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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, June 2019
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and website for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fresh Wyeth Sells for $203,150
At its May 18 and 19 auction, Simpson Galleries, Houston, Texas, sold a fresh-to-market Andrew Wyeth watercolor for $203,150 (includes buyer’s premium), well above the estimate of $80,000/100,000.
The buyer was a private collector, underbid by a “prominent art dealer,” according to Mark Prendergast, director of consignments and marketing at Simpson ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ultra-Precise Time Is Money
Schmitt Horan & Co., Manchester, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Schmitt Horan & Co.
In 2004 when I attended a landmark Sotheby’s sale, “Masterpieces from the Time Museum,” one deep-pocket bidder was unknown to the horological experts crowding the room. He grabbed many of the top lots and was identified as Cameel Halim, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Silver Stash at Tremont
Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Tremont Auctions
Eighteenth-century Colonial American silver attracted significant interest at the May 19 sale of Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts. Works by Colonial silversmiths such as Jacob Hurd, Paul Revere Jr., and Peter Van Dyck were offered. A silver tankard by Hurd made $13,090 (including buyer’s premium). ... (Read More)
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(Show)Worth the Hunt
Virginia Pickers Festival, Glen Allen, Virginia
About six months ago we visited a start-up antiques show in Glen Allen, Virginia. At that time it was dubbed the Virginia Pickers Antique & Collectors Show. The second edition of the show was held the weekend of May 17 and 18. The show has ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Grievo Collection of Native American Art
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner, Inc.
As he opened the May 18 auction of Mr. and Mrs. James Grievo’s collection of Native American art in the Boston gallery, Skinner chairman and auctioneer Stephen L. Fletcher described collectors Jim and Sheryl Grievo as “considered buyers” who bought carefully. Their collection represented ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Penn Dry Goods Market
Pennsburg, Pennsylvania
The Penn Dry Goods Market at the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, gets better every year. May 17 and 18 was the seventh annual Penn Dry Goods show and sale with seminars planned by Kathy Lesieur and Candace Perry, a formidable team who never seem to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Egyptian Queen by Frank Frazetta Brings $5.4 Million
The 1969 fantasy painting Egyptian Queen by Frank Frazetta (1928-2010) sold for a world record $5,400,000 (with buyer’s premium) on May 16 at an auction of vintage comic books and comic art held by Heritage Auctions in Chicago, Illinois. The price is a record for original comic book art sold ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)“Supernova” Gold Coin Brings $282,000
A rare U.S. gold coin struck at the San Francisco Mint in 1857 and recovered five years ago from a shipwreck sold for $282,000 (with buyer’s premium) on May 16 in New Orleans at an auction conducted by Legend Rare Coin Auctions, Lincroft, New Jersey. According to the auction house, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Changes Are Coming at Fishersville
Shenandoah Antiques Expo, Fishersville, Virginia
The semiannual Shenandoah Antiques Expo was held May 10 and 11 at the Augusta Expo complex in Fishersville, Virginia. This was the 64th edition of the show, which is produced, promoted, and managed by Heritage Promotions, Lynchburg, Virginia. Over the years, regular visitors to the Fishersville ... (Read More)
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