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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, August 2023
J.C. Leyendecker, Couple in Boat, painting for an Arrow Collar advertisement, oil on canvas, 1912. National Museum of American Illustration, Newport, Rhode Island.
—Through August 13 —New York City
Under Cover: J.C. Leyendecker and American Masculinity at the New-York Historical Society examines the work of Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951), an illustrator and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Daniel Morgan Medal Goes on Display
A unique gold medal celebrating the Revolutionary War victory by Brigadier General Daniel Morgan over British Army forces in the 1781 Battle of Cowpens in South Carolina has made its first appearance since it sold at auction for $960,000 at the April 4, 2022, auction conducted by Stack’s Bowers Galleries ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Eclectic Sale and Exponential Prices
Devin Moisan Auctioneers, Epping, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Devin Moisan Auctioneers
Spread out over two days, Devin Moisan Auctioneers’ July 15 and 16 sale dispersed more than 1100 lots from the 18th century through the mid-20th century with objects from estates and collections in Gloucester, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Marblehead, Massachusetts, and Woodbury, Connecticut. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pair Charged for Damaging National Gallery of Art Exhibit
Timothy Martin of North Carolina and Joanna Smith of New York, both 53, were taken into custody on May 26 following an indictment charging conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and injury to a National Gallery of Art exhibit. Both self-surrendered.
According to the indictment, Martin and Smith ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decoys and Sporting Art
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Hingham, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
He only looks as if he is sleeping. But he was hardly a sleeper; instead, he was the highlight at Copley’s auction and set a new world record auction price for the maker, $594,000 (est. $500,000/800,000). The 24½" long sleeping ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Goldbergers to Sell Personal Collection
On August 8 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Guyette & Deeter will offer Russ and Karen Goldberger’s personal collection of decoys and folk art in a 71-lot separate catalog sale.
The Goldbergers are downsizing. “We’re leaving a large house, where the decoys were displayed prominently, and moving to a much smaller facility ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Meander Auctions Launched
Meander Auctions has been formed by Andrew Richmond and Hollie Davis, replacing their previous show and auction business, The Ohio Company Antiques & Art. The couple should be familiar to readers of Maine Antique Digest through their monthly column, “Beneath the Surface.”
Their business will primarily feature online sales conducted from ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Reading between the Lines
Beneath the Surface
When Hollie was small, with two working parents in a rural community, there were very few convenient childcare options, and when her longtime babysitter said she could not handle another child even on the occasional days off from school, the task fell to her grandfather, a taciturn, weathered ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Ownership for Grogan & Company
On January 1 of this year, Boston auction house Grogan & Company changed ownership, passing from founder Michael Grogan to Georgina Winthrop. “I owned it 100%, and now Georgina owns it 100%,” Grogan said during a Zoom call May 25.
“The wonderful thing about buying a company rather than starting one ... (Read More)
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(Auction)1550 Lots, Three Days, $1.9 Million
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
In early July, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries held another marathon auction session. Auctioneer Kaja Veilleux and his staff plowed through a 1550-lot, three-day sale, July 7-9, in the air-conditioned facility in Thomaston, Maine. The total was approximately $1.9 million. ... (Read More)
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