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A Willard Banjo Clock, Circa 1982: When Old Becomes New Again
by David A. Sperling

Figure 1. Subject clock, Chelsea presentation banjo clock.by David A. SperlingThe golden age of handcrafted clocks in America began in the 18th century and ran through the end of the first quarter of the 19th century. The golden age for mass-producing clocks by machine was certainly the last half of ... (Read More)

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Auction Law and Ethics: Going, Going---Lost!
by Steve Proffitt

by Steve ProffittWhat better time than summer for something light—and down home it's for sure summer. Here's an e-mail from a reader."I'm an old guy with too much time and a computer. So here's a little tale that might interest you. A while back I attended a firearms auction and ... (Read More)

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Is the Art Collecting Public Confused by Giclees?
by Daniel Grant

by Daniel GrantGo to any number of art fairs and art galleries and you will find prints for sale among the paintings and sculptures. They are prints because they were printed by some means, but after that it may not be clear at all how they should be described, and ... (Read More)

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Timothy Rub Named Director of PMA
by Lita Solis-Cohen

by Lita Solis-CohenThe Philadelphia Museum of Art has named Timothy Rub the George D. Widener director and chief executive officer. He succeeds the late Anne d'Harnoncourt. Rub, currently the director and CEO of the Cleveland Museum of Art, will take the post on September 1, leaving Cleveland after just three ... (Read More)

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Native American Art Auction
by Alice Kaufman

Featured on the front cover of the catalog, the 1790-1830 Tsimshian war dagger, traditionally named Eagle at the Head of the Skeena River, was the top-selling lot in the auction. Handed down through generations, this potent symbol descended from Chief Legaic (or Legaix), an early, powerful leader. The dagger sold ... (Read More)

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New Location for Barn Star's New Hampshire Shows
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Barn Star Productions and Frank Gaglio want to make certain that all attendees of Antiques Week in New Hampshire know that the Manchester Pickers Market Antiques Show and Mid-Week in Manchester Antiques Show are no longer at the Quality Inn in Bedford but have moved to the Furniture World Building ... (Read More)

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Heade Sketches Sold Privately
by Daniel Grant

by Daniel GrantAnother day, another deaccession controversy. The good news is that the endowment of the St. Augustine Historical Society in Florida is reported to be $1 million richer than it had been. The reason for that windfall strikes almost no one as good news. Back in late 2007, the ... (Read More)

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Snellenburg Joins Bonhams
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Jonathan Snellenburg has joined Bonhams in New York City as director of the clocks and watches department.Snellenburg studied history and geology at Dartmouth College and received a Ph.D. in geochemistry from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. This led to a postdoctoral fellowship at the American Museum ... (Read More)

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Rick Deckard "Blade Runner" Hero Blaster Blasts the Record Books
by Richard de Thuin

by Richard de ThuinThe Hero Blaster used by Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford's character) in Blade Runner (Warner Bros., 1982) shot off a bid of more than a quarter of a million dollars to reach a target of $258,750 (includes buyer's premium) at Hollywood auction #36 held by Profiles in History, ... (Read More)

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Elinor Gordon, 91
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Elinor Gordon, for 50 years the doyenne of dealers in Chinese export porcelain, died in East Sandwich, ... (Read More)
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