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(Fragment)Minnesota Dealer Pleads Guilty in Ivory Case
Antiques dealer Jay Anthony Anderson, 66, of Wabasha, Minnesota, pleaded guilty on June 7 in federal court to smuggling elephant ivory. He was charged on May 16 with knowingly importing and exporting objects made from elephant ivory in violation of the laws and regulations of the United States, including the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Porcelain, No Simple Matter
The Frick Collection in New York City has published Porcelain, No Simple Matter: Arlene Shechet and the Arnhold Collection, which accompanies the year-long special exhibition of the same name, exploring the complex history of making, collecting, and displaying porcelain.
The 34-page booklet includes installation photographs, a complete exhibition checklist, and a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decoys at Auction
Guyette & Deeter, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
The festival of feathers capped at the Guyette & Deeter sale July 26 and 27 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where about 600 lots brought just shy of $3 million (including buyers' premiums). As do Ted and Judy Harmon, whose Cape Cod auctions are highly social ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Show Manager for Zoar Harvest Festival Antiques Show and Sale
Slated for August 6 and 7, the 43rd annual Harvest Festival Antiques Show and Sale in Zoar, Ohio, will be managed by Steven Sherhag of Canfield, Ohio.
"Since 2008, dealers Jan and Dick Wilks have done a superb job managing and promoting Harvest Festival," said Jon Elsasser, president of the Zoar ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)American Furniture 2015
A Book Review
American Furniture 2015Edited by Luke Beckerdite The Chipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England, 2015, 241 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from University Press of New England, (800) 421-1561 or (www.upne.com).
Collectors and students of American furniture look forward annually to the publication of American Furniture, the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Anonymous Donor Gifts Ohr Vase
The Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi, Mississippi, has acquired a piece of George Edgar Ohr ceramic art pottery from an anonymous donor. According to the museum's director, Kevin O'Brien, "Although the museum has been fortunate enough to receive gifts of Ohr in the recent past, it's always a special ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Arion's Delaware Coast Antiques Show & Sale Canceled
Promoter Melvin L. Arion has announced that the 20th annual Delaware Coast Antiques Show & Sale will not be held this year. The cancellation is due to major construction at the Convention Center in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The event is normally held the first weekend after Labor Day (this year ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Tenth Newport Antiques Show
Middletown, Rhode Island
The Newport Antiques Show, July 22-24, which celebrated its tenth year, continues to attract local collectors and summertime residents. Attendance appeared to be down this year, but "the show holds its own," said Delaware dealer James M. Kilvington, who has exhibited here for six years.
Held in the ice ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Indian Hill Antiques Fair
Cincinnati, Ohio
Indian Hill Antiques Fair was under new management during the 34th annual show, held July 24 in northeastern Cincinnati. Doug Supinger took over for Ray and Kathy Mongenas, who started the event for the Indian Hill Boosters Association and managed it through last year.
While the Mongenases took pride in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Summer Sporting Auction
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Plymouth, Massachusetts
The festival of feathers continued on July 24 with Copley Fine Art Auctions' tenth annual auction in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where collectors of decoy and sporting art assembled while artworks and birds moved from one collection to another.
Bird carvers were and remain sportspersons, careful observers of ... (Read More)
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