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(Show)Antiques in the Valley
The paint-decorated bed (against the wall in back), all original and complete with side rails, was $1450 from Raccoon Creek Antiques, Oley, Pennsylvania. The early 19th-century banister-back day bed from New Jersey was $2400, and the folk art cradle, $1250. In the cradle, the lithographed cloth cats cost $175 each, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Strengthens Ivory Law
New York Assemblyman Robert Sweeney, chairman of the Environmental Conservation Committee, said on June 18 that an agreement has been reached to restrict the market in New York for ivory articles and rhinoceros horns. The bill prohibits transactions involving these materials with very limited exceptions and increases the criminal and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rhode Island Auction
The New England Queen Anne highboy, circa 1760, went for $7200.
John Howard Benson’s drawing of the courthouse in Newport sold for $3600.
The Massachusetts Chippendale chest sold for $5400 to the trade.
Two Chinese export porcelain garden seats fetched $4800.
Boston artist William Edward Norton’s ship’s portrait sold for $4800.
An early pair of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Early Cropsey Painting Discovered
Photo courtesy Freeman’s.
Not every American painting is sold in American paintings sales. Lot 110 in Freeman’s “European Art and Old Masters” sale on June 17 in Philadelphia was cataloged as “British School (19th Century) ‘Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, England,’ located verso, 22" x 34", oil on canvas laid to panel.” The ... (Read More)
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(Feature)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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(Issue Story)The Keys to a Revolution
The three Bastille keys.
Jean-Pierre Houel (1735-1813), Vue d’un cachot de la Bastille à l’instant où lon délivre les prisonniers, journée du July 14, 1789, à 5 heures du soir (View of a cell in the Bastille at the moment of releasing prisoners the day of July 14, 1789). Paris, Musée ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)MESDA Journal Article Reveals Tennessee’s Earliest Documented Cabinetmaker
Corner cupboard by Moses Crawford, 1790-1800, Knox County, Tennessee. Walnut with yellow pine and tulip poplar; 101¼" x 56½" x 23½". Collection of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), Acc. 5422.
The identity of Tennessee’s earliest known cabinetmaker, documented in the region at least 20 years before statehood, has ... (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.
Start with a House: Finish with a Collection by Leslie Anne Miller, with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Colby College Museum of Art to Present Bernard Langlais Retrospective
Bernard Langlais, Around Four, 1959-62, painted wood, 72" x 48" x 2". The Bernard Langlais Collection, Gift of Helen Friend Langlais.
This summer, the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine, will present a scholarly retrospective of the work of the artist Bernard Langlais, whose estate Colby College received as ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Pictures and Music
A picture being cropped and edited on the tablet computer on which it was taken.
Computer Column #307
John P. Reid, [email protected]
Photo Editing
Good pictures sell good antiques whether on line, in a catalog, or in person. Last month we suggested ways to prevent camera shake when pictures are taken with a tablet ... (Read More)
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