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(Fragment)Transferware Research Grants Announced
The Transferware Collectors Club (TCC), a U.S.-based international nonprofit organization dedicated to the study of British transfer-printed ceramics, has announced the recipients of the 2019 Paul and Gladys Richards Charitable Foundation Research Grants for the study of British transferware. Grants totaling more than $13,000 will be distributed to recipients from ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Charles and Olenka Santore: An Appreciation
After a brief illness, Charles “Charlie” Santore died on August 11, exactly four months after the death of his wife and best friend, Olenka. To the world at large, Santore was best known as an award-winning illustrator of children’s books, including classics such as The Wizard of Oz, The Night ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany Tea Service Leads at Potomack
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
September 28 marked the beginning of a six-day auction marathon for The Potomack Company—September 28 and 30 and October 1-4. We are used to the firm’s staging a single live auction followed by a day or two of specialty online-only sales the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine and Decorative Art
Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan’s Auctions
Chalk up another one. A sand bottle made by Andrew Clemens (1857-1894) sold for $100,000 (including buyer’s premium) against an estimate of $30,000/50,000 during the fine and decorative art sale held by Cowan’s Auctions on September 28, 2019, in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, October 2019
Quite a few pictures appear in this month’s “Letter,” with one piece featuring a note on a famous portrait painter’s dislike for “Curs’d faces.” Overdressed ladies in a Turkish bath and a work by the “Little Spaniard” are also to be found. And are they really “pulling the goose” in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Works of Art at Skinner
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Wine and hors d’oeuvres for the Thursday evening sale, and a petite brunch with mimosas for noon on Friday. Such was Skinner’s presentation of its September 26 and 27 auction of American and European works of art in the Boston gallery. Those enhancements brought bidders into the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Complete Story of the Thomas Drowne Chanticleer at the MFA
A story in the September issue of M.A.D. (see p. 133) congratulated the Museum of Old Newbury in Newburyport, Massachusetts, on the acquisition of the Shem Drowne weathercock that had been atop the Third Parish Church of Newburyport from 1725 until 1801 and then was moved to the new meeting ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Slavery and Abolition Documents Are Highlight of $1 Million-Plus Sale
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
Swann Galleries’ printed and manuscript Americana sale in New York City on September 26 achieved some phenomenal results, particularly for archives, family papers, diaries, and other unique items in the categories of slavery and abolition, Mormons, Latin Americana, and the American West. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Potter & Potter: Magic and So Much More
Head of the House
Photos courtesy Potter & Potter Auctions
Gabe Fajuri began Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago in 2007 to disperse the magical memorabilia collection of Jay Marshall (1919-2005). Since then, the firm has branched out into a broad range of collectibles, producing sales that have continued to be magical ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art Acquired
After being locally owned for 56 years, the Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art has been acquired by Luxe Events of Naples, Florida, which will produce the 150-exhibitor event for its 57th year March 6-8, 2020, at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in the Fort Worth Cultural District. The ... (Read More)
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