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(Auction)A Surprise Conclusion to the Americana Sale at Mebane
Mebane Antique Auction Gallery, Mebane, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Mebane Antique Auction Gallery
Fans of Jon Lambert’s sales know that if it’s Friday, there is an auction at his spacious gallery in Mebane, North Carolina. The first Friday of December, however, is special. It’s the date of Lambert’s annual Americana and Continental ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Writings in Honor of Jonathan Fairbanks
A Book Review
This book is a festschrift, a collection of writings published in honor of Jonathan Fairbanks on the occasion of his retirement after a five-year stint as director of the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts. Fairbanks, whose career was spent at major institutions such as Winterthur, the Museum ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Watch for Work by Childs
Photos courtesy Anne Childs
Anne Childs of Little Rock, Arkansas, is a talented and popular contemporary folk artist. Her watercolors—done in a folky Americana style—are so good that unscrupulous people have removed her signature monogram and put her work in the marketplace, leaving no indication that it is new work and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Original Plaza Hotel Portrait of Eloise Sells for $100,000
On December 5, 2018, Hilary Knight’s original Plaza Hotel portrait of fictional character Eloise sold for $100,000 (includes buyer’s premium) at Bonhams in New York City. The estimate was $100,000/150,000.
Portrait of Eloise, tempera on board, 54" x 37", inscribed by the artist in paint lower right, “For Kay / on her birthday/ ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tradition & Innovation Plus Art & Design
Toomey & Co., Oak Park, Illinois
Photos courtesy Toomey & Co.
When John Toomey and a youthful staff led by his daughter Lucy Toomey as chief executive officer set about rebranding his newly renamed and configured Toomey & Co. gallery, they wasted no time. As a result, clients who wondered what the ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)New Horizons
Computer Column #359
The world of antiques covers many areas, and no one can be an expert in them all. Sometimes antiquers will want to expand their horizons and enter a new area. The computer, the Internet, and search engines are tools for gaining an initial picture of this new world. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Curiouser and Curiouser
Rago Arts, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago Arts
After a fairly successful sale in October 2017 christened “Curiouser and Curiouser,” Miriam Tucker, a partner in Rago Arts, teamed up again with New York City Outsider art dealer Marion Harris for their second foray into an emerging category at auction, selling self-taught ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Gemmy Gifts, Engagement Rings, a Curated Collection, and More
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Rago Arts & Auction Center’s sale of fine jewelry on December 2, 2018, in Lambertville, New Jersey, offered 636 lots and realized a total of $2,105,313. The auction was preceded by a November 30 unreserved online jewelry sale of 467 lots that brought $298,175.
The top lot of ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)European Porcelain in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
A Book Review
With all the new research on early 18th-century attempts to make porcelain in America, this new book that tells the story of porcelain production in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries in Europe is timely. The author, Jeffrey Munger, is a former curator in the department of European ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Books Received, December 2018
Books Received
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or online orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or a mail-order house is the place to look.
Frederic Church’s Olana on the Hudson: Art Landscape Architecture, edited by ... (Read More)
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