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This column was edited in Microsoft Word (leftmost), LibreOffice Writer, and Google Drive on a remote computer.by John Reid, [email protected] are two subjects this month: free office software and free on-line file storage.-Free SoftwareWe have reported often on free open-source software. It is developed and maintained by large, usually international, ... (Read More)
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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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A first edition copy of The Connoisseur by Evan S. Connell, Jr. (b. 1924). Other books by Connell include Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn, a unique and brilliant work of history that became a bestseller when it was published in 1984, and the novels Mrs. ... (Read More)
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Ruth Rogers of School House Farm Antiques, New Holland, Pennsylvania, offered kugels, or German Christmas balls, priced from $50 to $1500.This never-used rag rug in blues, yellows, and orange, 11' long x 3' wide, was $95 from Dennis Moyer of The Pennsylvania Farmer, Zionsville, Pennsylvania.William and Teresa Kurau of Lampeter, ... (Read More)
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A blue and white spongeware pitcher, unusually small at 4½" high, was tagged $975 but offered at $750, and a Peacock pitcher in diffused blue and white was tagged $795 but offered at $595-both from Gregg Ellington of Wilmington, Ohio.This hooked rug showing two American flags and the date 1904, ... (Read More)
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During preview night, the courtyard outside the museum was set with a bar and food stations. Other catered stations were on each floor inside the museum.The Norwoods' Spirit of America took out a full-page ad in the show catalog for this framed needlework sampler. It reads "Brandywine March 1798" and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
The cover and star lot, The Trail Boss by William Herbert "Buck" Dunton (1878-1936), oil on canvas, 36" x 24", sold to a bidder on the phone with specialist Thomas De Doncker for $234,000 (est. $200,000/300,000). "I thought the hammer price of two hundred thousand was a bit low. I'm ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Top money of the sale went for this 20" x 25½" (sight size) oil on panel of The Rape of Europa by Flemish baroque artist Hendrik van Balen (c. 1575-1632), signed and dated 1610. With a repaired and retouched crack in the panel, it sold for $21,850.Zitan wood and carved ... (Read More)
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In May 1776, General George Washington ordered 18 camp stools from an Irish upholsterer in Philadelphia for his Revolutionary War "marquee," the tent in which he slept and conducted business. Only a few of those folding seats survive today in public hands, and just one, at Tudor Place Historic House ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
This large E.A. Lanceray (1848-1886) bronze showing the capture of a wild horse was part of a group of decorative arts that attracted international buyers. Sold at $39,440 (est. $10,000/15,000) to a Russian bidder, the composition was the top lot of the June sale. A smaller Lanceray bronze (not shown) ... (Read More)
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