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  • Sotheby Americana Week Sales Total 13,879,446
    February 5, 2008

    Sotheby⁳ assemblage of American furniture and decorative arts in an important Americana sale, January 18‱9, offered 350 lots and totaled $10,409,192.

  • 54th Winter Antiques Show Strives For Perfection
    February 5, 2008

    How do you make a show that is pretty close to perfect even better? It is not easy, but after 14 years at the helm of the Winter Antiques Show, chairman Arie L. Kopelman and executive director Catherine Sweeney Singer keep refining New York⁳ reigning favorite, which opened at the Park Avenue Armory on January 17 for 11 days.

  • New York History Stolen, Sold For Profit, Prosecutors Charge State Employee
    February 5, 2008

    Charged with safekeeping New York State⁳ most historic documents, a state employee is now charged with using his position to pilfer the state library⁳ archives and stealing hundreds of documents, some of which he allegedly sold during online auctions and at trade shows.

  • Global Flavor Abounds At Trinity International
    February 5, 2008

    ⁉f you think of yourself as an American-based auction company, you⁲e wrong. You have to think global,†stated Gass after his most recent sale on January 12. The auction at Trinity was subject to a record number of phone bidders, huge Internet action and absentee bids from all over the world.

  • Americana Shines At Stella Antiques At The Armory
    February 5, 2008

    The shining star of Americana Week may well have been the fifth and final of the shows to open to the public over the week of January 14 †Stella⁳ Antiques at the Armory.

  • Viktor Schreckengost, 101, Renowned Industrial Designer
    February 5, 2008

    Viktor Schreckengost, an artist and prolific industrial designer whose works ranged from toys and ceramics to dinnerware and trucks, died January 26. He was 101.

  • Samuel C Pennington, Publisher Of Maine Antique Digest
    February 5, 2008

    Samuel Charles Pennington III, publisher of Maine Antique Digest, died February 2, several days after being admitted to the hospital there. He had been in deteriorating health, said his son, S. Clayton Pennington, editor of Maine Antique Digest (MAD).

  • Tiffany Rings In The New Year At Nadeau Annual Jan 1 Sale
    February 5, 2008

    Considered by many to be the auction house⁳ most popular sale of the year, Nadeau⁳ annual New Year⁳ Day auction saw a huge number of phone bidders and a record number of people participating in this lively event.

  • estern Artists In ChinaOn View At Mass MoCA
    February 5, 2008

    Like a surging tide, China⁳ manufacturing boom and explosive urban development inspire both awe and anxiety. ⁅astern Standard: Western Artists in China,†on view at Mass MoCA, presents nuanced perspectives from more than 20 artists and filmmakers at this rapidly changing nation.

  • ensory OverloadOpens Feb 9 At Milwaukee Art Museum
    February 5, 2008

    Immersive light environments, optical illusions and interactive sound installations will be spotlighted at the Milwaukee Art Museum, February 9 through October 2009 in the exhibition, ⁓ensory Overload: Light, Motion, Sound and the Optical in Art since 1945.”

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      Scottsdale Art Auction
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      Connecticut River Book Auction

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      Copake – Estate Auction
      George Cole Auctions – New Paltz Estate Contents Of Artist Maurice Brown, Plus Contents Of A Norwalk, CT Estate, Along With Select Others!!
      George Cole Auctions – New Paltz Estate Contents Of Artist Maurice Brown, Plus Contents Of A Norwalk, CT Estate, Along With Select Others!!

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      Estate Sales Of Vermont – Online Waitsfield, VT Estate Sale Antiques Mid-Century Modern, Model RRTrains & More!
      Estate Sales Of Vermont – Online Waitsfield, VT Estate Sale Antiques Mid-Century Modern, Model RRTrains & More!

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      Terri Peters & Associates – Exceptional Fine Art, Antiques & Championship Sports Rings Online Auction
      Terri Peters & Associates – Exceptional Fine Art, Antiques & Championship Sports Rings Online Auction

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      CB Fine Arts – Turkish Rug Sale
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      Leone’s Auction Gallery

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      Sarasota – Monumental Two-Day Fine Art, Jewelry, Sterling Silver & Antiques Auction

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      Richard Opfer Auctioneering – One Good Eye; Life Collection of Baltimore John

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      Allentown Spring Antique Advertising, Book, Postcards, Posters, Comic Books, Photography & Paper Show

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