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(Auction)Modern Native American Art Sells Well at Hybrid Auction
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
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Ingmars Lindbergs, Bonhams' Native American art department director, called the May 1 auction of modern Native American art Bonhams' "first hybrid sale." He explained: "The shutdown happened four days before our auction, which had been scheduled for March 23. The catalog was out, and we ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Broadway Cooler Sells for $480,000 at Absentee-Only Auction
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
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"It far exceeded our expectations," stated Mark Zipp following his family's absentee sale that ended May 1. The Zipps of Crocker Farm converted what would have been their regular live sale, scheduled for March 21, to an Internet, phone, and absentee auction, which ran ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Executive Director for Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
Beth Twiss Houting will be the new executive director for the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. She will begin on May 4.
For the last nine years, Houting has been the senior director of programs and services at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, where she oversaw on-site, online, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Shrubsole's Terzameron
As the coronavirus takes hold and the world faces these challenging times, antiques dealers wonder what they can do to keep in touch with collectors and not be forgotten. Tim Martin, Jim McConnaughy, and Ben Miller of S.J. Shrubsole, dealers in antique silver in New York City, have come up ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Strange Bedfellows: Samuel Colt's Other Claim to Fame
Who would have thought that the man who started the greatest munitions factory in America also created an innovative company by producing artfully intricate wicker furniture? This is the story about Samuel Colt's pioneering wicker furniture business in Hartford, Connecticut, called the Colt Willow-Ware Manufacturing Company.
Most people know that Samuel ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Shannon's Spring Auction
Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Shannon's
The new watchword for auction house websites and ads for antiques shows is "T.B.D." ("to be determined"). Dates and places all depend on COVID-19.
The spring sale at Shannon's in Milford, Connecticut, normally a full-on event with live, phone, and online bidding, became an ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, May 2020
With many salerooms facing difficult times, some auctions cancelled, and others held on a "bidding online only" basis, this was always going to be a tricky "Letter" to put together-but here it is.
Many words have been devoted to a sale held last December of an exceptional collection of early English ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Freeman's Americana
Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman's
Freeman's April 28 Americana sale was a slow, tedious online experience and a huge success. Just 160 lots were offered in six and a half hours. The pace was 25 lots an hour on three platforms, LiveAuctioneers, Invaluable, and Freeman's Live. There were a few ten-minute ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Montsweag Flea Market Opening Delayed
According to Gena Kilkenny, the Montsweag Flea Market in Woolwich, Maine, will have a delayed opening. The market was originally scheduled to open on May 6, but that will not be possible. The flea market is "following all emergency legislation" and CDC guidelines. For more information, check the Facebook page ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques Dealers' Association of America Online Show
ADA Spring Online Show
Almost immediately after the opening of the ADA Spring Online Show, April 24-27, dealer John Chaski sold to a dealer a sixth-plate daguerreotype housed in a leatherette case. It depicts a portrait of a young girl holding a book, with her doll in a wagon alongside. David ... (Read More)
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