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(Show)Washington Winter Show Continues with Style
Washington, D.C.
The Washington Winter Show celebrated its 62nd year over the weekend of January 13-15. This marks the seventh year that the show has been held at the Katzen Arts Center on the campus of American University.
The longstanding event benefits three Washington, D.C., charitable organizations: the Founders Board of St. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Antiques and European and Asian Furniture and Decorative Arts
Garth’s Auctions, Delaware, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth’s
The first sale each year for Garth’s Auctions in Delaware, Ohio, tends to be not only a mixed affair but also a mouthful. Described by the company as offering “American Antiques and European & Asian Furniture & Decorative Arts,” the January 14 event included all ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Historic New England Receives Grant for Royal Barry Wills Associates Archive
Historic New England has been awarded a Museums for America grant for $150,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to support a two-year project to catalog, clean, rehouse, digitize, and provide online access to the Royal Barry Wills Associates Archive.
This collection documents the history of the Boston-based ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana and Fine Art
Pook & Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook
Pook & Pook held a winter sale on Friday, January 13, and luckily it did not snow. James Pook decided to sell 341 lots in one long Friday evening sale, knowing that many in the trade and some collectors were headed to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Charged with Selling Stolen Art
On December 9, 2016, Leon Zinder of Forest Hills, New York, was arrested and charged with selling stolen art.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement, “As alleged, Leon Zinder stole works of art worth more than $600,000 from his employer and then sought to sell them through a flea ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Buttersworth Tops Doubleday Collection Sale at Doyle
Three marine paintings by James Edward Buttersworth (British /American, 1817-1894) and one pair attributed to him were part of the sale of the collection of Nelson Doubleday Jr. at Doyle in New York City on January 11.
This signed oil on canvas by James E. Buttersworth, Yacht Racing off Sandy Hook, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Simon Wills Joins Garth's and Selkirk
Simon Wills, formerly of Christie’s in New York City, has joined Garth’s Auctioneers and Appraisers (Columbus, Ohio) and Selkirk Auctioneers and Appraisers (St. Louis, Missouri) as account and business development manager as well as fine art specialist and consignment representative.
Wills’s career spans a decade of serving in various roles at ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Mike Winslow, Clarendon Springs, Vermont
In the Trade
Someone just entering the antiques trade today might not realize this, but—once upon a time—it was lots of fun. When Mike Winslow, who thinks of himself as a “classic Vermont picker,” reflects on the business as it was in the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s, he recalls the carefree, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Art Dealer Pleads Guilty to Trafficking in Rhinoceros Horns
Fengyi Zhou, 49, of Syosset, New York, the owner of a business that specializes in Asian works of art, pleaded guilty on November 29, 2016, to trafficking illegally several horns from endangered black rhinoceros.
Zhou pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of wildlife trafficking in violation of the Lacey Act.
In papers ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Sixth Annapolis Antiques Show
Annapolis, Maryland
The sixth Annapolis Antiques Show was held January 7 and 8 at the Byzantium, an events center in Annapolis, Maryland. Thirty-nine dealers offering an excellent selection of antiques, fine art, collectibles, and curiosities set up in the multipurpose venue on the grounds of Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox ... (Read More)
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