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The Harry Hartman Collection, Part II
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Conestoga Auction Company, Manheim, Pennsylvania Photos courtesy Conestoga Auction Company At the second part of the Harry Hartman estate sale at Conestoga Auction Company, part of the Hess Auction Group, in Manheim Pennsylvania, on August 14 and 15, a 4" high kugel in the form of a blue ribbed pear sold on ... (Read More)

(Computer Article)

Tips for Touchscreens
by John P. Reid

Touchscreen artificial nails are shown laid on a smartphone. The ridge seen on the middle one completes the electrical circuit between the artificial nail tip and the user’s cuticle. Computer Column #320 John Reid, <[email protected]> Most of us are multilingual and may not realize it. Versatile musicians know that the fingering is different ... (Read More)

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Father, Son, and Daughter Plead Guilty in Fake Peter Max Case
by M.A.D. Staff

  From left: Leslie Roberts (left) and his wife, Silvia, with Peter Max when Max in the Grove opened in 2009. Photo courtesy Coconut Grove Grapevine. It was a family affair. Miami, Florida, gallery owner, Leslie Roberts Jr., pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of mail fraud and was sentenced on ... (Read More)

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Winterthur Scientist Helps Team Discovering Why Matisse's Brilliant Yellow Is Fading
by M.A.D. Staff

An international team of scientists that includes Winterthur Museum’s senior scientist Jennifer Mass, Ph.D., has announced new findings on why a bright yellow pigment favored a century ago by master artists such as Henri Matisse fades to a drab beige. The study, published in the June 2015 issue of Applied ... (Read More)

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The Maine Antiques Festival: 34 Years and Counting
by Mark Sisco

Union, Maine The gravitational tug of the Maine Antiques Festival in Union, Maine, held this year from August 7 through 9, pulls in dealers from across the country and Canada. And like planets orbiting the sun, sales and mini-flea markets spring up alongside the roads to the fairgrounds, hoping to distract ... (Read More)

(Auction)

Ellie Hoover Walker Collection Buoys Auction
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

Skinner, Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts Massachusetts native Ellie Hoover Walker (1924-2015) began collecting and dealing in antiques in Ohio in the 1950s. She specialized in New England and Pennsylvania Dutch antiques, and over the years refined her collection to the point that when it came to market at Skinner’s August 9 sale ... (Read More)

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Westmoreland Museum of American Art Honors Richard M. Scaife
by M.A.D. Staff

The board of trustees of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, recently voted unanimously to rename the director/CEO position held by Judith O’Toole as the Richard M. Scaife Director/CEO. A 2005 recipient of the museum’s Westmoreland Society Gold Medal as “Distinguished Patron,” Scaife supported the museum during his ... (Read More)

(Young Collectors)

Prioritizing Change
by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond

The Young Collector We all know about opinions. As the old saying goes, opinions are like dirty socks. Everyone has them, and they all stink. Turns out, we seem to feel the same about priorities, which makes sense because priorities are a more visible reflection of opinions, opinions in action, if ... (Read More)

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The New Hampshire Dealers Association Show, 2105
by Lita Solis-Cohen

This Pennsylvania schoolhouse quilt in fine unwashed condition, circa 1890, was $5950 from Richard Axtell of Deposit, New York. It sold and was replaced at the show with a similar one. This mahogany chest of drawers, made in coastal New Hampshire, 1800-10, is by an unidentified maker whose works are in ... (Read More)

(Book Review)

Books Received
by M.A.D. Staff

These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or a mail-order house is the place to look.   Homes Down East: Classic Maine Coastal Cottages and Town Houses by Earle ... (Read More)
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