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The “Collect: Americana” Sale

Maine Antique Digest

Freeman’s | Hindman, Philadelphia Photos courtesy Freeman’s | Hindman “Collect: Americana” at Freeman’s | Hindman, Philadelphia, March 20, was pitched to those who can afford to spend a few hundred or a few thousand dollars on furniture and decorative arts. Freeman’s has had success with its “Collect: American Art” sales scheduled on

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The Sale of Barry D. Hogan’s Collection

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Hogan’s collection is the most recent addition to a long shelf of catalogs for single-owner estate sales of mostly Pennsylvania folk art and what used to be called “country furniture” that the Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc. The catalog for the sale of Barry D.

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The Kindig Collection

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February 8 and 9 was a diverse assemblage of antique furniture and furnishings from the Kindig warehouses. Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc. The two-day sale at Pook & Pook, Inc., It marked the end of an antiques business run by three generations of Kindigs in

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The Sale of Richard Wattenmaker’s Collection

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Freeman’s | Hindman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Photos courtesy Freeman’s | Hindman Freeman’s | Hindman in Philadelphia kicked off the fall season Sunday, September 22, with a single-owner sale of American and European art, American furniture, fraktur, pottery, and the art of the blacksmith, most of it French wrought iron, from the collection of

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Roycroft Furniture Caps Americana Sale

Maine Antique Digest

But periodically Rusty Farrin puts forth a collection of upscale lots and calls in the Internet to complete the bidding options.

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The Sale of the Attix Collection

Maine Antique Digest

A corporate lawyer for RCA, the father of four bought carefully, filling his house in New Jersey with furniture made in the mid-18th and early 19th centuries. Thomas Attix Jr. 1927-2012) was a passionate collector who liked wood, silver, and Oriental rugs.

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Rago Art Pottery

Maine Antique Digest

Rago, Lambertville, New Jersey Photos courtesy Rago Collectors of art pottery collect it as art. Prices are often much higher than most Arts and Crafts furniture. At Ragos September 12 auction of American and European art pottery in Lambertville, New Jersey, 14 of the 121 lots offered sold for five figures, and

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