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A Book Review
Since 1993 American Furniture,edited by Luke Beckerdite and published by the Chipstone Foundation in Milwaukee, has presented new research by leading scholars in the field on furniture history, technology, conservation, and connoisseurship of furniture made or used in America from the 17th century to today.
Last year Beckerdite announced ... (Read More)
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Norman C. Heckler & Company, Woodstock Valley, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Norman C. Heckler & Company
Norman C. Heckler & Company once again hosted a minimalist online-only event resulting in not-so-minimalist final sale prices. The September 25 auction of early American glass, fine tableware, historical flasks, and bottles offered up a mere 31 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Working with an old safe might be unsafe.
On August 28 the Tiffin (Ohio) Police Department took a report from a local citizen who had purchased an old safe and found inside it sealed vials with a liquid in them. Not knowing what they could be, he brought them to the ... (Read More)
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Freeman’s | Hindman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman’s | Hindman
Freeman’s | Hindman in Philadelphia kicked off the fall season Sunday, September 22, with a single-owner sale of American and European art, American furniture, fraktur, pottery, and the art of the blacksmith, most of it French wrought iron, from the collection of ... (Read More)
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Springfield Extravaganza, Springfield, Ohio
When the Springfield Antique Show & Flea Market held the fall installment of its semiannual Springfield Extravaganza September 20-22, it was, as much as possible, business as usual. Lots of dealers. Great merchandise. Strong interest from buyers. In another way, however, it wasn’t a normal weekend ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York
Photos courtesy Cottone Auctions
Two days in late September grabbed the attention of collectors seeking fine lamps, fine glass, fine art—fine everything—when Cottone Auctions presented the collection of Dr. Martin May (September 20) and a fine art and antiques event (September 21).
Friday, September 20, was a special ... (Read More)
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Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio
Photos courtesy Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio, is known for selling works of art and prints with an Ohio connection. Art pottery, Outsider art, sterling silver, and art glass are also often sold. But the September 21 online fine and decorative ... (Read More)
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Bray & Co., Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Bray & Co.
Bray & Co., held its September 21 auction in the gallery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where myriad objects reflective of auctioneer Derin Bray’s esoteric interests came to market from various New England collections. The company specializes in folk art, craftsmanship, history, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Joe Mallard, Kind of Blue. The quilt pays homage to the jazz great Miles Davis.
—Through November 12 —Paducah, Kentucky
Joe Mallard: Threading His Grandmother’s Needles at the National Quilt Museum celebrates Mallard’s unique quilts that are composed of tens of thousands of tiny, colorful hand-tied knots and stitches. Mallard learned needlecraft ... (Read More)
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Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
Bright sunshine guided cars to southeastern Pennsylvania to attend the Original 183rd Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale as the doors opened on Friday, September 20, at 10 a.m. Melvin L. Arion’s two-day show at the York Expo Center drew a crowd ... (Read More)
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