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(Show)The Jonathan Fisher House Antique Show
A new book by CUNY professor Kevin D. Murphy, Jonathan Fisher of Blue Hill, Maine: Commerce, Culture, and Community on the Eastern Frontier, published by University of MassachusettsPress, was $49.95 at the Jonathan Fisher House booth.This cribbage board with a drawer for the pegs was $875 from Patricia Stauble of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The National Museum of American Illustration Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
Newport, Rhode Islandby Lita Solis-CohenThe exhibition Norman Rockwell and his Mentor J.C. Leyendecker begins in the loggia. The ceiling panels were painted by muralist James Wall Finn of Tiffany Studios. They were restored over two summers by conservators from Winterthur and from Paris.Two Santas. Left, J.C. Leyendecker’s 1918 Santa, wearing ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Mobile Apps and On-Line Databases
A cell phone accessing auction data. Courtesy Christie’s Images.Computer Column #263by John P. Reid, e-mail: [email protected] topics will be covered: mobile applications for antiquers and on-line databases.But first, a correction. In column 260, "Antiquing Around the World-On Line," we wondered whether Becca Gauldie Antiques (www.beccagauldie.com) is actually in Scotland. Gauldie ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief 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.First Impressions: Nineteenth-Century American Master Prints by Alicia G. Longwell (Parrish ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Kaufman IV Toy Auction Ups the Score at $1.6 Million
A tour de force, this American National deluxe coupe, circa 1925, 69" long, sold for $46,000. Madaline Friz photo.The top lot in the Disney segment was not a windup or a doll but a 1934 Mickey Mouse merchandise catalog-Disney's first. Contained in the 9" x 12" catalog were all the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Some Pig: "Charlotte's Web" Cover Art Brings $155,350
The original 1952 cover art for the best-selling children's book Charlotte's Web by E.B. White brought $155,350 (includes buyer's premium) on October 15 at Heritage Auction Galleries' illustration art sale in New York City.The auction was Heritage's second-highest-grossing auction of illustration art since the inception of the category, tallying $3.75 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Art and Antiques Insurance--Know What Is and Is Not Covered
by David HewettIn one of our previous stories about the Salander-O'Reilly Galleries collapse and the subsequent arrest and jailing of its owner (May 2010, p. 33-A), it was noted that the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) filed suit in a U.S. District Court in Maryland against AXA Art Insurance Corporation, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Berks County, Pennsylvania, Schrank Sells for $818,500
by Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Pook & Pook.A colorful Berks County sponge-painted schrank in a small, desirable size (81" high x 60" wide) and in exceptionally good condition sold for $818,500 (includes buyer's premium) at Pook & Pook's auction of the collection of Richard and Joane Smith on October 30 in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Joe Lincoln Widgeon Drake Highlights Decoy Sale
A rigmate pair of mergansers with slightly turned heads by Keyes Chadwick of Oak Bluff, Martha’s Vineyard, sold for $19,550 (est. $11,000/14,000). The hen had a crack on the underside, and they both had some light discoloration to their original paint.A decorative preening old squaw drake with lifted wings by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Asian Art Strong at Chicago Auction
These handsome George II painted and parcel-gilt pedestals sold for $6710 the pair. Hindman photo.The pair of Neoclassical cast metal urns sold for $2928. Fitting for midsummer, the sale had a good amount of outdoor and garden ornamentation. Hindman photo.The Chinese oil on canvas of Hong Kong harbor, measuring almost ... (Read More)
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