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(Auction)Oversupply, Under Demand
Ledbetter Folk Art Auction, Gibsonville, North Carolina
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Auctioneer Matt Ledbetter takes chances on relatively unknown North Carolina artists. In December 2021 he brought 19 "Creatures of the Night" totems by the reclusive Alton "Otto" Long to his Gibsonville, North Carolina, auction house. All of them sold ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Inness Painting the Top Lot in $2.17 Million Sale
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
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The three-day sale held by Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Thomaston, Maine, August 25-27 pulled in about $2.17 million for 1335 lots. It was another marathon sale put on by owner and auctioneer Kaja Veilleux and his staff.
George Inness (1825-1894), ... (Read More)
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(Show)Country Farm Antiques Show
Casey, Illinois
In its fourth year, the Country Farm Antiques Show was held August 26 in Casey, Illinois. The venue, Richards Farm Restaurant, housed about two dozen dealers. "It went really well. Three or four of the dealers said they had their best show there to date," said Kim Groothuis, who ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with James L. Kochan
Historian, archaeologist, outdoorsman, scholar, gentleman-all are appropriate descriptives for dealer James L. Kochan, who for the last seven years has been based in Wiscasset, Maine.
Before his move north, the former museum and national park director and curator lived in the Washington, D.C., area, most recently in Frederick, Maryland, where he ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ammi Phillips Is Subject of New Play
The prolific folk portraitist Ammi Phillips has been gone for 158 years, but he was brought back to life this summer by the Thrown Stone Theatre Company's world premiere production of Seven Cousins for a Horse. Set in the small town of Colebrook, Connecticut, in 1848, the play depicts seven ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Antiques and Artifacts at Marion
Marion Antique Auctions, Marion, Massachusetts
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Marion Antique Auctions offered a two-day auction August 19 and 20 in its Marion, Massachusetts, gallery that ran the gamut of antiques and artifacts. The first day began with a group of etchings by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) from an area ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Artists with Maine Ties Dominate
Barridoff Auctions, South Portland, Maine
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On August 19 Barridoff Auctions held its summer art auction under a tent on the lawn right outside the auction firm's facility in South Portland, Maine. Auctioneer Peter Coccoluto was brought in to wield the gavel. The sale's top lots were largely by ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, September 2023
Rodney Smith (1947-2016), Three Men with Shears No. 1, Reims, France, 1997, gelatin silver print, 10 9/16" x 13". Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine. Gift of Leslie Smolan, 2022.19.1. Courtesy Luc Demers. (c) Rodney Smith.
-Through September 10 -Portland, Maine
For five decades, aspiring and established photographers have gathered in Rockport, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Strong Interest at Dupuis Fine Jewellery Auctioneers
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
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All prices include the buyer's premium.
Dupuis Fine Jewellery Auctioneers in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, held an online auction containing a "jaw-dropping collection of over 900 exquisite jewellery pieces" that concluded August 16. Duncan Parker, vice president and jewelry specialist, said, "The selling prices ... (Read More)
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(Show)MADA Coastal Maine Antiques Show
Damariscotta, Maine
David McLean of North Monmouth, Maine, had four firkin pantry boxes in original paint priced from $295 to $565.
It seemed like one big family August 16 at the 24th annual Coastal Maine Antiques Show in Damariscotta, Maine, under the aegis of the Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA). Under a ... (Read More)
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