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(Auction)Science Fiction Art Torpedoes the Galaxy with Impressive Bids
A 36" x 72" acrylic on canvas by Robert Theodore McCall (1919-2010), entitled Earth Orbit 98, 1977, brought the highest price at the auction. Signed and dated lower right, this painting from the Norman Jacobs/Starlog collection sold within estimate for $245,000 and set an auction record for the artist. Provenance ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Pook & Pook’s On-line Country Sale
Five tin, iron, and wood coffee grinders, 19th century, the tallest 10", sold for $400 (est. $150/200).
Primitive wood dulcimer, 19th century, 30½" long, sold for $492 (est. $50/100).
A large group of copper cookware, including two roasting pans and five saucepans with lids, sold for $861, the top price in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Leslie Hindman Auctioneers’ Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts
The monumental English carved oak tall-case clock standing almost 11' high was consigned by a corporate collection. It has a rich provenance and even louder strike, and it was the sale’s top lot at $110,500.
Decorative arts director Corbin Horn told us that presale interest was high on the 19th-century ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and Web site ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Moving Company Adds Appraisals to Client Checklist
Aware that moving antiques, fine art, and collectibles requires special care, T-N-T Moving Systems, Charlotte, North Carolina, has upgraded its moving policy to include current appraisals in its client checklist.
T-N-T Moving Systems co-owner Todd Koepke said, “You see appraisal values change over time, so it’s important that when we do ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Cloud Computing
Painter of clouds John Constable (1776-1837) could not have known that 200 years later copies of his works could be purchased from a computer cloud.
Computer Column #311
John P. Reid, [email protected]
We have mentioned cloud computing in the past. Many large businesses prepare and store all their records and documents using programs ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Historic New England Awards Book Prize
Historic New England has awarded its 20th annual book prize to Curiosities of the Craft: Treasures from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Collection by Aimee E. Newell, Hilary Anderson Stelling, and Catherine Compton Swanson, and “With Éclat”: The Boston Athenaeum and the Origin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received, November 2014
These 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.
Bernard Langlais at the Colby College Museum of Artby Hannah W. Blunt (Colby ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, November 2014
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
Now Showing and Coming Soon
I started out with every intention of including old master drawings from the London summer season in this month’s selection, but then having tackled the Russian pictures first, gone on to add the Ceres rings for something very rare and much more recent, and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)What Price History?
Editorial
An off-the-cuff remark from Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman should be troubling to those in the antiques business. When asked about the cost of restoring almost 40 chairs original to the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln, the governor said there were better uses for the taxpayers’ money and that he would ... (Read More)
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