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York, Pennsylvania
The Original Semi-annual York Antiques Show and Sale
There was a lot of Americana for sale at the 172nd Original Semi-annual York Antiques Show and Sale in York, Pennsylvania. A surprise snowstorm didn’t keep a corps of regulars from coming to the York Fairgrounds on Friday, February 1. Some arrived ... (Read More)
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The Young Collector
We talk a lot in the antiques business about the dollars and cents of things, but for many of us and for much of our work, it is often much more emotional work than financial. It is, bluntly, hard, challenging, sometimes even saddening work. Much of our effort ... (Read More)
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Letter from London
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
Now That’s What You Call a Royally Great Vase!
One of the more important vases produced by the Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory in St. Petersburg to come to auction for generations was a star turn of a Russian pictures and works of art sale held at Christie’s, ... (Read More)
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New York City
The Winter Show celebrated its 65th year, a sapphire jubilee, January 17-27, at the Park Avenue Armory. There were sapphire lights projected on the ceiling and on the front of the loan exhibition, Collecting Nantucket / Connecting the World. Many at the preview party wore sapphire blue, making ... (Read More)
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CRN Auctions, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy CRN Auctions, Inc.
The annual CRN Auctions’ winter sale, held on January 27 in its Cambridge gallery, began with a group of choice chronometers—mostly marine examples—and a few navigational instruments from a meticulously held Connecticut collection that found great favor with bidders. The collector had ... (Read More)
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On January 26 a sculpture by William Edmondson, Miss Lucy, An Uplifted Lady, sold for $324,000 (includes buyer’s premium) at Case Antiques Inc. Auctions and Appraisals in Knoxville, Tennessee. That figure is believed to be the highest price ever paid at auction for an Edmondson female figure, according to Case.
The ... (Read More)
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Lebanon, Ohio
Midway through the first day of the Lebanon Antique Show, held January 26 and 27 in southwestern Ohio, show manager John Wanat was helping a buyer move a room-size Oriental rug. The new owner was from Cincinnati, roughly a half-hour’s drive away, and hadn’t come to the show to ... (Read More)
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Case Antiques Auctions and Appraisals, Knoxville, Tennessee
Photos courtesy Case Antiques
John Case and the entire auction house team in Knoxville, Tennessee, were elated with the results of their January 26 one-day sale of over 850 lots. While the top-ten list contained everything from modern paintings to regional pottery to Federal formality, ... (Read More)
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Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
In 2017 figure skater champion and straight-talking sports commentator Dick Button lent a portion of his skating-related art collection to the Fenimore Art Museum. His posters, paintings, sculptures, skates, costumes, and other artifacts filled six gallery rooms at the Cooperstown, New York, museum. ... (Read More)
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Quinn’s Auction Galleries, Falls Church, Virginia
Photos courtesy Quinn’s Auction Galleries
Quinn’s Auction Galleries opened its 2019 sales year with a pair of midwinter cataloged auctions at the firm’s Falls Church, Virginia, gallery on January 24 and 26. The first sale comprised 385 lots of modern prints, posters, and works on paper. ... (Read More)
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