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(Fragment)Ward Brothers Decoy Nearly Doubles Auction Record
The top decoy in Guyette & Deeter’s annual fall decoy and sporting art auction on November 10, 2016, in Easton, Maryland, was a “hump back” style pintail hen by the Ward brothers. It sold for $201,250 (includes buyer’s premium), a world auction record for the Ward brothers. The estimate was ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Canadian Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Offenses Stemming from Smuggling Narwhal Tusks
Gregory R. Logan, 59, of St. John, New Brunswick, a retired officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine on September 28 to ten money-laundering offenses. Logan was indicted in November 2012 and charged with conspiracy, smuggling, and money ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Gary Taylor, Bloomin' Antiques, Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire
In the Trade
There was a time back in the 20th century when it was not remarkable to find an antiques shop on your average New England village green. In fact, you almost expected it. A local shop that stocked a general line of what the locals lived with (and died ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Leroy Graves and Brock Jobe to Be Awarded Wunsch Award
Peter Wunsch oversees the Wunsch Americana Foundation, which was founded in 1946 by his father, collector Eric Martin Wunsch (1924-2013), for the purpose of preserving America’s art history. Wunsch has announced that Leroy Graves and Brock Jobe will share the fifth Eric M. Wunsch Award for Excellence in the American ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Legislation Introduced to Prohibit Sale of Purple Hearts
Representative Paul Cook, a Republican from California, has introduced a bill in the U.S. Congress that prohibits the sale of any Purple Heart medal presented by the government to a wounded service member or the service member’s family.
The “Private Corrado Piccoli Purple Heart Preservation Act” is named for Private Corrado ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Greater York Antiques Show
York, Pennsylvania
The Greater York Antiques Show on November 5 and 6, 2016, in York, Pennsylvania, took the focus off the upcoming election for a few hours for those who love the treasure hunt a good antiques show provides. A steady crowd arrived on Saturday, creating energy during the first few ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Holiday Sale 2016
Humler & Nolan, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Humler & Nolan
Humler & Nolan’s holiday sale, held November 5 and 6, 2016, in Cincinnati, Ohio, was characterized by confirmation rather than surprise, as bidding followed a pattern well established over recent years.
“The low end’s dead. Good stuff sells,” said Riley Humler, the company’s ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Variety Spices Life
CRN Auctions, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy CRN Auctions
Karin J. Phillips and Carl R. Nordblom routinely put together an eclectic pastiche of antiques from the 17th through the 20th centuries for their CRN Auctions sales. Their November 6, 2016, auction in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, gallery was no exception. The results were equally ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Potomack Gets Presidential
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company held its quadrennial auction of presidential, political, and historical material on November 5, 2016, at the firm’s gallery and showrooms in Alexandria, Virginia. While virtually all of the past presidents of the United States were represented, many of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Southern Folk Pottery Sale
Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society, Bennett, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society
Approximately twice a year the Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society (SFPCS) sends out a publication about southern history and geography in the form of a spiral-bound absentee pottery auction catalog. The 46th SFPCS sale, which closed on ... (Read More)
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