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(Issue Story)Nancy McClelland's Homage to George Washington and Old New York
On January 22, 1932, more than 3000 luminaries from the arts, academia, politics, design, and New York society gathered at the Waldorf Astoria for the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects’ annual ball. Departing from the society’s usual Francophilia, the theme was “A Pageant of Old New York,” in honor of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Auctionata Files for Insolvency
Online auction house Auctionata (www.auctionata.com) filed for insolvency on March 1. “Our business operations will discontinue,” an e-mail from the firm read.
The firm, based in Germany, had tried to find financing. On February 1 Auctionata had sent an e-mail stating that the firm had filed for preliminary insolvency on January ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Rosetta Stone Sketchbook by Tompkins H. Matteson Rediscovered
From my point of view, 2016 was the year for the prominent American genre and historical painter Tompkins H. Matteson (1813-1884).1 In the March issue of Maine Antique Digest I spotted a small advertisement by Axtell Antiques (p. 12-CS) offering a self-portrait of the artist as a young man. With ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Philadelphia Man Charged with Interstate Transportation of Stolen Print
Gerald Garrett, 58, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged on February 28 with the interstate transportation of stolen property in connection with the theft of a signed LeRoy Neiman print of Muhammad Ali from the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
If convicted, the defendant faces a maximum possible sentence of ten ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 74th Raleigh Antiques Extravaganza
Raleigh, North Carolina
For 40 years, lifelong friends Alice Adams and Susie Clodfelter have run the Antiques Extravaganza of North Carolina. When they began, they were running an antiques shop in Tobaccoville, North Carolina, and bemoaned the absence of a quality antiques show in Winston-Salem. One of them said, “Let’s start ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Toy, Train, and Holiday Auction
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
Bertoia Auctions offered eclectic enticements—toys, trains, teddy bears, and holiday treasures—at its Vineland, New Jersey, gallery on March 25.
A departure from its two- to three-day format, the aptly named “Signature Sale” was a single-day sprint. This lightning round proved to be an even ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Southern Material in Demand
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm
The Zipps of Crocker Farm held their first sale of 2017 on March 25, consisting of 541 lots. “Besides the first lot, we were really pleased with the results,” stated Tony Zipp. That lot was a very large and unique double-sided stoneware face pitcher ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Enameled Tiffany Box Erupts at Quinn's
Quinn’s Auction Galleries-Central Virginia, Louisa, Virginia
Photos courtesy Quinn’s Auction Galleries-Central Virginia
Quinn’s Auction Galleries-Central Virginia held its spring fine and decorative arts auction on March 25 at the firm’s facilities in Louisa, Virginia. The sale was relatively small, with only 359 lots, but it offered a good mix of traditional antiques ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bring the Brink's Trucks and the Fire Extinguishers
Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York
Photos courtesy Cottone Auctions
All the gold (leaf) objects were glittering, and phone and Internet bidding was hot as auctioneer Sam Cottone burned through the pockets of successful bidders in a $2.1 million sale of 418 lots on March 25 in Geneseo, New York. The first 30 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Chait Indicted in Smuggled Rhinoceros Horns Case
Jacob Chait, 34, who served as the head of acquisitions and auctioneer of I.M. Chait, a gallery and auction house in Beverly Hills, California, appeared on February 21 in Manhattan federal court in New York to face charges of conspiring to smuggle rhinoceros horns, in violation of the Lacey Act. ... (Read More)
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