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(Fragment)Wild Things
The newest exhibition at the Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk, Maine, Wild Things: Selections from Kate Manko's Collection of American Folk Art Animals, will remain on view through December 29.Wild Things showcases nearly 100 objects of animal folk art from the personal collection of 26-year-old Kate Manko, a dealer and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Changes at Winterthur
Gregory J. Landrey has been appointed director of the Library, Collections Management, and Academic Programs division (LCMAP) at the Winterthur Museum & Country Estate.Landrey started at Winterthur in 1979 as an assistant furniture conservator and later headed the furniture conservation laboratory. In 1995 he was named director of conservation and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ohio Valley Americana Concentration
Garth's, Delaware, Ohioby Don JohnsonJeff Jeffers had a simple way of looking at the results from Garth's May 4 and 5 sale, which included the company's first-ever session concentrating on the Ohio Valley. "If it's a little special, the price becomes a little special too," said Jeffers, Garth's president.Indeed, there ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Stowe Away!
Gould Auction Company, Gardiner, MaineStowe Away!by Mark SiscoHistory and folk art always seem to mix well at Timothy Gould's signature "fresh to the market" auctions, and his May 12 offering in Gardiner, Maine, was no exception. Some classic early American samplers led the sale, followed by some historic artifacts of ... (Read More)
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(Show)Marburger Farm Antique Show
Round Top, TexasMarburger Farm Antique Showby David AndersonThis year Easter Sunday fell on an unusually late date and threw some turmoil into the beginning and ending of what is informally known as Texas Antique Week. Several shows and individual vendors participated the week just before Easter, many others picked the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Heartland Antiques Show
Richmond, Indianaby Don JohnsonLate in the morning of June 2, during the one-day Heartland Antiques Show, held at the Wayne County Fairgrounds on the edge of Richmond, Indiana, a Ford F-350 Super Duty pickup truck hitched to a cargo trailer was parked between two of the main exhibition halls. At ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fund-Raising Auction for Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center
Old Saybrook, Connecticutby Ed PfeifferKatharine Hepburn starred in two very different worlds. One was international. She was famous around the globe for her theater performances on and off Broadway and in films and television. During her 62-year film career, from 1932 to 1994, she was in 45 movies, usually in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Unsigned Firehouse Painting Paces Julia Auction
James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoWhile it didn't quite set the house on fire, the biggest success at James Julia's May 5 auction in Fairfield, Maine, was a 19th-century firehouse painting, generating lots more than just local interest. It was an unsigned oil on canvas of what is believed ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Los Angeles Antiques Show: Change Happens
Los Angeles, Californiaby Blanche MossIn a town where nothing succeeds like excess, they came, they saw, and they bought at the sexy and dynamic April 25 opening night party for the April 26-29 Los Angeles Antiques Show, hosted by a new charity beneficiary, P.S. Arts. "I loved the energy of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Quiet Sale Produces Healthy Gross
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshireby David HewettThere wasn't any blockbuster furniture in Northeast Auctions' sale on May 19 and 20 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and there was only a smattering of art objects. In fact, there wasn't anything of note evident in a quick perusal of the catalog.The second session ... (Read More)
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