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(Auction)Americana Sale at Pook & Pook
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.
Pook & Pook’s January 16 and 17 sale with nearly 1000 lots avoided going head to head with Americana Week in the Big Apple. The sale was posted before Christmas, and printed catalogs, now a rarity, were mailed and available ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Story Time
Beneath the Surface
Our children have reached the age where they find us “cringe.” (That is what they call “embarrassing” these days. A key way to be cringe is to use their slang against them. You get bonus points if you do it on purpose, and you level up if you ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Online-Only Sale of the Estate of Craig Fisher
Davies Auctions, Brookston, Indiana
Photos courtesy Davies Auctions
Two-piece stepback cupboard in cherry with original red paint, Indiana, circa 1850, 86" high x 53½" wide, $32,200 (est. $4000/8000). The cupboard had sold at auction in 2002 for $40,000.
A two-piece stepback cupboard in cherry with old red paint sold for $32,200 (includes buyer’s ... (Read More)
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(Show)“Preserving the Future of Our Past”
Washington Winter Show, Washington, D.C.
The 70th edition of the Washington Winter Show was held January 9-12 at the Katzen Arts Center on the campus of American University in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1954 as the Washington Antiques Show and in the ensuing years having been held at several locations in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Historic New England Awards Preservation Grants
Each year Historic New England awards a Herbert and Louise Whitney Fund Community Preservation Grant to a small or medium-size heritage preservation organization in each New England state. The grants support projects that save and expand the stories shared in New England communities. In 2024 Historic New England awarded grants ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, January 2025
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer’s premium when charged. We’re always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two-Day Sale at New England Auctions
New England Auctions, Branford, Connecticut
Photos courtesy New England Auctions
The first day of the two-day sale held by Fred Giampietro’s New England Auctions January 8 and 9 in the Branford, Connecticut, gallery, featured material from Ron and Penny Dionne, Allan and Kendra Daniel, and a Stonington, Connecticut, estate. On day two ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Ron and Joyce Bassin
Having recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary, Ron and Joyce Bassin of A Bird in Hand Antiques, Florham Park, New Jersey, are still on the road having fun. They exhibit at nine shows a year, from Washington, D.C., to York, Pennsylvania (two times a year); Thomasville, Georgia; Charleston, South Carolina; ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Three-Day Auction and an Expensive Bullet Hole
John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy John McInnis Auctioneers
How often does a bullet hole turn up at auction? Ask John McInnis. The January 3, 4, and 5 sales at John McInnis Auctioneers, held live in the Amesbury, Massachusetts, gallery, featured a clapboard with a historical bullet hole that sold for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Drayton Hall Preservation Trust Wins Award
The Decorative Arts Trust has awarded the 2024 Prize for Excellence and Innovation to Drayton Hall Preservation Trust in Charleston, South Carolina, for projects to include the conservation of the plaster ceiling in the house’s great hall, the investigation of the plaster ceiling in the drawing room, and digital and ... (Read More)
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