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(Fragment)The Philadelphia Show
The Philadelphia Show on the East Terrace of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, held during the last weekend in April (April 25-28), is where 41 dealers in American, European, and Asian works of art hope to find the next generation of collectors and to reconnect with the passionate antiquarians who ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with John Nye
(On March 25th, it was announced Nye & Co. had been sold to Andrew Holter)
Born in Boston and raised in Lexington, Massachusetts, when the aesthetic of furnishing a room was pairing an Oriental rug with mahogany furniture, John Nye—outdoorsman and owner of the auction house Nye & Company in Bloomfield, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early 20th-Century Design
Toomey & Co., Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Toomey & Co.
The Chicago auction house bearing his name that John Toomey founded in 1987 has traditionally been a source for fine examples of Arts and Crafts design. First based in Oak Park, a Chicago suburb eight miles from the city’s Loop and closely ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Buy the Dip
In this issue we complete our coverage of Americana Week in New York City, a bellwether event. By crunching numbers and looking at past sales, one thing stands out—prices of antiques are lower. The elite, high-powered, and fresh stuff still brings significant numbers, but there are plenty of bargains.
Rather than ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Baltimore Sideboard Gifted to MESDA
The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) is the recipient of an inlaid sideboard made in Baltimore, Maryland, between 1800 and 1815, a gift of Beth and Stanley Weiss from the Stanley Weiss collection. “In the early nineteenth century, Baltimore’s craftspeople produced some of the most sophisticated inlaid Neoclassical ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Richard Margolis Collection: Part One
Stack’s Bowers Galleries, Costa Mesa, California
The Richard Margolis Collection: Part One
by Lita Solis-Cohen
Photos courtesy Stack’s Bowers Galleries
The John Stewart at Stony Point medal sold on the phone for $900,000 to a collector who needed it to complete his set of Comitia Americana medals. The Comitia Americana series includes 11 medals ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Eclectic Estate of John Long
Hilliard & Co., Madison, Virginia
Photos courtesy Hilliard & Co.
On March 23 Hilliard & Co. offered 319 lots selected from the estate of John Long (1932-2023) of Louisa County, Virginia. The sale was held at Hilliard’s gallery in Madison, Virginia. Items were sold in real time using the firm’s familiar format, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Changes in Collecting
Donley Auctions, Union, Illinois
Photos courtesy Donley Auctions
For the gray-haired stragglers at the preview of Donley Auctions’ March 23 sale in Union, Illinois, it was the stuff of dreams. They had been collecting model trains, die-cast cars, Cracker Jack toys, dolls, and other vestiges of their childhood for years and couldn’t ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, April 2024
The Whole Booke of Psalmes, London, Company of Stationers, 1643.
—Through April 13 —New York City
Judging a Book by Its Cover: Bookbindings from the Collections of The Grolier Club, 1470s-2020 highlights selections from seven centuries of the Grolier Club’s collection of bindings. The exhibition explores the history of decorated bindings, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at New England Auctions
New England Auctions, Branford, Connecticut
Photos courtesy New England Auctions
New England Auctions called its March 21 auction in the Branford, Connecticut, gallery “Celebrating Country Americana,” and it featured handmade and beloved objects. Many were made out of love.
Noticeable among the nearly 400 lots was the selection of textiles and related objects ... (Read More)
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