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(Auction)American Art at Christie’s
Arthur Dove (1880-1946), Car. The signed 13¼" x 22" oil on canvas was painted in 1931. It sold on the phone for $686,500 (est. $200,000/300,000). It was consigned by Laughlin and Jennifer Phillips and was a gift to them from Duncan Phillips, founder of The Phillips Collection in Washington, ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received: Brief reviews of antiques and fine art books recently published
by M.A.D. StaffThese 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.A View Book of the Many Images Found in Clifford Ashley's ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Book Review: Dream House: The White House as an American Home
by Lita Solis-CohenDream House: The White House as an American Homeby Ulysses Grant Dietz and Sam WattersAcanthus Press, 2009, 304 pages, hardbound, $75 plus S/H from Acanthus Press, (www.acanthuspress.com) or (800) 827-7614.Published three years ago, Dream House: The White House as an American Home seems relevant during this election year. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)"America in View" at RISD
Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916), Cape Horn, Columbia River, 1867, albumen print. Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund.Ansel Adams (1902-1984), Half Dome, Blowing Snow, Yosemite National Park, California, circa 1955, gelatin silver print from the 1970's. Museum purchase with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. ©2012 The Ansel Adams Publishing ... (Read More)
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(Show)Maine Antiques Dealers Association Show
Before I arrived in the late morning, a dry sink, a painting, and a few country stands had vanished from the booth of Bill and Ruth Garland of Jefferson, Maine. They still had this large (13") blue and white spongeware bowl with raised arches on the sides for $295.Damariscotta, Maineby ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Plumb Crazy
5781This bronze-body scraper plane, patented by Leonard Bailey on August 7, 1855, was one of Donnelly's superstars for the day. It finished with the top price of the sale at $32,200.5782A probably unique adjustable mechanical rounding plane, patented by Samuel M. Adams of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, on June 4, 1872, sold ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Banks Pay Dividends
Mikado mechanical bank, Kyser & Rex, 1886, blue table variation, took top honors at $198,000.Freedman's Bank mechanical bank, Jerome Secor, 1880, one of five or six known, $138,000.Kiltie mechanical bank, Harper Ltd., England, 1931, ex-Bill Norman, ex-F.H. Griffith, $25,200.Calamity or Football mechanical bank, J. & E. Stevens, 1905, $38,400.Top pick ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Records Fall at Pook's Flack Sale
$159,975. Photo courtesy Pook & Pook.by Lita Solis-CohenA couple of records were made at the sale of the collection of Paul and Rita Flack held at Pook & Pook in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, on October 27. A record $159,975 (includes buyer's premium) was paid for a Jonas Weber box with a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Issue of Team's "Tiffany Treasures" Available
To celebrate 48 years in business, Team Antiques of White Plains, New York, has published a new catalog. In the latest issue of Team's Tiffany Treasures is a selection of many items made by Louis C. Tiffany, such as lamps, glass, desk sets, candlesticks, and other fancy goods. All items ... (Read More)
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(Show)American Art Week in Manhattan
John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872), Lily Pond, Newport, Rhode Island, oil on canvas, 10" x 18", monogrammed and dated JFK/ 186 (indistinct). From Kensett’s major Newport series of paintings, it has a rich tactile surface and color chords that create a luminous environment; one can almost smell the sea. It represents ... (Read More)
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