Review and Photos by Greg Smith MANCHESTER, N.H. – If there was an oft repeated buzz word among the dealer reviews for the eighth edition of Karen DiSaia’s Antiques in Manchester: The Collector’s...
Hundreds of years ago, before adhesives were available in the Western world, broken ceramic vessels could be repaired with metal staples or rivets. Small holes would be drilled into the piece, staples...
KILLINGWORTH, CONN. – On August 17, about 60 people gathered at Lew Scranton’s restored mid-Eighteenth Century cape to bid him a final farewell and share wonderful memories. His daughters Abby...
By Jessica Skwire Routhier PHILADELPHIA – America loves its origin stories: the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María; Pilgrim Rock; the Boston Tea Party. The history of American art also has its origin...
Review and Onsite Photos by Greg Smith MANCHESTER, N.H. – Twenty-five years have passed since show manager Frank Gaglio jumped into the lion’s den and laid the foundation for Antiques Week...
Review and Photos by Rick Russack MARLBOROUGH, MASS. – August 11, day one of Skinner’s Americana sale, featured the collection of Marilyn and Don Forke, of Lincoln, Neb. They collected Pilgrim...
DALLAS — A 1978-79 President Barack Obama game-worn Punahou (Hawai’i) high school basketball jersey drew bids from more than two dozen collectors before closing at $120,000 in Heritage Auctions Summer...
Review and Onsite Photos by W.A. Demers CONCORD, N.H. – The Concord, N.H., show, known as the Americana Celebration Antiques Show, is a one-day show on Tuesday August 6 during Antiques Week in New Hampshire....
Review and Onsite Photos by W.A. Demers DEERFIELD, N.H. – Build it and they will come. A corollary might be build it better and they will keep coming. That has been the mantra of the Gurley family...
Review and Onsite Photos by W.A. Demers MILFORD, N.H. – Think of the Milford Antiques Show, this time marking its 8th year of participating in the weeklong feeding frenzy known as Antiques Week in New Hampshire,...
BEVERLY, MASS. — Kaminski Auctions presented a collection of Asian porcelains from a Wellesley, Mass., collector in its August 17-18 sale, as well as Chinese art, porcelain, scrolls, furniture and a collection...
HARRISBURG, PENN. — An allegorical watercolor made by the last surviving member of the Snow Hill Cloister was one of the top lots at Cordier Auctions & Appraisals’ August 17 sale, bringing $10,200....