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(Auction)American Paintings at Sotheby's
Sotheby's, New York CityAmerican Paintings at Sotheby'sby Lita Solis-CohenThere seems to be no limit on what billionaires will pay for what they consider the best that money can buy. Sotheby's May 22 sale of American paintings, drawings, and sculpture in New York City totaled $87,006,200 (includes buyers' premiums), the second-highest ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Dealer Makes Finds for Church
The hammer will go down on a benefit auction at the United Methodist Church in Camden, Maine, on August 16. Everything for the auction has been donated by congregation members and will preview to the public on Friday, August 15, from 4 to 7 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Shore Antique Center Opens at New Location
After 18 years in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, Shore Antique Center has moved to historic Allenhurst, New Jersey, in a new 13,000-square-foot renovated warehouse located at 413 Allen Avenue. Chris Myer, founder and proprietor of Shore Antique Center, and his wife, Rose O'Connor-Myer, purchased the building in November 2007 ... (Read More)
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(Feature)American Blown Glass Prices
Glass International's on-line auction 16 closed May 28. The auction featured 33 lots, mostly select examples of American free-blown, pattern-molded, and mold-blown glass.A South Jersey sapphire blue gadrooned vase with white looping and ball, 1840-50, brought $33,000 (includes buyer's premium), possibly the highest price ever paid for an American looped ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)25 or Younger Get Free Admission at VADA Show
This year if you're 25 years or younger you will get a free pass to the 34th annual Vermont Antiques Dealers' Association show. Last year VADA experienced a resurgence of younger buyers, and the free pass is designed to encourage more young people to attend this year's show. If you ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Bike Brings $9350
At Copake Auction's 17th annual antique and classic bicycle auction on April 12, a circa 1887 Victor Model C male hard tire safety bike, manufactured by the Overman Wheel Co., Boston, sold for $9350 (includes buyer's premium) to a collector who took it back to England with him. It was ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Museum Curator and Daughter Sentenced to Prison
Marilyn S. Malatare, the former curator of the Yakama Nation Museum in Toppenish, Washington, was sentenced to nine months of imprisonment on June 5. Her daughter, Colette J. Malatare, was sentenced to six months of imprisonment. The theft convictions stemmed from a joint investigation conducted by the Yakama Nation Tribal ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Flayderman Recognized with New Award
Norman Flayderman of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a well-known antique arms author and dealer and longtime member of the board of overseers of the USS Constitution Museum, was chosen by the trustees of the museum to be the first recipient of its "Distinguished Overseer Award." The award will be presented annually ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Haute Miami
by Lita Solis-CohenDavid and Lee Ann Lester, the couple who launched SeaFair, the floating art and antiques show on their mega-yacht nearly a year ago, with little success, and who recently bought back the Palm Beach fair, have added a new land and sea adventure in luxurious living to the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Laws May Affect Dealers
by Jessica BestNew York state legislation and an Albany ordinance may soon affect antiques dealers and auction galleries, as dealer transactions come under scrutiny. One bill would require all people in the state pledging goods to a collateral loan broker, or selling goods to a secondhand dealer, to sign a ... (Read More)
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