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Two-Day Auction at Nye & Company
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Nye & Company, Bloomfield, New Jersey Photos courtesy Nye & Company When Christie’s and Sotheby’s get large collections of Americana for sale, they skim the finest examples for New York City sales and often refer the rest to a regional auction house or invite regional auctioneers to compete for the consignment. That ... (Read More)

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Peggy Bacon Exhibit in Maine
by M.A.D. Staff

The Gallery at Trifles, Wiscasset, Maine, is hosting a selling exhibition of 70 drawings by Peggy Bacon (1895-1987) that have never been on public display. This coincides with the exhibition Peggy Bacon: Biting, Never Bitter currently on view at the Portland Museum of Art. Peggy Bacon was a painter, caricaturist, illustrator, ... (Read More)

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FBI Determines Seized Scalp Is Human
by M.A.D. Staff

On January 17 the Federal Register published a notice from the National Park Service that revealed that a scalp seized in early May 2022 at Poulin Antiques & Auctions, Fairfield, Maine, was human. The scalp was attached to a beaded American Indian pipe bag and was part of a large ... (Read More)

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The Philadelphia Show
by Lita Solis-Cohen

For 63 years, there has been an antiques show in Philadelphia providing a treasure hunt for the finest things money can buy. In its long history, this grand bazaar under a succession of show managers has moved from the 103rd Engineer Battalion Armory (now the Drexel Armory) to the Convention ... (Read More)
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