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(Young Collectors)It Takes a Village
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondShortly after Hollie's labor ended, Andrew began one of his own, one that proved far more protracted than any childbirth. Approached late last spring by the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio in Lancaster with an opportunity to serve as a guest curator of ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column for Antiquers: Making Labels
Label-making software can produce round CD and DVD labels, labels from a mailing list, inventory labels, business cards, meeting name tags, and much more.Computer Column #267by John P. Reid, [email protected] for printing mailing labels, business cards, price tags, CD or DVD labels, name tags, rotary index cards, filing stickers, and ... (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.The Art of Collecting: An Intimate Tour Inside Private Art Collections, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Renaissance Jewelry Paces Thomaston Sale
This Renaissance pendant with an enameled scene of St. George slaying the dragon, set amid diamonds, lapis, malachite, carnelian, and agates, brought $85,100. Thomaston Place photo.The “Marlborough Jewel,” a pendant with five rectangular-cut diamonds, five oval-cut rubies, and three pearl drops, in a case by H. Heydenryk, sold for $80,500.Thomaston ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Modern and Contemporary Ceramics Auction
Peter Voulkos (1924-2002), Gash, 1978, stoneware, 48" high, $105,750.Christine Nofchissey McHorse (b. 1948), untitled (Vesuvius), 2002, earthenware, 15½" high, $17,625.Betty Woodman (b. 1930), His/Hers Vases, circa 2001, whiteware and low-fire glazes, His, 29" high x 29" wide, Hers, 13" high x 38" wide, $23,500.James Melchert (b. 1930), Ghost Box, 1964, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Historic Battle of San Jacinto Brings Record Price
Thought to be lost, The Battle of San Jacinto by Henry Arthur McArdle (1836-1908), oil on canvas, 1901, 48" x 84", sold for $334,600, which is believed to be a record auction price for a Texas artwork.Shearing the Churro Sheep, 1979, by Ray Swanson (1937-2004), oil on canvas, 50" x ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Still and Mechanical Banks
Old South Church building bank, cast iron, 9 5/8" tall, gold paint, silver roof, greatcondition, $4294.Lion and Two Monkeys mechanical bank, cast iron, 9½" tall, great paint, $2034.Iron Master’s Log Cabin bank, cast iron, 4¼" tall, excellent condition, $3503.From the Egelhoff collection, this Bank of America safe bank, in near-pristine ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The CIGNA Sale
A pair of French carved walnut ship’s quarter gallery figures, depicting robed, reclining females, dating to the late 17th century, 43" x 46", sold for $53,460 (est. $4000/8000) to a private New York City buyer.An early 20th-century painted wood model of the “Washington” hook-and-ladder truck, circa 1850, 12" x 42", ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American History Sale
Alexander Gardner albumen photo taken from the rooftop of either Gardner’s studio in Washington, D.C., or an adjacent structure, facing southeast, 13" x 18½" plus trimmed mount, print rich with slight glue-streaking, $35,250.Quarter-plate daguerreotype of Saint Anthony Falls in Minneapolis, taken sometime after 1851, in a full leather case, possibly ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Marston and Lincoln Papers Top Auction
Among the hundreds of papers of Brigadier General Gilman Marston was a handwritten honorific in the form of an acrostic, dated 28th August 1865, in which the first letter of each line of poetry spelled his name. The entire lot sold for $5720.Letter by Admiral Horatio Nelson accounting for operating ... (Read More)
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