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(Auction)Wetherbee Collection of Shaker Baskets 100% Sold
Bray & Co., Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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Derin Bray is one of the relatively new entries into the New England auction market, and he comes well prepared. On August 23 he sold baskets-mostly Shaker-all from the collection of Martha Wetherbee. It was Bray's sixth sale.
Bray graduated from Yale ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Antiques and Americana
Conestoga Auction Company, Manheim, Pennsylvania
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With President Trump's tariffs in place causing the prices of new furniture to climb, even at IKEA, antique furniture is a real bargain. More importantly, buying antiques is the green thing to do. Even so, some good-looking furniture offered at Conestoga Auction ... (Read More)
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(Auction)August Americana Auction
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
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Bonhams Skinner previewed its August 19 Americana auction at the same time it launched its new Boston gallery. The new space, street level on Clarendon Street in the heart of Back Bay, is bright and welcoming. Designed to accommodate jewelry auctions, consignments, previews, lectures, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Success with Phones and Eclectic Offerings Continues
White's Auctions, Middleborough, Massachusetts
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One of the fun things about the sales conducted by John White and his wife, Kathryn Black, is that you never know what you'll find. There's likely to be a small collection of this and a small collection of that. Their August 17th sale ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A "Yes" Chair and a "Maybe" Wyeth
Casco Bay Auctions, Freeport, Maine
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Some good early New England furniture filled several of the top slots in the August 16 sale at Casco Bay Auctions in Freeport, Maine, along with a signed American watercolor painting, maybe an authentic Andrew Wyeth.
This 18th-century New England banister-back side chair ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Jonathan Fisher House Antiques Show
Blue Hill, Maine
The August 16 Jonathan Fisher House Antiques Show at the Blue Hill Fairgrounds in Blue Hill, Maine, presents an interesting and welcoming counterpart to the more prestigious Downeast Art & Antiques Show at George Stevens Academy down the road, overlapping on the same day. The two shows aren't ... (Read More)
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(Show)Downeast Art and Antiques Show
Blue Hill, Maine
The storied Downeast Art and Antiques Show, held this year August 14 to 16 at George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill, Maine, lays legitimate claim to being the longest-running antiques show in the country. It began in 1937 at the Ellsworth, Maine, city hall, then moved to the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Annual New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association Show
Manchester, New Hampshire
The annual show produced by the New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA) blooms like a perennial garden. Every year, there's an abundant crop of stunning colors and delights to nourish the souls of collectors. There's a reason this show attracts long lines of people waiting for show manager ... (Read More)
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(Show)Summer Coastal Antiques Show and Sale
Waldoboro, Maine
The Maine Antiques Dealers Association Show in Waldoboro, Maine, also known as the Summer Coastal Antiques Show and Sale, held at Medomak Middle School on Saturday, August 9, was only five hours long. But that provided enough opportunity for a leisurely perusal of the exhibits, set up by about ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Seven New Records Set at Crocker Farm Sale
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
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Selling for $28,800 (est. $10,000/20,000), the opening lot was this rare stoneware jar, 10 3/8" tall, circa early 1850s, with cobalt floral decoration, inscribed "James Hamilton / Cheap Stone Ware / Greensboro / Green Co PA." Arriving in Greensboro from Beaver, Pennsylvania, circa 1850, ... (Read More)
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