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• ‘Exceptional’ Auction Brings Exceptional Results For WAG

  22-12-2025 21:54 via antiquesandthearts.com
  EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — On December 3, World Auction Gallery conducted their Exceptional Fine Art & Antiques Auction. With just more than 350 lots of art and antiques, including a substantial collection of French art nouveau glass vases, high quality paintings, a large collection of rare silver items, bronzes, assorted antiques from various countries and more, the auction was packed with items that attracted all types of bidders — from established collectors to first-time auction buy
  
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• Q&A: Kaye Gregg

  07-01-2026 20:05 via antiquesandthearts.com
  Those who will be in New York City January 23-25 for auctions, panel discussions, lectures or antiques shows are well-advised to visit the Antiques, Art & Design at Wallace Hall show, at 980 Park Avenue. The event, which is overseen by the Antiques Council and welcomes 25 dealers — many of whom participate at some of the most prestigious shows around the US — is one some visitors have called “a jewel box of a show.” We spoke with Kaye Gregg, director of shows for the
  
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• 2025: New Auction Records For The Books

  07-01-2026 19:56 via antiquesandthearts.com
  Records in arts, antiques, sport and more were broken at auction houses across the world in 2025. While the highlights are as diverse as they are numerous, works by women and those with historical relevance stood out. The record for a work by a living woman artist was broken in the first half of the year with the $13.6 million sale of Marlene Dumas’ “Miss January.” And, as the year came to a close, the record for a work by a woman was set by Frida Kahlo’s “El sue&nt
  
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• Approaching The Semiquincentennial — There’s No Time Like The Present For Early American History

  07-01-2026 19:18 via antiquesandthearts.com
  WINCHESTER, VA. — Despite some technical difficulties that pushed the close of Early American History Auctions’ 199-lot auction to December 27 rather than December 20 as originally planned, owner Dana Linett was pleased with the final results, especially given the added challenge of having to track down registered bidders and let them know the sale was being moved and their previously left bids on the third-party platform would have to be placed again.
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• The Manhattan Art & Antiques Center Remains Golden In Year 50

  07-01-2026 19:10 via antiquesandthearts.com
  NEW YORK CITY — For 50 years, antiques collectors, dealers and those with a keen eye for unique decorating finds have turned to the three-story treasure trove hidden in plain sight in New York City’s Midtown East neighborhood: The Manhattan Art and Antiques Center (MAAC). Founded in 1974, MAAC is one of the country’s largest antiques malls, boasting around 100 gallery spaces and featuring an expansive array of fine art, decoration, silver, jewelry, European art, Asian art, Afri
  
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• Art Glass & Silver Attract Bidders Worldwide At Winter Associates

  07-01-2026 19:04 via antiquesandthearts.com
  PLAINVILLE, CONN. — December 15 saw 288 lots cross the block in Winter Associates’ Chihuly & Other Important Glass auction. While a sales total was not divulged, gallery and advertising manager Meredith Adams reported that the firm sold more than 92 percent of lots. “The sale overall went very well, with [participation from] bidders around the world including Australia, Denmark, Sweden, Canada and the UK, along with bidders from the US coast to coast,” Adams commented
  
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• The Great Wave: Japonisme At Hill-Stead

  07-01-2026 18:59 via antiquesandthearts.com
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• Christie’s is Looking Forward to Americana Auctions

  07-01-2026 17:47 via antiquetrader.com
  The United States Constitution, annotations and corrections by Rufus King, 4 pages, 2 bifolia, estimate $3,000,000 – $5,000,000. Image courtesy of Christie’s.This is the year of the United States Semiquincentennial, and the entire country is preparing to celebrate. While the best festivities are expected to take place around July 4, honoring the signing of the Declaration of Independence, auction houses are already holding Americana events. Christie’s upcoming Americana Week, c
  
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• 2025: The Year in Review

  07-01-2026 15:25 via antiquetrader.com
  Tiffany Studios “Nasturtium” Table LampThis Tiffany Studios “Nasturtium” Table Lamp, circa 1905, 23 1/2 inches high with a 19-inch shade, sold for $175,000 on February 1 during the Fine and Decorative Arts Auction at Fontaine’s Auction Gallery.Louis Comfort Tiffany was one of America’s preeminent masters of the decorative arts. His Tiffany Studios became famous for achievements in glass, especially vibrantly colored windows and lamps. Public taste shifted duri
  
