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• Laugé Spring Landscape Warms Up Bidders At Bill Hood

  23-12-2024 18:43 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — What better place to shop for the upcoming holidays than at a $40 million dollar mansion? Luckily, on December 10, interested bidders were able to do just that at Bill Hood & Sons Art & Antique Auctions’ Important Major Estate sale, where 329 lots from a Jupiter, Fla., mansion crossed the block, including signed Louis Vuitton cabinet pieces, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century furniture, French bronzes, Vienna portrait plates, majolica and antique painting
  
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• Penelope Manzella Skater Makes An Impression

  23-12-2024 18:41 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  BARRINGTON, R.I. — On December 15, Jeff Saletin returned to the auction block to offer 300 lots from the estate of the late Penelope Manzella. Manzella, an artist, left behind a number of her own works as well as those by other makers, country kitchenware, furniture and lighting, an assortment of Japanese and Chinese collectible figurines and more. While she was a multi-media artist, one of the most popular Manzella pieces offered in this auction was a painted terracotta sculpture of a sp
  
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• Schimmel Pegasus Played By Brubeck Tunes In Bidders At Michaan’s

  23-12-2024 18:40 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  ALAMEDA, CALIF. — Michaan’s Auctions conducted its Winter Fine Sale on December 16, offering 250 lots of what the auction catalog described as “the season’s most desirous items.” This included merchandise such as a variety of Art Deco jewelry, important works from American and European artists and Persian silk carpets, among others. Playing a tune to $52,000 was a Schimmel Pegasus black grand piano, which led the sale, landing just within its $50/80,000 estimate. T
  
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• Ayda Katti Slashes Estimates At Hermann Historica

  23-12-2024 18:39 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  GRASBRUNN, GERMANY — Hermann Historica’s December 6 auction of the collection of Oded and Tsipora Shermister featured 393 lots of antique weaponry primarily from the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Indonesia. Leading the sale was an Indian Ayda Katti. According to Oriental Arms, the “Ayda Katti is the traditional sword or agricultural tool of the Kodava people resides in what is today Karnataka state in southwest India.” With an 18K gold-mounted handle, the 1815 sword had
  
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• Revolver Inscribed By Confederate Surgeon Shoots To Top For Heritage

  23-12-2024 18:37 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  DALLAS — Arms & Armor, Civil War & Militaria, a 695-lot auction conducted by Heritage Auctions on December 9 was highlighted by several early Colt guns, historic family memorabilia, flags, documents and Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) items from the collection of Don Limpert. Claiming the sale’s highest price — $27,500, including buyer’s premium — was a Colt Model 1849 Pocket Percussion Revolver manufactured in 1859. This weapon belonged to Dr Edmund Le
  
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• Fandom’s Favorite Mutant Takes On Wolverine To Lead Landry Pop Auction

  23-12-2024 18:28 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. — Marvel Comics’ The Incredible Hulk #181 talked smack at Landry Pop Auctions’ Icons & Heroes: Comics, TCG & Sports sale on December 10, grabbing a fistful of dollars — $57,600, including buyer’s premium — and meeting its low estimate. “I’m very happy with that result,” said auctioneer and owner Travis Landry. “It’s $4,000 more than the last one sold, signaling a strong market.” Graded 9.8 by CGC,
  
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• Oldest Inscribed Ten Commandments Tablet Achieves $5 Million At Sotheby’s

  23-12-2024 18:25 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  NEW YORK CITY — At Sotheby’s New York, the oldest inscribed stone tablet of the Ten Commandments — dating to the Late Roman-Byzantine period (circa 300-800 CE) — achieved $5,040,000, surpassing its pre-sale estimate of $1/2 million. The 115-pound marble artifact, inscribed in Paleo-Hebrew, sparked fierce global competition, with more than ten minutes of intense bidding before ultimately being acquired by an anonymous buyer who plans to donate it to an Israeli institution
  
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• Joseph Kernan’s ‘Dog Bath’ Cleans Up In Swann Galleries’ Illustration Art Sale

