"It was a small show, but the gate was good and there was some good buying," John Bruno of Flamingo Promotions said after his one-day Granite State Antiquarian Book & Ephemera Fair.
Eagles flew at Northeast Auction's annual Marine and China Trade sale, which realized $7.65 million in Portsmouth, N.H. this past Saturday and Sunday, August 19 and 20.
A wonderful selection of Nantucket baskets and a select grouping of marine paintings once again highlighted the popular midsummer Americana auction conducted by Rafael Osona.
Two small illustrations by the artist many consider to be the father of American illustration, Howard Pyle sold for a combined $103,000 at Cyr Auction Company.
Sale previewers stood around a Mount Lebanon Shaker workstand like acolytes at an altar at the Willis Henry Shaker sale last month where it sped to a world record $491,400.
Antiques amid the formal gardens of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society proved an irresistible draw for buyers and sellers at the Antiques at Elm Bank show last month.
Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Sterling, a former antiques dealer who for many years lived in Hawaii, died of cancer at her home in Puhahou on July 18. She was 90.
Central Maine recently lost one of its most colorful antique dealers. David Lee Jewell, of Turner Avenue, died of a heart attack at the age of 72 on July 27.
Called the social event of the year on the island of Nantucket, the August Antiques Show was once again a hotbed of activity as the show opened its doors with a gala preview party on Thursday, August 3.
Wassily Kandinsky's 1931 painting, "Coulant," was the star at Aguttes Auction House's recent auction, when it came just shy of the 2.5 million euro mark, achieving an impressive $2,481,848.