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Michaan's and Haines Team Up
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Michaan's Auctions in Alameda, California, has partnered with decorative arts expert Reyne Haines. Their first auction will be held in November and includes 20th-century decorative arts, furniture, jewelry, and fine art from the Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, Art Deco, and mid-century periods. They are accepting consignments for the inaugural ... (Read More)

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Design Auction at Phillips
by Lita Solis-Cohen

This rare large (10 1/8" diameter) bowl by Lucie Rie (1902-1995) in porcelain with a manganese and blue glaze with sgraffito and inlaid designs, impressed with the artist’s seal, sold for $74,500 (est. $14,000/ 18,000) to a bidder in the salesroom who battled with phone bidder 1045, who had outbid ... (Read More)

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Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the California Country Antiques and Folk Art Show
by Alice Kaufman

Donna Staggs of Donna’s Antiques, Fullerton, California, asked $395 for the horse on wheels and $195 for the teddy bear wearing a sweater suit. “The bear has been in my family for a long time, and his suit has never come off,” Staggs said. “This is the only good country ... (Read More)

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Letter from London
by Ian McKay

by Ian McKay, e-mail: Still working my way through the summer catalogues, I have had to make some decisions about what goes into this month's column, and what will have to wait for the October and November issues. Chinese and Japanese works of art have not been ignored but held ... (Read More)

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Editorial: Born under a Bad Sign
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“It's not good for the town, it's not good for the church, and it certainly wasn't good for the antiques dealers,” collector Mary Grothe of Gainesville, Virginia, said.We called Grothe after she forwarded a letter she sent to her local newspaper, the Fauquier Times-Democrat. It read, in part, “A couple ... (Read More)

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