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Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), Head of a Young Man (Tête de jeune homme), 1923, grease crayon on pink Michallet laid paper, 24½" x 18?". Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 39.18. © 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
—Through October 13 —Brooklyn, New York
Showcasing ... (Read More)
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When a historical relic that anchors a town’s history is acquired by the town, it is a time for celebration. Space, Light, and Ornament: Early Meeting Houses of Old Newbury,an exhibition at the Museum of Old Newbury, Newburyport, Massachusetts, celebrates the acquisition by the museum of a gilded weathercock made ... (Read More)
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On August 23 deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call about an armed robbery at the Mebane Antique Auction Gallery in Mebane, North Carolina. Two men had entered the business through an unlocked door and robbed the owner at gunpoint. A short time later, deputies arrested ... (Read More)
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Coastal Maine Antiques Show & Sale, Damariscotta, Maine
The 22nd Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA) Coastal Maine Antiques Show & Sale, held this year on August 21, looked like a carbon copy of last year’s show. The long-term relationship with the Round Top Farm is history, and the new location at ... (Read More)
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Charles M. Talbot Associates, Turner, Maine
Visit a Charles M. Talbot Associates auction, and you might feel as if you’ve stumbled into some kind of time warp. The old Talbot homestead is nestled in the foothills of Turner, Maine, overlooking a beautiful vista of the White Mountains. On a clear day, ... (Read More)
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Ellsworth Antiques Show at Woodlawn, Ellsworth, Maine
The Ellsworth Antiques Show at the Woodlawn Museum in Ellsworth, Maine, which ran this year from August 15 to 17, opened on a pleasantly warm day, unbedeviled by weather concerns. But it was a day following a spectacular 3% drop in the S & ... (Read More)
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On August 15, at the end of a cornfield, just a tractor’s drive from Grand Rapids—no, not the big one in Michigan (population 188,031), but the two-block-long version (pop. 965) in Ohio and not too far—as the crows fly, and they often do—from Toledo, we were at Whalen Realty & ... (Read More)
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Skinner, Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner, Inc.
A New England collection formed in Nebraska speaks of love. The collection of Don and Marilyn Forke was gathered carefully and in meticulous detail over the last half century. They kept records of the objects they acquired: from whom, from where, and provenance, construction, ... (Read More)
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New Hampshire Antiques Show, Manchester, New Hampshire
Several weeks after Antiques Week in New Hampshire was finished, dealer Arthur Liverant succinctly summed it up: “It’s the womb of American antiques.”
Liverant, whose family business, Nathan Liverant & Son, Colchester, Connecticut, is approaching its 100th year selling antiques, set up for the 15th ... (Read More)
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Manchester, New Hampshire
Antiques In Manchester: The Collector’s Fair set up shop in the Sullivan Arena on the campus of St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, on August 7 and 8. This year was the eighth incarnation of the show, which continues to get better.
The 68-dealer show uses the tag ... (Read More)
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