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April 3, 2017Review and Onsite Photos by Greg Smith, Catalog Photos Courtesy Nadeau’s Auction Gallery WINDSOR, CONN. – “I think we’re going to have a few sleepers with the Chinese lots,”...
April 3, 2017PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — The rare two-handled cup and saucer with the insignia of the Order of the Cincinnati came from the Chinese export porcelain service made for Samuel Shaw, one of the founders of the society....
April 3, 2017BALTIMORE, MD. (AP) — A rare 1804 silver dollar fetched almost $3.3 million dollars in what officials say is a record-breaking coin collection auction. A five-part sale of the D. Brent Pogue coin collection,...
April 3, 2017The ancient Maya had a deeply serious relationship with chocolate. They used cacao beans as currency, in ritual ceremonies and when Cortes reached Tenochtitlan in present day Mexico City, accounts dictate...
April 3, 2017WILLIAMSBURG, VA. — “Printed textiles were really available to every level of society,” said Linda Baumgarten, senior curator of textiles and costume at Colonial Williamsburg. This video...
March 31, 2017PHILADELPHIA — More than 40 years after the theft of Norman Rockwell’s “Boy Asleep with Hoe” — also known as “Lazy Bones” or “Taking a Break” — the painting has been returned to the family...
March 31, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C. — An album containing a newly discovered photo of Harriet Tubman was sold at Swann Galleries on March 30 for a total of $161,000. The winning bidder was Manhattan-based Lion Heart...
March 29, 2017OLD LYME, CONN. — After more than 40 years of service to the Florence Griswold Museum, Director Jeff Andersen is planning to step down after a new director is appointed. Ted Hamilton, president of the board...
March 28, 2017Review and Onsite Photos by Greg Smith, Catalog Photos Courtesy Butterscotch Auction BEDFORD, N.Y. — With 770 lots in a one-day sale, Butterscotch Auction’s March 18 whirlwind provided a little bit of everything....
March 28, 2017Review and Photos by Tom O’Hara ATLANTA, GA. – Exhibitors were filling their displays for the spring edition of Scott Antiques Market March 9-12 where the weather was chilly and cold, making...
March 28, 2017LONDON – The UK’s first major exhibition to chart modern and contemporary American printmaking, “The American Dream: Pop to the Present,” is on view at the British Museum through...
March 28, 2017Review by Laura Beach WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. – Charlton Hall’s March 2 auction of the Arturo and Jacqueline Peralta Ramos estates demonstrated that the investing adage – buy quality and hold...
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