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• BOOK REVIEW: Ceramics In America 2024

  01-04-2025 19:57 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  Ceramics in America edited by Ronald W. Fuchs II and Robert Hunter, with contributions by Leslie M. Harris, A. Brandt Zipp, Mark Shapiro, Christopher Pickerell, Margi Hofer & Allison Robinson, Patricia F. Ferguson, Cassandra A. Good & Adam T. Erby, Robert Hunter, Jill Weitzman Fenichell, Ronald W. Fuchs II, C. Wesley Cowan & Stephen C. Compton, Al Luckenbach and Deborah L. Miller & Ronald W. Fuchs II. Published by The Chipstone Foundation, Milwaukee, Wis., 2024, 258 pp, $65, hard
  
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• Tiffany Flatware Service Sets Table For Success At Nye

  05-05-2025 23:03 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — Nye & Company closed out the month of April with its Hunt, Heritage & Home: Property from the Estate of Susan Ely auction, which saw 365 lots cross the block from the private collection of the New Jersey area art dealer. In a description of the sale from the firm’s LiveAuctioneers site, Ely’s collection is detailed as “a tribute to the sporting life, fine craftsmanship and the power of objects to hold memory and meaning.” Bidders were par
  
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• Estate-Fresh Dzubas-Signed Painting Leads At Ralph Fontaine’s

  05-05-2025 23:02 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  CANAAN, N.Y. — Ralph Fontaine’s Heritage Auctions conducted a 487-lot Super Spring Multi-Estate Auction, filled with silver, coins, jewelry, garden items, music boxes, lamps, clocks, paintings, furniture and more, on May 4. Leading the sale was an estate-fresh oil painting, signed “Friedel Dzubas / 55,” for the German-born American abstract artist. Measuring 37 by 25 inches, the work was titled “Breack Through” and sold to an online bidder for $34,375, includ
  
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• McInnis Gets Nearly $10K For Black Folk Art Doll

  05-05-2025 23:00 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  AMESBURY, MASS. — John McInnis sold the Pat Hatch collection of more than 400 cloth dolls in a single-owner sale on April 27, following two days of his Country Estates auction. One of the top lots of the doll sale was an 18-inch Black boy doll, which earned $9,600 (pictured). A pair of 15-inch Black sister dolls would account for the second highest price — $8,680 — of the antiques portion of the sale. The two-day estates auction included numerous marine items, country furnitur
  
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• Mughal Dagger Slices To Top At Showplace

  05-05-2025 22:58 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  ASTORIA, N.Y. — Auctions at Showplace brought in May flowers with its Important Fine Art and Design Auction, kicking off on the first of the month with a 145-lot auction celebrating the biggest names in art, art glass, timepieces and designer jewelry. With only four lots passing, the sale concluded with a 97 percent sell-through rate. Top-lot status was slashed down by a 22K yellow gold and gem-set jade dagger, also known as a khanjar, from the Indian Mughal empire. The dagger’s hil
  
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• Rare Calamity Football Bank Scores Touchdown At White’s

  05-05-2025 22:56 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS. — Gold coins and a rare mechanical bank from the Richard “Dick” Withington collection led the way for John White and his wife, Kathryn Black, of White’s Auctions, at their April 27 auction. The bank (pictured) was in working condition, had been examined under a blacklight and retained its original paint; it sold for $7,930. Multiple lots of gold Krugerrands each sold for $6,710. The auction also included a number of paintings by American painter Fran
  
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• Meiji Vase Pours Out Highest Price For Thomaston Place

  05-05-2025 22:54 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  THOMASTON, MAINE — More than 500 lots of Japanese woodblock prints, rare netsuke, inro and okimono, painted scrolls, traditional silk work, watercolors and other items crossed the block in Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ Japanese Art & Antiques sale on May 2. The day was led by a Meiji period silver wire cloisonné high shouldered jar, which far surpassed its $800-$1,200 estimate to achieve $34,375, including buyer’s premium. The unsigned jar was made with silver
  
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• Antique PNP sees orderly, peaceful polls - Philippine News Agency

  02-05-2025 15:21
  Antique PNP sees orderly, peaceful polls  Philippine News Agency
  
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• Antique cops step up digital vigilance to counter fake news - Philippine News Agency

  02-05-2025 15:17
  Antique cops step up digital vigilance to counter fake news  Philippine News Agency
  
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• I Know You Are, But What Am I…Sold?

