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(Fragment)Colonial Williamsburg Acquires Rare Portrait
There are only six known portraits by artist William Dering. Now, after receiving the portrait Joyce Armistead Booth (Mrs. Mordecai Booth), the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has five of them in its collection.
"Executed in saturated, well-preserved reds, blues, and golds, and measuring more than four feet in height, this likeness of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Museum Buys Friedrich Painting
The Saint Louis Art Museum has acquired Sunburst in the Riesengebirge, a 10" x 121/2" oil on canvas by German painter Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840). The museum purchased the painting on December 12, 2018, at Sotheby's in London for $2,720,095 (includes buyer's premium). The estimate was $626,750/877,450.
According to the museum, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Leslie Hindman Auctioneers and Cowan's Auctions Acquired by Hindman LLC
Two of the Midwest's most prominent auction houses-Leslie Hindman Auctioneers and Cowan's Auctions-have been acquired by a new venture, Hindman LLC. No immediate changes are planned. The auction houses will continue to operate under their original brands, at the same locations, and with their existing staffs.
The owner of the new ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tremont Auctions Moves
Tremont Auctions, formerly of Newton, Massachusetts, has moved to new quarters in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and is open for business. The new gallery at 615 Boston Post Road (Route 20) is larger, with more accommodation for storage and parking than at the previous location. In addition, it is situated on a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sotheby's Expands
Sotheby's new expanded exhibition galleries at its York Avenue, New York City, the location will be ready in time for its May sales of Impressionist, modern, and contemporary art. The renovation and expansion was designed by Shohei Shigematsu of OMA New York, in collaboration with Sotheby's.
Exhibition and auction space has ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Box Lot Buy Yields Explosive Device
On March 27 troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) Bomb Squad were called to examine a suspected explosive found inside an antique coffee jar. The jar was found by a citizen in a box lot purchased at an auction.
Upon finding the suspicious device, the citizen notified members of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antiques at Rhinebeck Adds Fourth Building
Barn Star Productions' Spring Antiques at Rhinebeck Show and Sale on Memorial Day weekend, May 25 and 26, will be adding a fourth building to the event to accommodate more exhibitors. The show is held at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, New York, and Barn Star has filled the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Harvard Art Museums Are Gifted 70 Otto Piene Sketchbooks
Seventy sketchbooks by renowned artist Otto Piene (1928-2014) have been gifted to the Harvard Art Museums. The gift was made by poet and author Elizabeth Goldring, the artist's wife. Dating from 1935 to 2014, the largely unpublished sketchbooks reflect interdisciplinary, cross-media experiments from Piene's long career in the Boston area ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Editorial: Uncertainty
As this issue of Maine Antique Digest is published, thanks to a dedicated crew making sure it reaches the press, uncertainty hangs over the world of art and antiques. Will things ever be the same?
The antiques industry, as we've all always known, is by no means essential. It's a place ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)MADA Grant Benefits Waldoboro Schoolhouse Renovation
The Maine Antiques Dealers Association's Education and Community Grants program, established in 1998, exists to "promote education in, and knowledge of, historical Maine arts and decorative arts." In order to qualify for the grant, a request must be submitted to the Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA).
Harry Hepburn of Harrison, Maine, ... (Read More)
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