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Letter from London, July 2016
by Ian McKay

Ian McKay, <[email protected]> Chinese works of art, mostly in the ceramics line but with one little ivory figure and a couple of big wooden screens included, provide a run of way over estimate results and most of the higher priced items featured in this month’s “Letter.” Elsewhere, we have a few ... (Read More)

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Rivera Painting Sold Privately for $15,750,000
by M.A.D. staff

Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886-1957), Baile en Tehuantepec, oil on canvas, 79" x 64½", signed and dated 1928. ©2016 Banco de México Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Baile en Tehuantepec, painted by Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886-1957) in 1928, has been sold ... (Read More)

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Antiques in the Church Yard
by Julie Schlenger Adell

South Salem, New York Spread out on the grounds of Stevens Memorial United Methodist Church were almost 70 dealers who spent their Fourth of July toiling while taking in the sunshine and good cheer an outdoor show can create. Managed by Frank Gaglio’s Barn Star Productions, the one-day show is a ... (Read More)

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Rare Books and Manuscripts Sell at Gibson Auction
by M.A.D. staff

On July 2 Gibson Auction, Inc. in Orange, Virginia, offered a relatively small group of rare books and manuscripts for sale without reserve. The bulk of the lots came from the estate library of the Craige family of North Carolina and Virginia and had been collected over three generations. The high ... (Read More)

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Consignment Auction
by Don Johnson

Davies Auctions, Lafayette, Indiana It was business as usual during the sale held by Davies Auctions on July 2 in Lafayette, Indiana. Headlining the auction was material from Jeff and Emily Walton, formerly of Jenera, Ohio, who recently retired from the antiques business. The last event for the couple was Ohio ... (Read More)

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Rare Books and Equestrian Art Sell
by Walter C. Newman

Gibson Auction Inc., Orange, Virginia Photos courtesy Gibson Auction Inc. On successive Saturdays, June 25 and July 2, Gibson Auction Inc. held noteworthy auctions at its salesroom in Orange, Virginia. Those two auctions were my introductions to the Gibson operation. I have been aware of the firm’s existence, but until these two ... (Read More)

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Antiques at Magic Mountain Is Now Antiques at Stratton Mountain
by M.A.D. staff

The Vermont Antiques Week show formerly known as Bromley and most recently as Magic Mountain is now Antiques at Stratton Mountain. The show will be held at the Stratton Mountain base lodge in Stratton, Vermont, October 1 and 2. Owner and manager Greg Hamilton met with Stratton base lodge officials and ... (Read More)

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The Palm Beach Show Group Expands into Fine Craft Market
by M.A.D. staff

The Palm Beach Show Group is expanding its show roster by taking over ownership and production of the Palm Beach Fine Craft Show. Elizabeth Kubie, the previous owner of the well-established Fine Craft Show, is retiring but will act as a consultant to the Palm Beach Show Group, which “intends ... (Read More)

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California Woman Sues over Unpaid Rockwell Consignment
by M.A.D. staff

On May 16 Ashleigh Adamec of California filed suit in New York alleging that the estate of her father had yet to be paid for a Norman Rockwell painting sold by Illustration House in New York City in 2008. In 2008 Donald A. Adamec (1937-2013) had consigned five paintings to Illustration ... (Read More)

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Weathervanes: Three Centuries of a Pennsylvania Folk Art Tradition
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Photos courtesy Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum The current exhibition at the Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has every schoolchild in Lancaster County looking up at church steeples, the cupolas of public buildings, and roofs of barns and shops hoping to find weathervanes. Their parents will ... (Read More)
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