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• Antique violin handed back to owner in supermarket car park - The Telegraph

  03-11-2019 00:04
  
  Antique violin handed back to owner in supermarket car park  The Telegraph
  
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• Weschler’s Bidders Flip For Abstract ‘Horses’ Painting

  15-04-2024 21:37 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  ROCKVILLE, MD. — On Friday, April 12, Weschler’s Auctioneers & Appraisers conducted its Capital Collections auction, offering more than 340 lots of fine art, furniture, decorative art and jewelry. Earning the sale’s highest price was Sam Gilliam’s (American, 1933-2022) acrylic and polypropylene on collaged cotton canvas, “Horses Upside Down.” Signed, titled and dated, the abstract 1998 work measured 40 by 30½ inches and came from a Washington, DC,
  
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• Weston’s Antiques Serves Sandwiches & Smiles At 25th Anniversary Auction

  15-04-2024 21:35 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  COVENTRY, CONN. — Weston’s Antiques celebrated its 25th anniversary in its Coventry location on April 9, with its 1,306th auction. It was a marathon that began at 10 am and ended in the late afternoon, selling everything from Tiffany watches to Funko Pop group lots with hundreds of other lots in between. Out of all of these, only a handful went unsold. Husband and wife team R.J. and Holly Weston welcomed waves of bidders with breakfast in the morning and sandwiches in the afternoon,
  
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• Lucioni Self-Portrait Soars Above Estimate At Doyle

  15-04-2024 21:35 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  NEW YORK CITY — Doyle conducted both of its semiannual American Paintings & Prints, and American Furniture, Silver & Decorative Arts auctions, on April 10. A total of 331 lots were offered to enthusiastic buyers and the sale was dubbed a success by the house. The top lot of either sale was an elegant oil on canvas self portrait by Italian-born artist Luigi Lucioni (American, 1900-1988), which far superseded its $8/12,000 estimate and was sold for an impressive $102,100 with buyer&
  
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• Four Early Telephones Ring Up $181,780 At White’s

  15-04-2024 21:35 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS. — Rare, early telephones did well at White’s April 14 auction. Earning $52,460 was an 1886 model American Bell long distance telephone or transmitter, with a wood and brass body, a wood and hard-rubber mouthpiece and a steel plate on top displaying the several patent dates. Four of the more than 20 early phones, which were the top four lots of the sale, sold for a combined total of $181,780. These were from one collection that White’s has been dispersing i
  
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• Rolex Watch Tops Fontaine’s American & European Timepieces Auction

  15-04-2024 21:34 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  PITTSFIELD, MASS. — Fontaine’s Auction Gallery’s April 13 sale of American and European timepieces presented more than 450 lots of clocks and watches, spanning from the Eighteenth to the Twenty-First Century and sourced from primarily Northeast estates. The sale’s top lot, achieving $18,750 with the buyer’s premium, was a circa 2021 Rolex Yacht-Master II wristwatch. Made with Rolex’s proprietary alloys, 18K Everose Gold and Oystersteel, the 44-millimeter case
  
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• Bricher Painting Sails To Success At Helmuth Stone

  15-04-2024 21:32 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  SARASOTA, FLA. — Helmuth Stone conducted its virtual Fine Art & Antiques auction on April 14. A total of 330 lots were offered from a Sands Point, N.Y., collection. Achieving top-lot status was a stunning oil on canvas New England coastal scene with sailboats by American-born artist Alfred Thompson Bricher (1837-1908), which sold for $16,250 with buyer’s premium. The painting was housed in a beautiful fluted cove frame that measured 25 by 36¾ inches. It had provenance fro
  
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• Presley’s First Concert Poster Headlines At Heritage

  15-04-2024 21:31 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  DALLAS — An Elvis Presley 1955 Indianapolis, Ind., “New RCA Victor Recording Artist” concert poster, the world’s first concert poster for “The King” after he signed with RCA, sold for $187,500 all in to lead Heritage’s April 11-13 Music Memorabilia & Concert Posters Signature Auction that raked in a cool $2.1 million. The original cardboard window card advertising a WSM Grand Ole Opry Country & Western Show at the Lyric Theatre in Indianapolis b
  
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• Make-Do Mirror Makes Bank For Bray

  15-04-2024 21:31 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — In its second-ever auction, Bray & Co’s online-only April 13 Spring Discovery Sale Auctions gave collectors nearly 200 lots of maps, fine art, furniture and decorative arts and ephemera and was more than 99 percent sold, with only one lot failing to find a buyer. Achieving the sale’s top price of $5,727, including buyer’s premium, was an early American make-do mirror that measured 7¾ by 3½ inches. Derin Bray told Antiques and The Arts
  
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• Chinese Bowl Punches Its Way To The Top At Wiederseim

