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(Book Review)The Art of American Still Life
A Book Review
The Art of American Still Life: Audubon to Warhol by Mark D. Mitchell, with essays by Bill Brown, Mark D. Mitchell, Katie A. Pfohl, and Carol Troyen
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2015, 271 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from the Philadelphia Museum of Art Museum Store (www.philamuseumstore.org)
This book is ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historic Firearms and Early Militaria
Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan’s
Well before the catalog was printed and the online listings were posted, Jack Lewis, director of historic firearms and early militaria at Cowan’s Auctions, knew the April 26 and 27 sale was going to be special. That event, held at Cowan’s gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Hampshire Antiques Week Pickers Market Show Canceled
On November 23, 2015, Barn Star Productions announced that the Pickers Market Antiques Show—part of Antiques Week in New Hampshire for over 20 years—had been revived after a one-year hiatus. Almost five months later, the company announced it was canceling the August 12 show.
Frank Gaglio of Barn Star said, “We, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and website for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Buy a Real Weathervane so the Owners Can Buy a Fake One
The Concord Scout House (CSH) in the middle of Concord, Massachusetts, was built out of an old barn in 1932 for the local Girl Scout troop, and it’s been the site of dances and concerts ever since. Before there was a Concord Scout House, there was a barn, and on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Variety and Surprises
Farmer Auctions, Salem, Virginia
Photos courtesy Farmer Auctions
Farmer Auctions held its spring catalog auction on April 23 at its gallery in Salem, Virginia. The sale offered a good mix of categories and generated several pleasant surprises.
One was an ephemera archive involving a construction project that never came to fruition. In February ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Buyers' Market for Americana
Pook & Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook
Pook & Pook’s Americana sale on April 23 was open for preview during the weekend of the Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show, and some of those on the Pennsylvania turnpike en route to the show stopped off in Downingtown to have a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)North American Decoys at Auction
Guyette & Deeter, St. Charles, Illinois
The 31st Guyette & Deeter spring auction, held April 21 and 22 in St. Charles, Illinois, was notable for several reasons. To begin, the annual event is one of the larger sales held by the decoy auction firm. This year more than 600 lots were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Silver Sells
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
Collectors of American silver can find silver for sale at Christie’s at least three times a year. Generally Colonial and Federal silver and 19th- and 20th-century silver works by Tiffany and Gorham appear in Americana sales catalogs in January and sometimes in September. For more ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Furniture, Decorative Arts, and Silver
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, Illinois
We’ve already written here about the cornucopia of variety available in a Leslie Hindman auction. Based in Chicago with regional satellites in Denver, Milwaukee, Naples and Palm Beach, Florida, and St. Louis, the house has widespread contacts. To all that, add international bidders and previews held ... (Read More)
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