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(Auction)Quinn & Farmer Sale Tops $1Million
The high lot of the sale was this pair of Chinese square stools. The stools, 17th/18th century, are constructed of huanghuali, a member of the rosewood family, long associated with fine Chinese furniture. The stools exhibit a square seat frame with an ice-plate or floating edge with a soft mat ... (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 website for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Furor Causes Rago to Withdraw Japanese Internment Camp Objects
Two of the lots pulled from the sale. The oil on canvas by Estelle Peck Ishigo (1899-1990) depicts "disloyal" Japanese Americans leaving Heart Mountain for Tule Lake, California, at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, September 21, 1943. Signed, it measures 20" x 24". The chair was handcrafted of scrap lumber and kobu ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act
When state legislators passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in Indiana, the immediate firestorm of outcry burned all the way down to the antiques industry. Promoter Jon Jenkins felt the heat.
Among other shows, Jenkins manages the monthly Indie Arts & Vintage Marketplace in Indianapolis. Because of RFRA, he immediately ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Oglebay Institute's 61st Annual Antiques Show & Sale
Rick Fleshman of Fleshman's Antiques leans on an Empire tiger and burl maple server featuring its original swirl glass handles. It was priced at $2150.
Langhorne, Pennsylvania, dealer Linda Grier, who offered formal and primitive country items, put this pair of 19th-century settle benches with mortised construction smack in the middle ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tall-Case Clock Expands Scholarship in Lower Southern Piedmont
Note the fine reeded panels on this circa 1815 tall-case clock attributed to James Mattison, Anderson County, South Carolina. See article for the full story. Dealer Keith McCurry bought the Mattison clock for $22,800 (est. $4000/6000). It was the top lot of the sale.
Provenance was conspicuously displayed on the face ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Bedford Spring Antiques Show
A circa 1900 still life by Emile Godchaux (1860-1938) was available from David Brooker Fine Art, Southport, Connecticut. Brooker said he bought it at an estate sale in Larchmont, New York, and was asking $12,500 for the 45" x 35" oil.
These Chinese watercolors on pith paper of fruits and vegetables, ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Book and Ephemera Fair for NYC
The New York City Book and Ephemera Fair will have its debut on Saturday, April 11, at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola's Wallace Hall on Park Avenue. The fair will host more than 50 dealers and is designed as a satellite event of Rare Book Week, the annual spring ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)David McCullough Receives ADA Award of Merit 2015
David McCullough and Arthur Liverant.
America's best-known historian, David McCullough, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and winner of two National Book Awards, received the Antiques Dealers' Association of America (ADA) Award of Merit on Saturday evening, April 11, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It was the first time the ADA ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Prepare to Gather
Auction Law & Ethics
"Impatience can cause wise people to do foolish things."
Canadian author Janette Oke needed just nine words to explain why some of the biggest blunders are committed and to warn others that unrestrained enthusiasm can lead to the same mistakes. Impatience is seldom the right path for an ... (Read More)
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