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Burton Antiques Market Thrives in Its 55th Season
by Susan Emerson Nutter

Burton, Ohio The weather: no one likes to talk about it, but everyone does where shows held outside are concerned. The Burton Antiques Market, held twice a year at the Geauga County Fairgrounds in Burton, Ohio, lives and dies by the weather, and it isn’t just a topic of rain or ... (Read More)

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The "Lamb," a Rare Medal, and an Expensive Parrot
by Don Johnson

Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio Photos courtesy Cowan’s Auctions The best items performed a bit of a balancing act during the American history sale held by Cowan’s Auctions in Cincinnati on June 10. On one side of the scale, the auction’s most anticipated lot, a presentation sword and archive of Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, ... (Read More)

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Rudolph Lux: Some Very Bad News but Some Good News, Too
by A. J. Peluso, Jr.

After publication in the September 2015 Maine Antique Digest of the article “There Was No One Like Rudolph T. Lux, Ever,” readers and friends have provided new facts, which this article incorporates. For example, the morning edition of the New Orleans Republican of July 14, 1868, reported the following: “Attempted Assassination. ... (Read More)

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Ceramics in America
by Lita Solis-Cohen

A Book Review Ceramics in America, edited by Robert Hunter. The Chipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England, 2015, 216 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from University Press of New England, (800) 421-1561 or (www.upne.com). Ceramics in America is the annual Chipstone journal intended for collectors, historical archaeologists, curators, dealers ... (Read More)

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Computer-Aided Design
by John P. Reid

Computer Column #330  John P. Reid, < [email protected]> Antiquers occasionally need drawings or plans. Instruction to a woodworker for making a replacement part for furniture restoration is one example. A three-dimensional layout for a show booth is another. Many Tools Computer-aided design (CAD) has been a major software tool in manufacturing and construction industries ... (Read More)

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Picasso, Allegedly Stolen--Hidden in Plain Sight
by M.A.D. staff

The buyer did his homework but could end up holding the bag, a bag that costs $500,000. On May 7, 2013, Sotheby’s offered a 14" x 7½" oil on canvas by Pablo Picasso, Tête (Portrait de Marie-Thérèse), estimated at $700,000/900,000. The catalog listed the provenance as Knoedler Gallery, Laurence Tisch, and ... (Read More)

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Wyeth: The Art of Timeless Design
by Julie Schlenger Adell

Sotheby’s, New York City Photos courtesy Sotheby’s Sotheby’s held a dedicated sale of just over 200 lots of 20th- and 21st-century furniture and design objects that were amassed by dealer John Birch of the store Wyeth in downtown New York City. It took place the afternoon after Sotheby’s design auction session in ... (Read More)

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Americana in Southern California
by Alice Kaufman

Bonhams, Los Angeles Photos courtesy Bonhams All prices include buyer’s premium Brooke Sivo, who is the specialist for American furniture and decorative arts for Bonhams in Los Angeles, said he was pleased with the results from the June 7 and 8 auction, titled The Elegant Home. The auction offered “a broad spectrum of ... (Read More)

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Native American Art at Auction
by Alice Kaufman

Bonhams, San Francisco Photos courtesy Bonhams “The market has been suffering in some areas,” said Jim Haas, the Native American art specialist at Bonhams, while discussing his June 6 and 7 auction in San Francisco. These areas he mentioned include historic pottery, weavings (“classic blankets and serapes”), and California baskets (“but not ... (Read More)

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A Long and Winding Road
by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond

The Young Collector There are people you like and people you love. For people you like, you return calls, pick up their mail every now and then when they’re out of town, send them a card at the holidays, and like their photos on Facebook. For people you love, well, you ... (Read More)
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