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(Fragment)Blackwell Auctions Recovers Antique Silver Stolen in 2011
Blackwell Auctions, Clearwater, Florida, returned several dozen antique silver items, including an 1804 Saunders Pitman coin silver pitcher and tumbler set, after the auction house discovered that the collection had been looted from a Baltimore silver dealer, Imperial Half Bushel, in 2011.
“A retired dealer consigned a box of assorted silver ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Collector Alleges He Was Suckered
New York City collector Stuart Pivar thinks he got suckered, and on July 16 he filed a lawsuit in Supreme Court of the State of New York against attorney John McFadden. The case revolves around the sculpture Mlle. Pogany II by Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957).
According to court papers, in April 2019 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Smith Labor Day Auction
William A. Smith, Inc., Plainfield, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy William A. Smith, Inc.
The large auction hall was full to overflowing for the annual William A. Smith, Inc., Labor Day antiques auction in Plainfield, New Hampshire, on September 2. At least part of the reason was that Smith does things the old-fashioned ... (Read More)
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(Show)Baltimore Art, Antique & Jewelry Show
Baltimore, Maryland
The 39th annual edition of the Baltimore Summer Antiques Show was held over Labor Day weekend, August 29-September 1, at the Baltimore Convention Center. Officially named the Baltimore Art, Antique & Jewelry Show, the event is staged and managed by the Palm Beach Show Group. Following its format from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Foster Auction Signals Change of Season
Robert L. Foster, Newcastle, Maine
By the beginning of September the Maine summer visitor season is almost over. As he’s done for the last several decades, auctioneer Robert Foster laid out his traditional end-of-summer Labor Day weekend auction in Newcastle, Maine, held this year on September 1. He offered the usual ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Heritage Wins Arbitration Case against Christie’s and Collectrium
In 2017 Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, filed suit against Christie’s and Collectrium, a Christie’s company.
Heritage accused Christie’s and Collectrium of “scraping” the website of Heritage Auctions to appropriate information and images without permission. Heritage alleged copyright infringement, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, violation of the Digital Millennium ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, September 2019
So many splendid summer sales from which to choose and, as a consequence, a good many wonderful things by necessity held over for future issues.
A is for Antiquities, and this month’s selection includes a very expensive but trouble-making pharaoh before presenting a selection that has a definite animal theme to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Winter Show Announces 2020 Exhibitors
Collectors and those who look forward each year to the grand January conclave of connoisseurs now known as The Winter Show (sans the word antiques) anticipate the publication of the list of dealers new to the show in the same way sports fans follow the NFL Draft. New players in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Firewall Holds
The Americana market, which has faced serious questions, faced a crucial test in early August. The six shows that make up Antiques Week in New Hampshire—now the most important cluster of American antiques shows—provided a reading of the pulse of the market. If New Hampshire Antiques Week encountered the problems ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Diamonds Are an Auctioneer’s Best Friends
Bruce Gamage, Jr., Rockland, Maine
After diverting much of his attention to appraisal work for the Robert Indiana estate, Bruce Gamage is back in full auctioneering mode. Historically, his late August sales have kicked off a week of wall-to-wall Maine auctions. But with various other scheduling changes, this year his August ... (Read More)
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