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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, June 2024
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer’s premium when charged. We’re always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Damon Granger Buys Indy Ad Show
Damon Granger has purchased the Indy Ad Show from Morphy Auctions. The transaction was completed in May. Partnering with Granger are his wife, Angela, and adult son Zach.
A former dealer at the semiannual Indy Antique Advertising Show (the event’s former name), Granger started his own show when the Indianapolis event ... (Read More)
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(Auction)“Boston Collects” at Doyle
Doyle, Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Doyle
Still new in town, Doyle’s “Boston Collects” auctions grossed nearly $1.1 million over the course of the auction house’s first year in Boston. The June 7 sale in the Back Bay gallery delivered objects with Boston connections, whether it be the subject, the artist, or some ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter to the Past
Beneath the Surface
A little over 20 years ago, Andrew was fresh out of graduate school and ready to launch a career in the antiques business. But the antiques job market for a guy with no experience, student loans to pay, and the ink still drying on a master’s degree was ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Latest Miller’s Handbook
A Book Review
Author Judith Miller (1951-2023) passed away unexpectedly before finishing the 45th-anniversary edition of Miller’s Antiques Handbook & Price Guide. Her husband, John Wainwright, wrote in the introduction that “Judith’s extensive knowledge of and passion for antiques still runs through the new edition.” It certainly does! The more than ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Americana Collection of Frank Gaglio
New England Auctions, Branford, Connecticut
Photos courtesy New England Auctions
What do you call an auction of 404 lots where only one lot fails to sell? Fred Giampietro of New England Auctions didn’t know either. That’s what happened at the June 6 auction of the collection of Frank Gaglio in the gallery ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Curator of Historic Home Content Named for Connecticut Show
Rebecca Lineberry, a restorer and designer of antique homes in Connecticut, will direct content for the Haddam Historical Society’s Connecticut River Valley Antiques Show and Historic Home Fair, to be held October 19 and 20 in Higganum, Connecticut.
Lineberry, whose ongoing restoration of a 1755 Colonial-style single-family home in Higganum was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Clare and Jared Edwards Collection
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) was famous for his paintings of girls—girls by a pool, in the mountains, lying on grass, standing on balconies, on a swing, leaning against a tree, and balanced on rocks. In the early 1930s he completely changed his style to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Climax Apple Parer Sells for $7500
A Climax iron apple parer and slicer, estimated at $150/300, sold for $7500 (includes buyer’s premium) in a June 5 online sale by Butterscotch Auctioneers & Appraisers, Pound Ridge, New York. The new owner of the Climax is Kieth Monnier from Sidney, Ohio, who also collects many other kitchen collectibles ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Awe
He...who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. ... (Read More)
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