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Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, Illinoisby Sharon VerbetenWhen Leslie Hindman Auctioneers reopened the doors of its Chicago auction house four years ago, success was not only on the horizon. It was expected. And with the firm's reputation and experience in the auction world, owner Leslie Hindman planned for big things. "We're ... (Read More)
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by Ralph FinchItâ??s a little after 9 a.m., Saturday, June 23, 2007. I just ... (Read More)
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Americana in New York ... (Read More)
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Chest Spices Up Cincinnati Auction
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Baltimore, Maryland
by Robert Kyle
The Three Musketeers did it again. The trio of young show promoters, known as the Palm Beach Group, convincingly confirmed that last year?s dramatic resurrection and rebirth of a middling 26-year-old downtown Baltimore event was no accident. One for all and all for one certainly translated into ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
The Indian weathervane sold at Sotheby?s on October 4, 2007, to Leigh Keno was gilded, not painted as the caption suggested in an effort to explain the comparatively low price of $241,000 (M.A.D., December 2007, page 3-D). An Indian weathervane of this size sold at Northeast Auctions for $365,500 in ... (Read More)
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Mancuso Show Management?s annual Books at the 25th St. Armory in New York City is changing dates and will be held on January 11 and 12.
The show has traditionally been scheduled as one of the final shows of Americana Week in New York City. The 69th Regiment, however, has ... (Read More)
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by Erik K. Gronning, Joshua W. Lane, and Robert F. TrentThe earliest American furniture scholars were intrigued about furniture made by Dutch artisans in the English colonies of North America. Queen Anne chairs were habitually referred to as "Dutch," and the large size and broad proportions of New York furniture ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Alderfer Auction & Appraisal, Hatfield, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenAlderfer Auction & Appraisal in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, a family-owned full-service auction business founded by Sanford Alderfer in 1959, fills a real need in the Delaware River valley. Alderfer's sales every Thursday find buyers for a huge variety of goods. Dealers and collectors for ... (Read More)
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Bonhams & Butterfields, Los Angeles and San Francisco, Californiaby Alice KaufmanPrices include the buyer's premiumScot Levitt, California and American paintings specialist for Bonhams & Butterfields, called the $5,514,060 Los Angeles and San Francisco auction on August 7 "better than average, the second best ever."Why? "We had top examples of Impressionists ... (Read More)
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