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• Qianlong Era Jade Figure Passes $100,000 Mark To Lead At Cottone

  31-03-2025 21:05 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  GENESEO, N.Y. — Cottone Auctions’ March 27 Fine Art & Antiques sale featured the estate of Sidonie Triepel William (Buffalo, N.Y.) as well as various other offerings of Tiffany lamps and accessories, ceramics, paintings, decorative arts, Chinese and Japanese art, estate silver, European and American clocks and timepieces, American furniture and a collection of Native American art and artifacts. A Chinese white jade statuette of the bodhisattva of mercy and compassion, Guanyin, f
  
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• Antique susceptible to quakes; residents urged to be ready - Philippine News Agency

  03-04-2025 12:48 via news.google.com
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• You know that giant pink elephant on I-55? It’s ‘the most American’ place you’ll ever see - Belleville News-Democrat

  03-04-2025 12:00 via news.google.com
  You know that giant pink elephant on I-55? It’s ‘the most American’ place you’ll ever see  Belleville News-Democrat
  
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• From Pocket to Wrist: How Wristwatches Took Over and Where Pocket Watches Still Shine

  02-04-2025 20:32 via antiquetrader.com
  
  For centuries before the dominance of wristwatches, pocket watches were the ultimate symbol of sophistication, status, and technological advancement. They can be traced back to the 16th century, when the development of spring-driven movements allowed for the creation of smaller, portable timepieces. The first truly portable timepiece was the Nuremberg Egg, a small, drum-shaped clock developed in the early 16th century. These early timepieces, often worn on a chain around the neck or carried in a
  
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• Q&A: Kenzi Wilbur

  02-04-2025 18:56 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  There’s no such thing as a “typical” antiques dealer. They are as varied as the goods they handle and come to the trade for a multitude of reasons and along a myriad of paths. Kenzi Wilbur, who we were introduced to by chance and who set up shop on Warren Street in Hudson, N.Y., in September 2024, has a refreshing story and take on the trade, which she shared with Antiques and The Arts Weekly.The post Q&A: Kenzi Wilbur first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• Ephemera Fair Celebrates Its Sapphire Anniversary With Invention & Innovation

  02-04-2025 18:32 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  OLD GREENWICH, CONN. — Ephemera enthusiasts descended upon the Hyatt Regency Hotel for the 45th Ephemera Society of America (ESA) Ephemera Fair, March 15-16, coinciding with the organization’s annual conference, Ephemera 45, which ran March 13-16.
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• Renoir or Not? $12 Drawing Sparks Six-Figure Buzz

  02-04-2025 18:06 via antiquetrader.com
  
  The framed charcoal drawing of a seated woman caught Heidi Markow’s eye when she visited an auction in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in January. “I didn’t know what it was, I just knew that I wanted it,” Markow, owner of Salvage Goods Antiques in Easton, told ABC News. Although it was among the artworks she recalls that were “being bid up into the thousands,” the drawing cost only $12. Markow could immediately tell it was “something special.”A $
  
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• Independence Seaport Museum: Small But Mighty! Models, Toys & Miniature Ships

  02-04-2025 17:56 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
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• Fairyland Finds New Fortunes: Rare Wedgwood Vases Realize $130,500 at Woody Auction

  02-04-2025 16:14 via antiquetrader.com
  
  Two rare Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre vases lit up the bidding at Woody Auction’s March 22, 2025, sale in Douglass, Kansas, combining for an impressive $130,500. The top-selling piece—an exquisite vase in the Dragon King pattern—achieved $87,500, while a second vase in the rare Ghostly Woods pattern brought $43,000. The auction, held live and online, featured 366 lots drawn from several prominent collections.Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre Vase, Dragon King Pattern, 23.5″ x 11&Pri
  
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• Antique island's rabies-free status under revalidation for safety - Philippine News Agency

  02-04-2025 12:07 via news.google.com
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• Asheford Institute Releases 2024 Decorative Arts Survey Results

  01-04-2025 21:29 via antiquetrader.com
  
  New York – The Asheford Institute has released its sixteenth annual survey of leading decorative arts purchasing trends from the past year, available both digitally and in print nationwide. This international study, conducted among the Institute’s students and alumni, provides crucial insights for industry professionals, offering a snapshot of the current decorative arts market and serving as a key sales indicator for those in the antique and vintage trade.The school’s unique p
  
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• A Diverse Array In World Auction Gallery’s Exceptional Auction

