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(Feature)Wilton Historical Society Announces Spring 2008 Date
The "March show" will be in March again in 2008. After being forced into April for two years, the 41st Annual Antiques Show produced by the Wilton Historical Society in Wilton, Connecticut, will take place March 30."I'm pleased to finally get an acceptable date, though we are not able to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Winterthur Names Lois Olcott Price Director of Conservation
Leslie Greene Bowman, director and CEO of Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, has announced the appointment of Lois Olcott Price to director of conservation.Price has a long and unique history with Winterthur as the only person to be awarded degrees from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture and the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Glass Sale Ushers in Changes at Green Valley
Green Valley Auctions, Inc., Mt. Crawford, Virginiaby Walter C. NewmanGreen Valley Auctions held its annual fall glass sale September 19-22 at the company's facility in Mt. Crawford, Virginia. Officially titled the "13th Annual Fall Cataloged Auction of Early American Pattern and Victorian Glass and Lighting," this auction could just as ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Naylor's Photographica Goes on the Block
Guernsey's, New York Cityby Jeanne SchintoA portion of Thurman F. "Jack" Naylor's History of Photography—images, cameras, and related items initially offered for sale over the last couple of years as a single entity for $20 million—was auctioned piecemeal over four days by Guernsey's, October 18-21. This part of the collection, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Firearms Column
by Robert KyleA new record amount spent at a gun auction was set after a three-day sale earned over $11.23 million. The remarkable sale occurred October 8-10 at the auction facility of James D. Julia, Inc. in Fairfield, Maine."It is now the largest-grossing firearms auction ever conducted in the world, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)New Collectors Help Prices Climb at Shaker Auction
Willis Henry Auctions, Inc., Pittsfield, Massachusettsby David HewettWillis Henry opened his October 14 Shaker auction at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, with the announcement that he and his wife, Karel, had just discovered that it was his 25th year at selling Shaker-associated material. "Someone told us that if ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Heritage Medal and Token Sale Upstaged by Pulitzer Medals
Heritage Auction Galleries, Long Beach, Californiaby Samuel PenningtonDallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries held a tokens and medals signature auction in Long Beach, California, on September 27 and 28. The sale total was $596,565.70 (includes buyers' premiums), with the highest-priced item bringing $63,250, but the big news was what happened to three ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Hong Fire of 1843
by Alan SnyderAmong the most fascinating, dramatic, and rare pictures of the China trade are those that depict the disastrous fires that ravaged Canton and the foreign hongs along the Pearl River during the 19th century. Hongs were residences and trading headquarters for merchants from the West.Some hong fire paintings ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The International Art + Design Fair
New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenThe International Art + Design Fair, held October 5-10, was the first fair seriously impacted by global warming. With midsummer weather on Columbus Day weekend, people left New York City for the beaches. A parade on Columbus Day did not help the gate on Monday, and ... (Read More)
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(Show)International Vintage Poster Fair Returns to New York City
New York Cityby Richard de ThuinThe International Vintage Poster Fair, held October 19-21 in New York City, included 25 world-class vintage poster exhibitors from the United States and western Europe. The fair was produced by Gail Chisholm, owner of Chisholm Gallery, New York City, enjoying her 30th year in the ... (Read More)
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