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(Fragment)Long Island Dealer Sentenced to Two Years for Trafficking Rhinoceros Horns
On September 18, Fengyi Zhou of Syosset, New York, the owner of New York USA Antiques, Inc., which specializes in Asian works of art, was sentenced to two years of imprisonment for one count of illegally trafficking endangered black rhinoceros horns.
In court papers, Zhou admitted to purchasing a rhinoceros horn ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Americana Collection of Lynne Dingus
Forsythes' Auctions, LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Forsythes' Auctions, LLC
Dispersal auctions of well-known antiques enthusiasts' collections are always met with mixed emotions. There is the sadness of the person's passing mixed with the realization that what was collected is now going to be broken up. Sometimes, as collectors, we are witnessing ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Jewelry and a Painting by John Singer Sargent
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Grogan & Company celebrated its 30th year on November 5, 2017, with an approximately $2.55 million sale, drawn primarily from jewelry and paintings. The auction house is earning a reputation as the bijou auction house in Boston. It's small and located conveniently, and the small size ... (Read More)
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(Show)Mr. "Nice Guy" Manager of Milford Antiques Shows
Milford, New Hampshire
At 7 a.m. on November 5, 2017, I was entering the back door of the Hampshire Hills Athletic Club, not to play tennis but to visit one of Jack Donigian's antiques shows during his 42nd consecutive year of running them in the area, a few miles west of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Constitution Cane Tops Americana Auction
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Collections from all over featured in Skinner's November 4, 2017, Americana auction in its Boston, Massachusetts, gallery, where collectors and the trade vied for good American furniture and other objects. Stephen L. Fletcher, who wears many hats as Skinner's chairman of the board, executive vice president, and ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Smaller York Show with Serious Buyers and High Quality
Greater York Antiques Show, York, Pennsylvania
The Greater York Antiques Show, held November 3 and 4, 2017, in York, Pennsylvania, was small, with 36 dealers, including a stand for Keystone Auctions and the Landis Valley Farm Museum, down from 84 at Greater York in May 2015, but quality was high, the ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)3D Printing for Restoration
Computer Column #347
John P. Reid,
There have been important technical developments in three-dimensional printing by computer since column #339 was published in the March 2017 issue. It is now even possible to 3D print with concrete. A giant printer is wheeled to a site to print garden seats or ornaments ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Maryland Woman Convicted of Theft During Cleanup of 2016 Flood
A 35-year-old Taneytown, Maryland, woman has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for the theft of jewelry worth over $6200 from an Ellicott City antiques store during the cleanup in the aftermath of a July 2016 flood.
Melissa Lynn Poole entered an Alford plea before Howard County Circuit Court Judge ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, November 2017
Ian McKay,
With the new London season still moving slowly into action, only two of the auctions featured in this month's selection are very recent. However, one of them saw a fairly modern, but already famous pocket watch sold for a staggering sum. The other new season sale covered here, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)To Arms! To Arms! The Greenbacks Are Coming!
James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maine
James D. Julia's three-day firearms blowout in Fairfield, Maine, October 31-November 2, 2017, featured selections from about ten major estates and collections from across the country and brought in about $15.1 million from weaponry aficionados. A healthy 82% sell-through rate contributed to the success. But ... (Read More)
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