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(Issue Story)Letter from London, September 2021
Though I have in recent times started and hope to continue to include appealing and unusual lots from country sales on these pages, this month's selection is very much a "Letter from London" and features lots that are both very rare and, generally speaking, very expensive.
There are lots of pictures, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Judge Dismisses "Net to You" Contract Lawsuit
On July 26 Judge Joel M. Cohen dismissed a lawsuit filed against Hirschl & Adler Galleries and Stuart Feld by collector and hedge-fund billionaire Michael Steinhardt.
The suit, filed in New York Supreme Court in November 2020, concerned a full-length portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart-the so-called Munro-Lenox portrait-that Hirschl ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with William Secord
If one has a question on a particular breed of dog and how the standards have changed since the late 18th century, William "Bill" Secord probably has a book on it. In fact, his collection of antique books on dogs, ranging from 1785 to World War II, numbers some three ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)If the Price and the Recontextualization Are Right
On July 10 the Charlottesville, Virginia, City Council voted unanimously to remove Their First View of the Pacific, a sculpture by Charles Keck (1875-1951) depicting Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Sacagawea that was installed at the intersection of West Main and Ridge-McIntire Street. The city had previously removed statues of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Cape Cod Glass Show in New Location
The 33rd annual Cape Cod Glass Show and Sale will be held in a new location. It will now be located at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 307 Old Main Street, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts (use exit 75-old exit 8-on the Mid-Cape Highway).
Sponsored by the Cape Cod Glass Club, a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, September 2021
Before and after images of a portrait of Mary T. Holbrook Cheever, donated by Kimberley Leach, a descendant of the sitter. Identified by scholar Deborah M. Child as the work of Edwin Plummer (1802-1880).
-Through October 11 -Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Portsmouth Treasures: A Century of Collecting at Portsmouth Historical Society at the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2021 Antique American Indian Art Show
Santa Fe, New Mexico
The Antique American Indian Art Show ran August 17-20 and closed out Antique Week in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Like its sibling show, Objects of Art, it ran concurrently with a companion virtual show (August 9-31) featuring material available at the show and online offered by dealers ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Maritime Arts Sale
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred's
Eldred's maritime arts sale held August 19 and 20 under the tent at the East Dennis, Massachusetts, gallery brought historical objects to market from a variety of collections, including those of Ian R. MacKenzie and New Yorker Michael Gill, who acquired much of his collection ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Live and Online Americana Sales
Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner
Skinner's summer Americana sale on August 19 in the Marlborough gallery had a live audience of 12 to 15 carefully masked and spaced bidders for the 166-lot sale. The online sale, August 9-18, offered 2030 lots.
In preliminary remarks Stephen L. Fletcher, head of Americana among other ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Unique Congressional Gold Medal Sells for $600,000
A unique large Congressional Gold Medal weighing 7.6 troy ounces that was presented to Major General William Henry Harrison to honor Harrison's War of 1812 victory at the Battle of the Thames in Upper Canada on October 5, 1813, sold beyond all expectations for $600,000 (includes buyer's premium) at Stack's ... (Read More)
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