  23-12-2024 18:22 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  NEW YORK CITY —Joseph Francis Kernan’s (1878-1958) “Dog Bath,” illustrating boy’s best friend experiencing a dog’s least favorite game, was the leading lot in Swann Auction Galleries’ illustration art sale on December 12. Estimated $40/60,000, it finished at $52,500, including buyer’s premium. Used as the cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post’s January 13, 1934, issue, the oil on canvas was 26 by 22¼ inches and signed &ldqu
  
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• Rare Mendeleev Russian Second Editions Win Over Bidders At John McInnis

  23-12-2024 18:19 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  AMESBURY, MASS. — Two days and a little less than 1,300 lots later, John McInnis Auctioneers completed its December 13-14 sale of the private alchemy and chemistry library of Dr Arthur Greenberg which, according to the auction catalog, took more than half a century to amass, and consisted of more than 1,500 volumes on the subjects of alchemy and chemistry. Leading both days of the sale was copies of the second Russian edition of Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev’s Oznovy Khimii (The Princi
  
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• French Bronze Cannon Fires Up Morphy Bidders For Kochan Collection

  23-12-2024 18:17 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  DENVER, PENN. — Militaria historian and dealer James Kochan has, for 25 years, been amassing a study collection of articles connected with the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. On December 10, he sold — through Morphy Auctions — about 450 lots from that collection in a sale titled The Art of War in America, 1750-1850. Leading the charge at $104,550, including buyer’s premium, was a 62-inch long French bronze cannon that was made in 1765 to shoot four-pound
  
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• COLUMN: Antique voltmeter used to be a household item - BarrieToday

  22-12-2024 13:30 via news.google.com
  COLUMN: Antique voltmeter used to be a household item  BarrieToday
  
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• Gallatin News Events - Make an Antique Glass Bead Ornament - December 21 - NV - Main Street Media of Tennessee

  21-12-2024 08:55 via news.google.com
  Gallatin News Events - Make an Antique Glass Bead Ornament - December 21 - NV  Main Street Media of Tennessee
  
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• Good News: In digital age, antique clock still keeps ticking along - MSN

  21-12-2024 07:31 via news.google.com
  Good News: In digital age, antique clock still keeps ticking along  MSN
  
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• Good News: In digital age, antique clock still keeps ticking along - Yahoo! Voices

  21-12-2024 01:06 via news.google.com
  Good News: In digital age, antique clock still keeps ticking along  Yahoo! Voices
  
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• Wild Earp brings antique flair to East Main - Chaffee County Times

  20-12-2024 20:00 via news.google.com
  Wild Earp brings antique flair to East Main  Chaffee County Times
  
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• Oklahoma man sees News 2 report about antique car scam, says same thing happened to him - WKRN News 2

  19-12-2024 00:31 via news.google.com
  Oklahoma man sees News 2 report about antique car scam, says same thing happened to him  WKRN News 2
  
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• Oklahoma man sees News 2 report about antique car scam, says same thing happened to him - Yahoo! Voices

  19-12-2024 00:19 via news.google.com
  Oklahoma man sees News 2 report about antique car scam, says same thing happened to him  Yahoo! Voices
  
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• VIDEO / The Thrill of the Hunt: Antique Week - The News Guard

  18-12-2024 21:32 via news.google.com
  VIDEO / The Thrill of the Hunt: Antique Week  The News Guard
  
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• Q&A: Melissa Bowers

  18-12-2024 18:50 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  On January 1, 2024, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s Noto Peninsula. The quake caused more than 200 deaths and devastated the town of Wajima, famed for its traditional lacquer industry.The post Q&A: Melissa Bowers first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• Sotheby’s Layoffs Include Americana, Antiquities & Japanese Art Departments

  18-12-2024 18:49 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  NEW YORK CITY — Beginning on Tuesday, December 10, Sotheby’s began a wave of layoffs of about 100 staff, from back-office workers and junior staffers in various departments to business development roles and specialists at every level.The post Sotheby’s Layoffs Include Americana, Antiquities & Japanese Art Departments first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• Meander’s Launches In-House Bidding Platform For Holiday Auction

