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(Fragment)Decorative Arts Trust Awards Research Grants
The Decorative Arts Trust’s annual research grants will be awarded to 14 recipients in doctoral and master’s programs. Each year the trust awards research grants to graduate students working on a master’s thesis or Ph.D. dissertation in a field related to the decorative arts. The trust encourages projects that advance ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Arrests Made in Maine Museum Robbery
On June 19 the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a burglary at the Oakfield Railroad Museum in Oakfield, Maine. Tools, artifacts, lanterns, and other objects had been stolen sometime in the days leading up to the date the burglary was reported.
Museum volunteers located some objects hidden nearby, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California Art Sale
Bonhams, Los Angeles
Photos courtesy Bonhams
"Very, very pleased with the outcome,” said fine art director Scot Levitt about Bonhams’ August 3 California art auction in Los Angeles. Levitt said that with so much of the bidding action being online, it is difficult to predict an auction’s outcome. He needn’t have worried ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)1stDibs Goes Public
On June 10 shares in 1stdibs.com, Inc., began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol DIBS. The initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock began trading at $21.50 after being priced at $20 per share.
1stDibs (www.1stdibs.com) is an online marketplace for vintage, antique, and contemporary furniture, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Zoar Antiques Show & Artisans’ Tent Expands and Shines
Zoar, Ohio
Outdoor events continue to see an upswing in attendance numbers, and the same held true for the 2021 edition of the Zoar Antiques Show & Artisans’ Tent, located just on the outskirts of historic Zoar village in Zoar, Ohio. The show was held July 31 and August 1, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Massachusetts Americana Online
Willis Henry Auctions, Marshfield, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Willis Henry Auctions
Marshfield, Massachusetts, auctioneer Willis Henry is known for interesting Americana, folky and formal, and Shaker material. The August 1 online sale brought to market objects of coastal Massachusetts history that bidders were pleased to buy. Stoneware, woodenware from Hingham, Massachusetts, paintings, instruments, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Western Art Auction Tops $17.5 Million
Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, Reno, Nevada
Photos courtesy Coeur d’Alene Art Auction
It seems only fitting that while the U.S. Olympians in Tokyo were busy setting new world records, the same was taking place in Reno, Nevada, at the Coeur d’Alene 36th annual Western art auction. Continued interest in fine Western art ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, August 2021
Though there is most definitely a strong Chinese and Russian presence in this month’s “Letter,” it remains exceptionally wide ranging in content.
Those Chinese lots include a ceramic dish that made an unexpected and record-breaking sum in a Swedish auction as well as rare and highly prized items of huanghuali furniture ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Provincetown Art Highlights Sale
Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred’s
Eldred’s July 28-30 three-day sale was just what a summer sale should be. Replete with Provincetown art, the sale included a group of white-line woodblock prints by artists of the Provincetown Printers, formed in 1915. Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt (1878-1955), who spent summers in Provincetown, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Jill Waddell
Coming from a family of do-it-yourselfers has guided Jill Waddell in her career, and the “thoughtful, clever, and resourceful traits” she inherited have been carried over to her work as a vice president and senior specialist in the silver department at Christie’s New York.
The Christie’s vice president, a senior ... (Read More)
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