrich III, in In Pursuit of History: A Lifetime Collecting American Art and Artifacts, the book about his father, who was "driven by an abiding love of history" and "a thirst for discovery."
H. Richard Dietrich Jr. ... (Read More)
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