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(Auction)North American Decoys at Auction
Guyette & Deeter, St. Charles, Illinois
The 31st Guyette & Deeter spring auction, held April 21 and 22 in St. Charles, Illinois, was notable for several reasons. To begin, the annual event is one of the larger sales held by the decoy auction firm. This year more than 600 lots were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Silver Sells
Christie’s, New York City
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Collectors of American silver can find silver for sale at Christie’s at least three times a year. Generally Colonial and Federal silver and 19th- and 20th-century silver works by Tiffany and Gorham appear in Americana sales catalogs in January and sometimes in September. For more ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Furniture, Decorative Arts, and Silver
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, Illinois
We’ve already written here about the cornucopia of variety available in a Leslie Hindman auction. Based in Chicago with regional satellites in Denver, Milwaukee, Naples and Palm Beach, Florida, and St. Louis, the house has widespread contacts. To all that, add international bidders and previews held ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Interesting Couture Labels on Vintage Fashions
Augusta Auctions, New York City
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A sprinkling of couture labels by lesser-known fashion designers, as opposed to well-known and revered designers, were seen on vintage clothing at an auction of couture and vintage fashion, historic textiles, and fashion accessories held by Augusta Auctions at Landmark on the Park, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture and Decorative Arts
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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A consignment of furnishings collected by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association brought national attention to Freeman’s April 19 sale in Philadelphia. The furniture had helped fill up the empty rooms of George and Martha Washington’s plantation house with antiques from every state in the Union. The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Skirmish Breaks Out over Civil War Coat
A Confederate coat, made of homemade blue jeans on a hand loom by a blind seamstress, is the subject of a lawsuit between a collector and a museum.
Collector Joe Fitzgerald of Huntsville, Alabama, a civilian aide to the secretary of the United States Army, bought the coat at the Mid-South ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Stickley Chest Tops Auction
Bruce Gamage, Jr., Antiques, Rockland, Maine
Every antiques auction, whether it’s a $10 million barnburner or a $10,000 snoozer, has points of interest that can be learned and stored for future use. No records were set at Bruce Gamage’s April 18 offering in Rockland, Maine, but it did bring forth some ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historical Documents Sale Highlights Reagan's 50-Year Correspondence with a Fan
Profiles in History, Calabasas, California
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An archive of over 350 candid photographs of Ronald Reagan, the majority unpublished, along with 128 letters by him dating from the 1940s through the mid-1990s, as well as much, much more, sold to an unidentified institution for $120,000 (including buyer’s premium) ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show 2016
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show was up and running April 14 through 17 and much improved after two years of rehabilitation. Show managers Diana Bittel and Karen and Ralph DiSaia were the doctors in charge of this fund-raiser for Penn Medicine, and they prescribed a new regimen that ... (Read More)
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(Show)Chicago Botanic Garden Antiques, Garden & Design Show
Glencoe, Illinois
The Chicago Botanic Garden was the site of two very different events in April. Both were newsworthy, but they could not have been more unlike. One, the 16th Chicago Botanic Garden Antiques, Garden & Design Show, held April 15-17, was an eagerly anticipated and always gorgeous annual event. The ... (Read More)
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