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(Fragment)Bartlam Tea Bowl and Saucer Sell for $65,500
A previously unrecorded American porcelain tea bowl and saucer attributed to the John Bartlam manufactory in Cain Hoy, South Carolina, 1765-69, sold after the auction for $65,500, its reserve price, at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury, Wiltshire, U.K., on February 19. The buyer was London dealer Roderick Jellicoe, who has ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Marin Show 2019
American Indian Art Show/Marin, San Rafael, California
The February 16 and 17 American Indian Art Show/Marin was a first for producer Kim Martindale-he wasn't there. Felled by pneumonia, he spent the show in the hotel across the footbridge, in bed. How did the show do without him? "Fantastic," he said. "Perhaps ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decoy Hunting Brings $2.4 Million at Copley's Winter Sale
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Charleston, South Carolina
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
"Everybody loves a beautifully carved and painted bird," stated Stephen O'Brien, owner and auctioneer of Copley Fine Art Auctions LLC, Boston, Massachusetts. This was in response to the question "Why?" Why with all the genres of collecting that exist, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques Lovers Gather on Valentine's Day
Heart of Tennessee Antique Show, Lebanon, Tennessee
The business of selling antiques is equal parts acquisition and presentation, and closing the deal is the satisfying bow on top. These days, dealers have access to more avenues of presentation. They may run a virtual store online as well as a brick-and-mortar shop, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Nashville Show by Jenkins: Change Is in the Air
Nashville, Tennessee
When visitors to the Nashville Show this year bought tickets at the front door, the first thing they saw was an artist's rendering of what the new exposition buildings at the Nashville Fairgrounds will look like when collectors return in 2020. Construction is already underway, and modern techniques can ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Hudson Valley Cupboard Sells for $46,000
A mid-18th-century Hudson Valley stepback cupboard, found in a Dutch stone house in Ulster County, New York sold at Hyde Park Country Auctions, in Poughkeepsie, New York, on February 16 for $46,000 (includes buyer's premium).
"The estimate was $3000/6000. The consignor would have been happy with $2000," said Dominick J. Navarra, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Glenn Bauer, Forest Murmurs, Round Top, New York
In the Trade
I have to confess that I've never paid any attention to Black Forest woodcarvings. I've been looking at antiques since 1963 when I bought my first old object (a C.F. Martin guitar that my mother wouldn't let in the house because it smelled from the mouse nest in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Claggett Clock Reunion
Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island
Back on June 5, 2015, I attended a daylong seminar, "Time Well Spent: Clockmaking in Colonial America," at the venerable Redwood Library and Athenaeum in Newport, Rhode Island. The Redwood, America's first purpose-built library, was founded in 1747 and still occupies its original but ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Dogs in Art at Doyle
Doyle, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle
Doyle's sporting art sale on February 13 coincided with the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and the opening of the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog in midtown Manhattan. The catalyst for the 238-lot sale was the collection of James W. Smith (1941-2018) of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Heritage Pulls Back The Curtain, Editorial February 2019
Private sales by auction houses remain shrouded in mystery. Heritage Auctions, based in Dallas, Texas, has recently made a move to increase transparency in the antiques market-opening up a window into private sales.
Heritage Auctions, which had $815 million in sales in 2017, has an innovative Make Offer to Owner (MOtO) ... (Read More)
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