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(Issue Story)Freeman’s Sale of Rare Pendant Breaks Company Record
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Freeman’s Sale of Rare Pendant Breaks Company Record; Debut of Freeman’s Live Internet Bidding Platform
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
The November 1, 2017, sale of a rare circa 1910 J.E. Caldwell and Co. Belle Époque diamond pendant, centered by a fancy vivid yellow cushion-cut 10.59-carat diamond, “was a home run” ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pook Gives It Back
Downingtown, Pennsylvania, auctioneer Ronald Pook called the other day to say that his crew had made a great find. It was not a Bonnin and Morris pickle dish nor John Cadwalader’s sofa.
“We cleaned out an attic of items we can sell in an online sale, and just before closing up ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Out in the Cold
Editorial
A ruling handed down in a New York court in late September shines a light on a common practice in the trade and offers up a cautionary tale.
In June 1989 Reed Galin purchased a one-third interest in Andrew Wyeth’s Ice Storm from his childhood friend and art dealer David Ramus. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The AADLA Fine Art & Antiques Show 2017
New York City
The Art and Antique Dealers League of America (AADLA) put on a new show October 27-30, 2017, at Wallace Hall that overlapped with TEFAF New York Fall, held 18 blocks south at the Park Avenue Armory.
The show was managed for the AADLA by Brad Reh, a show promoter ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Provenance Counts
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Northeast Auctions began as it meant to go for its fall weekend sale, October 28 and 29, 2017, in the Portsmouth gallery. Every seat and some extras were filled. Dealers and collectors were a large presence. The first lot of the first day was a southern ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)“Horology in Art”
The Ward Francillon Time Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts
Since 1980 the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC) has sponsored the Ward Francillon Time Symposium at sites around the country where members meet to compare clocks, view examples of interesting and historic clocks, share new discoveries, and renew friendships. National and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Millbach Sale
John M. Hess Auction Service, Newmanstown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy John M. Hess Auction Service
The large sandstone and limestone house of the miller at Millbach in Millcreek Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, is the finest and best-known example of Pennsylvania German architecture. It was built in 1752 by German immigrant Georg Müller (since ... (Read More)
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(Show)Ohio Country Antique Show
Wilmington, Ohio
Two and a half hours after the doors opened for the fall edition of the Ohio Country Antique show, held October 28, 2017, at Wilmington, Ohio, a man stood in the cold outside one of the entrances, looking at the wooden baker’s rack hanging out of the rear of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Doyle Raises Buyer's Premium
Doyle New York’s new buyer’s premium began on October 15. The new buyer’s premium is 25% on the first $300,000 of the hammer price, 20% on the portion from $300,001 through $3,000,000, and 12.5% on the portion of the hammer price exceeding $3,000,000.
Originally published in the November 2017 issue of Maine ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Seaver & McLellan Antiques, Jaffrey, New Hampshire
In the Trade
A dealer I know who likes large, unusual, striking, or just plain odd pieces suggested that I interview Tom Seaver. When I walked into the Seavers’ shop on the very busy Main Street of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, I saw why. Although Tom Seaver, who works with his daughter, ... (Read More)
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