  01-05-2025 21:37 via antiquetrader.com
  Image Courtesy Van Eaton Galleries.“I meant to do that!”
  The most famous bike in cinematic history—ridden by a character whose antics launched a thousand basement Rube Goldberg contraptions and inspired generations to yell, “I know you are, but what am I?”—is pedaling its way to auction.Pee-wee Herman’s screen-used stunt bicycle from Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) will roll onto the block at Van Eaton Galleries’ Pop Culture: Collection of Jay
  
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• Historical Society presents ‘Antique Appraisal Show’ - Marshall Democrat-News

  01-05-2025 17:45
  Historical Society presents ‘Antique Appraisal Show’  Marshall Democrat-News
  
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• Route 27 Antique Mall

  01-05-2025 15:45 via antiquetrader.com
  Route 27 Antique Mall opened in Alexandria, Kentucky October 2024. We are a true antique mall with over 190 vendors. The store holds over 150 booths and 118 locking showcases. Route 27 Antique Mall is a great store to pick up a piece of the past.Contact Us: mall@rt27antiques.com. Phone: 8599702727
  Web site: www.rt27antiques.com
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• Antique sale supports Merrehope's restoration in Meridian - Twin States News

  30-04-2025 22:33
  Antique sale supports Merrehope's restoration in Meridian  Twin States News
  
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• Q&A: Beth Pook

  30-04-2025 18:35 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  In late January, Pook & Pook announced that Beth Pook, the auction house’s longtime gallery exhibition designer, was retiring. While online shopping has been on an upward trend, most auction houses still take the trouble to present all the items in a sale in a public preview, giving potential buyers an opportunity to examine prospective purchases in person. Pook was kind enough to give us some insights into what the job entailed.The post Q&A: Beth Pook first appeared on Antiques An
  
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• 68th Annual Antiques Show & Sale — Oglebay Institute Welcomed An Eager, Enthusiastic, Buying Crowd

  30-04-2025 18:30 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  WHEELING, W.VA. — Oglebay Institute’s 68th Annual Antiques Show and Sale took place April 4-6 at Oglebay Resort’s Wilson Lodge. Managed by John Mickinak and presented by the Museums of Oglebay Institute as a fundraiser for its collections, this antiques weekend event — one of the region’s oldest and largest antiques shows — featured nearly 50 dealers, nine of which were new, from 12 states, and saw a near-record attendance and noteworthy sales for dealers, sai
  
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• Doyle Goes All-American In Mid-April Auction

  30-04-2025 18:20 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  NEW YORK CITY — Approximately 400 lots of American fine art, furniture and decorative art were in focus in Doyle’s April 16 American Painting, Furniture, Silver & Decorative Arts auction. Included in the sale were four Chinese export lots (one painting, three porcelain lots) and one map: a detailed, large-scale map of Long IslandThe post Doyle Goes All-American In Mid-April Auction first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• Fine & Fanciful Finishes In DuMouchelles’ April Auction

  30-04-2025 18:19 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  DETROIT — In a two-day auction, April 17-18, DuMouchelles offered nearly 660 lots of luxury watches, jewelry and fine and decorative arts. The Friday session, April 18, featured an exceptional selection of modern and contemporary fine art, sculpture and decorative works from the Detroit Institute of Arts, for the benefit of the museum.The post Fine & Fanciful Finishes In DuMouchelles’ April Auction first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• Easter Weekend Auctions Bring ‘Hoppiest’ Bidders To Copake

  30-04-2025 18:17 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  COPAKE, N.Y. — Copake Auction kicked off Easter weekend celebrations with two sales: April 18th’s Garden Outdoor Patio Auction, and April 19th’s Estate Auction. Collectively, the two sales saw 1,160 lots cross the block, totaling $115,000 for the first sale and $227,000 for the second; each had a sell-through rate of 99 percent. Seth Fallon, one of Copake’s owners, commented, “Both sales did exceptionally well. There was lots of participation and we sold items world
  
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• A.P. Hays Collection Earns White Gloves — Scottsdale Wrangles High Prices & New Records

  30-04-2025 18:09 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — The team at Scottsdale Art Auction (SAA), led by co-partners Brad Richardson and Michael Frost, launched the first of its two annual sales April 11-12. On the first day, works of comparatively modest value crossed the block with prices realized spanning from $585 to $152,100.
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• Augusta Auctions X BK Museum, Part One

  30-04-2025 18:07 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  BELLOWS FALLS, VT. — Augusta Auctions hosted the first round of deaccessioned textiles, antique garments and vintage couture from the Brooklyn Museum’s collection on April 16. This collection included American, European and Asian treasures from the Sixteenth through the late Nineteenth Centuries and represented most of the catalog’s 250 lots.The post Augusta Auctions X BK Museum, Part One first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• EAHA Delivers History On Eve Of Revolution Anniversary

