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(Auction)Cat and Mouse Games
Cyr Auction Company, Gray, Maineby Mark SiscoFolk art trumped fine art at Cyr Auction Company's July 2 Americana sale in Gray, Maine, with an innocent little cat painting leading the way. As folky as folk art watercolor cats can get, the 12" x 9" 19th-century gem was the day's leading ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Old Favorites Are Strong at Green Valley Glass Sale
Green Valley Auctions, Inc., Mt. Crawford, Virginiaby Walter C. NewmanGreen Valley Auctions held its eighth annual spring glass and lighting auction on May 16 and 17 at its facility in Mt. Crawford, Virginia. This sale was the first event since the recent dramatic spike in gasoline prices, and there were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hibbard Sale Tops Fund-Raiser
Rockport Art Association, Rockport, Massachusettsby Rose Safran"Oh, that's the sale of works by dead artists," commented some Cape Ann area residents, including those involved with the area's active artists' community, many of whom attend this lively annual event to keep track of the market value of art created by their ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art Pottery Auction
Treadway Gallery, Covington, Kentuckyby Don JohnsonA Rookwood Iris glaze vase brought the top bid during Treadway Gallery's decorative arts auction held June 7 and 8 in Covington, Kentucky, but Rookwood Vellum plaques consistently brought the strongest money of the sale.The auction featured approximately 750 lots, almost exclusively American-made art pottery, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Daniel Sale
Conestoga Auction Company, Inc., Manheim, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassConestoga Auction Company held a single-owner sale for Brenda Hannah Daniel and her late husband, Terry Daniel, on June 7 in Manheim, Pennsylvania. The Daniels were antiques dealers from Alabama, but they also lived west of Harrisburg in Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Larry Foster Sale
Kevin Bond, Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canadaby Peter SmitOn July 5 Kevin Bond sold the collection of well-known Canadian dealer and collector Larry Foster. The auction was held in picturesque Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada at Foster's home, Claremont, which was built circa 1845 for Loyalist Nathaniel DeVeber. Foster bought the beautiful ... (Read More)
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(Show)Country Antiques in California
Los Altos, Californiaby Alice KaufmanShow promoter and organizer Tom Baker was "really nervous, given the state of the economy and price of gas" about attendance and sales at the California Country show on June 8. The show focuses on American country antiques and is held twice a year in Los ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Major Surprises at Thomaston
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maineby Mark SiscoFour continents were well represented at the two-day Thomaston Place Auction Galleries spring auction in Thomaston, Maine, on May 31 and June 1. Only South America, Australia, and Antarctica were not represented in the wide range of offerings. It's not unusual when an ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Attention Must Be Paid-As Well as Taxes
Editorial As Richard Conti reports (see page 10-A), the recently passed 700-page Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 has a small provision buried in it that will have a large impact on the antiques trade.Starting in 2011, businesses that process a seller's debit and credit card transactions-in most cases, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)20th-Century Decorative Art and Design Sale
Christie's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenThe most spirited bidding at Christie's 20th-century decorative art and design sale on June 13 was for a private collection of Italian artist designed jewelry from the 1960's. Lot after lot of GEM Montebello jewelry sold for two to more than five times their estimates. ... (Read More)
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