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(Issue Story)Fine Estate Jewelry at Alex Cooper Auctioneers
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Alex Cooper Auctioneers
Alex Cooper Auctioneers’ February 6 auction included 192 lots of jewelry from two prominent Maryland estates. I spoke with Selden Morgan, director of fine jewelry at the Towson, Maryland, company, when I noticed that post-sale results included antique items that had brought good ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, February 2020
Into the New Year with a selection that has changed somewhat since I first drew up a list of options and is now heavily weighted towards Far Eastern works of art, both Chinese and Japanese, and to the world of antiquities.
Those Chinese lots are principally drawn from London sales, as ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Show for Charlotte
Puchstein Promotions has announced a new addition to its roster of shows. The Charlotte Vintage and Antiques Market will debut May 22-24 in the new Cabarrus Arena and Events Center, located on the northeast side of Charlotte in Concord, North Carolina. The promoters note that there will be more than ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Location for Naples Show
The Naples Art, Antique & Jewelry Show will be held February 21-25 at a new location, 5305 Airport-Pulling Road North in Naples, Florida. The location is on the northwest corner of two of the most-traveled roads in Naples, Airport-Pulling and Pine Ridge Roads, and two miles west of exit 107 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Shining Light on Sundials
A Book Review
Photos courtesy Adler Planetarium
Many years ago I was given a 1902 book, Sun-Dials and Roses of Yesterday by Alice Morse Earle. I later gave the book away but then was gifted another copy. How glad I am now to pull it from my shelf as I review a ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville Celebrates 30 Successful Years
Nashville, Tennessee
The theme was “Legacy” as the Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville presented its 30th edition, held January 31-February 2. The long-running event is a rare example of a highly successful charity event. It benefits Cheekwood, a local house museum and garden complex, and 20 charities supported by the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fresh-to-Market Merchandise and Big Crowds
The Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
There was a big crowd at the Original Semi-Annual 174th York Antiques Show and Sale, held January 31-February 2 at Memorial Hall East at the York Fairgrounds in York, Pennsylvania. Show manager Melvin L. Arion said the crowd on Friday was ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Morphy Files Suit against Julia
It was a surprise merger that now, less than two years later, has led to a court fight.
On December 20, 2017, Morphy Auctions announced that it had merged with Fairfield, Maine, auction house James D. Julia, Inc., which became a division of Morphy Auctions. On November 18, 2019, Morphy Auctions, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African American Art from the Johnson Publishing Company
Swann Auction Galleries, New York City
Featuring 70 artists, some of whose works had never been offered at auction, Swann’s sale of African American art from the Johnson Publishing Company, LLC, Chicago, Illinois, put an exclamation point on the breadth and influence the department has in the marketplace.
The small 13-year-old African ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Dealers Are Financial Institutions—In the Eyes of Congress
The fight against money laundering and terrorism might result in art and antiques deals being much more transparent.
The “Coordinating Oversight, Upgrading and Innovating Technology, and Examiner Reform Act of 2019” or “COUNTER Act of 2019” was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in October 2019 by a unanimous voice ... (Read More)
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