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Bankruptcy Trustee Goes after Transfers
by David Hewett

The “Grand Reopening Sale” for New Orleans Auction Galleries (NOAG), November 30-December 2, 2012, was featured in M.A.D., March 2013, p. 16-D. The previous business bearing that name had run into financial problems and declared bankruptcy on April 1, 2011. That filing is still open and being conducted by Judge ... (Read More)

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Encouraging Signs Emerge at Potomack Auction
by Walter C. Newman

When I first saw this scroll in a showcase at the Potomack gallery, I thought it was a roll of wallpaper. Boy was I wrong. The handscroll, Travelers in Landscape, an ink and light color on paper, mounted on silk brocade, dates from the first half of the Qing Dynasty ... (Read More)

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In the Trade: William Lohrman Antiques, New Paltz, New York
by Frank Donegan

Bill Lohrman.Lohrman's home in New Paltz overlooking the Shawangunk Mountains. He built the house with a carpenter 32 years ago. "It has the same floor plan as the 'Stencil House' at the Shelburne Museum," he said. When you're inside, you assume it's made up of early architectural parts. Doors, woodwork, ... (Read More)

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International Art & Antique Fair: A Lot of "Luxe"
by Fran Kramer

Once a supermarket, the Naples International Pavilion is now a venue for events such as the Naples International Art & Antique Fair.The lobby entrance to the show was like a Hollywood movie set.Pier & Co., Naples, Florida, sold this marble-top Empire pier table tagged $2850.Ed Weissman of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, ... (Read More)

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Tiffany Time and Again
by Robert Edwards

The Tiffany Moorish clock (left) varies from the version sold at Leighton Galleries (right) in condition and minor decorative details; the Briley clock brought $91,875, and the Leighton clock brought $8500. Was it the same clock? The clock at the Briley sale had a new finial, new bosses added to ... (Read More)

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Americana Sale at Doyle
by Lita Solis-Cohen

This oil on canvas portrait of a young girl with a coral necklace, 26" x 21¾", inscribed "No. 56" and signed "R. Rowley" and dated 1826 on the back, painted in a trompe l'oeil frame against a green ground and in a simple black frame, sold for $40,625 to an ... (Read More)

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Converting Web Sites for Mobile Viewing
by John P. Reid

Computer Column #282by John P. Reid, [email protected] photo of a smartphone viewing a mobile Web site is shown to scale with its corresponding desktop page.Creating a Web site for an antiques dealer, collector, or organization was discussed in the last column. Adding a mobile version of the site can increase ... (Read More)

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First-Ever Connecticut Show in Massachusetts Goes Smoothly
by David Hewett

How would you celebrate your 80th birthday? Henry T. Callan of East Sandwich, Massachusetts, chose to do just what he has been doing for the last 45 years: set up and sell at an antiques show. Callan carries an inventory of Chinese porcelains, Battersea boxes, and needlework samplers. His take ... (Read More)

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20th-Century Art and Design
by Danielle Arnet

Unsigned and from an edition of 250, Pablo Picasso's Le Repas Frugal, a circa 1904 etching on Van Gelder paper from "La Suite des Saltimbanques," Bloch 1, fetched $158,600. Treadway/Toomey photo.Joe Stanfield of the fine arts division told us that not one domestic bidder showed interest in Street Scene by ... (Read More)

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Antique Jewelry and Gemology: Flurry of Sales, Including Cowan's Inaugural Jewelry Auction
by Mary Ann Hensel

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