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(Auction)Late Summer and Early Fall Treasures in New Brunswick
Great form on this early 19th-century kitchen cupboard, but it had been overpainted many times, which kept it at $500. Bond.This table was attributed to Thomas Nisbet, and few would disagree with that attribution. It was in rough condition with a number of alterations, but great form and details lifted ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Boone Provenance Strong Enough to Sell Cupboard at Estate Sale
The Squire Boone corner cupboard, with a date and misspelled signature inside a lower door, sold for $35,000. The cupboard stayed in Corydon. Tree at Edge of Big Indian Creek, a Harrison County landscape, the best of three paintings by Sidney Crosier, oil on board, 12" x 18", $1500.First State Capitol ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)ArtBanc to Launch On-line Trading Platform
by Daniel GrantEvery year, January 1 brings promises of diets and better behavior, but this upcoming new year offers a new on-line "trading platform" for art collectors and sellers that will be set up jointly by the Dallas, Texas-based ArtBanc International and the fine art insurance company Huntington T. Block, ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese 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.Mt. Washington and Pairpoint Glass: Volume Two by Kenneth M. Wilson ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The National Academy Museum and School Gets an Artful Renovation
The National Academy Museum, which is at the peak of Manhattan's Museum Mile, is housed in a circa 1901 six-story Beaux Arts townhouse designed by architects Turner & Killian. The museum and its adjoining school have recently undergone a $3.5 million renovation.An American Collection is the first rotation of a ... (Read More)
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(Show)Madison-Bouckville Antique Week
A pair of matching bow-back Windsor chairs in very good condition was $1650 from Emele's Antiques, Dublin, Pennsylvania.Antique sporting gear was among the offerings of Thor Konwin of Brandon, Vermont.Barry Ezrin of Moffat, Ontario, was showing an early and rare candle mold that had ceramic tubes. It was all in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Cache of Anna Pottery Auctioned
Anna Pottery pig flask, Albany slip glaze, with a caricature of Horace Greeley looking at a hat set up as a rabbit trap with a paddle trigger labeled "Presidency," the hat lettered "Who ever says this is a trap is a liar," 8¼" long, excellent condition, $25,875.Anna Pottery snake jug ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiny Calder Stabile Is Giant at Art Sale
Shoe with Split Heel by Alexander Calder (1898-1976), 1946, 4½" x 3 3/8" x 2¼", an unsigned painted sheet metal stabile that had been in a private Massachusetts collection since 1967, sold to the trade for $148,125 (est. $30,000/ 50,000). It was the top lot of the sale.Jeune fille assise ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Vermont Cabin Fever Show Changes Hands and Date
Jim Dunn, longtime promoter of the Cabin Fever show in Quechee, Vermont, has sold the show. The new owner, dealer Greg Hamilton of Vergennes, Vermont, said he plans no changes, except the show's new date will be Saturday, February 18, to coincide with Presidents' Day weekend."The usual mix of country, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Casting Call
Boston Casting is holding nationwide auditions for treasure-seeking antiques and collectibles professionals for a new television program from the producers of the PBS series Antiques Roadshow."We're looking beyond the amateur-weekend-flea-market hobbyists for those who really know their stuff," said Boston Casting owner Angela Peri. "We want to cast real pros ... (Read More)
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