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(Auction)Two Maine Auctions
Refinished oak Hoosier cupboard, complete with all the "guts," including flour sifter, bin, and spice jars, $2310. Foster photo.Gorham sterling silver flatware, 53 troy ounces, $1705. Saco River photo.A 20" x 21" watercolor by late 20th-century Maine artist Peter Rolfe, dated 1975 and showing seagulls wheeling around a weathervane on ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Book Review: American Furniture 2010
A Book Reviewby Lita Solis-CohenAmerican Furniture 2010Edited by Luke BeckerditeThe Chipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England, 2010, 290 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from UPNE, (www.upne.com) or (800) 421-1561.American Furniture takes a yearly look at the latest research. It is where scholars in the field discuss ways ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Reading the American Market for Antique Scientific Instruments
Figure 1. Surveyor's compass, H.M. Pool, Easton, Massachusetts; note the two spirit levels placed at right angles for leveling. $402. The Auctioneers Group photo.Figure 2. Surveyor's compass, F.W. & R. King, Baltimore, Maryland; note the brass cover and mount. $1035. The Auctioneers Group photos.Figure 2A. Signed dial of Figure 2.Figure ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gold Gets the Silver, James Gets the Gold
These 18k gold bowls or wine cups, presented to Benjamin Smith Lyman by the Hokkaido Mining and Steamship Company in 1907, sold along with some documenting letters for $18,400, only slightly higher than the gold market price at the time.A richly luminous oil on canvas by British artist David James ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column: Programming Opportunities
Appraisers need a way to add descriptions such as "Pottery Last Supper..." and tags such as "folk art," "circa 1960" and "Ocomichu, Mexico" to pictures as they are taken.by John P. Reid, e-mail: [email protected] are some business opportunities for all you tablet computer and smart phone application or "app" programmers.-Appraisal ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)John Rogers: American Stories
A Book ReviewJohn Rogers: American Storiesby Ian BerkePhotos courtesy New-York Historical SocietyJohn Rogers: American StoriesEdited by Kimberly OrcuttNew-York Historical Society, 2010, 244 pages, softbound, $35, or hardbound, $50, plus S/H from New-York Historical Society, (www.nyhistorystore.com) or (888) 860-6947.Kimberly Orcutt, associate curator of American art at the New-York Historical Society (NYHS), ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Potomack Company Finds Its Place
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginiaby Walter C. NewmanPhotos courtesy The Potomack CompanyThe high lot of the sale was this bronze gui (a traditional Chinese food and ritual vessel) dating from the Shang Dynasty (circa 1600-1050 B.C.). Cast with masked animal-form handles and with bands of leiwen decoration on the base ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Adam Watson, PW Vintage Lighting, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Adam Watson.A small selection of vintage wall lights and hanging lights. The wall sconces average about $495 a pair but can go much higher for rare specimens.Victorian brass gas hall light with beveled clear glass and colored faceted glass in its original surface, $2850.This pair of rare Art Nouveau wall ... (Read More)
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(Feature)New Criteria for Deaccessions in New York
by Sabrina Pry and Betty FloodThe New York State Board of Regents plans to move forward with the final steps toward implementing new criteria for deaccessioning for regents-chartered museums, despite a tough economy.Public comment on the new criteria for deaccessioning was due April 18. According to Anne Ackerson, director of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)ATADA Donates $1000 to Nokota Horse Conservancy
The ATADA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association, made a $1000 donation to the Nokota Horse Conservancy. The conservancy's goal is to save the native horse of the Northern Plains through education, preservation, and promotion.NHC's secretary, Shelly Hauge, called the donation "overwhelmingly generous," saying the ... (Read More)
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