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• Antique Cash Monkey

  06-01-2026 21:37 via antiquetrader.com
  We provide a fast, simple, a professional service for individuals looking to sell jewellery, gold, silver, watches.www.antiquecashmonkey.co.ukEmail: [email protected]
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• Throne of Darkness

  06-01-2026 20:55 via antiquetrader.com
  The late Ozzy Osbourne’s personal throne, signed and inscribed at his final public appearance on July 12, 2025, 64” x 37” x 20”, $23,180.When you’re known as the Prince of Darkness, you naturally need a special throne. The late heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne had several, in fact. One of these, the personal throne he used at his final public appearance, was a highlight at Goldin’s Fall Music Memorabilia Auction, which closed on November 12, 2025.The black gothi
  
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• Sterling Flatware Tops Hudson Valley Auctioneers

  05-01-2026 21:03 via antiquesandthearts.com
  BEACON. N.Y. — Silver prices have been at historic heights in recent months, and not surprisingly, two sterling silver flatware sets topped the action at Hudson Valley Auctioneers’ annual New Year’s Day auction. Each attained $8,750, including buyer’s premium. One (shown) was a large Reed & Barton Spanish Baroque set, 120 troy ounces plus 20 large handles and 17 small handles, that comprised 11 dinner forks, 12 lunch forks, 34 small spoons, eight sorbet spoons, seven
  
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• Boston Clothespress Starts Year Strong For McInnis

  05-01-2026 21:02 via antiquesandthearts.com
  AMESBURY, MASS. — John McInnis Auctioneers sold nearly 1,100 lots across three sessions for the firm’s New Year’s Week Estates Auction, January 1-3. The sale’s apex was achieved early when an Eighteenth Century mahogany clothespress, cataloged as an “unusual piece of Boston Chippendale case furniture,” sold to a private collector on day one for $496,000, including buyer’s premium, stunning its $30/60,000 estimate. While this example stood 69 inches tall
  
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• Ship Portrait Sails Past Estimates At Americana Auctions

  05-01-2026 21:00 via antiquesandthearts.com
  REHOBOTH, MASS. — Americana Auctions started off the new year with its 540-lot Superb January Estates Auction, which featured property from the David B. Vietor estate of Edgartown, Mass., as well as select items from other Massachusetts homes. Sailing straight past its $7/9,000 estimate to achieve the highest price of the sale was a Nineteenth Century ship portrait of the Black Ball Line packet ship Montezuma, captained by Alfred Dowber. The painting depicted the ship rescuing survivors f
  
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• Clown Hits The Target With Soulis Bidders

  05-01-2026 20:53 via antiquesandthearts.com
  LONE JACK, MO. — December 29 marked the 20th Annual Between-the-Holidays Auction at Soulis Auctions, which saw 351 lots from multiple estates cross the block. Top-lot status was shot down at $17,220, with premium, by a J.T. Dickman “Bright Eyes” clown shooting gallery target, which surpassed its $10/15,000 estimate. The 1911 target got its name from its back-lit eyes, which were illuminated with gas-powered lighting. It was marked “Pat’d Sept. 19. 1911 by J.T. Dick
  
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• David’s Webb Monkey Sculpture Climbs To $212,500 At Nadeau’s

  05-01-2026 20:49 via antiquesandthearts.com
  WINDSOR, CONN. — David Webb may have been feeling playful when he created an 18K gold and rock crystal monkey sculpture, but for buyers at Nadeau Auction Gallery, it was serious business. The 9½-inch tall piece featuring four monkeys scrabbling up the rock was the top lot of Nadeau’s Annual New Year’s Day Auction, January 1-2, when it attained $212,500, including premium, selling to a phone bidder. Crossing the block during the second day of the sale, this piece once be
  
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• Newtown Bee Names Andrea Valluzzo Antiques Editor

  05-01-2026 20:46 via antiquesandthearts.com
  NEWTOWN, CONN. — The Bee Publishing Company is delighted to welcome Andrea Valluzzo as editor of Antiques and the Arts Weekly, to fill the position of Madelia Hickman Ring, who left the company at the end of the year.
  Valluzzo, who was formerly an assistant editor at Antiques and the Arts Weekly from 2005 to 2017, is excited to return to The Bee.The post Newtown Bee Names Andrea Valluzzo Antiques Editor first appeared on Antiques And The Arts Weekly.
  
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• Where’s the Kaboom?