  18-12-2024 18:48 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  WHIPPLE, OHIO — Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond conducted their fifth auction of the year with Meander Auctions’ Holiday Antiques and Art sale on November 23.The post Meander’s Launches In-House Bidding Platform For Holiday Auction first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• European & American Fine Art Flourishes At Millea Bros

  18-12-2024 18:47 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  BOONTON, N.J. — Biannually, Millea Bros conducts a three day Select auction: one of the firm’s two flagship sales.The post European & American Fine Art Flourishes At Millea Bros first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• Variety Was Key In Freedom’s Final November Auction

  18-12-2024 18:46 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  SARASOTA, FLA. — Freedom Auction Company closed out the month of November with its Americana and The Dealer’s Cabinet online-only auction, which offered just under 1,000 lots of various Americana, antiques, advertising, primitives, apothecary items, fine art, militaria, toys and more.The post Variety Was Key In Freedom’s Final November Auction first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• Eclectic Finds Excite Opfer Bidders

  18-12-2024 18:43 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  PHOENIX, MD. — On November 25, Richard Opfer Auctioneering brought an Eclectic Collectors Auction to the Forge Fine Art Gallery.The post Eclectic Finds Excite Opfer Bidders first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• Gurley’s Thanksgiving Weekend Show Was Largest In Years

  18-12-2024 18:22 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  MARLBOROUGH, MASS — Rachel and Josh Gurley’s Thanksgiving Weekend show is a holiday tradition that many New Englanders look forward to.
   The post Gurley’s Thanksgiving Weekend Show Was Largest In Years first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• Southern Tide Rises For Jeffrey S. Evans

  18-12-2024 18:11 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  MOUNT CRAWFORD, VA. — Auctioneering several hundred lots can be wearing, but Will Kimbrough said the approximately 1,600 lots he and the rest of the team at Jeffery S. Evans & Associates gaveled down November 21-23 in the firm’s Premier Americana sale “felt pretty good.The post Southern Tide Rises For Jeffrey S. Evans first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• Garth’s Barn Sees Highest Grossing Weekend With Amelia Jeffers’ Thanksgiving Sales

  18-12-2024 18:08 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  DELAWARE, OHIO — It would be hard to imagine a steeper upward trajectory than the one Amelia Jeffers has experienced in the past 12 months.The post Garth’s Barn Sees Highest Grossing Weekend With Amelia Jeffers’ Thanksgiving Sales first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum — Northern Nightmares: Monsters In Inuit Art

  18-12-2024 18:05 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  The post Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum — Northern Nightmares: Monsters In Inuit Art first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• Albert ‘Randy’ Peckham Musician, Antiques Dealer & Appraiser, 85

  17-12-2024 21:22 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  By Michael Bartlett
  RICHMOND, MO. — Albert “Randy” Peckham passed away on November 30, at the age of 85. He was born on October 19, 1939, in Grant, Mich., and lived a life defined by music, art, scholarship and love. Randy earned his bachelor of music degree from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, embarking on a distinguished career as a music educator in Michigan and Connecticut. His passion for music remained a guiding force throughout his life, resonating in every no
  
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• Fine Art & Fancy Watches Find Success At Turner

  17-12-2024 20:11 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  Leading the sale was “The Fall of the Leaf” by Sir John Lavery (Irish, 1856-1941), 1884, oil on canvas, 23¼ by 27¼ inches framed, which earned $130,290, far surpassing its $40/60,000 estimate.
  Review by Kiersten Busch
  SAN FRANCISCO — On November 30, Turner Auctions + Appraisals conducted its Fine Art & Estate Sale. The 225-lot sale offered an array of fine and decorative art, timepieces, Native American and Asian items, gold and silver and more.
  “The Fal
  
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• Thanksgiving At Kaminski — Fine Jewelry, Fine Art & Furniture Find Success

