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If at first you don’t succeed, try try again. This Grif Teller painting failed to bring even the minimum bid of $15,000 a few months ago at William Bunch Auctions. June 22nd it brought $61,000. This may put questions into the minds of consignors. Is the hammer price an actual estimate of an items value? Should consignors put… Continue

Whoever said there isn’t anything good on ebay anymore wasn’t…

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Round Top, Texas, population 77, is about four hours from Dallas,…

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Dealers and aficionados of antiques and art now have a new resource…

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One of the things I’ve been looking forward to in the Dallas Fort Worth area is visiting the museums. The first of these was the Dallas Museum of Art.Perhaps coming from New York led to the perception that there wouldn’t be two hours worth of art inside. It soon became clear that conception was a misperception. In fact, I only toured a small portion of the museum on this initial visit. The first stop was the American Galleries on the fourth floor.… Continue

1. Griffin Trading, Dallas, Biedermeier Secretaire Cabinet

The shop’s proprietor heard a “wow” after my gaze at this when I entered her store. “If that wow was for the Biedermeier secretaire, let me show you the inside,” I heard, still

looking at the cabinet.…

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In a few short months a country estate where presidents Warren G.
Harding and Calvin Coolidge once dined and Paderewski and Rachmaninoff
both performed will host Central Ohio’s foremost antique and Gardening
show. Antiques & Gardening at Bryn Du will be held May 14-16, 2010
at Bryn Du Mansion in Granville. http://www.brynduantiques.com

Comparing what’s available in the Dallas area to finds in the Northeast

and Mid-Atlantic regions, generally the merchandise weighs heavily on

English and secondarily French imports. Most of what’s on display in

Dallas seems to have arrived on containers from Europe. One shop, Lots

of Furniture, offers a large selection of brown, carved furniture,

mostly oak circa 1890-1910. While I did yearn to find more things

American, the fact… Continue

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, October, 19, 2009—Professional Antique Show Promoters Melrose & Duddy announced plans recently for a new show in Charlottesville, Virginia. Antiques in Charlottesville will be held January 22-24, 2010 to at the University Center Holiday Inn in historic Charlottesville.



“We are confident our brand of show is a great fit for the Charlottesville market,” says partner Jay Melrose. “We’ve already experience a lot of warm support and encouragement from the… Continue

Results from a recent survey undertaken by antique show managers Melrose & Duddy reveals that buyers of antiques and fine art shop often, consider themselves well-versed in what they are buying and seek across a spectrum of delivery channels.



Almost sixty percent of 100 respondents consider themselves informed buyers and more than 43 percent shop for art and antiques on a weekly basis. Another 19 percent go shopping once a… Continue

A trip along Route 80, down I-99 and back brought us to a number of antique malls and shops and enough merchandise to make your head spin. The first stop was Lewisburg, Pa.

Roller Mills, 100 N. Water Street, Lewisburg, Pa—Contains merchandise from some 400 dealers including furniture, glassware and more. There’s a lot of stuff in here and probably only a small portion meets the hundred years of age required to be an antique. Still, most anywhere… Continue

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“She’s over there, trying Pizzas,” my friend the clock dealer David Sokosh said when I arrived at the Brooklyn Flea in its Water Street location this afternoon. Martha Stewart was supposed to visit the Fort Greene location yesterday, but the rain kept her away. READ MORE:… Continue