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Exhibitions, August 2022
by M.A.D. Staff

Richard Andres, Interior, circa 1972, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 30". —Through August 20 —Cleveland, Ohio Richard Andres: Selected Works 1950-1975, an exhibit at WOLFS, features the early works of Abstract Expressionist Richard Andres (1927-2013). Andres was an odd combination of an artistic hermit and a figure on top of the latest ... (Read More)

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Chinese Export Bowls Lead the Way at Auction
by Julie Schlenger Adell

Nye & Company, Bloomfield, New Jersey Photos courtesy Nye & Company With a good mix of consignors and a large group of Ralph Lauren furniture from a New York City dwelling, Nye & Company’s July 20 online “Estate Treasures” auction totaled $308,272. The sale, with a preview open for pre-auction bidding from July ... (Read More)

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Deaccessions Raise Funds for Institutional Acquisitions
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc. In April 2020 the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) announced a two-year loosening of the rules to permit members to sell art and objects in order to raise money for collection care as opposed to for acquisitions only. Museums ... (Read More)

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The Sporting Sale
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

Copley Fine Art Auctions, Hingham, Massachusetts Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Copley Fine Art Auctions’ 17th annual sporting sale, held absentee and online July 14 and 15, brought just over $3.1 million. With 675 lots, it was one of the company’s largest sales and had about a 95% sell-through rate. Sporting art by ... (Read More)

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Three-Day Sale in Maine
by Clayton Pennington

Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries On July 8, 9, and 10 Thomaston Place Auction Galleries held a three-day sale dubbed “July Splendor.” In all, 1431 lots were due to be sold, a Herculean undertaking, and auctioneer and owner Kaja Veilleux called just about every minute ... (Read More)

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Successful Sale Draws Strength from Diversity
by Karla K. Albertson

Case Antiques, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee Photos courtesy Case Antiques, Inc. This year’s summer auction at Case Antiques, Inc., in Knoxville, Tennessee, is a joy to examine because the high points were drawn from so many different sought-after specialties. The more than 1200 lots offered July 9 and 10 included objects of immense ... (Read More)

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A Day in the Country
by Don Johnson

Pure Country Antique Show, Chrisman, Illinois Mark and Jill Mattingly have created an event that goes beyond an ordinary antiques show. The second annual Pure Country Antique Show, held July 9 at the Bloomfield Barn near Chrisman, Illinois, not only featured a growing field of dealers in a beautiful rural setting ... (Read More)

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In Plain Sight
by Clayton Pennington

Art theft usually conjures up images similar to the film The Thomas Crown Affair. Sophisticated thieves with elaborate and complicated plans to evade security and make off with masterpieces are the stuff  of movie plots. There’s been a rash of art thefts reported recently, and they are decidedly not seasoned criminal ... (Read More)

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Challenging Assumptions
by Hollie Davis & Andrew Richmond

Beneath the Surface Thunderstorm season has arrived in the Ohio River valley, and storms here are fierce and deeply satisfying. We are generally protected from the more dangerous aspects of midwestern storms, with the terrain discouraging tornadoes, but the mountains pick up the reverberations of thunder and roll it around to ... (Read More)

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Bomb Squad Handles Antique Explosive Device
by M.A.D. Staff

On July 7 at approximately 9:10 p.m. troopers Scott Irish and Steve Sicard from the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad responded to a home on Charlene Drive in Mansfield after a suspicious object was found by family members at the residence. When they arrived they visually examined the object, which had ... (Read More)
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