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(Show)Goosefare's Very Good, Short Day
Wells Outdoor Antiques Show & Sale, Wells, Maine
It’s hard to get better than this—perfect weather, a short day, and good stuff.
On June 25 Goosefare Antiques and Promotions of Wells, Maine, produced a one-day show that was almost directly across the street from its home base. The 17th Wells Outdoor Antiques ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2017 Lititz Antiques Show
Lititz, Pennsylvania
The town of Lititz, in the fertile farmland of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, has a group of dedicated residents who have preserved the rich history of the area. The year after the Lititz Historical Society was founded in 1961, the society held an antiques show as a fund-raiser, and every ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Primitive Paintings Color Auction
Hap Moore, York, Maine
They weren’t the priciest items on the block, but the flavor of Hap Moore’s June 24 auction in York, Maine, seemed to emanate from some primitive paintings and a nifty piece of classic Maine painted furniture.
A Prior-Hamblen school portrait of Mercy Dixon of Lebanon, Maine, came with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Charged in Gardner Theft Scam
Anonymous tipsters and digital tracks have led to the arrest of Todd A. Desper of Beckley, West Virginia, on May 22 on fraud charges in connection with a scheme to sell on Craigslist paintings that had been stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990.
Desper, a.k.a. “Mordokwan,” 47, was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native American Art at Auction
Bonhams, San Francisco, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
What went wrong and what went right at Bonhams’ June 19th Native American art auction in San Francisco?
When asked what went wrong, department director Ingmars Lindbergs immediately answered, “Number forty-five,” referring to the current presidential administration. “I was apprehensive before the December auction,” he continued, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Anna Pottery Presentation Vase Leads Evans Sale
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia
Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates held its 32nd semiannual Americana and fine antiques auction, spotlighting Virginia and the South, on June 16 and 17 at the firm’s gallery in Mt. Crawford, Virginia. This sale was a two-day ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Julia Auction Buzzed by Swarm of Dragonflies
James D. Julia, Inc. Fairfield, Maine
The latest James D. Julia, Inc. lamp, glass, and jewelry auction on June 16 in Fairfield, Maine, was all it was cracked up to be and a lot more. It added up to a record for the division at about $4.3 million gross for the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Overbeck Vase Brings $8750
A 12" high Overbeck art pottery vase sold for $8750 (no buyer’s premium charged) during a consignment auction of art and ceramics held by Walther & Hawkins Auctioneers at Richmond, Indiana, on June 15. The vase, which was the top lot of the day, featured carved panels of stylized birds ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Books and Historical Paper at Auction
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
For the fifth time since 2011, historical paper collector Eric C. Caren auctioned some of his vast and still-growing collection of newspapers, broadsides, and eyewitness letters that get as close as possible to major events of modern history. His most recent offering was the 109 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art Auction
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
The final auction of Swann Galleries’ season took place during the afternoon of June 15, and after three and a half hours, $1,471,643 of American art had been sold. The auction was the top-selling American art sale in the department’s ten-year history, said ... (Read More)
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