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• What’s On Schedule for America’s 250th

  20-01-2026 21:39 via antiquetrader.com
  1860–1880 Goddess of Liberty weather vane by William G. Henis. © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.Philadelphia is just one of many places across the country that is celebrating the United States Semiquincentennial. Here is a list of exhibitions, programming, and more taking place this year at some of the nation’s biggest arts and history institutions.Christie’sDuring its Americana week, the auction house Christie’s is honoring the Semiquincentennial with two major sales.
  
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• Dr Robert E. Booth, Americana Collector, 80

  20-01-2026 19:05 via antiquesandthearts.com
  GLADWYNE, PENN. — Dr Robert E. Booth, Jr (1945-2026) died on January 15. A renowned Americana collector, who specialized in Shaker and Pennsylvania German folk art, he had a keen appreciation of objects with fine proportion and original surface that told compelling stories of this country’s history. Booth’s collecting interests ran the gamut from firefighting material and carvings to trade signs, weathervanes and cast iron banks.
  He was an innovative orthopedic surgeon and an
  
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• Local Legends & International Icons Both Thrive At Merrill’s

  20-01-2026 06:34 via antiquesandthearts.com
  From Rutland, Vt., makers Lord & Goddard, this 92-inch tall case clock with moon phases and seconds sub-dial, model number 66, brought the sale’s highest price: $16,640 ($8/12,000).
  Review by Carly Timpson
  WILLISTON, VT. — On January 9, Merrill’s Auctioneers & Appraisers conducted an Americana and fine art auction. The 503-lot sale featured an abundance of fresh-to-market pieces of period Americana, including country furniture, folk art, accessories, paintings, Oriental
  
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• Leg Drawing Tops Trove Of British, Continental Art At Eldred’s

  20-01-2026 06:03 via antiquesandthearts.com
  The top lot of the auction was this Old Master drawing of a leg that sold to an online buyer for $57,600, far over estimate.
  Review by Andrea Valluzzo
  EAST DENNIS, MASS. — Realizing an excess of $282,000, Eldred’s auction of British and Continental Art on January 8 was led by a curated collection of fine art and interesting objects that attracted much interest online from buyers both near and far.
  “Overall, I was very pleased with the results, with most categories performing we
  
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• Zikas Estate Highlights Nautical Art & Furniture At Kaminski

  20-01-2026 05:45 via antiquesandthearts.com
  Top-lot status for the two-day sale was awarded to this Donald Dunlap-style tiger maple highboy, 75 inches tall by 40 inches wide by 19 inches deep, which surpassed its $3/5,000 estimate to make $6,250 on day two.
  Review by Kiersten Busch
  BEVERLY, MASS. — January 10-11, Kaminski Auctions conducted day one and two of the sale of property from the estate of Dalia Zikas, a post-WWII German immigrant and former consultant for the Office of Personnel Management at Hanscom Air Force Base. The sa
  
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• Brimfield New Year’s Show & Auction Kicks Off 2026

  20-01-2026 05:26 via antiquesandthearts.com
  Showrunner Klia Ververidis Crisafulli presents a sterling silver loving cup that sold for $4,200 during Friday’s auction of the Brimfield Live Kick-Off the New Year Show.
  Review & Onsite Photos by Z.G. Burnett
  STURBRIDGE, MASS. — Brimfield Antique Shows’ Brimfield Live Kick-Off the New Year Show & Live Auction on January 2-3, hosted about 150 vendors, mostly from the Northeast. Their booths were bursting with goods in almost every one of the Sturbridge Host Hotel’
  
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• Desirable Makers & Pristine Condition Drive Milestone’s Toy Truck Spectacular

  20-01-2026 04:53 via antiquesandthearts.com
  The auction’s leading lot was this 27-inch-long Buddy L pressed steel water service truck; it sold for $18,000 ($3/4,000).
  Review by Carly Timpson
  WILLOUGHBY, OHIO — A lifelong private collection of vintage toy trucks, featuring desirable makers such as Tonka, Smith Miller, Cor Cor, Steelcraft, Marx, Hubley and Buddy L, was the focus of Milestone Auctions’ 1,000-lot New Year’s Two-Day Toy Truck Spectacular on January 10-11. Auctioneer Miles King reported that the sale rea
  
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• Marcos leads inauguration of Antique Airport Development Projects - ABS-CBN

  20-01-2026 01:00 via news.google.com
  Marcos leads inauguration of Antique Airport Development Projects  ABS-CBN
  
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