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Bloomsbury Auctions Opens in New York City
by Lita Solis-Cohen

by Lita Solis-CohenBloomsbury Auctions, a specialist auction house for books, has opened a salesroom in New York City at 6 West 48th Street. Bloomsbury's first New York sale, the private collection of Pamela and Richard Estes on September 26, totaled $936,000 (includes buyers' premiums). Just 13 of the 291 lots ... (Read More)

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Christie's and Guyette & Schmidt Hook Up
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Christie's and the decoy auction firm Guyette & Schmidt, Inc. have announced a strategic association. According to a press release, it "will be aimed at providing the highest level of service to the existent decoy market while further developing and supporting interest in and awareness of this collecting field."The list ... (Read More)

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Art & Antiques Relaunches
by Lita Solis-Cohen

by Lita Solis-CohenA year after it was acquired by CurtCo Media, Art & Antiques, the 29-year-old magazine for collectors, has streamlined its layout, and press releases state that its focus will be on connoisseurship of a vast range of fine and decorative arts. Bill Curtis, CEO of CurtCo Media, claimed ... (Read More)

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Picky Folk Art Buyers Pay Up When It Passes Muster
by Lita Solis-Cohen

by Lita Solis-CohenThe Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts, paid $541,000 (includes buyer's premium) for a 4' tall figure of Jack Tar at Christie's on October 3. The figure is probably from the workshop of Samuel Robb (1851-1928) in New York City, circa 1890. Daniel Finamore, PEM's Russell W. ... (Read More)

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Changes in Nashville
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Kay Puchstein and Jon Jenkins of Jenkins Show Management, co-managers of the long-running Music Valley Antiques Market, announced their new show set to debut during Antiques Week in Nashville in February 2008.Antiques at Music Valley will feature over 140 of America's premier antiques dealers in a big-top tent setting. While ... (Read More)

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The National Capital Winter Antiques Show Postponed
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Washington, D.C.-based promoter Armacost Antiques Shows has announced that its new antiques event, the National Capital Winter Antiques Show, has been postponed until 2008. The inaugural show had been scheduled to take place November 30-December 2, 2007.New dates, location, and other details will be released in the near future. More ... (Read More)

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Pavillon des Arts et du Design
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Show promoter Meg Wendy met Patrick Perrin in Moscow this summer, and over lunch the two decided to join forces and bring the first Pavillion des Arts et du Design to the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York City, February 6-11, 2008.Created in 1997 by Perrin and Stéphane Custot, Le ... (Read More)
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