  01-04-2025 20:17 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  Achieving the sale’s highest price, $44,400, was this rare late Nineteenth or early Twentieth Century Russian silver and hand painted icon, “Mother of God of Kazan,” by Dimitri Smirnov.
  EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — On March 16, World Auction Gallery conducted their Exceptional Late Winter Estate Auction. With just under 600 lots of art and antiques including paintings by various listed artists, a large collection of antique ornate boxes, a variety of silver items, an assortment of
  
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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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• Chase & Hodel Collections Anchor Amelia Jeffers’ Great Estates Auction

  01-04-2025 19:32 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  Towards the end of the first day, this Nineteenth Century cut and blown garniture that featured a sulfide bust as well as an acorn finial, strawberry and fan cutting, rose to $20,400; it was the highest price of the two-day event and sold to a local long-time collector on the phone ($300/600).
  Review by Madelia Hickman Ring
  COLUMBUS, OHIO — The single-owner collections of Audree & Bryce Chase (Port Royal, S.C.) and Cindy Hodel (Metamora, Ill.) were cornerstones of Amelia Jeffers’
  
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• Japanese Woodblock Masterpieces Mesmerize At Heritage

  01-04-2025 19:22 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  Engulfing its $100/150,000 estimate to achieve $425,000 was “Under the Wave Off Kanagawa (The Great Wave) (Kanagawa oki nami ura)” from “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)” by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849), circa 1831, woodblock print embellished with light mica powder, 9-7/8 by 14-5/8 inches.
  Review by Kiersten Busch
  DALLAS — Heritage Auctions took bidders on a journey through Japanese art history with its Masterpieces: Japanese Prints f
  
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• Amazing Americana Astounds At Selkirk

  01-04-2025 19:06 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  This cover illustration for the June 9, 1923, edition of Judge Magazine by Enoch Bolles (American, 1883-1976), oil on canvas, 31¼ by 23 inches framed, signed lower left, included notes for the cover in pencil on the back of the canvas. The painting went fishing for $28,750, the highest of the day ($4/8,000).
  Review by Kiersten Busch
  ST LOUIS — The lifetime collection of Dorothy G. Ridder (Alton, Ill.) and select pieces from the collection of Albert “Randy” Peckham and Ga
  
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• Aso O. Tavitian Collection Treasures Abound For Stair Bidders

  01-04-2025 18:43 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  The highest price of day two, and the sale as a whole, went to this French marble figure of Venus d’Arles, after the antique housed in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Standing at 6 feet 8 inches tall, the statue was bid to $34,060 ($10/15,000).
  Review by Kiersten Busch
  HUDSON, N.Y. — Three days and 858 lots made up Stair Galleries’ single-owner sale of property from the collection of Aso O. Tavitian (New York City and Stockbridge, Mass.), which was conducted March 19-21. Tav
  
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• Preserving Black History & African Americana, Swann Exceeds $1.1 Million

  01-04-2025 18:30 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  Achieving $62,500, this special Esso Standard Oil Company edition of Victor Green’s The Negro Travelers’ Green Book, Spring 1958, New York, set a record for any edition of the Green Book sold, and it was the top-priced lot of the day ($20/30,000).
  Review by Carly Timpson
  NEW YORK CITY — On March 20, Swann Galleries presented 403 lots of material related to American civil rights leaders, photographs and other ephemera documenting the era of Black enslavement and other important
  
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• Johnny Vegas opens an antique shop - Chortle Comedy

  01-04-2025 10:13 via news.google.com
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• Johnny Vegas opens an antique shop - Chortle

  01-04-2025 10:13 via news.google.com
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• Antique official urges public support to protect caves - Philippine News Agency

  01-04-2025 09:14 via news.google.com
  Antique official urges public support to protect caves  Philippine News Agency
  
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• A Look Inside the April Issue of Kovels Antique Trader

  01-04-2025 09:01 via antiquetrader.com
  
  April 2024 issue of Kovels Antique TraderWe meet collectors chasing high scores and style in the April issue of Kovels Antique Trader.From the cover story, Kris Manty takes us back to the buzzing world of vintage pinball machines, exploring their cultural staying power and irresistible appeal to serious collectors and casual fans.Toots Zynsky, the pioneering glass artist known for her vibrant, undulating vessels made from heat-formed threads of glass, is celebrated in a dazzling profile. “
  
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• Rarity, Provenance & Historical Importance Ruled In Asheville

