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New York City
Thirty-six hours after Donald J. Trump became president-elect, the fifth edition of The Salon Art + Design opened at the Park Avenue Armory. Located ten blocks and two avenues from Trump Tower, the armory was transformed by 55 exhibitors into a showcase of exploration for the November 10-14, ... (Read More)
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Wilmington, Delaware
“The press got the election wrong, and you guys are wrong about brown furniture—it’s doing very well,” said Woodbury, Connecticut, dealer David Schorsch, who was showing for the first time at the 53rd annual Delaware Antiques Show and watching brown furniture sell like hot cakes.
No one, dealers or market ... (Read More)
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Bedford, New York
Debbie Turi’s Bedford Antiques Show was “a darling show with good quality,” remarked an attendee early on the first morning of the weekend show, held November 12 and 13, 2016, at Historical Hall on the Old Post Road in Bedford, New York.
Nineteen dealers set up shop on both ... (Read More)
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New York City
The Palm Beach Show Group’s New York Art, Antique & Jewelry Show opened in a new venue the day after the U.S. elected a new president. It was an adjustment for all.
After being denied a contract to renew his show at the Park Avenue Armory, Scott Diament, president ... (Read More)
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Slotin Folk Art Auction, Buford, Georgia
Photos courtesy Slotin Folk Art Auction
Folk artists come and go, and collectors and buyers come and go, but the Slotin Folk Art auctions keep presenting a broad range of material ranging from masters that sell for five digits to new discoveries that sell for moderate ... (Read More)
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At an online auction of corkscrews sponsored by ICCAuctions, LLC, a rare German Langenhan spring corkscrew, one of only two known, sold on November 13, 2016, for $25,376.62 (no buyer’s premium charged). For many years, German corkscrew collectors have searched for a Langenhan spring corkscrew, patented in 1878, and known ... (Read More)
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Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia
Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates held its 31st semiannual Americana and fine antiques auction at its Mt. Crawford, Virginia, gallery and showrooms on November 12, 2016. Over the past several years Evans has used this event to ... (Read More)
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Arcola, Arthur, and Tuscola, Illinois
Smack dab in the middle of practically nowhere, Antiques Week in Central Illinois has slowly been gaining a reputation in recent years. Not that there isn’t a bit of confusion in the midst of it all. Consider this: the semiannual event consists of five antiques shows ... (Read More)
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John McInnis Auctioneers, Newburyport, Massachusetts
There’s nothing like an on-site sale in a Federal house in a seaport town, especially when the owner was a collector’s collector. That’s what John McInnis Auctioneers delivered in three parts on November 11, 2016, in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
The house was owned by Frank E. Miller (1923-2014), ... (Read More)
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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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