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The Chicago International Art, Antique & Jewelry Show
by Danielle Arnet

Macklowe Gallery, New York City, brought the Majorelle chairs, priced at $35,000 the pair. The triangular table, also Majorelle, is $19,500, and the Tiffany Studios Dragonfly lamp with a blown glass base is $235,000. Rainbow Bridge, acrylic and resin on 20" x 20" canvas modules, by Dutch artist Jacqueline Bozon ... (Read More)

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MADA Assists Restoration of Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum
by M.A.D. Staff

  On April 23, dealer Harry Hepburn presented a $1000 check from the Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA) to the Pejepscot Historical Society to assist in the restoration of the Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum in Brunswick, Maine. The museum suffered damage to two rooms when water and heating lines burst on January ... (Read More)

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Bowmanville Show and Canadiana Still Relevant after 41 Years
by Larry Thompson

This poignant sign was found in eastern Ontario. Ken Ross of Gore’s Landing, Ontario, had it priced at $1950. This very unusual circa 1930 Parcheesi and checkerboard hails from the Verchères, Quebec, area. The decorative roundels serving as the nests are blue, white, and red, which are exactly the Royal Air ... (Read More)

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Dealer-Auctioneer Cille Blackwood's Papers Go to Harvard
by Jeanne Schinto

Cille Blackwood (1929-1981), when she was Cille March, circa 1950. A Blackwood & Company auction. The runner to the right of the desk and about to help hoist it is Cille’s second son, Bill Blackwood. Today he is a builder living in Newbury, Massachusetts. Bob Coviello said of Blackwood, “She was the ... (Read More)

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Exhibitions
by M.A.D. Staff

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 Web site ... (Read More)

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The Ivory Mess
by Clayton Pennington

Editorial “I’m making sure that piano is gone,” an auctioneer said, pointing to an antique Steinway before a sale. We had asked what the effect of the presidential executive order banning the sale of ivory had been. The auctioneer added that he was taking no ivory consignments until the law was ... (Read More)

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Letter from London
by Ian McKay

Ian McKay, [email protected] As I filed this copy in the last week of March, the London season had yet to get into full swing, but in addition to my report on the eclectic Stanley Seeger sale that was such a huge success for Sotheby’s during the first week of March, I ... (Read More)

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Barn Star Productions Makes Changes for Its New Hampshire Antiques Week Shows
by M.A.D. Staff

Frank Gaglio’s Barn Star Productions has changed the timing of its events during Antiques Week in New Hampshire in August. The MidWeek Twilight Tuesday Antiques Show will be open on Tuesday, August 5, from 1 to 7 p.m. and continue on Wednesday, August 6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at ... (Read More)
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