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Auction of Antique Samplers

Filed under: Auctions

Hand-stitched samplers are a bit of Americana that is highly collectable. Ken's Antiques & Auction in Kingston, Georgia is offering up 13 of these antiques from one collection on January 1, 2008. The samplers, which were originally created to teach generations of schoolgirls various sewing stitches and patterns, usually feature alphabets, prayers and poems and small pictures. Thousands of samplers still exist today and depending on the age, condition and provenance they can sell for $50,000. There's something tender about the samplers and their carefully done stitches, they represent a connection to the hopes and dreams of young girls living in a very different world than our own.

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Americana Week in New York 2007

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Decor, Auctions, Art

It's time for Americana week in New York yet again. Dueling auction houses Sotheby's and Christie's have come up with sets of auctions featuring Colonial art and precious heirlooms. Early American silver, decoys, folk art, Shaker furnishings, painted trunks and gameboards are just some of the items up for bid at various auctions. The Americana Collection of Marc and Laurie Krasny Brown, which will be auctioned at Sotheby's on January 21, features the results of 25 years of solid aggressive collection by the founder of Parfums de Coeur. The Laracy collection, which was profiled extensively in a New York Times article, is described as being charming and playful. The Laracy's aren't giving up the collecting world but they are selling their Georgian colonial house in New Canaan, Conn., and moving into Manhattan where they plan to focus on more modern finds.The pictures shown above are a pair of portraits of Major Daniel Coffin and Elizabeth Stone Coffin by John Brewster which ares estimated to sell for $150,000 to $300,000.

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Americana Week in New York

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Filed under: Decor

If you are into American antiques, then your travels should definitely take you to New York City in the next few weeks. The second half of January is Americana week (it's actually more like two weeks). The city is host to a variety of shows and auctions during this time period, including the Winter Antiques Show at the Seventh Regiment Armory and events at local museums such as the American Antiques Show at the Folk Art Museum which includes a gala benefit where Martha Stewart will receive this year's American Spirit Award. Antiques and the Arts has a comprehensive listing of upcoming events

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