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(Auction)A $4.8 Million Four-Day August Auction
James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maine
As always, James D. Julia’s four-day summer sale, held August 25-28 in Fairfield, Maine, was the centerpiece of Maine’s auction-filled last week in August. Only about 600 of the 2600-plus lots on offer didn’t change hands, and some of the misfires were on the top end ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bonhams to Move Furniture and Decorative Arts Sales to Los Angeles
Bonhams will focus its furniture and decorative arts sales in its Los Angeles and New York City galleries. Staff will remain in San Francisco to offer valuations and advice on American and European furniture, decorative arts, ceramics, clocks, and silver.
“We’ve reviewed the sales results on the West Coast, and we ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Taking Care of Antique and Vintage Jewelry
This circa 1920 Art Deco platinum filigree pendant set with onyx and diamonds has a harder component—diamonds— and a relatively soft, porous component—onyx. Follow Pomphrett’s suggestion from the turquoise and gold earrings (see next page) and take the “most gentle cleaning” route. Use a soft, dry brush to wipe off ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Metropolitan Glass Club Is Now Art Glass Forum | New York
The New York Metropolitan Glass Club has changed its name to Art Glass Forum | New York. The new name better reflects the organization’s “leading role as an advocate for the glass arts and the study of historic, contemporary, and collectible glass,” according to an e-mail from forum president Paul ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dealer Charged with Homicide
Eli M. Goodrich, 26, of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, was arrested on August 4 and charged with murdering his father, Alan Goodrich, 67. Alan and his wife, June Goodrich, operated Goodrich Antiques and Folk Art in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, with their son Eli.
According to published reports, Eli is accused of stabbing his father ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Wyeth Letter Tops Ten Grand at Gamage Auction
Bruce Gamage, Jr. Antiques, Rockland, Maine
Bruce Gamage’s August 24 auction in Rockland, Maine, kicked off a solid week of end-of-summer sales in Maine, as Gamage played to a huge standing-room-only crowd in the spacious Elks Lodge.
Often it seems that everything with the Andrew Wyeth name attached to it has big ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Baltimore Summer Antiques Show
Baltimore, Maryland
The Baltimore Summer Antiques Show, held August 20-23 this year, was really four shows in one: a jewelry show, an antiques show, an art show, and a book fair. For 35 years, it has presented a huge variety of wares from all parts of the world. When the Palm ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, September 2015
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
Summer sales have filled my pending files with all sorts of riches and oddities that will feature in both this and future issues. The picture sales I have largely held over for next month’s “Letter,” though Klimt, Degas, and Goya do make an appearance here. Elsewhere you will ... (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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(Show)Antique American Indian Art Show
Santa Fe, New Mexico
“Stronger than last year,” said coproducer/owner Kim Martindale (with John Morris) about the Antique American Indian Art Show Santa Fe, held August 17-20 at El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe in the Railyard District. The show was born in 2014 out of Martindale’s deeply felt belief that ... (Read More)
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