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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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(Auction)Heritage Civil War Auction Totals Over $6.5 Million
Heritage Auction Galleries, Gettysburg, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassHeritage Auction Galleries, Dallas, Texas, conducted a two-day sale of 744 lots of Civil War items on June 24 and 25, totaling $6,533,431.47 (includes buyers' premiums). Held at the Wyndham Gettysburg hotel within the newly constructed Gateway Gettysburg complex outside of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Dennis Holzman of Albany, New York
In the Tradeby Frank DoneganWhat do you do when you graduate from college with a degree in 20th-century American poetry? Lots of people would tell you to prepare for that proverbial job at McDonald's. On the other hand, you could do what Dennis Holzman did and become an antiques dealer.Holzman's ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Things Go Better with Coke-Like Toys and Dolls
James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoAt James D. Julia's toy, doll, and advertising auction on June 23 in Fairfield, Maine, the top lot brought just over $40,000, and dozens of items sold above the $5000 mark. What was equally remarkable is that only a few dozen items failed ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Something Called "Bailment"
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittLast month I mentioned that fellow column writer David Vazdauskas had written me about a consignor who suffered a loss of property consigned to an auction house. David asked what recourse the consignor had. That made me think of a reader's letter I had received ... (Read More)
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