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by Lita Solis-CohenIn the days before there were antiques shows every week, going from gallery to gallery was a major weekend sport in New York City. Openings were social and selling events. Museum curators came early, often with patrons in tow, and reserved works to acquire.As the antiques shows became ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)
The Young Collector
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondSometimes adults have a tendency to overcomplicate things. We talk about extenuating circumstances, right and wrong, gray areas, and we use big words or abstract concepts, but in reality, most things either are or they're not.Most of the time, life is really simple-get ... (Read More)
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Dealer Marilyn Haley, Taylor Swift, and Bea Starr, Kay Puchstein's mother.Country singer Taylor Swift and her family shopped the October 31, 2009, Music Valley and Tailgate shows in Nashville, Tennessee. According to show management, in between shopping for antiques, Swift and her family stopped at many of the 300 booths ... (Read More)
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Vermont artist Stephen Huneck, 60, known for dog-themed paintings, woodcuts, and carvings, died on January 7 in Littleton, New Hampshire.Huneck's wife, Gwen, confirmed that the artist died by his own choice. A letter posted on the Internet read:"It is with great sadness that I share with you the news of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
William Toye in the studio of his Baton Rouge house, which was raided by the FBI in September 2009.Art collector and dealer Donald Fuson with some of the "Clementine Hunter" paintings he bought from William and Beryl Toye. A Hunter painting of a Christmas tree was considered rare-the artist painted ... (Read More)
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George and Debbie Spiecker of North Hampton, New Hampshire, asked $6500 for the curly maple card table; the fine Boston andirons, with fire tools, fender, and jamb hook, marked "J. David Boston," were $8500; the horse weathervane was $4200; the Pennsylvania corner cupboardwith swan's-neck top and an alligatored cherry surface ... (Read More)
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A 43" x 40" oil on canvas folk art portrait by Ammi Phillips (1788-1865) of Theron Simpson Ludington (1850-1922) and his older sister Virginia Ludington (1846-1865), circa 1852, sold for $782,500 (includes buyer's premium) at Christie's in New York City on January 22. The buyer was Atlanta, Georgia, dealer Deanne ... (Read More)
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Very rare to be found in its original 1858 printing, Norman's Chart of the Lower Mississippi River from Natchez to New Orleans, after Marie Adrien Persac, was the top lot of the sale. Determined and rapid increases-perhaps from parties now living in the area depicted- took the price leagues beyond ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Martin Cohen's chairs.by Lita Solis-CohenAs the news spread that $390,400 was paid at Rago's December 5, 2009, sale in Lambertville, New Jersey, for a pair of throne-like chairs decorated with Tiffany glass mosaics and hooded peacock finials (see M.A.D., January 2010, p. 11-A), people wondered if they were unique.Jeni Sandberg, ... (Read More)
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$32,200.by Lita Solis-CohenThe stars were lined up during the first weekend in December 2009 to bring rare Aesthetic Movement furniture to market. While David Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey, was selling chairs with peacock finials and Tiffany glass inlay, found in a boiler room where they had been stored for ... (Read More)
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