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The annual Spring Antique Spectacular, to be held March 4-6 at the QCCA Expo Center in Rock Island, Illinois, will open one hour earlier for two days of the three-day show. The new hours will be Friday, March 4, 4 to 9 p.m.; Saturday, March 5, 10 a.m. to 6 ... (Read More)
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Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago
Leslie Hindman’s first decorative arts sale of the new year is, traditionally, the opening gun for a new season of sales. As a first volley, the January 26 and 27 sale was a lulu.
First, there was, at over 1000 lots, the sheer mass of merchandise. You like ... (Read More)
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The 29th annual Cape Cod Glass Show will feature a new sponsor, a new location, and new dates. The show’s co-managers—James and Betsy Hewlett Lessig—will remain the same. They have been at the helm for the past four years and have exhibited at every show since its inception.
The show will ... (Read More)
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The Cape Cod Antique Dealers Association (CCADA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the public’s knowledge and appreciation of antiques, has announced the 2015 winners of its Cultural Enrichment Grants.
Through its Cultural Enrichment Grant Fund, the CCADA seeks to promote a better understanding of Cape Cod’s history and heritage by ... (Read More)
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The American Historical Print Collectors Society (AHPCS) encourages accredited nonprofit institutions with significant print collections to apply for conservation grants for the preservation of American historical prints. An American historical print is defined as an American print over 100 years old. Applicants must be members of the AHPCS.
This program is ... (Read More)
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New York City
A small 14th-century anthropomorphic English jug, a large 16th-century gotch for bringing beer to bell ringers in East Anglia, 17th-century German Westerwald stoneware jugs and flasks, tin-glazed earthenware with charming naïve painted decorations, elegant 18th-century dinner, dessert, and tea wares, and proto-modern mochawares—these were just a few of ... (Read More)
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Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s had so much to sell this January—more than 1000 lots from the Schorsch estate (see pp. 29-33-C), 96 lots of folk art from the Levins (see pp. 36-37-B), and 406 lots from various owners—that it was hard to find enough time to see it ... (Read More)
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NYC Big Flea Antiques Market, New York City
The big snowstorm that pummeled New York City on the third weekend of January dealt a blow to the two-day NYC Big Flea Antiques Market held January 23 and 24.
Although 160 dealers had set up on Friday and the show opened for business ... (Read More)
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New York City
The Outsider Art Fair, now in its 24th year, drew thousands of people to the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City over its four-day run (January 21-24), during which the city was hit with over two feet of snow. The fair’s move to a new venue had dealers ... (Read More)
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New York City
New Yorkers, as well as out-of-towners who came to the Big Apple for Americana Week, got in some last-minute shopping on the first day of the show at Wallace Hall before the snowstorm closed down the city Saturday afternoon.
The 34 dealers who set up shop in the below-grade ... (Read More)
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