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(Show)The September York Show
Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
The 169th Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, September 22-24, was the most recent in the long succession of Original York Antiques Shows begun by Mable Renner in 1934, continued by Paul and Dorothy Ettline beginning in 1956, and then taken ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Christie's Americana
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
The week the United Nations convened in New York City to discuss peace and security, climate change, humanitarian aid, human rights, and economic development was not the best time to hold an Americana sale. John Hays, Christie's deputy chairman, apparantly did not realize that Donald ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Worldwide Participation at Bonhams' New York Jewelry Auction
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Bonhams' September 19 fine jewelry sale in New York City brought jewelry of many eras and styles to the auction block. At the top was a 16.90-carat step-cut diamond-D color, internally flawless, type IIa-that sold to a private U.S. buyer for $1,807,500 (includes buyer's premium).
The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Variety Characterizes Quinn's Fall Auction
Quinn's Auction Galleries, Falls Church, Virginia
Photos courtesy Quinn's Auction Galleries
Quinn's Auction Galleries held its fall cataloged sale of fine and decorative arts at its Falls Church, Virginia, galleries on September 16. The auction combined consignments from its central Virginia location in Louisa with a wide array of offerings already prepared ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Wadsworth Atheneum Corrals Remington "Bronco" for $510,000
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
Connecticut played a small but noteworthy part in the short life of Frederic Sackrider Remington (1861-1909). The renowned artist briefly attended Yale University, which later gave him an honorary degree, and he briefly lived in Ridgefield, Connecticut, where he died at age 48. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)September Auction of Shaker Objects
Willis Henry Auctions, Hancock, Massachusetts
Part three of the superb Shaker collection of professors Gerald "Jerry" McCue (1913-2011) and Miriam McCue (who turned 100 on November 4) came to market on September 16 at Willis Henry's auction at the Hancock Shaker Village in Hancock, Massachusetts. It was the final dispersion of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Toy Auction
Pook & Pook Inc./Noel Barrett, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook/Noel Barrett
"These days you have to add a fourth 'D' to the reasons for an auction; in addition to death, debt, divorce, add downsizing," said Noel Barrett at the September 15 toy sale he masterminded in partnership with Pook & ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Fan Fire IV" Heats Up Weschler's Rockville Debut
Weschler's Auctioneers & Appraisers, Rockville, Maryland
Photos courtesy Weschler's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Weschler's Auctioneers & Appraisers held its first cataloged auction at its new Rockville, Maryland, location on September 15. The sale was a doubleheader of sorts, with two sessions and with the two separate catalogs bound into a single volume.
The morning ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Brock Jobe to Discuss C.K. Davis Collection
On Wednesday, September 20, at 6 p.m., Schwenke Auctioneers in Woodbury, Connecticut, will host an "Expert Eye" decorative arts forum program. The speaker will be scholar, author, instructor, and research expert Brock Jobe.
Jobe will discuss recollections of C.K. Davis and his relationship with Henry Francis du Pont, founder and benefactor ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Leslie Hindman Sells Palmatary Map of Chicago, Expands to Atlanta
When Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago offered an aerial pre-Great Chicago Fire view of Chicago in the September 13 sale of fine books and manuscripts, the staff knew that it would do well, but they had no idea how well. So they set what Gretchen Hause, director of fine books ... (Read More)
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