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(Auction)A Southern Star
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Bonhams Skinner
Bonhams Skinner’s May 9 Americana sale in the Marlborough, Massachusetts, gallery brought 74 lots of historical and aesthetic interest to the market. The highlight was a southern walnut Chippendale desk-and-bookcase that left its estimate in the dust when it sold for $277,575 (including buyer’s ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)AIM Acquires Kovels, Inc.
Active Interest Media (AIM), owner of Antique Trader, has acquired the assets of Kovels, Inc. According to AIM, the “collaboration of Antique Trader and Kovels will serve as an invaluable, go-to resource for hobbyists and collectors,” featuring an online price guide with over 1 million prices, a full-color monthly newsletter, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Art and Fine Jewelry at Grogan
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Grogan & Company
There has been an ownership change at Grogan & Company in Boston. The company has been sold to Georgina Winthrop, who is now president and fine art director. Founder Michael B. Grogan has assumed the role of chief auctioneer. The new president ... (Read More)
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(Show)Hanover Tavern Unveils Founding Father’s Cupboard
Antiques At The Tavern, Hanover, Virginia
The fifth annual Antiques At The Tavern show was held May 5-7 at the historic Hanover Tavern in Hanover, Virginia. The Hanover Tavern Foundation is the host, and proceeds from the show go to benefit the foundation’s goals related to education and preservation. This year ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, may 2023
A view of Chepstow Castle by the youthful JMW Turner, one that has seen a good many auction outings over the years, and a study of a gaucho on horseback that far exceeded all expectations and raised a seven-figure sum are among a number of pictures featured this month.
Outlaw and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana and International Auction
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook
Although there was no sound on the first online livestreamed session of Pook & Pook’s May 4 and 5 sale, it did not seem to matter much except for the frustration of not knowing if a lot was sold in the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Antiques Street Fair That Wasn’t
Spring Antiques Street Fair, Cameron, North Carolina
Cameron, population 359, is one of North Carolina’s most picturesque small towns. Along its sandy sidewalks are elaborate late Victorian mansions and Arts and Crafts bungalows, 61 of them on the National Register of Historic Places. When passenger trains stopped arriving and the dewberry ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historical Arms, Armor, and Militaria
Lewis & Grant Auctions, Newport, Kentucky
Photos courtesy Lewis & Grant Auctions
A cannon from the Alamo brought the top price during a sale of arms, armor, and militaria held by Lewis & Grant Auctions of Newport, Kentucky, May 5. The piece realized $48,300 (including buyer’s premium) against an estimate of $1000/2000.
Nineteenth-century ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Dealers for NHADA Annual Show
This year’s annual New Hampshire Antiques Show, produced by the New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA), will have seven new dealers.
The new dealers are David Kurau of William R. & Teresa F. Kurau, Lampeter, Pennsylvania; Matthew Ehresman of Wadsworth, Ohio; Gemini Antiques Ltd., Oldwick, New Jersey; John Hunt Marshall of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Clemens Sand Bottle Brings $113,400
Doyle, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle
On May 2 Doyle held a 372-lot Americana auction in New York City that brought a total of approximately $784,000. The auction was topped by a sand art bottle by deaf and mute artist Andrew Clemens (1857-1894) of McGregor, Iowa, that sold for $113,400 (includes ... (Read More)
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