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(Auction)April Americana Sale
A 30¾" x 35" x 20" Philadelphia mahogany dressing table, the carving attributed to Nicholas Bernard, circa 1750, and illustrated in Blue Book, Philadelphia Furniture by William Macpherson Hornor, was thought to have descended in the Stevenson family. It sold for $103,000 (est. $60,000/80,000) to a young collector in the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)John Ott Receives Frost Essay Award
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has awarded the 2009 Patricia and Phillip Frost Essay Award to John Ott, associate professor of art history at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia. He was selected by the editorial board of American Art, the museum's scholarly journal, for "Reform in Redface: The Taos Society ... (Read More)
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(Auction)First Million-Dollar Sale for Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Book of Job by William Blake (British, 1757-1827) was the top lot of the day at $31,860. This 1825 set of 21 engravings had several examples watermarked “J. Whatman/Turkey Mill/ 1825,” with two engravings being in chine collé on a larger sheet. Most of the engravings bore the collector’s stamp ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Texas (and Several Other Places) in the Rearview Mirror
The Young Collector
by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond
We've been at it again. Within the last month, we've been to Delaware for the Winterthur furniture forum, to Texas for the Round Top shows, and to Wheeling, West Virginia, for the Oglebay show.
This year, Andrew decided we'd drive to Delaware on Wednesday, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Marketing 101 at the Bowmanville Show
Clay and Carol Benson had a spacious and neat booth displaying high-end furniture and accessories.With the help of former Bowmanville quilt dealer Carol Telfer, Larry Foster of Napanee, Ontario, set up a Nova Scotia chair table, 4' in diameter, priced at $3250 ($3216), and six collar-back New Englandchairs, 1840-50, priced ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)PAFA Seeking New Docents
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is looking for candidates from all backgrounds and disciplines to apply for its docent program. Docents are volunteer tour guides who interpret works of art and lead tours for a diverse audience of adults, families, and school students.Volunteers in PAFA's docent organization ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Ceramics Fair to Move
The New York Ceramics Fair is changing locations. The January 19-23, 2011, show will be held at the Grand Ballroom of the Bohemian National Hall, the home of the Czech Consulate, on East 73rd Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues. For the past 11 years, the show was housed at ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Josephine Baker, 007, and D.C. Shepler Posters Break Records
Pictured on the back cover and on a full page in the catalog was this 33½" x 24¼" condition B+ poster by Svend Koppel (1904-1978) of Josephine Baker in the 1935 film Prinsesse Tam-Tam (est. $4000/ 6000). It brought $9000 from a collector on the phone and set a world ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Chester County Antiques Show
Douglas Constant of Orient, New York, asked $11,500 for what he called an ergonomically successful double Windsor settee. Made in Philadelphia in the second half of the 18th century, it had an old refinish with a few patches. The 28" diameter Pennsylvania three-legged tavern table was $2000, and the New ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Carnegie Museum Celebrates Decorative Arts
The American collection in the Bruce galleries includes a Boston bombé chest-on-chest, circa 1780, a New York City tassel-back armchair with eagle arm terminals, and a Philadelphia chest-on-chest. In the sight line is a commode attributed to Thomas Chippendale in his later Neoclassical style. In the distance is a British ... (Read More)
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