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Needlework from Hunterdon County, New Jersey
by Lita Solis-Cohen

When Dan Campanelli sold his Halloween collection at Noel Barrett's in 2003, he said that he and his wife, Marty, were changing the direction of their collecting. Now we know that their next passion was samplers. When they bought an old house in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, they narrowed ... (Read More)

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Vazzana and Steele to Assume Cord Shows
by M.A.D. staff

From left: Ed McClure, Beth Steele, Rich Vazzana, and Vivien Cord. Cord Shows Ltd. events will be assumed in 2014 by the father/daughter team of Richard Vazzana and Beth Steele of Ridgefield, Connecticut, according to Vivien Cord, president of Cord Shows Ltd., and her partner, Edward McClure. Cord and McClure will continue ... (Read More)

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More on Rockwell's Willie Gillis: Package from Home
by Danielle Arnet

Drama surrounding the sale of Norman Rockwell's 1941 painting Willie Gillis, Package from Home appeared to sputter to a close in mid-April when Chicago auctioneer Sean Susanin chose a curious way to announce that he had sold the painting for $1.75 million. That sum is millions below the $3/5 million ... (Read More)

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A Trail to Follow
by Clayton Pennington

Editorial The antiques business could use a helping hand, and Connecticut State Senator Rob Kane is trying to get his state to lend one. Kane, a Republican who represents the 32nd District, which includes Woodbury and ten other towns, has sponsored a bill in the General Assembly to expand the existing Connecticut ... (Read More)

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The London Foundling Hospital's Textile Tokens, 1740-70
by Lita Solis-Cohen

John Styles, a research professor in history at the University of Hertfordshire in the U.K. and an honorary senior research fellow at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, researched ordinary people's clothing for his book The Dress of the People: Everyday Fashion in Eighteenth-Century England, published in 2007. Very ... (Read More)

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Arader Offers Audubon Prints and More in Unusual Auction
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Pierre-Joseph Redoute, Hoop Petticoat Narcissus, Narcissus bulbocodium, watercolor on vellum, 183/4" x 141/4", signed lower left, $61,000 (est. $40,000/50,000). It had a retail price of $175,000. Snowy Owl, Plate 121, sold for $134,200 (est. $100,000/150,000), the auction's highest price. Pierre-Joseph Redoute, Intermediate Daffodil, Narcissus radiatus, watercolor on vellum, 183/4" x 141/4", $48,800 ... (Read More)

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Expensive Corkscrews Sold On Line
by M.A.D. staff

B. Wilhelm corkscrew, $21,100. Durand 1879 French patented rack and pinion corkscrew, $18,500. The antique corkscrew collecting community conducts on-line auctions with an all-volunteer effort at ICCAuctions. During the sale that closed on May 11, a B. Wilhelm 1885 U.S. patent corkscrew, found 20 years ago in a Los Angeles antiques mall, ... (Read More)

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The Faithful Show Up in Droves at Wayside Inn Antiques Show
by David Hewett

Diana Bittel of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, picked up this pair of shellwork pictures in England recently. She said she'd owned a pair by the same hand 20 years or so ago. The circa 1840 pictures are 171/2" tall x 12" wide. Bittel asked $12,000 for the pair. Brian Cullity of Sagamore, ... (Read More)

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Shenandoah Antiques Expo
by Walter C. Newman

This hooked rug was found in the booth belonging to a Fishersville regular, Jim Fisher of Fairfield, Pennsylvania, who trades as Plain Dealer. The folky rug features a clipper ship flying an American flag as it sails toward a harbor with a lighthouse. The rug was $395. The group of ... (Read More)

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Washington Tops in Texas Auction
by Susan Emerson Nutter

Rembrandt Peale, Martha Washington, circa 1856, oil on canvas, 361/2" x 29", signed lower left, inscribed on the back "Mrs. Martha Washington (1795) / Painted by / Rembrandt Peale / with improvements From / Original by Ch's W. Peale / Philadelphia," $158,500. Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860), George Washington, circa 1856, oil on ... (Read More)
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