Maine Antique Digest http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/ Maine Antique Digest Magazine, all about the markets for art and antiques, with advertisements by selected dealers en-us Sign Up Here for M.A.D.'s Annual Antiques Trade Directory http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=771 M.A.D.’s annual Antiques Trade Directory will be published in December and mailed as a supplement to the January 2009 issue of Maine Antique Digest.]]> Maine Antique Digest (08/14/08) Our Next Advertising Deadline: October 1 http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=2 Maine Antique Digest is Wednesday, October 1, for the November issue that mails on October 11.]]> Maine Antique Digest (03/06/08) Economos Sale http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=796 Sotheby's, Paris, France

by Lita Solis-Cohen

After living in New York, St.]]> Maine Antique Digest (09/01/08) Fashion and Textiles Auction http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=795 Whitaker-Augusta Auction Company, New Hope, Pennsylvania

by Lita Solis-Cohen

The Whitaker-Augusta Auction Company is one of a kind.]]> Maine Antique Digest (09/01/08) Toy, Doll, and Advertising Auction Tops $1.1 Million http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=794 James D.]]> Maine Antique Digest (09/01/08) Tharpe Civil War Collection Sold by Heritage http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=793 Heritage Auction Galleries, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

by Karl H.]]> Maine Antique Digest (08/29/08) Americana Continues to Show Strength http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=792 Green Valley Auctions, Inc., Mt.]]> Maine Antique Digest (08/29/08) The Firearms Column http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=791 by Robert Kyle

What's more important in determining a fair market price for a gun: a price guide, the presale estimate, or simply what bidders are willing to pay at an auction?]]> Maine Antique Digest (08/29/08) Court Actions Involving Salander and His Gallery Continue http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=790 by David Hewett

It's been several months since we reported on the troubled New York City art firm Salander-O'Reilly Galleries and its owner, Lawrence "Larry" Salander.]]> Maine Antique Digest (08/29/08) Record $9.07 Million Auction: Grand Slam for Baseball Collectibles http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=789 Robert Edward Auctions, Watchung, New Jersey

by Ed Pfeiffer

Each year, the annual absentee sale held by Robert Edward Auctions (REA), Watchung, New Jersey, serves as a closely watched benchmark for collectors, dealers, and others interested in fine baseball collectibles.]]> Maine Antique Digest (08/29/08) The Young Collector: Notes from the Complaint Department http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=788 by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond

Maybe it's just the heat, but we've been grumpy lately.]]> Maine Antique Digest (08/29/08) Lorello Pleads Guilty http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=787 by Jessica Best

Former New York State Department of Education employee Daniel D.]]> Maine Antique Digest (08/29/08) Skinner Announces Relocation of Its Suburban Headquarters http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=786 Skinner Inc.]]> Maine Antique Digest (08/19/08) Pricey Print Found in Garage http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=785 by Karl H.]]> Maine Antique Digest (08/19/08) Antique Toys Exempt from Updated Lead Ban http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=784 Those involved in the antique toy market got a scare in mid-July when the prospect of a ban on toys of all ages that contain lead in any form surfaced.

It all began with a phone call received by Lincoln Sander, the executive director of the Antiques Dealers' Association of America (ADA).]]> Maine Antique Digest (08/15/08) Gun Dealer Sentenced to Two Years for Frazier Museum Tax Evasion http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=783 by Robert Kyle

A surprise maximum sentence verdict of two years in prison for gun dealer Michael K.]]> Maine Antique Digest (08/15/08) New Jersey Makes Claim for a Jefferson Letter; Collector Sues for Its Return http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=782 On March 28 Anne Milgram, the attorney general of New Jersey, sent a letter to Sotheby's, informing the auction house that New Jersey was claiming ownership of a letter penned by Thomas Jefferson.]]> Maine Antique Digest (08/15/08) The Anastatic Copy of the Declaration of Independence http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=781 by Lita Solis-Cohen

The owner of a 19th-century facsimile of the engrossed Declaration of Independence with the 56 signatures of the delegates believes it is far more valuable than John Dunlap's first broadside of the Declaration printed on July 4, 1776, with the printed names of John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress, and Charles Thomson, secretary.

Tom Lingenfelter, a Bucks County, Pennsylvania, dealer in historical documents, has discovered what he believes to be the truest copy of the 1776 engrossed (handwritten) Declaration of Independence.]]> Maine Antique Digest (08/15/08)