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(Auction)American Paintings
Georgia O’Keeffe, Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, oil on canvas, 48" x 40", painted in 1932, sold on the phone for $44,405,000 (est. $10,000,000/ 15,000,000) to benefit the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum’s acquisition fund. This iconic painting is a closeup of a delicate flower made monumental, filling the canvas, and is ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rare Bellows Tops the Bonhams American Art Auction
Edward Henry Potthast (1857-1927), The Red Bonnet, oil on canvas, 20" x 15", sold on the phone for $149,000 (est. $100,000/150,000). The catalog notes reveal that “aside from a few self portraits and portraits of friends, solitary figures are not common in Potthast’s oeuvre.”
Several phone bidders competed for this untitled ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings at Christie's
Study for Dinner for Threshers by Grant Wood (1891-1942), charcoal, pencil, and chalk on brown paper laid down on paper, 18" x 72", executed in 1934, was sold for $1,565,000 (est. $1.5/2.5 million), a record for a work on paper by the artist. It’s a study for the finished painting ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Sporting Art Auction Brings Bounty
The Horse Race, N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945), oil on canvas, 40¼" x 32¼", an illustration for James Boyd’s novel Drums, earned $488,750 (est. $550,000/650,000) after the auction. The painting was for the passage “Cursing and whipping like a madman, the scarlet jockey drew up on the turn, hung knee to knee, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
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 Web site ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)John M. Hess Auction Service and Conestoga Auction Company Join Forces
Two large auction companies—John M. Hess Auction Service and Conestoga Auction Company, both based in Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania—recently entered into a joint venture, joining forces, yet will remain under each existing company’s banner.
“It was just finalized on Friday,” said Jeff DeHart, president of Conestoga. “The merger seemed like a ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Web Site Editing on Mobiles and Tablets
The beginnings of a Web page composed on a tablet computer.
Computer Column #312
John P. Reid, [email protected]
Many things that used to be done on computers can be done today on tablets and sometimes smartphones. Creating and editing Web sites are among these. Editing is done through tools that actually exist only ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Furniture Restorers Charged with Scams in the West
Parker County Sheriff’s Sgt. Randy Branum inventories one of three storage units filled with stolen antique furniture.
Over the last several months, police in communities in Texas and Colorado reported several incidents of fraud and theft by furniture restorers and refinishers.
Parker County, Texas, sheriff’s office investigators received at least 11 complaints ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
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 mail-order house is the place to look.
Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens, 1700-1850 by Linda Eaton (The ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Four Centuries of Quilts
A Book Review
Four Centuries of Quilts: The Colonial Williamsburg Collection
by Linda Baumgarten and Kimberly Smith Ivey
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, in association with Yale University Press, 2014, 368 pages, hardbound, $75 plus S/H from the Colonial Williamsburg, (757) 565-8450 or (www.history.org/Publications/books/index.cfm), or from Yale University Press, (800) 405-1619 or (http://yalepress.yale.edu).
Two textile ... (Read More)
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