  17-12-2024 19:46 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  Leading the sale at $44,400 was this platinum and 4.21-carat pear shaped solitaire diamond ring, 7 grams total weight, ring size 4½, which had provenance to a San Diego, Calif., collection ($30/50,000).
  Review by Kiersten Busch
  BEVERLY, MASS. — Kaminski Auctions was still celebrating Thanksgiving on December 1 when the firm conducted its Annual Thanksgiving Auction, a 520-lot sale which showcased a curated selection of fine American furniture from a collection in Manchester-by-the-S
  
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• Pop Culture Reigns Supreme In Hake’s $2.5 Million November Sale

  17-12-2024 19:17 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  Strumming to $157,773 was this smashed guitar played by Kurt Cobain during the inaugural performance of “Endless Nameless” at Evergreen State College on January 18, 1991. The replica Memphis Stratocaster’s remains were given to Janel Jarosz, who kept the guitar in her record shop and home until its consignment.
  Review by Kiersten Busch
  YORK, PENN. — Back for its first auction since the beginning of August, Hake’s Auctions conducted Auction #242 on November 20-21. Bo
  
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• Contemporary Art Commands $1M At Swann

  17-12-2024 18:52 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  Serving up the highest price was this 1968 edition of “Black Bean” from Andy Warhol’s (American 1928-1987) “Campbell’s Soup I” portfolio. The color screenprint on smooth wove paper measured 35-1/8 by 23-1/8 inches and was bid to $57,500 ($20/50,000).
  Review by Carly Timpson
  NEW YORK CITY — Contemporary art was the theme of Swann Auction Galleries’ November 26 sale. Featuring works by Pop Art icons and newer and lesser-known artists, the sale compri
  
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• County Line Antique Mall - Wilson County News

  17-12-2024 16:21 via news.google.com
  County Line Antique Mall  Wilson County News
  
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• Human empowerment key to 1st class classification of Antique - pna.gov.ph

  17-12-2024 15:40 via news.google.com
  Human empowerment key to 1st class classification of Antique  pna.gov.ph
  
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• Anatolian Oushak Carpet Rolls Out Win For Stair Galleries

  16-12-2024 21:27 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  HUDSON, N.Y. — Stair Galleries’ third auction of December spanned two days from December 11-12 and celebrated the best of the best of interior design that the firm had to offer. The auction, Icons of Interior Design, featured more than 400 lots, with 95 lots from the New York City residence of interior designer and architect Robert Couturier offered on day one while 308 lots of property from additional New York City residences were offered on day two. Leading the sale was an Eightee
  
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• Antique Turkish Ottoman Sword Achieves ‘Virtuous’ Price At Tremont Auction

  16-12-2024 21:24 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  SUDBURY, MASS. — A Turkish Ottoman sword dated 1807 sliced through its $1,5/2,500 estimate to achieve $31,750, including buyer’s premium, in Tremont Auction’s December 8 Fall Asian Arts & Antiques sale. Having a wavy, watered steel blade inlaid with a gold inscription and jade hilt, the weapon was further inlaid with Ottoman trophies in gold. It measured 36½ inches long and the blade inscription, deciphered and translated by researchers at Erevan Institute of Archae
  
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• Onderdonk Landscape Brings A Sunny Morning To Texas Art Sale

  16-12-2024 21:21 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  DALLAS — Julian Onderdonk’s “Sunny Mornings Southwest Texas” (1909) sold for $118,750 to lead Heritage Auction’s Texas Art Signature Auction on December 14. This extraordinary painting was replete with the hallmark careful brushwork, extended vista and close observation of the dry, warm feel of a central Texas landscape by the artist widely regarded as the best-known and recognized Texas Impressionist. It had provenance to Long Island, N.Y., businessman, amateur ar
  
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• A Picasso Portrait Was The Top Pick At Link