  30-04-2025 18:06 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  WINCHESTER, VA. — On April 19, Early American History Auctions (EAHA) conducted a 218-lot sale of rare historic autographs, Americana and additional items from various periods of early American history, as well as George Washington-related offerings, historic maps and more in its Historic Autographs, Political & Americana Auction. With an 87 percent sell-through rate, the sale earned approximately $791,000.The post EAHA Delivers History On Eve Of Revolution Anniversary first appeared o
  
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• A Grand Reopening — The Frick Collection

  30-04-2025 18:03 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
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• Dutch Municipality Likely Threw Away 46 Artworks, Including Warhol’s Royal Portrait

  30-04-2025 16:12 via antiquetrader.com
  Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, from the Reigning Queens Series, 1985. An Andy Warhol Queen Beatrix print similar to this image (different colors) and numerous other works of art were thrown away. Image courtesy of Masterworks Fine Art Gallery.Accidentally throwing out your collection is any collector’s nightmare, and it happened at a town hall in the Netherlands. Last year, Maashorst, a municipality in the south of the Netherlands, made a shocking discovery after renovations to their to
  
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• Escaping the Ordinary: Houdini Memorabilia enchants Collectors

  30-04-2025 15:11 via antiquetrader.com
  Buried Alive! Cleveland: Otis Litho., ca. 1924. Eight-sheet color lithographed poster advertising a sensational stunt that Houdini would never perform – his escape from a coffin buried under mounds of heavy earth.Image courtesy of Potter & Potter Auctions.Stage magicians’ props and memorabilia continue to enchant collectors, and escape artist Harry Houdini remains one of the greatest names of all time. A recent sale of Houdiniana & Magic Memorabilia by Potter & Potter Auc
  
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• From the Editor: Because Paul Said So

  30-04-2025 14:26 via antiquetrader.com
  As I write this, spring has sprung here in Texas—at least this week. Next week, we could be back in the 20s, but my hope springs eternal. With the promise of renewal in the air, it feels somehow fitting that this is my first issue as editor of Kovels Antique Trader.If you’d told my 13-year-old self—whose weekly chore it was to dust my mom’s McCoy pottery with minimal breakage—that I’d someday be writing this column as the new editor of a national antiques maga
  
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• A Look Inside the May 2025 Issue of Kovels Antique Trader

  30-04-2025 14:11 via antiquetrader.com
  Spring has arrived, and so has a fresh issue of Kovels Antique Trader, packed with everything from fine art to fun finds. We’re diving into the Ohio Valley Military Society’s Show of Shows—the nation’s largest military collectibles event and a must-see gathering for historians, dealers, and collectors alike. You’ll also find a spotlight on a recent Sotheby’s sale featuring stunning Tiffany decorative art glass and lamps from the Doros collection.Jewelry lovers
  
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• Delivery of automated counting machines ongoing in Antique - Philippine News Agency

  30-04-2025 10:45
  Delivery of automated counting machines ongoing in Antique  Philippine News Agency
  
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• Harmon’s Wood Duck Earns $504,000, Leads Guyette & Deeter’s $6.2 Million Sale

  28-04-2025 23:06 via antiquesandthearts.com
  LOMBARD, ILL. — Guyette & Deeter’s April 24-25 sale included the first part of the decoy collection of Ted and Judy Harmon, whose passion was decoys made in Massachusetts. The Harmons had the best, and it was no surprise that a wood duck drake by Elmer Crowell would top the sale. It was the first lot and was hotly contested by bidders in the room and phone; bidding took nearly 10 minutes and it finally realized $504,000. The second-highest price of $354,000 was earned by a rigma
  
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• Spanish Colonial Tapestry Heads The Schrader Collection At Heritage

  28-04-2025 23:04 via antiquesandthearts.com
  DALLAS — Heritage Auctions’ April 17 Sophisticated Palate auction presented fine and decorative arts from the collection of Frederick H. Schrader, Napa Valley, Calif. The auction comprised European, American and Spanish Colonial paintings, sculpture, antiques, rugs and more, all capturing “Fred’s unwavering commitment to the pursuit of excellence and adventure,” per the auction catalog. In total, the 269-lot sale of Schrader’s collection realized $518,282 and
  
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• Rare Wave Crest Box Rides The Wave At Woody’s

  28-04-2025 23:01 via antiquesandthearts.com
  DOUGLASS, KAN. — Between April 25-26, Woody Auction saw more than 1,000 lots cross the block from the collection of Grady and Anette Hite. The Hites, longtime members of the antiques community, sold their collection — which included Wave Crest, American brilliant cut glass, art pottery, R.S. Prussia and more — through Woody without reserves. The highest price of the sale came from day two: a Wave Crest dresser box with a sea foam mold and gilt feet, which sold to its new owner
  
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