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(Issue Story)Letter from London, December 2015
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
Antiquities, mostly Egyptian and Roman this time out, provide the principal focus of this month’s selection. Also on the bill are the “Hope Spinel,” Churchill’s “Victory” watch, a golem, a lamp intended for use in card games, Lawrence of Arabia’s dagger (along with earlier edged weapons from India), ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Pots, Paintings, Pewter, and LSD
Wooten & Wooten, Camden, South Carolina
Photos courtesy Wooten & Wooten
At the start of the second day of Wooten & Wooten’s fall Americana sale held November 14 and 15, 2015, most of the pottery collectors and dealers could be found standing at the back of the long narrow gallery. It was ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Yankee Ingenuity-- Imagination and Invention
Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, Massachusetts
Rufus Porter painted hundreds of home wall murals and probably thousands of quick portraits, and he patented at least 24 practical mechanical inventions. Born in 1792 in West Boxford, Massachusetts, he founded Scientific American magazine in 1845, taught dancing and music, wrote books promoting art instruction and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Traylor Tops Folk Art Auction
Slotin Folk Art Auction, Buford, Georgia
Photos courtesy Slotin Folk Art Auction
“You don’t have to go to New York or Baltimore to find top-notch folk art. Anything you’ll ever want will probably be seen here at Slotin,” said one collector to another at the Slotin Folk Art auction on November 14 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tremont Auctions' Inaugural Sale
Tremont Auctions, Newton, Massachusetts
Tremont Auctions got itself off to a fine start at its inaugural sale on November 15, 2015, at the gallery in Newton, Massachusetts. Collectors and dealers crowded the spanking new gallery to look, compare, and buy. The crowd endured for much of the 375-lot sale, and prices ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tremont Auctions Opens
A new auction house has landed in the Boston constellation. Tremont Auctions has opened its doors in Newton, Massachusetts. While the auction house is new and the paint is still wet, the principals are old hands in the antiques business. Tremont Auctions is a collaboration between Brett A. Downer and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Made in the Americas: The New World Discovers Asia
Photos courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
A dazzling show is on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). It opened in August and will be up through February 15, 2016—an unusually long run for an exhibition at this museum. After that, the show travels to the Winterthur Museum, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Canadian "Beaver" Fruit Jar Sells for $16,240
An antique half-gallon “Beaver” fruit jar sold for $16,240 (includes buyer’s premium) when an auction conducted by Maple Leaf Auctions closed on November 14, 2015. (All prices in Canadian funds.)
Auction organizer Scott Wallace of Carleton Place, Ontario, commented on the sale. “To collectors of fruit jars, this piece was important and ... (Read More)
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