  15-04-2024 21:31 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  PHOENIXVILLE, PENN. — Featuring more than 500 lots, including a Chinese porcelain collection, Widerseim Associates’ April 12 sale was led by a large Chinese porcelain famille rose punch bowl from the Eighteenth Century that sold for $5,938, inclusive of premium. The bowl’s interior was illustrated with a mountainous landscape, its exterior featuring figures on boats. Resting on a wooden stand of a later date, the bowl measured 7 inches high by 16 inches in diameter. Additional
  
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• Triple Play Slot Machine Leads Morphy’s $3.9 Million Coin-Op Sale

  15-04-2024 21:27 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  LAS VEGAS — As predicted, the sale’s top lot in Morphy’s April 11-13 coin-op and antique advertising sale was a rare and highly sought-after Caille Bros musical Triple Eclipse upright slot machine whose design incorporates three separate machines — accepting 5¢, 50¢ and 5¢, respectively — in one oak cabinet. It sold for $147,600, including buyer’s premium, in a sale that grossed $3,936,000 at press time and that likely will surpass $4 million w
  
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• DepEd makes education accessible to remote villages in Antique - pna.gov.ph

  11-04-2024 11:29
  
  DepEd makes education accessible to remote villages in Antique  pna.gov.ph
  
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• Q&A: Troy Amuso

  10-04-2024 18:41 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  Is there a doctor in the house? Most assuredly, at least when it comes to paintings. Art conservator Troy J. Amuso agreed to take Antiques and The Arts Weekly through his insights and the role he plays as an art restorer and conservator. Valuable artworks are like patients, he points out. In his talk on restoration, “Causes and Remedies – The Fine Art of Art Restoration,” he explains that, much like people, paintings need a healthy environment to survive in a healthy way.The po
  
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• Goosefare Dealers Price Things To Sell At 35th Hingham Show

  10-04-2024 18:39 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  HINGHAM, MASS. — The 35th Hingham Antiques Show, held on March 23-24, has been a staple on the antiques calendar for Massachusetts’ South Shore for 35 years.The post Goosefare Dealers Price Things To Sell At 35th Hingham Show first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• Copake Continues To Make Market In Antique & Vintage Bicycles

  10-04-2024 18:36 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  COPAKE, N.Y. — “Before tossing one, hard-earned Simoleon of yours at this Wright-Brothers/Davis contraption…” warns a cycling forum contributor at www.thecabe.com. His subject: the 1915 Dayton Motorbike, an “as-found” example of which was the top lot in Copake’s March 29 auction.The post Copake Continues To Make Market In Antique & Vintage Bicycles first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• At Bill Hood & Sons—High-End Miami Beach Estate Sale Yields Choice Fine & Decorative Art

  10-04-2024 18:33 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  DELRAY BEACH, FLA. A prominent Miami Beach estate and 60-year collection of Americana and furnishings from Delray Beach came to auction at Bill Hood & Sons on March 26. Among the more than 600 items on offer, including much fine art, art glass and sculpture, was a lively abstract oil on canvas by British artist Gillian Ayres titled “Zephyrus did Softly Play,” 1989, selling for $24,000.The post At Bill Hood & Sons—High-End Miami Beach Estate Sale Yields Choice Fine &
  
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• Jewett Collection Reaps Rewards For Andrew Jones

  10-04-2024 17:58 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Andrew Jones Auctions’ March 26-27 Design for the Home and Garden sale offered nearly 600 lots and was more than 98 percent sold, totaling $1,019,262.The post Jewett Collection Reaps Rewards For Andrew Jones first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• H.H. Ellis Technical High School Reaps Benefit Of 30th Edition—Quiet Corner Antiques Show Was Anything But

  10-04-2024 17:58 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  DANIELSON, CONN. — In 2023, attendance at the 29th Country Antiques in Connecticut’s Quiet Corner — known colloquially as the “Quiet Corner Antiques Show” — on April 1 was at an all-time high: 750 showgoers compared to the 600-650 that usually attend.The post H.H. Ellis Technical High School Reaps Benefit Of 30th Edition—Quiet Corner Antiques Show Was Anything But first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• Gregory Cerio, 63, ‘The Magazine ANTIQUES’ Editor-In-Chief

  10-04-2024 17:58 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  BROOKLYN, N.Y. — On March 16, Gregory Cerio, editor-in-chief and co-owner of The Magazine ANTIQUES, died after a short battle with cancer at the age of 63. He was born in Syracuse, N.Y., on August 5, 1960, the eldest child and only son of Barbara and Frank Cerio. His mother was an editor for Metropolitan Home magazine, his father worked in real estate.The post Gregory Cerio, 63, ‘The Magazine ANTIQUES’ Editor-In-Chief first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• Honolulu Museum Of Art—Fashioning Aloha: The True Story Of Island Attire

