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• Relics & Roots: Telling Jewish History with Judaica

  06-10-2026 21:46 via antiquetrader.com
  
  1880 Torah finials from the Surami community on view at Identity, Culture, and Community. Courtesy of The Jewish Museum.How do you tell a community’s story through objects? Particularly one that spans centuries, lands, and languages?An attempt to answer this is found at The Jewish Museum in Manhattan in the permanent exhibition, Identity, Culture, and Community: Stories from the Collection of the Jewish Museum. On view are more than 200 items from the museum’s collection that signify
  
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• Collector’s Notebook: A Royal Dux Beauty Brings the Seaside Home

  06-10-2026 16:42 via antiquetrader.com
  
  Image courtesy of Morphy Auctions.When we reach the Autumn Equinox, summer is officially over. That doesn’t mean you have to put sunshine and vacation fun entirely out of your mind. Isn’t that what mementos and souvenirs are for? Take this shell-shaped porcelain vase, which sold for $2,460 in 2023 at Morphy Auctions. Even though it’s not a real shell, it can evoke beach trips and the serenity that comes with them. It was made by Royal Dux, the collector’s nickname for Dux
  
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