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(Issue Story)An Ohio Childhood: 200 Years of Growing Up
At the landing of the stairwell on the second floor of the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, past three brightly colored kites that seem to lead the way, visitors step into An Ohio Childhood: 200 Years of Growing Up. Curators Andrew Richmond and Hollie Davis, known to Maine Antique Digest ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Producing an E-Book
Computer Column #336
John P. Reid, e-mail: [email protected]
Let’s write a book. Book writing, publishing, and marketing has drastically changed since the arrival of the computer, word processors, the Internet, and online selling. Antiques dealers and auctioneers produce catalogs as books. Books about antiques are written by knowledgeable collectors and dealers.
Eight of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Record for Canadian Work at Auction
On November 23, 2016, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, Toronto, Ontario, sold Lawren Harris’s Mountain Forms for $11,210,000 ($8,330,180 U.S.) and set a new auction record for a Canadian work of art. The buyer was not identified. The price, which included the buyer’s premium, more than doubled the previous art ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Calendar of Rare Canadian Antiques
The Bytown Antique and Bottle Club (BABC) of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada has published a 2017 calendar in celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday. The 32-page calendar features color photographs of rare Canadian antiques from local Ottawa collections, some of which have never been published before. Many of the antiques featured in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Hands Up!" Goes Way Up
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
Christie’s made a big bang with N.C. Wyeth’s “Hands Up!” when it sold for $4,951,500 (with buyer’s premium) at its American art sale on the morning of November 22, 2016. It established a world auction record for the artist.
The top lot of the sale, setting ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art Sale
Bonhams, New York City
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Bonhams was the last of the auction houses to hold its American art sale right before the Thanksgiving break. Coming at the end of an event-filled week, the Tuesday afternoon auction on November 22, 2016, saw some competitive and active bidding in the salesroom.
“It felt ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Kenos Fail to Honor Settlement with Kamelot
Update: This suit and all others have been settled and dismissed. "Kamelot has received payment in full," said attorney Anthony Gallia. For more: http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/news/kenos-resolve-all-legal-matters
On October 11 lawyers for Kamelot Auction House in Philadelphia filed papers in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia charging that appraisers and dealers Leigh and Leslie ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, December 2016
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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(Auction)California and Western Art
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
All prices include the buyer’s premium.
“There still seem to be plenty of buyers,” said California paintings specialist Scot Levitt after his November 21, 2016, auction at Bonhams, Los Angeles. (The sale was also simulcast in San Francisco.) “They bid online, on the telephone, and in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sotheby's American Art
New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
There were about 75 people in the salesroom at Sotheby’s on November 21, 2016, for the American art sale. Buoyed by glasses of champagne and white wine, the crowd gathered a little before the 4 p.m. auction to chat about the state of the art market, ... (Read More)
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