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(Issue Story)Shop Talk
Beneath the Surface
Humans kind of ruin everything. It is true. We do. Think about your favorite vacation spot 30 years ago! But we do not mean to. We mean to make things better. And, to be fair, it is not just us. Left to their own devices, many living organisms ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)An Eye for Excellence
David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles will not be in their usual booth at The Winter Show this year. Instead the Woodbury, Connecticut, dealers will be presenting An Eye for Excellence, an online exhibition and sale on their website (www.americanantiqueart.com) beginning January 12 at 10 a.m.
An illustrated flip book catalog, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decorative Arts Auction
Treadway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Treadway Gallery
Art pottery attracted a lot of attention, and the best of the lighting did well, as usual, but a Gertrude Abercrombie painting drew the most interest during the decorative arts auction held by Treadway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, January 8. “I was happy with the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Maine Bird the Top Lot at Ohio Auction
Garth’s Auctions, Columbus, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth’s Auctions
The Americana sale held January 7 by Garth’s Auctions at the Municipal Light Plant in Columbus, Ohio, was largely about the basics. It was about folk art and paint, about form and size. It was a lesson in how the good stuff, for the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, January 2023
This month’s “Letter,” I should warn readers, has led me into foreign and unfamiliar places, in terms of both subject matter and sale locations.
The most expensive piece featured here, an exceptionally rare Chinese folding or “crossed” chair, was part of a Hong Kong sale, while two other reports, though UK ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Painting Discovered in Basement Sells for $84,480
Hunt & Peck Estate Services, Inc., in Luray, Virginia, does not find a French Impressionist painting in a basement every day.
The firm, founded by Roger Schrenk and Chris Fultz, has been downsizing households and liquidating estates for 20 years. During the COVID-19 lockdown, they closed their resale shop and turned ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Book Reviews
“A book is a gift you can open again and again,” said Garrison Keillor. This month’s selection of books includes titles you might want to give as gifts or buy for yourself. We have included contact information for books that you can order directly from the publisher. We also encourage ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Possible Scalp Seized in Maine
In early May 2022, a beaded American Indian pipe bag with possibly an Apache scalp attached was seized from Poulin Antiques American & Auctions in Fairfield, Maine. If tests determine it is a scalp, selling the object would violate the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act.
A recently unsealed affidavit by ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Over a Million Dollars in Jewelry and Watches
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Nadeau’s Auction Gallery
The tenth annual New Year’s Day sale held by Nadeau’s Auction Gallery, Windsor, Connecticut, resulted in a 96% sell-through rate after a “long day of spirited and competitive bidding,” according to the auction house. I communicated with Ed Nadeau Jr., co-president of Nadeau’s, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Jeffrey Ricketts, East Nottingham Antiques
“Oh my gosh Jeffrey, why do you like this old junk?” ask his friends.
With a self-effacing demeanor, Jeffrey Ricketts, a 21-year-old antiques dealer from North East, Maryland, who has been selling out of a barn on his parents’ property for the last five years and who has done shows since ... (Read More)
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