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(Auction)A 13-Star Flag and a New Jersey Surprise
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.
On May 1 and 2 Pook & Pook, Inc., held its spring Americana sale. Of the 599 lots offered, 588 sold for a total of $1,232,813, a 98% sell-through rate. Pook & Pook is known for finding buyers for nearly ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)If in Doubt, Don’t Throw It Out: A Paean to Paper, Specifically Diaries and Journals
It’s a little like admitting to being a heretic, but while working for 17 years as a reporter for M.A.D., my favorite items to write about weren’t pieces of furniture. They were pieces of paper. I loved to write about things like rare books and ephemera. Chests of drawers, not ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rhinebeck Show to Return
Barn Star Productions’ Spring Antiques at Rhinebeck Show is returning. The show will take place Memorial Day Weekend, May 24 and 25, at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, New York, and will feature 125 indoor exhibitors. Last year, the Fall Antiques at Rhinebeck Show, scheduled for Columbus Day weekend, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)2024 Ceramics in America
A Book Review
It is hard to believe that Ceramics in America has been around since 2001 and that the current edition is the 23rd volume. (There was an interruption in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.)
Twelve of the 14 articles of varying length in the 2024 volume answer questions posed by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Washington Goes to Washington
Freeman’s | Hindman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman’s | Hindman
On the day the nation was taking stock of the first hundred days of President Donald Trump’s second term, it was business as usual at the Freeman’s | Hindman April 29 sale of Americana in Philadelphia. Despite the chaos and uncertainty in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Two New Exhibitors for NHADA Annual Show
For 68 years, the annual show produced by the New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA) has upheld the tradition of bringing fine quality antiques to New England. Two new exhibitors will join the show this year bringing the total to 59 exhibitors. The new exhibitors are Philip Mead of Mead ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Heather Karlie Vieira
Earning her chops as an antiques dealer took spunk, luck, and cocktail waitress experience. After 20-plus years, Heather Karlie Vieira, who with her two teenage daughters now calls Georgia home, has her foot in many doors.
Leaving her hometown of Philadelphia in 2002 for New York City to become an antiques ... (Read More)
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(Show)Another Way: The High Point Antique & Design Center
High Point, North Carolina
High Point, North Carolina, was once the furniture capital of the world. Its first factory opened in 1888. Aided by cheap labor, an abundance of hard woods, and a tradition of cottage-industry furniture makers, by 1900 High Point and the surrounding Piedmont region had 44 furniture factories. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Philadelphia Show 2025
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
For more than 60 years, the Philadelphia Show has been a popular annual April event that always follows tax season. The 2025 show, held April 24-27, was affected by the chaos of trade wars caused by President Trump’s tariffs. “People were afraid to come to the show to be ... (Read More)
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(Auction)America’s Melting Pot Artists Take Top Honors at Slotin
Slotin Auction, Buford, Georgia
Photos courtesy Slotin Auction
merica is a melting pot, and this was clearly evident at Slotin Auction’s April 26 and 27 sale of work by self-taught artists. “For a long time, the art market has been homogenized. It’s the same Caucasian guys who were recognized, even in the ... (Read More)
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