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The Atlantic City Antiques Show, produced by Allison Kohler of JMK Shows, will add a fall version. The October 13 and 14 show will be held at the Atlantic City Convention Center, One Convention Boulevard, Atlantic City, New Jersey.According to Kohler, requests for a new fall show came from customers ... (Read More)
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Eric Widing, most recently the head of the American paintings department at Christie's, has joined the team of senior business-getters in the Christie's Americas chairman's office as a deputy chairman.Widing joined Christie's in 1998 and has been in the appraisal business since 1981. From 1996 to 1998, he was an ... (Read More)
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by David HewettIf there is anything that's persistent in the world of antiques and collectibles, it's the problem of thefts. Last year it was valuable historical documents from all over the East Coast; this year it's valuable collectible books from public libraries on Cape Cod.Last year the thieves were noted ... (Read More)
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On June 1, the assets of New Orleans Auction Galleries, Inc. (NOAG) were sold in a small private auction held in the law offices of New Orleans attorney Stewart Peck. The selling price was $1.3 million. The new owner is Cakebread Art Antiques Collectibles, Inc., owned by Houston, Texas, businesswoman ... (Read More)
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Top lot of the sale at $91,500, the French bronze and ivory by Demetre H. Chiparus (1886-1947) also decorated the catalog cover. Titled Les Amis de Toujours, the circa 1925 piece showed a woman flanked by borzoi hounds. Set on an onyx base, the almost 25" tall statue topped a ... (Read More)
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A few months after the western Massachusetts town of Great Barrington passed a secondhand dealers bylaw in 2010, antiques dealer Paul Kleinwald spoke at a town selectmen's meeting. "I told the town they could have a bylaw, but I'll be damned if I'm going to abide by it. This is ... (Read More)
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Charles White's J'Accuse! No. 10 (Negro Woman) sold to a dealer on the phone for $204,000 (est. $150,000/200,000). The 1966 charcoal on paper in tondo form is 28" x 28".Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) by Kara Walker went to a collector at $120,000 (est. $75,000/100,000), a new ... (Read More)
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Virtually every one of the 52 items listed in the Class III category sold within or above estimates. Top, the Colt Thompson M1921AC submachine gun, serial number 6884, with all internal parts manufactured in 1921, in a purple felt-lined case, sold for $37,950 (est. $20,000/30,000). The 1919 Colt B.A.R., serial ... (Read More)
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MHS president Dennis A. Fiori with his wife, Peggy Burke, executive director of the Concord Museum. Schinto photo.
Oil on canvas portrait of Dorothy Quincy (1708/9-1762), wife of Edward Jackson, a Boston merchant and manufacturer. It was painted in Boston circa 1720 by an unidentified painter. Quincy's great-grandson Oliver Wendell Holmes ... (Read More)
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One of Ben Lennox's favorites was this set of about 25 soldier figures from the 1960's to '80's, $2800 the set or priced individually. Steve Harris displayed a number of crocks and jugs on a plant shelf. His least expensive one was a cracked redware jar at $65, and his ... (Read More)
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