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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)Ivory Law Introduced in New York; Sotheby’s and Christie’s Announce Opposition
Legislation to close New York state as a market for ivory sales to help prevent elephant extinction and to reduce funding sources for terrorists has been introduced by Assemblyman Robert K. Sweeney. The bill was passed 28-0 by the Environmental Conservation Committee.
Following a January hearing in New York City, legislation ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Witherell Buys Grass Valley Old West Antiques Show
Dealer Brian Witherell of Witherell’s Art and Antiques, Sacramento, California, has purchased the Grass Valley Old West Antiques Show from Mike and Sally Butler. It’s a homecoming of sorts. Witherell’s father, Brad, and two partners started the show in 1984. The Butlers bought it in 1999. The price was not ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Two Specialists Shine Light on the Antique Jewelry Market
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Two auctions in February offered prices from the low hundreds to a few hundred thousand dollars, in all manner of styles, and targeted those in the mood for finding a token of love for Valentine’s Day. Sotheby’s, New York City, held its February 6 sale of Important ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London
Ian McKay, [email protected]
With the Winter Olympics in Sochi in full flow as I write, something from the traditional, early year “Ski Sale” at Christie’s South Kensington had to be one option for this month’s selection, and for the big money lots, record breaking London sales of Impressionist and Modern pictures ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Show for Newtown
Barn Star Productions and the Newtown Historical Society will collaborate to produce the Newtown Antiques Market. The new one-day outdoor antiques show will be held on June 21 in Newtown, Connecticut, at the Fairfield Hills Campus facility and will present 100 exhibitors in an informal environment of tents and pop-up ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Two Philadelphia Institutions Name New Leaders
The Board of Councilors of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP) announced that Dr. Page Talbott was appointed president of the society, effective February 10, saying that “with more than 40 years of experience as a consultant to museums, libraries, historic sites, and nonprofits, Dr. Talbott was the clear choice ... (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.
The American West in Bronze: 1850-1925 by Thayer Tolles and Thomas Brent Smith ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Susanne Davino of Eustace & Zamus Antiques, Hudson, New York
Susanne Davino.
Davino’s shop at 513 Warren Street in Hudson. Before she took it over ten years ago, it was occupied by dealer Benjamin Wilson.
A partial interior view of the shop.
Davino carries a nice selection of porcelain. This is a sampling.
This maple tall chest with pad feet from Deerfield, Massachusetts, has ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Peter Lang Joins Doyle New York
Peter Lang has joined Doyle New York as a senior vice president and the director of English and Continental furniture and decorations. He will be the specialist in charge of auctions in that sale category and a senior appraiser for estates and collections.
Kathleen M. Doyle, chairperson/CEO of Doyle New York ... (Read More)
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