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(Feature)Fortuitous Circumstances Result in Recovery of $60,000 Atlas
by David HewettSometimes fate is on the side of the good guys, and when it happens it should not go unrecognized.Consider this. On Saturday, May 5 Julia Hickey of the Historical Society of Rockland County, New City, New York, sent out e-mails alerting readers to the fact that someone had ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Blackstone Illusions Up for Sale
On September 1 and 2 at Opportunities Auction in Newnan, Georgia, illusions used by Harry Blackstone Sr. and later used by Harry Blackstone Jr. will be offered.The Blackstone name is synonymous with magic. Harry Blackstone Sr. was younger than Harry Houdini, and there was competition between them for a number ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Digs for Cohen and Burk Philadelphia Show
by Lita Solis-CohenThe spring show in Philadelphia, promoted by Barry Cohen and Jim Burk, will go on in a new location.When the Philadelphia Antiques Show signed up the Navy Pier for its 2008 April show, it left the Cohen and Burk spring show, which had encamped at the Navy Pier ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Inlaid Cherry Dressing Table Brings $130,900
An inlaid Kentucky cherry dressing table sold for $130,900 (includes buyer's premium) to Richmond, Virginia, dealer Bob Crawford of R.E. Crawford Fine Art and Antiques, who was bidding on behalf of a client. The table was part of the July 6 auction at the Mark Mattox auction facility in Carlisle, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)High Prices in Manchester
Antiques Week in New Hampshire, the annual slate of shows and auctions in and around Manchester, New Hampshire, in August, started off with a bang when Northeast Auctions sold a nest of 12 painted Shaker boxes for $209,500 (includes buyer's premium) to Patrick Bell of Olde Hope Antiques, Solebury, Pennsylvania, ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Show Coming to D.C.
Washington, D.C.-based promoter Armacost Antiques Shows will launch a new antiques event, the National Capital Winter Antiques Show. The inaugural show, which will feature 150 dealers in room settings, will take place in the DC National Guard Armory, November 30-December 2.For more information, call (202) 537-1169.
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(Show)New Show in New York City
JMK Shows has announced in a press release that it will enter the New York City antiques market with "an elegant, sophisticated show that will be geared for the modern lifestyles of today's affluent society, while incorporating much that is traditional and fashionable."The 40-dealer New York Antiques Show will take ... (Read More)
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(Auction)40th Annual Memorial Day Auction Passes to the Next Generation
Charles Funkhouser & Son, Johnsville, Marylandby Robert KyleJohnsville is a tiny 18th-century town about ten miles east of Frederick, Maryland, and has had auctions continually since 1967. Little has changed and a lot has changed. Most notably, the local auction company, commonly known as "the Johnsville Auction," is under new ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Woodville Show to Debut
The Woodville Antiques Show & Sale will premiere November 9-11 at the European Antique Auction Gallery at 367 Highway 61 in Woodville, Mississippi.A dozen generous business sponsors have joined with the Wilkinson County Museum for this community event, which continues to expand the museum's many local activities and accomplishments. The ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Firearms Column
by Robert KyleA rare opportunity to bid on items from one of the most significant private arms accumulations in America—if not the world—will occur when part one of the Frank and Karen Sellers collection is offered by Rock Island Auction in Moline, Illinois, September 8-10."His collection is rich in history ... (Read More)
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