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Rafael Osona's
AUCTION NEWS
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For
29 years
cognoscenti,
gathered on Saturday evenings
'round & about
Nantucket
have shared their secrets:
"You won't believe what I bought
at Rafael's Auction today..."
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Rafael Osona's
AUCTION NEWS
A field guide for cognoscenti
(and friends who just want to have fun!)
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photo by Cary Hazlegrove
Greetings!
You know who we are. You know what we do. We hope you know that striving for excellence has always been our priority. As we continually search for ways to better serve you, we hope our long-time friends as well as new clients will find this newsletter to be a useful tool whether you're acquiring or consigning. You relish an informed appreciation of the field - especially in the fine arts, antiques, or the maritime - maybe you simply need to furnish your new home. Let this newsletter be be your field guide. If you're curious enough to stay with us all the way to the bottom of the page, you'll find two important links: Please click on "contact us" and tell us how we can make the AUCTION NEWS even more useful. Then, just one more thing: please, click on "forward e-mail" to share us with your friends!
. Rafael & Gail Osona
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SEEKING FINE
CONSIGNMENTS
FOR AUCTION
Antiques - Americana -
Fine Art - Maritime
Nantucket Art & Baskets
    Yes, for 29 years - and that's
more than a quarter century out there in the field - we've criss-crossed the country, evaluating exceptional
material from fine estates and discriminating consignors. Rafael Osona Auctions is known for
consistent fine quality antiques and decorative arts auctions spanning the 18th, 19th and 20th
Centuries. Osona has held numerous world records for sales of Nantucket Baskets, Ralph Cahoon paintings, Scrimshaw & China Trade art.
Some exceptional estates:
Barbara Johnson Whaling Collection William C. Coffin 19th C. Scrimshaw Collection Fred H. Gardner 19th C. Scrimshaw Collection Bill Dinges 19th C. Scrimshaw Collection Jean C. MacAusland Estate Barbara & Barton Stevens American Folk Art Collection
Richard Headley Ship's Figurehead Collection
Ruth Havilland Sutton Fine Art Collection John Austin Paintings (July 11, '09)
Lloyd Day Collection of Early English Furnishings (Aug. 1, 2009)
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 THE 2009 AUCTIONS
    
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This past winter produced some remarkable lots for an auction season you simply will not want to miss! Each week, AUCTION NEWS will highlight significant or just plain interesting lots, and you'll be the first to know when they're scheduled for Auction. (calendar)
Our gallery is open from 10-5 on Thursdays & Fridays prior to each Auction. Of course, we do love seeing you at the previews. If you can't be among us, Absentee Bids are happily accepted. For condition reports or additional photos, just call. (508-228-3942) It's our pleasure to present distinctive material, its provenance and condition. We hope to see you soon!
An Auction is a Beautiful Thing!
Saturdays
9:30 a.m.
Previews Thursdays & Fridays10a.m. - 5:00 p.m.  Don't worry, we'll sustain you!Breakfast & Lunch
catered on siteRafaelOsonaAuction.comAmerican Legion Hall
21 Washington St., Nantucket, MA 02554
508-228-3942
( map )
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Save the dates!
CalendarWatch the AUCTION PHOTO GALLERY come to life!Click on underscored dates for further details as they become available.
 Memorial Weekend Auction May 23
Antiques & Accessories
Estate Tag Sale June 12&13
Hospice Benefit Auction June 14
at Galley Beach
Antiques & Accessories June 27
Fine Antiques & Accessories July 4
 July 10 Nantucket AIDS Network 20th Anniversary Benefit Auction July 11 John Austin Estate Art Collection Antiques & Accessories July 18 Antiques & Accessories July 18 Artists' Association Benefit Art Auction
July 26 Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum Benefit Auction
at Great Harbor Yacht Club
 Americana, Continental, Aug. 1 Fine Art & Maritime Auctionand the Lloyd Day Collection Fine Antiques & Accessories Aug. 8
Antiques & Accessories Aug. 15
Nantucket Boys & Girls Club Aug. 15
Summer Groove Benefit Auction
Antiques & Accessories Aug. 22
Antiques & Accessories Aug. 29
Sept. 5 Labor Day Weekend Auction 
Antiques & Accessories
Sept. 19 Antiques & Accessories
Oct. 10 Columbus Weekend Auction
Fine Antiques
Oct. 11 Artists' Association of Nantucket
Wet Paint Sale
Nov. 28 Thanksgiving Weekend
Antiques Auction
Dec. 5 Christmas Stroll
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the Benefits of Friends
"I find friendship to
be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age,
the true old man's milk and
restorative cordial."
- Thomas Jefferson
Our Benefit
Auctions
are everybody's favorites. They're positioned throughout the summer in
support of local
non-profits. And, take it from us, there just isn't
anything more fun than giving back with gusto!
Won't you join us? Let's have some fun with
friends for friends!
The
annual Artists' Association Wet Paint Auction is rightly famous. Good
fun and good values materialize as a white-gloved auctioneer, frequently overcome with enthusiasm, tries not to smear the paint! Get your feet in the sand at the Hospice of Nantucket Benefit
Auction, held at the tres chic, new Galley Beach Club;
or get down to the
post auction beat at the
20th Anniversary Nantucket AIDS Network Auction & Gala.
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Our Friends' Benefits
Follow these links for information and tickets to Benefit Auctions
Artists' Association of Nantucket
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now...YOU do the talking!
Click on the two links below:
photo by Terry Pommett
AUCTION NEWS
is a publication of
Rafael Osona, Nantucket, MA
copyright 2009
all rights reserved
Copy & layout by Carolyn Walsh
www.NantucketAuctions.com
21 Washington Street, Nantucket, MA 02554 508-228-3942 osona@rafaelosonaauction.com
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