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(Book Review)A Useful Dictionary of Canton Forms
A Book Review
Collecting Canton: In Pursuit of the Best by Gail and Rich Mellin, with Erica Mellin Scioscia Mellin’s Antiques Publishing, 2015, 167 pages, hardbound, $165 postpaid from Mellin’s Antiques, (203) 938-9538 or (www.mellinsantiques.com).
After purchasing two dinner plates in the 1970s, Gail and Rich Mellin fell in love with blue ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Firehouse Antiques Expands
Firehouse Antiques in Galena, Maryland, is expanding and has purchased a Victorian building at 100 North Main Street, adjacent to its current location at 102 North Main Street. The 150-year-old Victorian building has served as a country inn, store, and residence and will now be home for antiques offered by ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)The Folk Art Collection of Elie and Viola Nadelman
A Book Review
Photos courtesy New-York Historical Society
Making It Modern: The Folk Art Collection of Elie and Viola Nadelman
by Margaret K. Hofer and Roberta J.M. Olson
New-York Historical Society, in association with D Giles Limited, London, 2015, 375 pages, hardbound, $65.
A current exhibition at the New-York Historical Society (N-YHS) has taken on ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Lawsuit over Picasso Sculpture Settled
The lawsuit filed in January by Gagosian Gallery of New York City against Pelham Europe, Ltd. involving the sale of Pablo Picasso’s 1931 sculpture Buste de Femme (Marie Thérèse) has been settled.
“We are pleased that the dispute between the Picassos and Pelham has been settled and Mr. Black will receive ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana and Paintings
Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc., East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred’s
Summer on Cape Cod attracts tourists, vacationers, and antiques shoppers. Thus was the case for Eldred’s August 3-5 auction of over 1400 lots of American furniture, decorative accessories, and paintings at the East Dennis, Massachusetts, gallery. Bidders assembled beneath the striped ... (Read More)
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(Auction)French House Contents Tent Auction
William A. Smith, Plainfield, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy William A. Smith
On August 5 William A. Smith sold the contents of the French House, a lifelong accumulation of American 18th- and 19th-century country antiques, under a tent in Plainfield, New Hampshire. A top lot at the auction was a Civil War powder ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Americana Week Show in New York City
A new show will be added to the calendar during Americana Week in New York City next January when dealer and show manager Debbie Turi introduces Antiques Folk Art Design NYC, to be held at the Prince George Ballroom at 15 East 27th Street.
The venue, approximately 8500 square feet spread ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, August 2016
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
There is a fair amount of sculpture and not a little bare flesh—carved and painted—in this month’s “Letter,” and with other stories headed “The Red-Haired Girl…” and “Bronzed Beauties…” I might be accused of being single-minded in my pursuit of subjects for this selection. I plead coincidence, and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Former Director of Warhol Museum Joins Sotheby's
Eric Shiner, director of the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will join Sotheby’s this September. Based in New York City, Shiner will enter Sotheby’s fine art division as a senior vice president focused on private sales of 20th- and 21st-century art.
Shiner’s new role follows eight years at the Andy ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"Action Comics" #1 Brings $956,000
A 1938 copy of Action Comics #1 featuring the first appearance of Superman sold for $956,000 (includes buyer’s premium) at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas, on August 4.
It came from the collection of a comic book fan from the East Coast, who had purchased it from a dealer in the ... (Read More)
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