  01-04-2025 06:16 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  “Extremely rare” was the term used to describe this Pilgrim Century paneled oak valuables cabinet, attributed to the Mason-Messenger and Edsal shop traditions; it is one of just two examples believed to have been made in Boston. A private collector on the phone won it for $442,800 ($100/150,000).
  Review by Madelia Hickman Ring
  ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Two comparatively small but significant and complimentary auctions took place at Brunk Auctions recently: a 209-lot British & Conti
  
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• Alan J. Gaines, Antiques Dealer, 82

  31-03-2025 21:20 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  Submitted by the family
  PORTSMOUTH, R.I. — Alan J. Gaines, 82, of Portsmouth, R.I., passed away on November 10, 2024. He was the husband of the late Amy Louise (Boocock) Gaines, who passed away on October 26, 2022.
  Alan and Amy owned and operated A&A Gaines Antiques for more than 40 years. They were respected and prominent antique dealers in New England, specializing in antique firearms, clocks, furniture, silver, jewelry, Asian antiques, Western Americana and many other unique items.
  
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• Armand M. LaMontagne, Sculptor, 87

  31-03-2025 21:14 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  NORTH SCITUATE, R.I. — Armand M. LaMontagne, 87, a North Scituate resident since 1965, passed away suddenly at home Friday, March 7, 2025.
  He was the beloved husband of Lorraine A. (Robitaille) LaMontagne. Born in Pawtucket, R.I., he was a son of the late Raymond and Jeanne (Ferland) LaMontagne. LaMontagne graduated from Worcester Academy and lettered in baseball, basketball and football. He attained a scholarship to play football at Boston College. A true outdoorsman, he loved gardening,
  
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• Heritage Sets New Record For Ohtani Trading Card

  31-03-2025 21:10 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  DALLAS — A 2024 Topps 50/50 Shohei Ohtani (Dynasty Black-Autographed Relic Card) #SOD1, graded Mint 9 by PSA and Auto 9 by PSA/DNA and numbered 1 of 1, soared to a record $1,067,500 to lead Heritage’s March 29 Spring Sports Card Catalog Auction. The result crushed the previous record for an Ohtani card, nearly doubling the previous mark of $533,140. The card celebrates Ohtani becoming the first player ever to hit 50 or more home runs and steal 50 or more bases in the same season, an
  
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• Jefferson’s Address To Cherokee Nation Drives Heritage Manuscripts Auction To $1.5 Million

  31-03-2025 21:07 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  DALLAS — A 3½-page bifolium address, signed and dated January 10, 1806, that was a manuscript copy made with Thomas Jefferson’s treasured polygraph machine earned $187,500 including buyer’s premium, and was the top lot in Heritage Auctions’ Historical Manuscripts Including Texana Signature sale on March 28. The address, the original copy of which is at the Library of Congress, is titled “My Friends & Children Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation” and was
  
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• Flemish School Oil & Giltwood Table Tag Team Top Price At Doyle

  31-03-2025 21:04 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  NEW YORK CITY — On March 26, Doyle continued the legacy of real estate investor, philanthropist and principal of Solil Management, Allan Goldman (American, 1943-2022), through a 223-lot single-owner sale of a selection of English and Continental furniture, decorations, paintings and more from Goldman’s Long Island, N.Y., estate, The Chimneys. “Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (John 8: 3-11)” was one of two lots to secure the highest price of the sale: $28,800, incl
  
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• Indian Dagger Pierces Expectations In Lark Mason’s Chinese Artifacts Auction

  31-03-2025 21:02 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS — Lark Mason Associates closed their auction of Chinese Bronzes & Ceramics from a Prominent Collector on March 27. The sale comprised 442 lots and was led by an object from the estate of noted collector, dealer and curator Daniel Wolf (1955-2021) that otherwise fell outside of the titular categories. After receiving 45 bids, an Indian Mughal white jade-handled dagger from the Seventeenth or Eighteenth Century slashed its $2,5/4,000 estimates to achieve the sale-hi
  
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• Seltzer’s Blackfoot Scene Rides To The Top At March In Montana

  31-03-2025 21:00 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  GREAT FALLS, MONT. — Conducted annually in conjunction with the March In Montana Dealer Show, The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction produced this year’s March In Montana Fine Art & Collectibles Auction on March 21-22. Featuring around 750 lots of Western, cowboy and Native American art, sculpture, artifacts and collectibles, the auction realized $2.9 million and was led by an oil on canvas by Olaf C. Seltzer (1877-1957) titled “Blackfoot Braves.” According to the aucti
  
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