  05-01-2026 20:15 via antiquetrader.com
  A Sotheby’s specialist showcases the 54-pound NWA 16788 meteorite.
  Image courtesy of Sotheby’s.One of this year’s most galactic auctions took place at Sotheby’s in July. A 54-pound Martian meteorite, named Northwest Africa 16788 (NWA 16788), fetched a record $5.3 million and was sold to an anonymous bidder. NWA 16788 was discovered by a meteorite hunter in 2023 in Niger’s Sahara Desert near the city of Agadez.Laboratory analysis determined that the meteorite was a g
  
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• Antique records 21 firecracker-related injuries - Philippine News Agency

  05-01-2026 11:16 via news.google.com
  Antique records 21 firecracker-related injuries  Philippine News Agency
  
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• How to Find The Best Online Antique and Vintage Stores - Yahoo News Singapore

  03-01-2026 18:53 via news.google.com
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• From the Editor: Looking Back, Holding On, Letting Go

  02-01-2026 16:09 via antiquetrader.com
  Image: AdobeStockLooking back on 2025 feels like opening a box I packed months ago and forgot about (something that my recent move has provided in spades). There is a mixture of surprise, recognition, and a bit of nostalgia that comes when you rediscover the things that tether you to who you once were (home dweller, digital editor) while simultaneously freeing you to move into a new phase (apartment dweller, magazine editor). This year marked a shift for Kovels Antique Trader as we stepped into
  
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• Antique cuts Mazagon Dock target price, earnings on procedural delays - Business Standard

  02-01-2026 06:59 via news.google.com
  Antique cuts Mazagon Dock target price, earnings on procedural delays  Business Standard
  
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• Antique reports 9 firecracker related injuries - Philippine News Agency

  01-01-2026 12:14 via news.google.com
  Antique reports 9 firecracker related injuries  Philippine News Agency
  
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• Antique cuts Somany Ceramics target, earnings on slower volume growth - Business Standard

  01-01-2026 05:50 via news.google.com
  Antique cuts Somany Ceramics target, earnings on slower volume growth  Business Standard
  
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• #WhatsItWednesday: December 31, 2025

  31-12-2025 19:14 via antiquetrader.com
  Be the first to guess the pictured item by leaving a comment on the Kovels Facebook page. If you have a whatsit of your own, our editors may include it in a future post. Please email [email protected] and attach a clear picture, the size, and any markings. Hopefully, we will be able to identify it for our readers!It measures approximately 8.75″x 8.75″ x 8.75″ x 2″.
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• Q&A: Rebecca McNamara

  31-12-2025 19:00 via antiquesandthearts.com
  When Antiques and The Arts Weekly heard that Rebecca McNamara, previous associate curator of the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, was announced as the new chief curator at the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, Conn., we sat down with her to discuss her previous experience, her new role (beginning February 3), and what it means to take on this responsibility as the Mattatuck nears its 150th year in 2027.The post Q&A: Rebecca McNamara first appeared on Antiq
  
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• Looking Beyond the Block: Independence Hall Collectibles

  31-12-2025 18:55 via antiquetrader.com
  A piece of wood from Independence Hall. Image courtesy of John McInnis Auctions, LLC.While the festivities may have lasted for all of 1876, one event stands out not just as a celebration of U.S. history, but also of the nation’s place on the world stage: the Centennial Exhibition. Formally named the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufacturers, and Products of the Soil and Mine, the exhibition was held on May 10 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was the first World’s Fair in the
  
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• Gold: Enduring Power, Sacred Craft At The Norton Simon Museum

  31-12-2025 18:04 via antiquesandthearts.com
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• More Than Decor: Cracker Barrel’s Curated Americana

  31-12-2025 17:53 via antiquetrader.com
  Image courtesy: WikiCommons/Haydn Blackey.If you’ve ever eaten at a Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and found yourself staring at a wall full of vintage signs, butter churns, or a 1920s Coca-Cola tin, you probably found yourself wondering—are they replicas or are they real? Well, these remarkable slices of the past aren’t props. They’re real antiques, and there’s a fascinating story behind how this classic Americana chain built its museum-like vibe.Cracker Barrel&r
  
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• A Look Inside the January Issue of Kovels Antique Trader

  31-12-2025 16:22 via antiquetrader.com
  January is always a moment to pause, take stock, and look back before moving forward—and this issue does exactly that, with a mix of reflection, discovery, and pure collector delight.We open the year with “Best of 2025,” a heartfelt look at the stories that surprised us, stayed with us, and reminded us why we love this hobby. From Art Deco elegance to possessed playthings, from vintage toys that sparked childhood memories to auctions that made headlines, these are the moments t
  
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