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(Auction)Southern Collections Shine
An inspired view of fishermen at The Cove in Ponce Park on the coast of Florida south of St. Augustine by South Carolina artist William Aiken Walker (1838-1921) was the top lot of Neal’s June sale. With bidding from eight phones and the floor, the 6½" x 12½" 1895 oil ... (Read More)
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(Auction)More of the Merrill C. Berman Collection
Described by Heritage Auctions as “simply the finest political campaign banner in collectors’ hands,” the Polk and Dallas double-sided jugate banner from the 1844 campaign was first shown publicly when it was the cover art for the 1984 exhibition catalog ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The John Michael Kauffmann Estate Sale
The imposing 17th-century carved oak tester bed was carved elaborately in the Elizabethan style and sold for $7762.50.
This copy of Henry David Thoreau’s 1864 The Maine Woods is from a small edition produced by Ascensius Press in 1998, when the letterpress printer and publisher Scott Vile was in Portland, Maine. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Cheap History and Expensive Other Stuff
This Patek Philippe & Co. 18k yellow gold minute repeater pocket watch topped the sale at $14,375. The company still produces such intricate timekeeping gems.
Gustav Stickley #636 oak library table with a stretched leather surface, 48" diameter, $8050.
The 27" long 19th-century Black Hawk running horse weathervane in a mottled patina, ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Accessibility
This LED-backlit large-print keyboard is easily read in the shadow on the right side.
Computer Column #319
John P. Reid, [email protected]
Accessibility is important socially and legally in today’s world. Handicapped parking, wheelchair ramps, and an American Sign Language translator at a political speech are familiar sights. Access to computers for everyone ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and website for ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, July 2015
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
This month’s selection, which I came to realise during the course of my research marks 30 years of these “Letters,” is largely dominated by matters military. Arms and armour associated with Tipu Sultan, the “Tiger of Mysore,” provide the lion, or tiger’s share of the words and pictures, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Yes, There Are Treasures to Be Found
This mask sold for $380,621.
This Kota reliquary figure sold for $6,172,827.
Photos courtesy Christie’s
A Tlingit mask from the Northwest Coast of America, striking in its expressiveness and rare iconography, sold at Christie’s in Paris on Tuesday, June 23 for $380,621 (includes buyer’s premium), more than four times its high estimate ($56,994/91,191).
The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rockwell's Kennedy Portrait to Be Sold on July 30
Norman Rockwell’s Portrait of John F. Kennedy, painted for the April 6, 1963, cover of the Saturday Evening Post,will be auctioned on July 30 at the 15th anniversary gala for the National Museum of American Illustration (NMAI). The auction will be held in the garden at Vernon Court, 492 Bellevue ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The June Auction
The high lot of the sale was the platinum, onyx, turquoise, and diamond sautoir, 38½" long including the tassel, most likely made by Boucheron, as it was signed indistinctly “B…ron Paris.” Estimated at $2000/4000, it brought $84,000 from a New York diamond merchant who is also a collector, and he ... (Read More)
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