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(Show)Loyal Sellers and Buyers Make for a Good Crowd
Earlier Times Antiques & Folk Art Show, Millersburg, Ohio
Earlier Times Antiques & Folk Art Show was held at the Holmes County Fairgrounds in Millersburg, Ohio, April 26 and 27. The semiannual event featured 34 dealers. “Spring is always a little lighter,” said promoter Cheryl Williams. Her husband, Kent, added that ... (Read More)
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(Show)Simply Irresistible Show in Ohio
Simple Goods, Berlin, Ohio
The lights went out about an hour and a half into the spring edition of Simple Goods on April 27. At the time, the Heritage Community Center, located a few miles north of Berlin, Ohio, was filled with dealers and shoppers at the semiannual antiques show, known ... (Read More)
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(Show)Two Days at the Liberty Antiques Festival
Liberty Antiques Festival, Staley, North Carolina
Photos by Pete and Donna Prunkl
M.A.D. has covered the April or September opening at the Liberty Antiques Festival for the past 19 years. This year’s spring opener was Friday, April 26, or “Retirees’ Day,” in the words of one dealer. This year, accompanied by my ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Duck Doubleheader
Guyette & Deeter/North American Decoy Collectors Association, Lombard, Illinois
One early spring doubleheader highly anticipated by outdoor enthusiasts throughout the U.S., most especially in the Midwest, doesn’t happen in baseball. It is the annual two-day Guyette & Deeter auction in Lombard, Illinois, held along with a multi-day large and eclectic show ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Give and Take
Beneath the Surface
You can set your watch by it. The days begin to lengthen, Daylight Saving Time kicks off, daffodils poke up, buds pop out, and the real March Madness begins—last-minute donation appraisals.
A flurry of phone calls starts to come in from people who donated items to museums last year ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A New Connecticut Show
After four decades of hosting the Connecticut Spring Antiques Show, the Haddam Historical Society, in partnership with Goosefare Antiques & Promotions, is launching a new expanded show focused on a younger audience seeking quality and more affordable antiques.
The Connecticut River Valley Antiques and Historic Homes Show—scheduled for October 19 and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, May 2024
Definitely Desirable but Not Exactly an Open Book
As a book man at heart, I found it hard to resist front, back, and side views of the lot featured. It was offered in a February 21-23 sale held by Dore & Rees of Frome in the county of Somerset—one that dispersed ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Hirsch Is New Owner of Dallas Auction Gallery
Prominent antiques dealer and appraiser Reyne Hirsch is the new owner of the Dallas Auction Gallery and aims to attract a younger generation of buyers to collecting antiques and fine art.
Hirsch was already co-owner of the nearby Patrick Jones Gallery, specializing in contemporary and modern art, when she received a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Illustration Art
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
The enduring appeal of illustration art was evident at Heritage Auctions’ recent auction of original works from famous illustrators whose works have adorned the covers and pages of magazine covers and pulp fiction novels and who have created pinup portraits and posters.
The Dallas-based auction ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California and Western Art
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
On April 23 at Bonhams’ auction of California and Western art in Los Angeles, total sales came to $2,500,000. Director of fine arts Scot Levitt commented, “This auction solidified the age-old adage that the cream of the crop always finds a strong market. Paintings such ... (Read More)
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