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Hanging with Elsie and Dan Andrews
by Julie Schlenger Adell

One can find Elsie and Dan Andrews on Mondays between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at their establishment, Andrews and Andrews in Northport, Maine, should an object need to be appraised. Andrews and Andrews is in the Blue Goose Center, built in 1954 and formerly known as the Blue Goose Dance ... (Read More)

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It’s Time
by Clayton Pennington

Last week, I got a check in the mail from a consignment to a local auction. It wasn’t much—only $28—and I had to split it with my four siblings. Each of us walked away with $5.60, just enough for a non-fancy cup of coffee. Still, it was what we were ... (Read More)

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A New Show Is Born
by Lita Solis-Cohen

When the demise of the long-running Philadelphia Show was announced in the Philadelphia Inquirer on June 4, the vacuum was immediately filled by the new Pennsylvania Antiques Show at Valley Forge Casino Resort, just minutes from Valley Forge National Historical Park. It will open with a preview party April 23, ... (Read More)

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Market Responds to Fresh Merchandise
by Rick Russack

Flying Pig Auctions, Westmoreland, New Hampshire Photos courtesy Flying Pig Auctions Flying Pig Antiques in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, could be said to be three businesses in one. It’s a 50-dealer group shop, it runs auctions, and it runs “tailgate” outdoor shows once a month for nine months of the year. If you’re ... (Read More)

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The 43rd Running of the Camden-Rockport Show
by Mark Sisco

Camden-Rockport Antiques Show & Sale, Rockport, Maine John and Elizabeth DeSimone of Goosefare Antiques & Promotions, who began promoting antiques shows in 1972, have now entered well into their fifth decade of show promotions. On July 19 and 20 it was their 43rd running of the Camden-Rockport Antiques Show & Sale, ... (Read More)

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Decorative Arts Trust Awards Publishing Grants
by M.A.D. Staff

There are five recipients of the 2025 publishing grants by the Decorative Arts Trust. The Birmingham Museum of Art, the Florence Griswold Museum, the Preservation Society of Newport County, and Victoria Mansion received grants under the collections, exhibitions, and conferences category. Dr. Mariah Kupfner received a grant for a first-time ... (Read More)

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Exhibitions, August 2025
by M.A.D. Staff

Roberta Beverly Kennon (1877-1931), decorator; Joseph Fortune Meyer (1848-1931), potter; vase with iris design, 1905, earthenware with polychrome underglaze ornament. Newcomb Art Museum, 1982.415-C. —Through September 1 —Savannah, Georgia The Moss Mystique: Southern Women and Newcomb Pottery at the Telfair Museum Jepson Center focuses on the material, subjects, and relationship to regional ... (Read More)

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Third “Rosebud” Brings $14.75 Million
by M.A.D. Staff

The sled “Rosebud” from Orson Welles’s film Citizen Kane is one of Hollywood’s most iconic symbols. Three of the sleds made in RKO’s prop department in 1940 are known to have survived. One sold to Steven Spielberg for $60,500 (including buyer’s premium) June 9, 1982, at Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., ... (Read More)

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Diversity at Heckler Auction Brings Positive Results
by Susan Emerson Nutter

Norman C. Heckler & Company, Woodstock Valley, Connecticut Photos courtesy Norman C. Heckler & Company Norman C. Heckler & Company, Woodstock Valley, Connecticut, is known for bringing to auction beautiful historical glass of all kinds, and its online-only event that ended July 16 was no different. But then again, it was a ... (Read More)

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Summer Sale in Knoxville
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Case Auctions, Knoxville, Tennessee Photos courtesy Case Auctions Case Auctions, a regional auction house in Knoxville, Tennessee, with satellite offices in Nashville, Chattanooga, and Kingsport, holds two-day sales of more than 1000 lots twice a year at the gallery at 4310 Papermill Drive, right off I-75. Established in 2005 by John and Stephanie ... (Read More)
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