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(Show)The Winter Antiques Show: The Show Must Go On
New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenNew York City dealer Carswell Rush Berlin said this is the only set of 12 dining chairs he has ever owned. They are closely related to a chair in the Brooklyn Museum and another set in maple, and he believes they were made in Philadelphia. They ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are thumbnail 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.Bessie Potter Vonnoh: Sculptor of Women by Julie Aronson (Ohio University ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Everything That Glitters
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve Proffitt"Everything that glitters is not gold."So goes the heart-touching song penned and performed by Dan Seals. It speaks of a selfish woman who left her husband and young child to seek fame as a rodeo queen; but the line also rings true about auctions. Sometimes ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Samuel Abbott: Clockmaker, Watchmaker, Silversmith, Jeweler, and Citizen
by David SperlingFigure 1. Sawin and Dyar Lyre timepiece, circa 1827.Figure 2. Boston patenttimepiece, attributed toSamuel Abbott.Figure 3. Lyre clock,attributed to SamuelAbbott.Samuel Abbott (1791-1861) was a man of many skills and talents. Not only was he a prolific clockmaker, but Abbott also made his mark as a jeweler, silversmith, goldsmith, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Do You Recognize the Russian Schoolroom?
Norman
Rockwell (1894-1978), Russian Schoolroom, 1967, oil on canvas, 15¼"
x 37", signed lower right, Look magazine article "Education,"
October 3, 1967, pp. 48-49.Art and illustration dealer Judy Goffman Cutler of
American Illustrators Gallery is seeking information about Norman Rockwell's Russian
Schoolroom, an illustration depicting 16 schoolchildren facing toward an ... (Read More)
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(Feature)An Appraiser War Story
by Mark GroveDetails of this story have been altered to preserve anonymity.When we appraisers gather together at chapter meets or national conventions, it is not long before assignment anecdotes are swapped back and forth for entertainment and edification. With any other group these might be called war stories or even ... (Read More)
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(Feature)20th-Century Decorative Arts
There were four phone bidders for this 22" high Tiffany Studios Favrile glass and bronze Gentian table lamp, 1899-1918. It has a brown-green patina and original finial, and the base is impressed “Tiffany Studios, New York S183 371.” With its 17½" diameter shade, it sold on the phone for $72,000 ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Declaring the Public Record
The Supreme Court of Virginia delivered a blow to the state of Maine in late February when it affirmed a circuit court ruling that a 1776 copy of the Declaration of Independence belonged to collector Richard Adams Jr. and not to the state.In 1995 auctioneer Hap Moore found the Declaration ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Ceramics Fair
New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenSantos - London, a dealer in Chinese export porcelain, offered one shelf ofChina trade porcelain decorated with the ships that brought it to the west. The tea caddy has the coat of arms of New York. Prices on his stand ranged from $800 to $50,000.This fine ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fugitive Oregon Auctioneer Has Heart Attack, Dies in Police Cruiser
by David HewettRobert W. Mathisen, 63, was in the back seat of a police cruiser headed for Buffalo Niagara International Airport in New York on the morning of February 12 when he suffered a fatal heart attack. He was in the process of being extradited to Oregon where he faced ... (Read More)
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