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(Fragment)Case Opens Office in Nashville
Case Antiques Inc., Auctions & Appraisals, has opened a branch office in Nashville, Tennessee. The four-year-old company is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where it has a 13,500-square-foot auction gallery.The Nashville office will be under the direction of Sarah Campbell Drury, who has been hired as vice president for decorative arts. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Art Dealer Surrenders
Art theft suspect Matthew Taylor, 41, who also uses the name Matthew Taylor Nelson, was arrested in Los Angeles when he surrendered himself on September 3 on an arrest warrant for grand theft and receiving stolen property in connection with the theft of Brilliant Sunset in a Marsh by Granville ... (Read More)
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(Auction)First Drum Roll Heard for Martignette Collection of Illustration Art
The highest bids were for two lots by Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951). A Proud WWI Sailor's New Uniform, a House of Kuppenheimer ad diptych, 1917, an unsigned, relined oil on canvas, 29" x 46" overall, wore the crown when it sold to the phone for $155,350 (est.$50,000/70,000). It is one ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A New Facility Is Christened
High lot of the Evans sale was this Dugan Glass Co. syrup pitcher. The 6 1/4" green opalescent vessel dates from the early 20th century and is undamaged and free of wear. This extremely rare example is decorated with the so-called "swastika" design. It is highly sought after by collectors ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Economists Weigh In on the Art Market
by Daniel GrantThe news from the art trade has been grim the past year. Many art galleries around the United States have closed their doors, and major and regional fine arts auction houses have watched sales revenues and prices go down and the percentage of unsold lots go up. Fewer ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"American Pickers" Coming to Television
A U.S. television network is producing a new series following the world of antiques picking, and the producers are looking for stories."[The network] is hitting the road this fall on the search to feature barns across America loaded with golden antique goods from days gone by. We want to hear ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Price Collection Revisited
This country formal single-door linen press, circa 1840, demanded a full-page color illustration on plate 525 of Howard Pain's The Heritage of Upper Canadian Furniture. A quote from this book gives some background information about this piece. "The addition of a set of drawers to the traditional press form
dates ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historical Americana
A rarity was the Confederate first national flag, probably the headquarters flag of General Gustavus Smith in Virginia in 1861, handsewn cotton with 11 stars, 52" x 118", heading and about 2" of the leading edge of the flag torn away, tear and scattered holes, some toning and soiling, $35,250.Dakota ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Giampietro Added to Philadelphia Show
by Lita Solis-CohenContracts have been mailed for the April 2010 Philadelphia Antiques Show. Dealers have been informed that Fred and Kathryn Giampietro of New Haven, Connecticut, will be the only dealers new to the show. Manager Josh Wainright said, "I view this addition as positive symbiosis. Fred and Kathy will ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Summer Ceramics Sale Marks Firm's 14th Auction
The sale's first lot was this rare 61/2" high stoneware flask with flattened sides and incised bird and floral decoration (est. $15,000/25,000). In mint condition and attributed to the Webster family of Hartford, Connecticut, it sold for $40,250 to Virginia dealer Marshall Goodman in the salesroom, underbid by a private ... (Read More)
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