  16-12-2024 21:17 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  ST LOUIS, MO. — Completed in colored crayons and pencil on paper, Pablo Picasso’s (Spanish, 1881-1973) “Tête d’homme (Head of a Man)” achieved the top price in Link Auction Galleries’ two-day December Gallery Auction conducted December 6-7. The work, which was dated “9. 6. 66” to the upper left and signed to the lower right, had provenance to a private Italian collection after being acquired in Basel in 1970, thence by descent to the consign
  
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• German Liquor Cure Tin Closes Lid For Top Price At McMurray

  16-12-2024 21:14 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  KIRKWOOD, N.Y. — On December 7, McMurray Antiques & Auctions conducted a 133-lot sale of apothecary items, including labeled patent medicines, tins, tooth powder tins, pills from Seroco, veterinary items, books and advertising. With only one lot passing, the sale had a 99 percent sell-through rate. A Sears, Robuck and Co., Inc., (Chicago) German Liquor Cure tin led the sale, surpassing its $200/400 estimate by more than seven times to earn $2,912, including buyer’s premium. &ldq
  
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• John Young ‘Apollo 10’ Suit Patches Reach Six Figures In $2.7M Heritage Space Sale

  16-12-2024 21:12 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  DALLAS — December 6 and 7 saw one giant leap for auction-kind with Heritage Auctions’ Space Exploration Signature Auction, which offered 671 lots of important space exploration items and memorabilia, featuring the personal collection of Fred Haise (American, b 1933), former lunar module pilot of the Apollo 13. A set of four certified and signed flown space suit patches from the personal collection of Apollo 10 command module pilot John Young led the sale, rocketing to $137,500, with
  
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• George Inness Misty Landscape Is The Top Lot Of Carlsen’s Last 2024 Sale

  16-12-2024 21:09 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  FREEHOLD, N.Y. — For its last auction of 2024, conducted on December 8, Carlsen Gallery sold select artwork from the more than 100-year collection of the College of St Rose, Albany, N.Y. The 358-lot sale was led by an oil on canvas by George Inness (American, 1825-1894). The work, “Tonal Landscape” surpassed its high estimate to finish at $15,000, including buyer’s premium. The 12-by-16-inch painting of trees in the fore- and background displayed all the hallmarks of Ton
  
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• NZ Antique & Classic Boatshow Hits 25 Year Milestone - Scoop

  16-12-2024 08:59 via news.google.com
  NZ Antique & Classic Boatshow Hits 25 Year Milestone  Scoop
  
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• Antique advertising displays can be very creative, valuable | News, Sports, Jobs - The Express - Lock Haven Express

  14-12-2024 07:14 via news.google.com
  Antique advertising displays can be very creative, valuable | News, Sports, Jobs - The Express  Lock Haven Express
  
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• Roller rink sits empty for five years, transforms into antique mall - KIMT 3

  13-12-2024 23:37 via news.google.com
  Roller rink sits empty for five years, transforms into antique mall  KIMT 3
  
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• Antique earns Gawad Kalasag Award for zero-casualty during calamities - pna.gov.ph

  12-12-2024 13:13 via news.google.com
  Antique earns Gawad Kalasag Award for zero-casualty during calamities  pna.gov.ph
  
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• Spend the Weekend Antique Shopping Across Alberta at These Unique Shops - thealbertan.com

  12-12-2024 13:01 via news.google.com
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• Spend the Weekend Antique Shopping Across Alberta at These Unique Shops - The Albertan

  12-12-2024 13:01 via news.google.com
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• Spend the Weekend Antique Shopping Across Alberta at These Unique Shops - Airdrie City View

  12-12-2024 13:01 via news.google.com
  Spend the Weekend Antique Shopping Across Alberta at These Unique Shops  Airdrie City View
  
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• Q&A: Jennifer Garland Ross

  11-12-2024 18:39 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  Art Peritus is a growing presence in the art appraisal and consulting field and its recently announced new hires gave us the opportunity to check in with the company’s founder, Jennifer Garland Ross.The post Q&A: Jennifer Garland Ross first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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