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(Fragment)How Sweet It Is
$69,000. Photo courtesy Cottone Auctions.by Fran KramerBy any standard it was the creme de la creme. Lot 639 of the Cottone Auctions fine art and antiques auction on March 26 in Geneseo, New York, had a famous maker (Tiffany & Co.) and a famous designer (Edward C. Moore), was displayed ... (Read More)
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(Show)Marin Show: Art of the Americas
Santa Fe dealer Steve Elmore was asking $14,000 for this circa 1885 Zuni heart-line deer jar.Choctaw Ron Milam of Corona, California, has been selling at auction since 1966. This early Yokut bowl was priced at $11,900. Ron's son Allen Milam said he had sold "a lot of little items. Our ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bidders Pounce on Black Panthers at Best African Americana Sale
The top lot was an archive of published and unpublished writings of Charles Harris Wesley (1891-1987), historian, author, and educator. An institution paid $43,200 (est. $30,000/40,000) for the approximately 35 cartons of correspondence, photographs, albums, diaries, booklets, brochures, programs, pamphlets, and ephemera covering the years 1927-82.A group photograph of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)What Modern Is: The Collection of Mark McDonald
Thomas Downing's Four Blue Five, 1962, a 663/4" x 663/4" acrylic on canvas, signed, dated, and titled, came from McDonald's personal collection. Estimated at $20,000/30,000, it sold for $62,500 to a dealer on the phone. Downing was one of the Washington Color Painters (named for their original 1965 exhibition in ... (Read More)
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(Show)Connecticut Spring Antiques Show: Colorful and Classic
Justin Cobb of Captain's Quarters, Amherst, Massachusetts, asked $3000 for this 471/2" tall x 43" wide captain's desk of teak and rosewood, probably made in China or India. Cobb said that newer desks are coming in from Asia and lack the quality of the period ones and explained that to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Equal in Goodness: Ohio Decorative Arts 1788-1860
Items from the northeast quadrant of Ohio include a "Map of the Western Reserve Including the Fire Lands in Ohio," published by William Sumner of Nelson, Portage County, 1826; and a figured maple settee from Zoar, Tuscarawas County, circa 1840.Items from the southeast quadrant of Ohio include a paint-decorated Windsor ... (Read More)
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(Feature)When Danny Met Sally
The introductory page to the When Danny Met Sally Web site.by Danielle ArnetWhen two veteran Chicago vintage collectors/show promoters/sellers with off-the-wall personalities decide to launch a blog (www.whendannymetsally.com) about their love of all things vintage, what do you get? For starters, something not seen before in the collecting world. As ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)JMK Takes Over Virginia Show
JMK Shows has taken over the Northern Virginia Antique Show in Arlington, Virginia, after reaching an agreement with Pappabello Shows.According to a press release, Arthur Farbenbloom of Pappabello Shows has made the decision to retire from the promotion of the Northern Virginia Antique Show and instead concentrate on the management ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Jon Deeter Joins Guyette & Schmidt
Jon Deeter of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, has joined Guyette & Schmidt, Inc. as a partner in the decoy auction firm. Deeter and his wife, Leigh Ann, will be taking over much of Frank and Vicki Schmidt's roles in the firm, according to a press release. Frank, a partner in the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Tailgate Antiques Show Says, You Want It, We Got It
A blue heart border set off this stick spatter child's tea set for $295 among the toys shown by Barbara and Jerry Sharp of Some Sharp Antiques, Hendersonville, Tennessee.Ed Fulkerson and Michael Breddin run a 10,000-square-foot store in Brenham, Texas, called Leftovers. On display in Nashville was this gray-painted Texas ... (Read More)
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