The show, said to be the longest-running antiques show in New Jersey, again lived up to expectation, making its attractive presentation seem effortless at its July 29-31 edition. Elegant estate jewelry competed with dazzling smalls, fine furniture, vintage handbags and antique barometers for attention. Displays were smart and the flow was smooth from booth to booth.

⁉t⁳ the same old story; some of the dealers did very well, others did not have good shows,†Greg Hamilton, show director, said a few days after Antiques In Woodstock, the 37th annual show sponsored by the Vermont Antiques Dealers†Association, ended its two-day run on July 31.

A rare carved and inlaid whale ivory and whalebone walking stick, circa 1830, became the top lot of an action-packed Americana sale at Raphael Osona⁳ Americana auction this past Saturday, August 6.

A feast for the eye for all who love the homespun beauty of quilts can be seen at seven local arts and cultural institutions on the Norwalk Quilt Trail, on view through mid-November.

The sea has been a source of fascination and the subject of inspired artwork for many years in the United States. From coast to coast, America’s shorelines have brought out the best in some of the nation’s most accomplished artists. Two of America’s finest seascape painters, William Trost Richards (1833-1905) and Alfred Thompson Bricher (1837-1908), are the subject of an interesting exhibition at the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Mass., through October 23. The focused show of 15 watercolor and drawings, primarily of scenes along the New England coast, is drawn from the permanent collection of the Springfield Art Museums.

⁔o Capture the Sun: Gold of Ancient Panama†explores the Gilcrease Museum⁳ holdings of pre-Columbian gold and related ritual ceramics in the largest display of these objects since their acquisition by Thomas Gilcrease in the 1940s.

⁉t came in with a pile of junk in the trunk of a car,†said auctioneer Josh Eldred prior to Eldred⁳ Americana auction August 3‵. While the rest of the junk remained in the trunk, the younger of the Eldred auctioneers plucked the dirt laden painting out of the mess.After a thorough cleaning and authentication, the rare small William Merritt Chase painting on panel, ⁓ailboats on Beach,† brought $126,500.

This small New England village center hosted 40 antiques dealers brought together by Linda Turner July 16. Conducted only on odd numbered years, the Dorset Antiques Show had great weather and an audience that appreciated good American antiques, as most of the exhibitors reported sales that sent them home financially ahead for the day.

⁒ising from the Sea: The Art of Jay Hall Connaway†will be on view at the Arkell Museum August 22⁍ay 27. A student of the sea, sky and mountains Jay Connaway (1893‱970) painted in an era marked by the economic, political and social upheaval of World War I, the Great Depression and World War II.

On June 27, Aguttes Auction House and European Evaluators conducted a successful sale of Impressionist, Modern, Southeast Asian, Russian and contemporary art, which realized a grand total of $4,127,548.