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While some museums and historical societies are merging, two leading decorative arts institutions in the South are embarking on a new partnership. The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) in Old Salem, North Carolina, have entered into a five-year agreement ... (Read More)
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Sharon Lacasse of West Barnstable, Massachusetts, owner of Sharon Lacasse Antiques, has been elected vice president of the nationwide Wallace Nutting Collectors Club. Lacasse has been an active member of the club for 25 years and a trustee for the past ten years. Although she is a general antiques ... (Read More)
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Opinion
If you have been thinking about expanding your collecting interests, maybe now would be a good time to start buying good antique glass, some collectors suggest.
Remember when the stock market was down, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 11,000, friends said to invest, but you had cold feet? The ... (Read More)
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Editorial
A letter to the editor in the June issue of M.A.D. from collector Baron Perlman, drawing attention to the opening hours of the Midweek Antiques Show in Concord, New Hampshire, and Antiques in Manchester on August 7, has generated plenty of controversy, judging from the reaction we've gotten here.
In 2012, ... (Read More)
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Lewis Scranton of Killingworth, Connecticut, said he found this wicker carriage in a corn crib recently and described it as being in "unbelievable" condition. His under-$600 asking price was nearly unbelievable too.
Quiet Corner Antiques, Sterling, Connecticut, showed some traditional country Americana. The stretcher-base one-drawer table in red paint was $3500. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Friends Forever by Demetre Chiparus (Rumanian, 1886-1947) is a 25" tall (including base) bronze and ivory sculpture on textured marble. It is signed and has a foundry mark of "L.N. Paris J.L." It brought $60,000.
Coucher de soleil sur la mer (Italie) by Ivan Federovitch Choultse (Russian, 1874-1937) is 171/2" square ... (Read More)
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French Opera House, New Orleans by William Woodward (1859-1939) is a vivid Raffaelli crayon sketch on board, 131/2" x 91/2", and was the top lot of the sale, going to a collector in the room who won against the phones. The final price was $95,600, well above its conservative $18,000/25,000 ... (Read More)
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Paint-decorated trunk in yellow and green floral and geometric designs, $16,100. Gould photo.
Tiny two-fingered and red-painted Shaker box, $10,350. Gould photo.
Bidders loved the pristine original surface on this 16" x 143/4" checkerboard with a blue and white playing field ringed with black and red pinstriping. They chased it all the ... (Read More)
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The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association announced on July 11 that it exceeded an ambitious $100 million capital campaign goal. The association raised more than $106 million in just over three years to build and support the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington.
Located just outside the ... (Read More)
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Matthew Taylor, who sold paintings stolen from a Los Angeles art gallery and took elaborate steps to avoid paying taxes over several years, was sentenced on July 11 to 90 months in federal prison for the art-related and tax offenses.
United States District Judge John A. Kronstadt ordered Taylor, 45, of ... (Read More)
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