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(Fragment)Palm Beach Show Group to Launch Chicago Show
The Palm Beach Show Group (PBSG) is a adding a seventh show to its portfolio. The inaugural Chicago International Art, Antique & Jewelry Show will take place at the Navy Pier on April 24 through April 28, 2014. It will feature more than a hundred dealers and will kick off ... (Read More)
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(Auction)North American Decoys at Auction
Dating from the last quarter of the 19th century, the approximately 31" long hollow-carved slot-neck Canada goose sold for $632,500. Guyette & Deeter’s detailed catalog entry notes who found it and where, the make of a crosspiece, the intended use for the decoy, details on the decoy’s removable head, the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Chicago International Art, Antique & Jewelry Show
Macklowe Gallery, New York City, brought the Majorelle chairs, priced at $35,000 the pair. The triangular table, also Majorelle, is $19,500, and the Tiffany Studios Dragonfly lamp with a blown glass base is $235,000.
Rainbow Bridge, acrylic and resin on 20" x 20" canvas modules, by Dutch artist Jacqueline Bozon ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)MADA Assists Restoration of Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum
On April 23, dealer Harry Hepburn presented a $1000 check from the Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA) to the Pejepscot Historical Society to assist in the restoration of the Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum in Brunswick, Maine.
The museum suffered damage to two rooms when water and heating lines burst on January ... (Read More)
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(Show)Bowmanville Show and Canadiana Still Relevant after 41 Years
This poignant sign was found in eastern Ontario. Ken Ross of Gore’s Landing, Ontario, had it priced at $1950.
This very unusual circa 1930 Parcheesi and checkerboard hails from the Verchères, Quebec, area. The decorative roundels serving as the nests are blue, white, and red, which are exactly the Royal Air ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Dealer-Auctioneer Cille Blackwood's Papers Go to Harvard
Cille Blackwood (1929-1981), when she was Cille March, circa 1950.
A Blackwood & Company auction. The runner to the right of the desk and about to help hoist it is Cille’s second son, Bill Blackwood. Today he is a builder living in Newbury, Massachusetts.
Bob Coviello said of Blackwood, “She was the ... (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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(Feature)The Ivory Mess
Editorial
“I’m making sure that piano is gone,” an auctioneer said, pointing to an antique Steinway before a sale. We had asked what the effect of the presidential executive order banning the sale of ivory had been. The auctioneer added that he was taking no ivory consignments until the law was ... (Read More)
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