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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.C.F.A. Voysey: Architect, Designer, Individualist by Anne Stewart O'Donnell (Pomegranate Communications, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fresh Venue, Good Smalls, and Some New Blood at Shaker Sale
The 5'8" long cherry drop-leaf dining table in original varnish finish, Hancock, Massachusetts, sold to a phone bidder for $44,480 (est. $25,000/35,000). The catalog gave its very detailed history. "Built for the space next to the dumbwaiter in the Dining Hall of the Brick Dwelling House," it "remained there until ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Executive Director at Corning Museum of Glass
Karol Wight, senior curator of antiquities at the Getty Villa and a specialist in Roman glass, was named the next executive director of the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York. Wight will succeed David Whitehouse, who has been executive director of the museum since 1999. Wight, who will ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Remember the Whitney Studio Club
Calvin S. Edwards with Governors Island in the distance, oil on canvas, 24" x 341/2". The two-masted schooner was built in 1860 at Dorchester, New Jersey, on the Delaware River side (see "Joseph B. Smith & Son, Marine Artists, and Their American Flag" by A.J. Peluso, Jr., M.A.D., March 2001, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Chestertown Show Changes Venue
The 48th Chestertown Antiques Show and Sale will relocate to Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. The venue change will allow more flexibility, increased size, and an opening reception. Housed for the past 20 years in the town's middle school, the show, held on Thanksgiving weekend, was limited to 31 exhibitors ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Allman Promotions Buys Florida Show
Judy and Steve Allman.Judy and Steve Allman, owners of Allman Promotions LLC/ Antiques Shows of Florida, have acquired the long-running Sunshine City Antiques & Collectibles Show in St. Petersburg from founders Susan and Rui Farias. Transfer of ownership takes effect immediately, and the Allmans will be in charge of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Horn Table Soars
According to the consignor, the 183/4" x 27" x 291/2" table was given to his grandfather, the mayor of Buffalo, by the governor of Texas in 1901. It sold for $90,000 (est. $30,000/50,000).When it closed on May 19 on iGavel (www.igavelauctions.com), a fancy horn-veneered and horn center table by Wenzel ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Two Folk Art Objects Stolen
The Just Folk Gallery in Summerland, California fell victim of a theft on May 20 at approximately 4:20 p.m. Missing from the Just Folk collection is a 9" x 9" x 2" mixed ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spring On-Site Auction
Landscape painter Edmund Darch Lewis (1835-1910) dated this robust and large (22" x 34") painting 1884. Signed on the lower left, it brought $5400. Sideli photo.This vivid and colorful painting by Antonio Cirino (Italian, 1889-1983) reflects the artist's Providence, Rhode Island, and Rockport, Massachusetts, influences. D & M Antiques, Rumford, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Some Great Stuff in New Brunswick Sales
There was a good selection of decoys at Bond's sale. Three decoys by Ralph Howlett of Saint John (one shown left) made $140; the whistler hen and drake went together at $525; and the black duck by Bert Burns of Rothesay, New Brunswick, fetched $120. Kevin Bond, April 16.This silver ... (Read More)
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