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Historic New England Awards Book Prize
by M.A.D. Staff

Historic New England has awarded its 20th annual book prize to Curiosities of the Craft: Treasures from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Collection by Aimee E. Newell, Hilary Anderson Stelling, and Catherine Compton Swanson, and “With Éclat”: The Boston Athenaeum and the Origin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ... (Read More)

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Books Received, November 2014
by M.A.D. Staff

These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.   Bernard Langlais at the Colby College Museum of Artby Hannah W. Blunt (Colby ... (Read More)

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Letter from London, November 2014
by Ian McKay

Ian McKay, <[email protected]> Now Showing and Coming Soon I started out with every intention of including old master drawings from the London summer season in this month’s selection, but then having tackled the Russian pictures first, gone on to add the Ceres rings for something very rare and much more recent, and ... (Read More)

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What Price History?
by Clayton Pennington

Editorial An off-the-cuff remark from Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman should be troubling to those in the antiques business. When asked about the cost of restoring almost 40 chairs original to the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln, the governor said there were better uses for the taxpayers’ money and that he would ... (Read More)

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Leslie Fliegel Lost and Found: His Work through the Lens of Time
by David Sperling

Fig. 1. Cecil Crosley Bell (1906-1970), Subway, oil on canvas, whereabouts unknown. From the on-line blog by Bas van Houwelingen of the Netherlands. Fig. 2. Leslie Fliegel’s Clothes Line Fantasy, a circa 1950 oil on canvas, 44" x 37", from a private collection, is currently on exhibit at Connoisseur Gallery, Bedminster, ... (Read More)

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Mount Vernon Selects Senior Curator
by M.A.D. Staff

Susan P. Schoelwer has been appointed the Robert H. Smith Senior Curator at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. Schoelwer has served as Mount Vernon’s curator since 2010. In that capacity she has overseen the recent refurnishing and reinterpretation of George Washington’s “New Room,” the reinstallation of the greenhouse slave quarters, and ... (Read More)

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Michael Weinberg, West Pelham Antiques, Pelham, Massachusetts
by Frank Donegan

Michael Weinberg with his miniature basket collection, some of which are for sale. “I do occasionally take one to a show,” he said. They range between $50 and $200. A tea caddy with inset panels of sampler pieces, one of which is dated 1804. He thinks the caddy may be from ... (Read More)

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False Advertising
by Al Kenney

The Art of Marketing It occurred to me the other night while reading a magazine and seeing an ad that I’ll classify as being very deceptive that it is very rare to see deceptive advertising in the antiques business, and so I say bravo! It’s so nice not to see ... (Read More)

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Peter Tillou Gives Glass to Carnegie
by Lita Solis-Cohen

From left: A pillar-molded celery glass of yellow glass, blown with eight ribs, tooled at the rim to produce a wavy effect, with an applied circular stem and foot, ground pontil mark, 1840-70, 9½" high x 5 3/8" diameter; pitcher of white, red, and blue glass, blown in white, trailed ... (Read More)

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Vintage Marketplace and Grand Rapids Antiques Market Combine for Show in January
by M.A.D. Staff

The Grand Rapids Antiques Market in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the popular Vintage Marketplace are joining forces this year, creating a bigger weekend of antiques shopping. Vintage Promotions, producer of the Grand Rapids Antiques Market, will team up with Jenkins Management, producer of the Vintage Marketplace, which is held in Tennessee, ... (Read More)
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