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(Fragment)Alleged Head of Wildlife Smuggling Ring Extradited from Australia
On July 24 Guan Zong Chen ("Graham Chen"), a Chinese national, was arraigned in federal court in Boston on charges that he led a conspiracy to illegally export $700,000 worth of wildlife items made from rhinoceros horn, elephant ivory, and coral from the United States to Hong Kong. Chen was ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 37th Camden-Rockport Antiques Show & Sale
Rockport, Maine
Hot, dry weather is often anathema to Maine antiques dealers and shows. It tends to drive tourists and dealers to the boats and beaches and away from indoor buying venues. But not this time.
The hot, dusty temperatures of one of the driest summers that Maine has had in years ... (Read More)
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(Show)41st Annual Cashiers Antiques Benefit Show
Cashiers, North Carolina
For those in a hurry, here is a quick summary of the 2017 Cashiers, North Carolina, antiques show, held July 21-23.
"Yesterday I sold sixty percent of my booth," said John Cooper of Wilmington, North Carolina. Cooper had to rearrange his booth of Americana for Saturday, July 22, the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Greater Cincinnati-Dayton Antique Advertising Show
Lebanon, Ohio
The Greater Cincinnati-Dayton Antique Advertising Show debuted July 23 at Miami Valley Gaming, a racino west of Lebanon, Ohio. Michael Villamanga of Cincinnati managed the event, which drew about 40 dealers and a total attendance of approximately 200.
Villamanga has collected for 35 years and has sold antiques for three ... (Read More)
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(Auction)North and South: Stellar Stoneware and Redware Hit the Market at Crocker Farm
Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm
"This particular auction may make such pieces seem almost commonplace. We can assure you, they are not." Appropriate words, as read in the catalog introduction for Crocker Farm's July 22 sale. The Zipps' summer sale consisted of 622 lots and grossed $1,129,555 (with buyers' premiums). "This ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Feast of Smalls at Laughlin's Summer Sale
Laughlin Auctions, Edinburg, Virginia
Photos courtesy Laughlin Auctions
While covering sales at Laughlin Auctions, I have learned that with three auctioneers working simultaneously throughout the building, it is impossible to see it all. No one can be in several places at once, and with only a rough idea of the sequence of ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 43rd Annual Vermont Antiques Dealers' Association Show
Stratton, Vermont
The Vermont Antiques Dealers' Association (VADA) annual show was held July 21 and 22 this year, and for the first time in about 25 years it was back in the Stratton Mountain Base Lodge in Stratton, Vermont. The base lodge sits on Stratton Mountain. It's a very large, sprawling ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dorflinger Punch Bowl Brings $114,000
George Siek ran a successful wholesale supply business in Florida before he retired to Highlands, North Carolina, where he opened the Museum of American Cut and Engraved Glass and shared his passion with visitors for the last 25 years. "I will close the museum in November," said 87-year-old Siek a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Scrimshaw Record Set at Eldred's
Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc., East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred's
For its annual Cape Cod marine auction under the big tent on July 20, Eldred's in East Dennis, Massachusetts, began as it meant to go on. It was a buying kind of day, and bidders were ready. Eldred's was more than ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud in Case of Historical Documents
On July 20 Daniel Witek, 54, of Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty to mail fraud in U.S. District Court. Court papers state that Witek is also known as Daniel Mountbatten-Witek and Walter Payne.
According to the plea agreement, Witek was a volunteer at the Buffalo History Museum in 2013. While volunteering ... (Read More)
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