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(Auction)Carl Nordblom Hauls in "Just Under a Million Dollars"
Carl Nordblom said this 92" high cherry highboy was the best bonnet-top he'd ever had, and it was a beauty, with great carved details on the rosettes and webbed ball-and-claw feet. A Cambridge, Massachusetts, venture capitalist scooped it up for $43,290.This appeared to be the most desirable of an eight-poster ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Auction Reserves: Should They Remain Secret?
by Daniel GrantTransparency, said Greg Rohan, president of the Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, "has been a big factor in our growth and in the very significant increase in the number of bidders participating in our various sales." That growth has been significant. Heritage earned $806 million last year, a 19% increase ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Book Review: The Jewelry and Metalwork of Marie Zimmermann
by Lita Solis-CohenThe Jewelry and Metalwork of Marie Zimmermannby Deborah Dependahl Waters, Joseph Cunningham, and Bruce BarnesAmerican Decorative Art 1900 Foundation and Yale University Press, 2011, 384 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from Yale University Press, (http://yalepress.yale.edu) or (203) 432-0960.Any museum looking for an exhibition focusing on masterworks by a ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Folk Tales: 1stdibs Live during Americana Week
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(Show)The Metro Show NYC
Tumbling Blocks doll quilt in red, white, and blue, $8500 from Jeff Bridgman.Elijah Pierce, Dragon, $9450 from Just Folk.Stella Rubin of Darnestown, Maryland, asked $8500 for this Japanese quilt of hand-dyed indigo fabrics made in the 19th century.This squirrel weathervane, a rare form, was $250,000 from HL Chalfant. There are ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Christie's
Cherry-wood bonnet-top high chest of drawers, possibly by Calvin Willey (1769-after 1831), Colchester area, Connecticut, and Lenox, Massachu-setts, 1780-95. It has its original finials, appears to retain its original brasses, and measures 83" high x 401/2" wide x 21" deep. It came from the Wunsch Americana Foundation via Bernard and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Landau Pleads Guilty to Massive Historical Document Theft
On February 7, 2012, 63-year-old Barry Landau pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom in Baltimore, Maryland, to what may be the largest-ever theft of historical documents relating to the office of president of the United States.In his plea agreement Landau admitted taking historical documents from museums in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New ... (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.Arts & Crafts of the Native American Tribes by Michael Johnson ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spitler Decorated Chest Rules at Laughlin
Without question, this blanket chest was the main event of the day. The chest is attributed to Johannes Spitler and dates 1795-1810. The piece has a well-documented provenance, and there is little doubt that it is a Spitler-decorated chest. The chest is constructed of yellow pine and measures 29" x ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Half-Baked
In February, Maine legislators rejected a proposed law that would have required voters to show photo identification in order to cast ballots at the polls. Acompelling argument from the non-photo ID side was the lack of evidence of any widespread voter fraud. It made no sense to enact a law ... (Read More)
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