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It can be a dealer's worst nightmare-making a five-figure purchase for stock that turns out to be stolen. The nightmare has turned to reality for a Minnesota dealer. He has been arrested and jailed twice, been charged with a crime, spent $60,000 in legal bills, and is knee-deep in a ... (Read More)
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Clayton (1880-1939) and Ada (1885-1946) Musselman on the side porch of their home in 1909.
Clayton Musselman and Ada Musselman and their ten-year-old son, David, are shown standing next to their new Ford Model T truck. According to Spohn's research, the Musselmans bought the pine hanging cupboard with rattail hinges in ... (Read More)
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Flamingo Eventz, LLC, a show management company based in Rochester, New Hampshire, has assumed management of the New York, Chicago, and San Francisco International Vintage Poster Fairs, previously managed by David Pollack and Gail Chisholm.
"There will be no disruptions in operation of the shows as a result of this arrangement," ... (Read More)
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The 2015 Spring Atlantic City Antiques Show, produced by JMK Shows, will return to the Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with new dates: Saturday and Sunday, April 11 and 12. The show originally had been scheduled for March 21 and 22 at the Trump Taj Mahal, ... (Read More)
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In 1991, a new auction house opened at the corner of Magazine and Julia Streets in New Orleans with Jean Vidos as president and a crew of veterans from the antiques trade. After the firm fell into bankruptcy in 2011, Houston businesswoman Susan Krohn purchased the New Orleans Auction Galleries ... (Read More)
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When the Rhinebeck Antiques Fair was canceled in October 2014, there was an opportunity to revive a long-running show. At least three show promoters were interested in taking the show's dates-Memorial Day weekend and Columbus Day weekend-at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, New York.
The Dutchess County Agricultural Society's board ... (Read More)
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Editorial
The British are coming-and they want young dealers.
A group calling itself Antiques Young Guns U.K. was founded in 2011 by three veterans of the trade: Gail McLeod of Antiques News & Fairs, George Johnson of Lady Kentmores, and TV presenter and author Mark Hill. The group's goal is to foster ... (Read More)
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Aspen Art Gallery, Inc. and its owner, Damian Guillot, are being sued in Pitkin County District Court in Colorado, accused of underpaying a consignor. Denver-based artist Nada Mirat, professionally known as Nadaleena Mirat Brettman, filed the suit in November 2014, charging civil theft, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, ... (Read More)
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