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(Auction)It's a Bidding "Three-for-All"
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries is expanding its regular schedule of four major auctions per year from two days apiece to three. One session will present Maine artists, both past and present. The rest of the added days will be focused on collections. As the company's ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Jewelry and a Cache of Feininger Works
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
When Lucy Grogan took the podium at the start of the jewelry portion of the sale at Grogan & Company's spring auction held on June 3 in the Boston gallery, vacant seats filled quickly. She began with a gold pendant necklace by Greek goldsmith Ilias Lalaounis ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art and Design Auction
Treadway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Treadway Gallery
In large part, it was business as usual when Treadway Gallery held its art and design auction on June 3 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Then again, not really. The day marked a new era for Don Treadway, who founded the auction arm of his company ... (Read More)
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(Show)Objects of Desire
Wilton, Connecticut
A new show with a new concept was held in Wilton, Connecticut, the first weekend of June. Under the helm of Karen DiSaia of DiSaia Management, Old Lyme, Connecticut, Objects of Desire: Style for the Garden and Home featured 26 dealers who brought antique, vintage, mid-century, and contemporary offerings ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Heartland Antique Show
Richmond, Indiana
Of the things normally scribbled into a reporter's notebook, there are these: 100 dealers from 20 states. Twenty-ninth year. Strong sales of smalls across the floor. Spotty movement of furniture. A good gate that resulted in overflow parking.
Three terns, carved and painted wood, mid-20th century, New England, $195 the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Antiques Week on the Potomac
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company kicked off summer with an ambitious four-session catalog auction of antiques, fine arts, jewelry, and specialty collections. During the first week of June, nearly 1600 lots crossed the block. The week began on June 2, with a live sale ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Moravian Flask Brings $28,600
A 6 5/8" tall Moravian pottery flask in the form of a woman wearing a green dress and holding a flower sold for $28,600 (includes buyer's premium) on June 2 at Kennedy's Auction Service's sale in Selmer, Tennessee, of the Carl Smith estate. The circa 1811 piece is thought to ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Pottery Industry in Southeastern Massachusetts
The red earthenware manufactured in Bristol County, Massachusetts, in the 18th and 19th centuries has been desired for at least a century now by collectors, dealers, and museums. A combination of factors have contributed to this infatuation, including the refinement of the production, the color of the glazes, and the ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)The Art of the Peales
A Book Review
The Art of the Peales in the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Adaptations and Innovations by ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter From London, June 2018
Letter from London
The really big money went on pictures, notably some "Orientalist" paintings and a newly discovered example of canine portraiture, but the most expensive single piece featured in this month's "Letter" is an exceptionally rare Leica camera-though it was actually sold in Vienna, not London.
This month's most pictorial piece ... (Read More)
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