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(Fragment)William Birch, Ingenious Artist
In celebration of the tenth anniversary of its Visual Culture Program, the Library Company of Philadelphia has mounted an exhibition, William Birch, Ingenious Artist: His Life, His Philadelphia Views, and His Legacy, and will hold a one-day symposium on October 5, “William Birch and the Complexities of American Visual Culture.”
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(Fragment)The Wyeth Experience: A Series of Special Tours
The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, is offering a special series of tours, “The Wyeth Experience.” These three-hour tours include the museum’s Wyeth Center and the Olson House in Cushing, where Andrew Wyeth painted for three decades. Tours will take place Friday and Saturday mornings throughout July, August, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana and Paintings
Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred’s
A summer auction on Cape Cod is a more than acceptable way to pass an afternoon. Over the course of three days, August 1-3, under a green and white striped tent in East Dennis, Massachusetts, Eldred’s sold nearly 1400 lots of Americana objects and paintings. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)TEFAF and Artvest Separate
In 2016 TEFAF (The European Fine Art Foundation) expanded into the United States, a move facilitated by Artvest, owned by Michael Plummer and Jeff Rabin, via a two-year management services agreement with TEFAF New York. The TEFAF New York Fall show was launched in October 2016, and TEFAF New York ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Lollipop Tree Turns Sour
Contemporary artist Wayne Thiebaud, almost 100 years old, personally confirmed in February 2018 that he painted a million-dollar picture. Three months later, Thiebaud retracted that claim. Now the buyer wants his money back, and the whole matter has landed in court.
Lollipop Tree sold for $1,080,000 at Nadeau’s Auction Gallery on ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Books Received, August 2018
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.
Biographies of Western Photographers: A Reference Guide to Photographers Working in the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)What’s It Worth? Celebrates Four-Year Anniversary
Mike Ivankovich’s What’s It Worth? radio show on WBCB 1490 AM celebrated its fourth anniversary on July 13. Since July 2014 Ivankovich has hosted 200-plus shows featuring a wide variety of local, regional, and national guests, including authors, auctioneers, editors, columnists, and experts. The show’s focus is antiques and collectibles, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Four Antiques Dealers Charged with Illegal Sales
Four Hudson, New York, antiques store owners were charged with felonies on June 26 in connection with the illegal sale of ivory.
Acting on a tip and supporting an ongoing statewide effort to combat the illegal sale of endangered and threatened species products in New York, investigators with the New York ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Newport Show
The Newport Show, Middletown, Rhode Island
With a shortened name and abbreviated selling time, The Newport Show’s 12th edition offered “antiques, art, & exquisite objects” July 28 and 29. Gone was the label “antiques” from the show’s name, and the length of the show was reduced by a day.
James and Nancy ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Six Tattoo Flash Art Sheets Bring Combined $41,375
Six early American original tattoo flash art sheets attributed to Charlie Wagner and Sam O’Reilly sold for a combined $41,375 (includes buyers’ premiums) at Ripley Auctions in Indianapolis, Indiana, on July 28. The top-selling sheet finished at $11,250.
According to the auction house, the six sheets were found in the bottom ... (Read More)
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