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(Feature)Editorial: America Rising
EditorialIn late October, the fixed-priced catalog from Massachusetts dealer Rex Stark arrived in the M.A.D. offices. Stark, a specialist in historical Americana, sells using an old-fashioned method, especially in these days of instant messaging and dynamic database publishing on the Web; he uses an 8½” x 5½” catalog with color ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Van Pelt-Robb Dressing Table Sells for $1,142,500
Sotheby's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Sotheby'sVan Pelt-Robb Philadelphia mahogany dressing table, attributed to the shop of Henry Clifton and Thomas Carteret, carving by Nicholas Bernard, circa 1760. It has an old surface and original brasses and is missing two knee returns and molding beneath the top. Sotheby’s catalog ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Commodity Futures (or the Risk of Commodifying Antiques)
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondWe pondered this column for a long time. What do we know about finances, economics, investments, et cetera? Then it occurred to us that with the current state of the market, you might as well follow your barber's advice as your financial analyst's. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Low-Overhead Venture in Boston Speaks to the Future
by Jeanne SchintoPromoter Marvin Getman of New England Antique Shows, based in Lexington, Massachusetts, will launch a new Boston venture in the spring. Always forward thinking, Getman has designed it as a low-overhead show in the city's South End, known for its contemporary art galleries, restaurants, and hip, young residents. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Americana Down Under
This 19th-century giltwood mirror has a restored 106 cm high frame with applied turned pilasters and foliate carved panels. Its original mirror plate is surmounted by an églomisé panel of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. The mirror is priced at about $2380. Photo courtesy Shapiro.by Lita Solis-CohenFor those who ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail Crystal Cheetah Is a Sold Again SleeperThe 11th-century Fatamid rock crystal ewer (with 19th-century French mounts) that was put up for sale at Lawrences of Crewkerne with a $200/400 estimate in January changed hands for $5.57 million at Christie’s on October 7.An Ottoman tombak shield, one ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Institutions Buy Big at African-American Art Sale
Swann Auction Galleries, New York City
by Jeanne Schinto
Frederick Douglass Lives Again (The Ghost of Frederick Douglass), an early (1949) drawing by Charles White (1918-1979), sold to the Sheldon Museum of Art, on the campus of the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, for $204,000 (est. $100,000/150,000). What Swann described in its ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Pook & Pook
Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenThree-piece Philadelphia pewter communion service, attributed to William Will. The flagon has a bulbous body, foliate finial, and spout engraved to suggest a serpent’s head with eyes and teeth. The chalice is 7¾" high, and the paten is 6¼" in diameter. All three ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Queen Anne and Cape Ann Lead Anniversary Sale
Blackwood/March Auctioneers & Appraisers, Essex, MassachusettsThe sale’s top lot (and the best ever for the auction house) was this circa 1730 Boston Queen Anne easy chair that sold to Luke Beckerdite for $127,650. March offered it as lot 29, chosen to coincide with his 29th year in business. Blackwood/March photo. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Exhibition of Babar Original Illustrations and Manuscripts
by Rose SafranDrawing Babar: Early Drafts and Watercolors is the first exhibition of the Morgan Library & Museum's Babar collection, acquired in 2004. The series of images is sure to interest the many generations of adults who as children enjoyed the iconic fictional orphaned French elephant in a green suit, ... (Read More)
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