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    The December 3, 2019, discovery of skeletal remains beneath an Eighteenth Century home in Ridgefield, Conn., launched a flurry of calls – to the local police department, the selectman’s office . Read Full Article.

  • Holiday Auction Roundup

    Holiday entertainment and good old-fashioned commerce joined forces once again inside auction halls around the United States as sales that are traditionally conducted during the period between Chri. Read Full Article.

  • Happy New Year In Glastonbury Begins With Barrows Show

    GLASTONBURY, CONN. – Bob Barrows for the 40th year filled Glastonbury High School’s gym with more than 130 exhibitors on New Year’s Day 2020. This was in spite of cancellations that handicapp. Read Full Article.

  • New Year, New ‘Antique Collectibles Show’ In Sturbridge

    STURBRIDGE, MASS. – The sun rose early on January 1 as dealers readied themselves for commerce at the Sturbridge Host Hotel for what would be their first show of the new year and decade. The Stur. Read Full Article.

  • Folk Art Initiative Brews At MFA Boston

    BOSTON – Jotted across the catalog cover for Sotheby’s January 25 single-owner auction “A New Dimension of Tradition, Important American Folk Art,” two lines of text appear that indicate so. Read Full Article.

  • Stolen Ship Painting Sails Back To Owner

    DULUTH, MINN. – A Harry Chase (1853-1889) oil on board depicting a ship on stormy waters has made safe harbor, returned to its rightful owner after having been reported stolen from a private resi. Read Full Article.

  • ‘Bullitt’ 1968 Ford Mustang Sells For $3.74 Million At Florida Auction

    KISSIMMEE, FLA. (AP) – The Highland Green 1968 Ford Mustang GT featured in the film Bullitt was sold on January 10 at a Florida auction house for $3.74 million. The sa. Read Full Article.

  • Huguette Clark Doll Collection Parades At Theriault’s 50th Anniversary Auction

    SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. – At Theriault’s 50th Anniversary doll auction on January 11, featuring the doll collection of Huguette Clark, a French bisque art character, 225, Jumeau doll with a coutu. Read Full Article.

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Paintings, Pianos Headline Nadeau’s 38th Annual New Year’s Day Sale
WINDSOR, CONN. – Nadeau’s Auction Gallery’s annual New Year’s Day sale – now in its 38th year – attracted bidders from throughout New England for a 658-lot sale that totaled $1.6 million, ...
January 15, 2020
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Queen Anne Games Table Stars At Copake’s New Year’s Day Sale
COPAKE, N.Y. – Mike Fallon, co-owner of Copake Auction, recalls stepping through the door in 1986 and asking himself “Who would ever come to a New Year’s auction?” Back then, the turnout surpr...
January 15, 2020
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W.A. Smith, Inc Posts $460,000 New Year’s Sale
PLAINFIELD, N.H. – Bill Smith’s auctions have consistently leaned heavily towards Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century art, Americana and “brown” furniture. This one was a little different. The J...
January 15, 2020
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