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(Fragment)New Director at the Farnsworth
Christopher J. Brownawell has been appointed
director of the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine. He will join the museum
on February 1, 2010.Currently, Brownawell is the director of the Academy Art
Museum in Easton, Maryland, a position he has held since 1993. "Chris Brownawell
is a nationally recognized art ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Confidence Shown at Americana Auction
Four phone bidders competed for this exceptional and rare Philadelphia Federal satinwoodveneered mahogany games table, circa 1795. The 30" x 36¼" table has a serpentine top with line inlay, figured veneers, square tapering legs with bellflowers, and inlaid banded cuffs. It sold to a collector on the phone for $76,050 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Museums Taking On More Debt
by Daniel GrantDonations are down; institutional endowments are still in recovery mode; and expenses haven't gone away—it's difficult to be a museum in this economy. Making things even more worrisome, however, is the level of indebtedness at many museums."Over the past decade, the amount of debt that museums have been ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)National Black Fine Art Show Goes on Hiatus
The 13-year-old National Black Fine Art Show (NBFAS) will take a one-year hiatus, according to Keeling Wainwright Associates, producers of the event.Josh Wainwright, the show's founder, elaborated, "After thirteen years of excellence, the show will be taking a one-year 'breather' while the economy rushes toward a healthier state. We are ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Marklin Steam Pumper Blazes to $149,500 at Kaufman II Toy Sale
Bill Hill of Temperance, Michigan, knows his pressed steel pedal cars. We checked with Hill by phone after the sale, and he indicated he was impressed by the variety and quantity of the pedal cars (nearly 50 in total) with entries dating back as early as 1906. Hill said, “My ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Whodunit? The Case of the Seymour Secretary
Questions about the hardware had virtually no impact on the final outcome for this Boston secretary that sold for $49,450. The single-family provenance goes back to Andrew Wheelwright and possibly a generation or two earlier to Josiah Wheelright, both 19th-century Boston shipping magnates. “It’s Seymour,” winning bidder Gary Yeaton stated ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Large Fines Levied Against Two Maine Auctioneers
The Maine Board of Licensing of Auctioneers levied hefty fines against Maine auctioneers James Cyr and Thomas Madsen on October 7. Madsen's license was revoked, effective November 16, 2009. The board ordered Cyr to pay a fine of $15,000 by February 16, 2010. Madsen's fine totaled $18,200, and is to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are 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.A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections, edited ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Browsing, Searching, and Operating
Computer Column #251by John P. Reid, [email protected] month we have three related topics: Web browsers, search engines, and computer operating systems.-Improved BrowserMost computer-using antiquers split their hours among an e-mail program, a word processor, and a Web browser. Often the Web browser consumes the greatest amount of time with such ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Oh, Henry
The auction’s top lot was this American genre scene by Edward Lamson Henry that brought $30,000.This oil on canvas fishing seascape by Jay Hall Connaway sold for $5100.The William Wise ship’s wheel clock brought $1250.Charles M. Talbot Associates, Turner, Maineby Mark SiscoRemember the good old days? Those were the days ... (Read More)
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