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(Auction)Four Days and $5.8 Million
This oil on canvas portrait of George Washington by Rembrandt Peale brought $130,350. Sisco photo.
This Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze image of Shadakshari Avalokitesvara, a primary representative of Buddhist compassion (“Lord of the Six Syllables”), brought $438,450.
This 14¾" diameter Ming Dynasty porcelain bowl brought $124,425. Sisco photo.
This relatively small (3" tall) Chinese ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gamage Kicks Off Maine's Auction Week
Andrew Wyeth’s sketch of his home on Benner Island, Maine, served as a preliminary study for his tempera painting Otherworld. The sketch, photo, and handwritten note together brought $14,375.
This little piggin went to market and brought home lots of bacon. This piggin form with the upright “lollipop” extended stave is ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Making Art Out of War: "Photography and the American Civil War"
Unknown artist, after an 1860 carte de visite by Mathew B. Brady (circa 1822-1896). Presidential campaign medal with portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin (Hamlin on reverse, not shown), 1860. Tintypes in stamped brass medallion. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, purchase, The Overbrook Foundation Gift, 2012 (2012.12). Image: © ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Vermont’s Bromley Mountain Show Moves, Changes Name
The Bromley Mountain Antiques Show is moving a few miles east on Route 11 to Magic Mountain base lodge in Londonderry, Vermont, and will now be known as the Magic Mountain Antiques Show.
The show is still part of Antiques Week in Vermont and will join four other shows—the Weston Antiques ... (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 Value of Art: Money, Power, Beauty by Michael Findlay (Prestel, 2012, 208 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Figure Out the Ending and Win a Free Lunch
Ann Smith of West Coast Antiques, Portland, Oregon, buys The Portland Payoff at a book signing at the July summer Expo Antiques Show.
Robin Williams, owner of Hampshire Antiques Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, has published a second novel, The Portland Payoff,whichfeatures dealers from Regency Antiques in Vancouver.
According to Williams, “This story ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Encryption
A mobile file encryption app.
Computer Column #297
by John P. Reid, E-mail: [email protected]
Most of us are careful to protect sensitive material on our desktop computers. A list of Internet passwords, business records, or banking information can be encrypted and password protected by most word processors including Microsoft Word and the free ... (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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(Auction Law and Ethics)Whose Blood?
Auction Law & Ethics
Auctioneers get excited when they have a chance to put “blood in the water” for an auction. This auctioneering expression refers to alerting prospective bidders that a seller is in trouble and must sell. The message has considerable drawing power, so it is important for bidders and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London
Ian McKay, [email protected]
As the summer season of London sales draws to a close, I find my “waiting for report” files bursting at the seams—as ever. Over the coming months, I will work through them, and forthcoming “Letters” will include lots of paintings and drawings, plenty of clocks, some good silver, ... (Read More)
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