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(Feature)Editorial: Born under a Bad Sign
“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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(Fragment)Philadelphia Print Shop Will Open Western Branch
by Lita Solis-Cohen"We sold our house to the first people who looked at it and signed an agreement of sale for a house in Colorado. Now I'm looking for the right space for a branch gallery of the Philadelphia Print Shop in Cherry Creek where I can set up shop ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Twentieth-Century Design at Auction
Greg Kuharic, who worked at Sotheby’s from 1988 to 2003, is now a decorative arts consultant and studio potter in Mishawaka, Indiana. He bought a pair (one shown) of Tiffany Studios Grape Trellis windows, which came from Overcliff in Park Hill, New York, for $146,500. He also bought a single ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: The Value of Selling
by Steve ProffittThe past two months I wrote about "negative" selling—that is, people selling themselves into bad deals.This month I write about the inverse of that concept-positioning for success through "value selling." People who sell value maximize results by gaining the best deals that yield the most lucrative rewards.Are you ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Massachusetts Mercury Law Exempts Antique Instruments
by Jeanne SchintoAntiques dealers, auctioneers, and collectors are applauding the passage of a new Massachusetts law, S2403, "An Act Relative to the Sale of Antique Barometers, Thermometers, and Clocks," signed by Governor Deval Patrick on July 26. The legislation exempts pre-1955 "mercury-added" devices from the sales ban established by the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rookwood XX
Overbeck vase, carved with repeating profiles of women walking amid stylized flowers, Elizabeth and Mary Frances Overbeck, marked, 14 3/8" high, light crazing, otherwise excellent condition, $17,250.Daum Nancy cameo lamp, the shade and base with cockscomb flower heads, dark purple-brown over marmalade, marked, 20" high, shade 12¾" diameter, very good ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fresh Folk Art Carvings Lead the Way
Unlike many key baskets, this example is not marked with the name of the harness or saddle shop where it was made. The 7" x 10" x 4" oval leather basket is decorated with three rows of simple hammered punch impressions. The padded leather handle is affixed to the body ... (Read More)
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(Show)The NSADA Winnetka Summer Antiques Show
Joseph M. Hayes Antiques, Columbus, Ohio, brought the 18th-century Queen Anne secretary bookcase. It was 78" high x 36" wide and tagged $35,000. The English sterling candlesticks were $2500 for the set of four. Hayes told us that they are early 20th-century copies of a set in the Victoria and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)USArtists Moves to Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
by Lita Solis-CohenUSArtists, to be held October 1-3, will be a different show this year. This major show and sale of American art is leaving the gymnasium-like space at the 33rd Street Armory and moving to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), in a new gallery space in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Snavely Eagles Soar at Sale
This George Hoff, Lancaster, Pennsylvania,30-hour movement withpewter dial in a country Chippendale softwood tall case sold for $16,500. The clock had some restoration, and the light brown- and yellow-painted decoration on the case was old but not original.The pair of Carl Snavely spread-wing eagles with finely detailed cross-hatching and feather ... (Read More)
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