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Tiffany Studios Peony table lamp. Photo courtesy Macklowe Gallery, New York City.
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New England Auctions, Branford, Connecticut
Photos courtesy New England Auctions
Fine Americana, most of it in excellent original condition, characterized the two-day sale held June 21 and 22 by Fred Giampietro’s New England Auctions in the gallery in Branford, Connecticut. Day one was a single-owner sale, that of Connecticut collectors Bernard and ... (Read More)
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Deerfield, Massachusetts
It all began in 1984 when the Antiques Dealers’ Association of America (ADA) organized an antiques show at Historic Deerfield. It was a bright star in the firmament of antiques shows. A six-year absence caused by construction at Deerfield Academy and COVID-19 left dealers and collectors somewhat bereft, but ... (Read More)
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Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia
Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates’ June Americana sales were held June 15, 16, and 17 in three sessions at the newly expanded gallery in Mt. Crawford, Virginia. A total of 1421 cataloged lots crossed the block, divided ... (Read More)
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Canandaigua Antique Show, Canandaigua, New York
It’s the day before Father’s Day, Saturday, June 17, so what do you do for dads who “dig” collecting antiques? Take them, family, and friends to a nearby antiques show, like the Canandaigua Antique Show sponsored by the Genesee Country Antique Dealers Association (GCADA), in ... (Read More)
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Michael Barzman of North Hollywood, California, 45, a one-time auctioneer, has agreed to plead guilty to lying to FBI agents about the origins of paintings attributed to Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) that were seized last year from the Orlando (Florida) Museum of Art. Barzman has admitted in court papers that he ... (Read More)
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The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
A group of five separate auctions spread over a four- day period, June 13 through 16, highlighted The Potomack Company’s early summer calendar of sales. All sales were online only and were conducted out of the firm’s Alexandria, Virginia, galleries. As has ... (Read More)
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Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Hindman
Antique photographs helped give Wes Cowan his start in the auction business, and, years after Cowan’s was acquired by Hindman, images continue to fuel the company’s auctions of American historical ephemera and photography. During the most recent sale, held June 15 and 16 at Cincinnati, Ohio, ... (Read More)
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Beneath the Surface
There is a saying in the antiques business that three is a collection, and that once you get three of anything, you just have to keep going. This must be the case with us and transporting tall clocks. We have collected the habit apparently. This time it started ... (Read More)
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Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont, has endowed its curatorship of American decorative arts in honor of longtime trustee Alice Cooney “Nonnie” Frelinghuysen, herself a senior curator of American decorative arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
“Establishing this important position in Nonnie’s honor is in thankful recognition ... (Read More)
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