  10-04-2024 17:57 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  The post Honolulu Museum Of Art—Fashioning Aloha: The True Story Of Island Attire first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• DepEd Antique to offer Madrasah Education for secondary learners - pna.gov.ph

  10-04-2024 13:26
  
  DepEd Antique to offer Madrasah Education for secondary learners  pna.gov.ph
  
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• 42 couples to tie the knot in Antique mass wedding - pna.gov.ph

  10-04-2024 13:15
  
  42 couples to tie the knot in Antique mass wedding  pna.gov.ph
  
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• Thomas Francis Neale, Antique Glass & Ceramics Dealer, 84

  10-04-2024 04:30 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  By Jeffrey S. and Beverley Evans
  BRIDGEWATER, VA. — Thomas Francis Neale, 84, of Bridgewater, Va., passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 17, at home. His spouse, Glen Schlotfeldt, was at his side after an extended and courageous struggle with Parkinson’s disease.
  Born June 19, 1939, in Alexandria, Va., Tom was the son of Martin Thomas Neale and Melma Francis (Shull) Neale. Tom and his spouse, Glen, were together for 62 years and traveled the country doing high-end antiques shows.
  
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• Nineteenth Century Persian Rugs Earn Top Honors At Material Culture

  10-04-2024 04:13 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  Leading the sale was a late Nineteenth Century Sultanabad rug from Persia, wool pile, cotton warp, cotton weft, 16 feet 1 inch by 23 feet 11 inches. It achieved $13,000 ($2/4,000).
  Review by Carly Timpson; Photos Courtesy Material Culture
  PHILADELPHIA — Material Culture presented an auction of Oriental rugs on Wednesday, March 27. The sale featured more than 430 rugs and other tapestries sourced from estates across America. Ninety-three percent of the offered lots sold and while rugs were
  
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• Civil War-Related Items Lead Merrill’s Sporting & Historical Auction

  10-04-2024 04:01 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  Earning $4,425, this Civil War-era CDV album with approximately 35 photos, including Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, several Union generals and others, was the highest price of the auction ($2/4,000).
  Review by Carly Timpson; Photos Courtesy Merrill’s Auctioneers
  WILLISTON, VT. — On March 27, Merrill’s Auctioneers and Appraisers conducted its Sporting, Adirondack and Historical Auction, consisting of more than 500 lots of American historical and sporting items, including de
  
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• Step back in time with Retro Antique Tour - Oskaloosa News - Oskaloosa news

  09-04-2024 09:00
  
  Step back in time with Retro Antique Tour - Oskaloosa News  Oskaloosa news
  
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• Heritage & Superman Set New $6 Million Comic Book Record

  09-04-2024 03:04 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  DALLAS — Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the most valuable comic book in the world. A copy of Action Comics No. 1, the comic book that introduced Superman to the world in 1938, sold for $6 million on April 4 at Heritage Auctions during the first session of the April 4-7 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction, which earned a whopping $28.2 million in total. Graded Very Fine+ 8.5 by CGC, this issue from the Kansas City Pedigree is one of the world&rs
  
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• Hibbard Winter Scene Sleds To First Place In Eldred’s Spring Sale

  09-04-2024 03:00 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  EAST DENNIS, MASS. — Spring may be finally here but Eldred’s bidders loved a wintry sledding scene by Aldro Thompson Hibbard (Massachusetts/Vermont, 1886-1972) that earned the distinction of top lot in the firm’s two-day Spring Sale, April 4-5. Consigned by a New England seller, the signed oil on canvas, measuring 27½ by 31½ inches in a giltwood frame, carried an estimate of $8/12,000. It slid right past it to finish at $22,680, including buyer’s premium, a
  
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• Geological Map Of Texas Fronts Heritage Historical Manuscript Auction

  09-04-2024 02:56 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  DALLAS — Leading Heritage Auctions’ April 5 historical manuscripts sale was A.R. Roessler’s Latest Map of the State of Texas Exhibiting Mineral and Agricultural Districts, Post Offices & Mailroutes, Railroads projected and finished, Timber, Prairie, Swamp Lands, etc. Completed and drawn in 1874 by Maximilian van Mittendorfer, the folding pocket map measured 44½ by 39¾ inches when fully opened and was housed in its original duodecimo dark green blindstamped cl
  
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• Eagle Jug Flies High For Crocker Farm

  09-04-2024 02:49 via antiquesandthearts.com
  
  SPARKS, MD. — Ceramics scholar and dealer Rob Hunter, bidding on behalf of a client, snapped up the top-selling lot at Crocker Farm’s Spring 2024 Stoneware and Redware Auction, in which more than 425 lots crossed the block on April 5. Earning the distinction of highest price at $180,000, and overflowing its $50/80,000 estimate, was a 2-gallon stoneware jug with incised spread wing eagle and fish decoration stamped “Barnabas Edmands & Co / Charlestown, MA” that stood
  
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