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(Issue Story)The North Yarmouth, Maine, Pottery Industry, 1791-1890
The late 18th- and 19th-century red earthenware industry of North Yarmouth, Maine, in an area that became known as Yarmouth after 1849, is an aspect of Maine’s utilitarian pottery production that is somewhat forgotten today. From about 1791 to 1890 this was arguably Maine’s largest production center, located about 12 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, November 2019
A further selection of “Rothschild” specials is featured in this month’s “Letter,” offering a picture of a “ham dinner” by David Teniers and some exceptional pieces of furniture. Among the latter are Marie Antoinette’s writing table and a pair of mid-18th-century console tables that, rather unusually, feature polished steel in ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Elverson Show Celebrates 50 Years
Elverson Antique Show & Sale, Elverson, Pennsylvania
Forty-one dealers set up in the Twin Valley High School in Elverson, Pennsylvania, on October 26 and 27, 2019, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Elverson Antique Show & Sale. From its beginnings in a firehouse in 1969, the Elverson show became known ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Five Clock Stars
Schmitt Horan & Co., Manchester, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Schmitt Horan & Co.
There were 899 lots—comprising thousands of clocks, watches, tools, parts, music boxes, books, and other antiques—presented at the October 26 and 27, 2019, auction held by Schmitt Horan & Co. in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Continuing a recent strategy of a ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Angles and Emerging Art at BIFAS
Boston International Fine Art Show, Boston, Massachusetts
For the Boston International Fine Art Show (BIFAS) held October 24-27, 2019, Tony Fusco and Robert “Bob” Four of Fusco & Four changed the mix, brightening the show, which resulted in an event that overflowed with fine art and enthusiastic visitors at the Boston ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Pennsylvania Sale Excels in the Heartland
Horst Auction Center, Ephrata, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Horst Auction Center
Horst Auction Center held a 798-lot sale on October 25 and 26, 2019, at its facility in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, titled “Folk Art from an Old Time Ohio Collection.” The total gross was $298,435. Horst does not charge a buyer’s premium for in-house ... (Read More)
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(Auction)On-Site Sale in Newbury
John McInnis Auctions, Newbury, Massachusetts
All prices include the buyer’s premium.
John Atkinson arrived in Newbury, Massachusetts, sometime before 1664 when he was granted an acre of land on which to build a house. Over the years it passed from generation to generation until it passed out of the family in the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)American Furniture Study Center
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(Fragment)Former Partners to Face Off in Legal Battle
In 1987 an informal partnership of Treadway Gallery and John Toomey Gallery was formed to conduct sales. For the next 30 years, the pair sold hundreds of thousands of lots, regularly publishing thick catalogs filled with every kind of antiques and art but with a special emphasis on Modernism and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Winter Show Loan Exhibition Reflects Global Market
Masterworks from the collection of the Hispanic Society Museum & Library, spanning 4000 years of Hispanic history, art, and culture, will be the loan exhibition at The Winter Show, January 24-February 2, 2020, the annual benefit for the East Side House Settlement in the South Bronx.
The exhibition is co-curated by former ... (Read More)
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