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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, August, 2021
Victoria Hutson Huntley (1900-1971), Babe in Arms, 1937, lithograph, 10" x 8¾". Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; gift of Stephen Goldfarb.
—Through August 15 —Athens, Georgia
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia presents Rediscovering the Art of Victoria Hutson Huntley. Huntley’s lithographs were well known in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)MidWeek One Day Antiques Fair Postponed until 2022
Antiques Week in New Hampshire will have one less show in 2021. Barn Star Productions has postponed its flagship MidWeek One Day Antiques Fair until August 2022.
According to Frank Gaglio of Barn Star, the event went “from a two-day show two years ago to a one-day event which saw an ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Holy Grail of Sports Cards Smashes All-Time Auction Record
Lot 1 at a timed sale that began on July 23 and was scheduled to end on August 15 at 9 p.m. at Robert Edward Auctions, Chester, New Jersey, was a 1909 T206 Honus Wagner baseball card. Brian Dwyer, who in 2016 bought the New Jersey sports memorabilia company founded ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Netsuke Leads to Criminal Convictions
On July 22 International Antique & Art Importers Inc., which operates as Ming’s Asian Gallery & Antiques in King County, Washington, pleaded guilty to one felony count of violating the voter-approved Washington Animal Trafficking Act (WATA). The business will pay $8000, which includes a $4000 criminal wildlife penalty.
Business owner Doreen ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Coolidge Point Estate
Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred’s
Eldred’s single-owner sale on July 15 brought to market antiques from the collection of Catherine Coolidge Lastavica of Coolidge Point in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. The sale, beneath a tent on the terrace at the gallery in East Dennis, had a 99% sell-through rate.
Coolidge Point, formerly Millet’s ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Annual Show Canceled, Tolland Historical Society Seeks Donations
For a second year the Tolland Historical Society, Tolland, Connecticut, has canceled its annual antiques show because of COVID-19 restrictions and the unsettled dealers market. “This is not a decision we take lightly,” said show director Mary-Pat Soucy in a press release. “This is our major annual fund-raiser, one which ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Rock Star Art Deco Bracelet and More
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Thomaston, Maine, had almost 100 lots of jewelry on offer on July 11, the third day of two three-day “Splendor” sales. Jeniffer Cooley, marketing director, said the July 11 sale “had a 93% sell-through with the jewelry, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Record-Setting Sale for Casco Bay Auctions
Casco Bay Auctions, Freeport, Maine
Photos courtesy Casco Bay Auctions
On July 10 it took only one lot for Casco Bay Auctions to smash its record for highest lot sold. Auctioneer Andrew Davis hammered down lot #1, a Connecticut cherry Queen Anne bonnet-top highboy, for $51,000 (includes buyer’s premium) to a buyer ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Johnson Decoy Collection and the Sporting Sale
Copley Fine Art, Hingham, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art
The annual summer feast of feathers kicked off July 9 with Copley Fine Art’s two-day online sale of the Johnson decoy collection, which merited its own 140-page catalog, and the sporting sale, which continued on July 10. The sales were live-streamed from ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Savage Joins Colonial Williamsburg
J. Thomas Savage, a lecturer, author, historian, and cultural site tour leader, is joining the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation as director of educational travel and conferences starting July 12. Savage currently serves as director of external affairs for Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library.
According to Colonial Williamsburg, Savage will evolve and expand ... (Read More)
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