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(Issue Story)John Bourne of Pittsford, Vermont
John Bourne is shown with a friend.
The English glider horse is named Piper. The base has the maker's plaque, which reads, "'Piper'/ J. Collinson & Sons/ Liverpool, England." It's $1250. Bourne said, "I like horses," and pointed out that Piper is so heavily constructed that "this one would hold me."
A ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Prepare for Value
Auction Law & Ethics
Value doesn't exist for those who don't see it.
"Where are you taking that stuff?" my colleague asked a truck driver preparing to haul a trailer load of material away from the plant where we worked. Between college and law school, I worked for Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
"To the ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Pickups, Pumpkins, and Popovers
The Young Collector
Ah, time again for our annual fall pilgrimage to the ADA Deerfield Show and the holy shrine of autumn, the Connecticut River valley. Andrew feels very lucky to work in a business and for a company that allows us a long weekend in New England every year in ... (Read More)
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(Show)Crowds Everywhere for Vermont Antiques Week Shows
Weston Antiques Show, Okemo Antiques Show, Ludlow Antiques Show, Magic Mountain Antiques Show, and Antiques in Vermont
The managers and organizations running the five shows held during Vermont Antiques Week, October 2-5, had to be satisfied with the attendance this year. The selling floors of all were filled within minutes ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Heritage Sells $7.3 Million of American Art
Tom Lovell (1909-1997), Captain Murie's Pawnees,oil on canvas, 23" x 401/2", signed and dated 1983, sold on the phone for $161,000 (est. $100,000/150,000). It illustrates a military story from the early history of Nebraska known as the Battle of Plum Creek, from 1864. Lovell won a gold medal from the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)John M. Hess Auction Service and Conestoga Auction Company Join Forces
Two large auction companies-John M. Hess Auction Service and Conestoga Auction Company, both based in Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania-recently entered into a joint venture, joining forces, yet will remain under each existing company's banner.
"It was just finalized on Friday," said Jeff DeHart, president of Conestoga. "The merger seemed like a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Furniture Restorers Charged with Scams in the West
Parker County Sheriff's Sgt. Randy Branum inventories one of three storage units filled with stolen antique furniture.
Over the last several months, police in communities in Texas and Colorado reported several incidents of fraud and theft by furniture restorers and refinishers.
Parker County, Texas, sheriff's office investigators received at least 11 complaints ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Two Americana Week Shows Tweak Names
Two shows that are part of Americana Week in New York City have slightly changed their names.
Liz Lees and Meg Wendy have announced that they have changed the name of the New York Ceramics Fair to the New York Ceramics and Glass Fair.
"With glass being recognized as an established art ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Low Society
Editorial
It's no secret that collecting habits have changed, but rarely has there been such stark black-and-white evidence. A recent letter sent to members of the Antiquarian Society of California details the shift.
The Antiquarian Society of California is no fly-by-night organization. It was formed in 1953 when Gregor Norman-Wilcox, curator of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Northeast Auctions Drops New Hampshire Antiques Week Sale in Manchester
Hints of coming changes occurred even as Ronald Bourgeault was holding his big Americana sale at the Center of New Hampshire Radisson Hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire, on August 2 and 3 of this year. (See M.A.D., October, p. 30-E.) A friendly runner tipped us to the news during inspection ... (Read More)
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