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Art and Antiques at Tremont Auctions
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

Tremont Auctions, Newton, Massachusetts Antiques from the estate of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, show promoter, collector, and dealer Sonia Paine, who died last summer at 95, provided several bright spots in the Tremont Auctions November 19, 2017, sale in the Newton, Massachusetts, gallery. Paine, who opened an antiques shop in 1968, was ... (Read More)

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Heartland Antique Show
by Don Johnson

Richmond, Indiana For anyone driving rural back roads to the Heartland Antique Show in Richmond, Indiana, on the morning of November 18, 2017, something quickly became apparent. It was the opening day of deer season, as evidenced by an abundance of pickup trucks and SUVs edged off country roads near adjacent ... (Read More)

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Fine Art and Carved Chinese Plaques Set the Pace at Potomack
by Walter C. Newman

The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia Photos courtesy The Potomack Company The November 18, 2017, cataloged auction at The Potomack Company was held at the firm's galleries in Alexandria, Virginia. The sale presented a mix of offerings from a broad group of categories, with a concentration of lots from an equally broad selection ... (Read More)

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Comic and Disney Characters Star at Milestone Auctions
by Susan Emerson Nutter

Milestone Auctions, Willoughby, Ohio Photos courtesy Milestone Auctions Vintage comic characters are a perennial favorite. When "the Mouse" is involved, it's a given that interest will follow. Milestone Auctions saw this phenomenon firsthand during its "Hectic Eclectic" vintage comic character event held on November 18, 2017. Selling were more than 500 lots of ... (Read More)

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Americana at Freeman's
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Photos courtesy Freeman's Freeman's marketing focuses on selling collections. "Not only does it create a historical record, it delivers a better financial result" is the pitch of the Philadelphia auction house. Over the last four years, Freeman's has successfully offered large and small collections in separate catalogs. And when ... (Read More)

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A Little Knowledge and a Little Money Go a Long Way at Farrin's
by Mark Sisco

Farrin's Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine Every year for the past two decades or so, Rusty Farrin of Farrin's Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine, has piled together some of the best of a year's worth of gathering for presentation in a pre-Thanksgiving sale, which happened on November 15, 2017. A larger-than-usual crowd perused ... (Read More)

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The Salon Art + Design 2017
by Julie Schlenger Adell

New York City The Salon Art + Design, held November 9-13, 2017, at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City, exploded with color-from the neon shades of yellow, orange, and turquoise on the show's catalog to the deep reds, pinks, and greens of the stones used by jeweler and lead ... (Read More)

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American Art at Sotheby's
by Julie Schlenger Adell

Sotheby's, New York City Photos courtesy Sotheby's Sotheby's American art auction on May 23, 2017, was all about the Rockwells that sold, whereas the sale on November 13, 2017, was all about the Rockwells that were withdrawn by a court order. No Credit Given (Boy and Shopkeeper) by Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), one of ... (Read More)

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The Delaware Antiques Show
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Wilmington, Delaware Was it the buoyant stock market, the promise of tax cuts, realistic prices on dealers' tags in a tax-free state, or the hard work of dealers who reached out to clients ahead of time that that made shoppers ready to buy at the Delaware Antiques Show in Wilmington, Delaware, ... (Read More)

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Steady Sales at Hunt Country Antiques Fair
by Walter C. Newman

Middleburg, Virginia The 26th Hunt Country Antiques Fair, held November 11 and 12, 2017, at the Hill School in Middleburg, Virginia, was produced, promoted, and managed by Dordy Fontinel Show Management, Inc. Fontinel manages several shows in the mid-Atlantic states, and attendees have become familiar with the consistent quality of the ... (Read More)
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