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(Fragment)Searching for the Works of a Master Woodcarver--Charles Vollrath
The author and the circa 1930 carving, which stands about 2' high and is carved from a single block of wood.
In the realm of folk art, woodcarving is a popular collectible. The Ottawa Valley in Canada was home to a number of folk artists who worked in wood. One in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Susan Jaffe Tane: From Collector to Curator
Susan Jaffe Tane, pictured in her library. The bibliophile and philanthropist earned a B.S. from Boston University’s School of Education and later pursued postgraduate courses at Hofstra University and C.W. Post University. She began her career as a schoolteacher and later launched Fashions by Appointment, a small business dedicated to ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Bits of News
The mouse pointer drags files back and forth between a computer file system and an Internet cloud storage Web page. Apps make similar transfers with mobile devices.
Computer Column #315
John P. Reid, [email protected]
A number of hints and bits of news have accumulated.
NeoCollect Closing
In the Maine Antique Digest editions of June 2009 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Peale Miniatures Sold in Florida
This miniature watercolor and gouache on ivory portrait of Robert Livingston sold for $24,900. Photo courtesy Louis Dianni.
Nine portrait miniatures by Charles Willson Peale sold for a total of $96,495.50 (with buyers’ premiums), and three portrait miniatures, not by Peale but cataloged as after Peale or in the manner of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Evans Cabinet Brings $183,750
This Paul Evans (1931-1987), Paul Evans Studio, four-door Sculpture Front cabinet, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1964, welded, forged, torch-cut, and polychromed steel, bronze, and 23k gold leaf and painted wood, with welded signature “Paul Evans 64D,” 21½" x 99" x 24", was purchased from the artist. It is published in the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Tailgate-Music Valley Antiques Show
Among the surprises from Abe’s Old Hat Antiques, Springfield, Illinois, was this musical group fashioned by David Campbell, an Illinois folk artist working in the 1980s who had been a metalsmith by trade. When Campbell retired, he fashioned things from junk metal. The complete quartet was $18,000.
Country Treasures, Preston, Maryland, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Doug Supinger Carries on the Fiddler's Tradition
Show manager Doug Supinger of Troy, Ohio, brought some things of his own to sell, including this desirable lighthouse hooked rug for $875.
Cynthia Brooks of MC Antiques specializes in early flags; the example at upper right with 38 stars in a medallion pattern had sold. The 38-star flag at left ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Horst Sells Tannehill and Coleburn Collections
This Confederate Civil War letter signed by Robert E. Lee regarding the formation of the 39th Virginia Volunteers Infantry Regiment, addressed to Col. Charles Smith, sold for $10,600. The letter descended in the family of Smith to his granddaughter Marie Preston Smith, wife of well-known antiques collector Titus Geesey.
This fine ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Thrill of the Hunt at Copley's Winter Sale
A. B. Frost (1851-1928) is perhaps best known for his illustrations for Tom Sawyer and Uncle Remus. This 14" x 22" Quail—A Covey Rise by Frost was published by Charles Scribner’s Sons as part of a chromolithographed set entitled “Shooting Pictures.”The original watercolor was first purchased by Clarence Otis Bigelow, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skiing Down the Slopes Carrying Auction Records
This superior ski poster is by Alex Diggelmann (Swiss, 1902-1987). In 1936 Diggelmann won a gold medal for a poster entitled “Arosa I Placard,” and 12 years later he won a bronze medal and a silver medal for, respectively, a cycling poster and an ice hockey poster in the last ... (Read More)
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