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(Fragment)Swann Galleries? First Lot to Break $1 Million
The top lot at Swann Galleries? auction of 19th- and 20th-century photographs on Monday, October 15 in New York City was a partial set of Edward S. Curtis's magnum opus, The North American Indian, with 16 complete portfolios containing his large-format photogravures and 16 fully illustrated text volumes in Morocco ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Samuel Herrup of Sheffield, Massachusetts
by Frank DoneganOne thing you can say about Samuel Herrup: he's an optimist. Here's a guy who has been in the business for 35 years, and he waits until now-when everyone is telling you this is the worst antiques market in decades-to open his first shop.Herrup, who has long been ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fiftieth NHADA Show a Smash Hit, Just Like the Others
by David Hewett"It's just like the old days!" marveled Judith Milne, as she watched the crowds surge into her booth and claim pieces on and off the wall and the floor. It really was. A few minutes earlier, just seconds after the doors opened, the initial flow of prospective customers ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Titanic Morning for R.M.S. Titanic Memorabilia at Ocean Liner Sale
Christie's, New York City by Richard de ThuinA deck log for the cable ship S.S. Mackay-Bennett, the first of four ships chartered by the White Star Line to search for bodies in the aftermath of the Titanic sinking, realized $102,000 (includes buyer's premium) from a bidder who left the salesroom ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Poulin's Antiques and Auctions, Bangor, Maine: The Hannibal Hamlin House Sale
by Mark SiscoBangor Theological Seminary, founded in 1814, was originally located in nearby Hampden but relocated to Union Street in Bangor in 1819. Two years ago the seminary decided to sell its Union Street land and buildings and move to the campus of Husson College in Bangor. Poulin Antiques and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Presidential Coin's 77th Medals and Tokens Auction
Presidential Coin & Antique Company, Baltimore, Marylandby Alan V. Weinberg H. Joseph Levine's Presidential Coin & Antique Company (PCAC) of Clifton, Virginia, conducted its 77th medals and tokens auction in Baltimore, Maryland, on June 30, in connection with the Baltimore Coin & Currency Convention, recently acquired by Whitman Publishing Company ... (Read More)
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(Show)Dallas, Texas: Ralph Willard's Tower Antique Show at Fair Park
by David AndersonRalph Willard's Tower Antique Show at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, June 1-3, had a nice mix of local and out-of-state vendors. Many of these vendors are longtime veterans of the same display space in this spacious air-conditioned exhibition hall in the Food and Fiber Pavilion and, along ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Summer Art Auction Yields Over $4 Million
Barridoff Galleries, Portland, Maineby Rose SafranLast year Rob Elowitch of Barridoff Galleries was delighted. He sold over $4 million worth of art-his best auction. This year, he was also delighted. Despite a one-third buy-in rate, unusually high for this house, the August 3 auction on a hot Friday evening in ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Rookwood XVII, Keramics 2007, Art Glass 2007
Cincinnati Art Galleries, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonSeventeen years. Riley Humler can't quite figure it. "I'm sitting here talking to you about Rookwood Seventeen, and I don't know how we got where we are. We went from 1991 to 2007 in the blink of an eye-it's scary," said Humler, director of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)No Sophomore Slump at O'Brien's Second Sporting Sale
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Plymouth, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoA curlew carved by A. Elmer Crowell achieved a new price record at Stephen B. O'Brien Jr.'s second annual sporting sale on July 26, when it sold to a phone bidder for $186,500 (includes buyer's premium). According to O'Brien's research, it is the ... (Read More)
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