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Massachusetts Civil War diaries among other Americana included in July 31, 2011 estate auction

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It’s not every day that antique auctioneers can walk into an estate to find a home furnished almost entirely with antique pieces, spanning 200 years of American history. This was the case of a Southeastern (Seekonk), Massachusetts home. The family also had strong ties to Rhode Island and Western Massachusetts. The pieces in the home were not amassed through collections or auction purchases but instead evolved naturally over time, handed down through the family, and were the simple utilitarian pieces that a family lived with and used for generations. The entire household will be sold in a July 31, 2011 estate auction in Middleboro, Mass.
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How I Started Collecting: Reader’s reflect on their first experiences with collecting

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From broken soup tureens to granddad’s Indian arrowhead hunting trips, Antique Trader subscribers share their most valued memories of their first experiences in collecting. These funny, poignant letters reflect Antique Trader’s ongoing effort to foster a new generation’s appreciation for the hunt for precious objects. All letters are eligible to win a copy of the out of print book "Secrets to Affordable Collecting" by Frank Farmer Loomis IV.
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Rare decorated schrank among lots of highly anticipated Ohio Americana, May 20-21, 2011

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Among the hotly anticipated Ohio items to sell in a May 20-21, 2011 Americana auction is a decorated wardrobe (or schrank), which comes from Bluffton, Allen and Hancock Counties, Ohio and dates to circa 1860. The one-piece, estimated at $2,500-5,000, has a lift-off cornice, a raised-panel door set on pintel hinges, and its original faux mahogany graining, green trim, and star decoration on the door.
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Ohio bidders drive price for monumental Cochiti effigy figure to $17,625

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Ceramics buyers invested heavily in a variety of vessels at a March 11-12 Ohio auction. With more than 800 lots offered in two sessions, the top lot of the sale was a $17,625 Cochiti effigy figure dating to the late 19th – early 20th century. The figure came from the collection of Charles Shanafelt, who purchased most of the items between 1900 and 1915.  Placed in the "relic room" of an Ohio county courthouse, the collection remained there until later in the 20th century when transferred to an Ohio historical institution which sold it to use the proceeds to further its core mission.
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Researchers documenting Shenandoah antique punched tin-paneled furniture

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Common to most 19th-century Shenandoah Valley households, the ubiquitous pie or food safe is the focus of a multi-year research project launched in August 2010 as "The Virginia Safe Project." Researchers are requesting those who have pie/food safes, or other related 19th-century architectural or furniture forms displaying punched-tin panels (e.g. sideboards, slabs, cupboards, cabinets, interior doors), contact them to be included in this study. One goal is to produce a database of Virginia punched tin-paneled furniture to compare elements of design and construction throughout the Old Dominion.
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