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(Fragment)Appeals Court Reinstates Art Defamation Lawsuit
On May 22 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling and reinstated an art defamation lawsuit filed by Gerald Peters Gallery and Gerald Peters against Peter Stremmel, Stremmel Galleries, Mike Overby, and Coeur D'Alene Art Auction of Nevada. "We conclude that the district court erred in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Speaking Walls and Well-Mannered Dogs
A Book Review
The history, design, production, and architectural application of wallpaper to interiors has interested me since childhood. Early on, I focused my attention on the 19th-century French panoramic papers that appeared around 1800 and were inspired by mural paintings, tapestries, Chinese painted wallpapers, English wallpapers depicting fine art and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, September 2020
Letter from London
by Ian McKay,
Astrolabes and Venus, handbags, timekeepers and beekeepers, along with Medusa the Gorgon and an unusual mirror all feature in this month's "Letter," as do complex and costly automata. There is also an old tablet that bears the name of a Sumerian brewery worker-thought to be ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native American Art
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
by Alice Kaufman
Photos courtesy Bonhams
What were the results of the August 31 Native American art auction at Bonhams in Los Angeles? According to department director Ingmars Lindbergs, "Very good. Extremely good." That translated to $107 million in sales, $110,000 over the low estimate for the sale.
Lindbergs is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Delaware Antiques Show Goes Virtual and Winterthur Terminates 27 Staff
"When the members of Winterthur's Collectors Circle, many of them big buyers, said they would not travel to attend the Delaware Antiques Show, and the caterer said we had to serve box suppers, and the lender to the loan show backed out, we knew we were in trouble. Then forty-nine ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Art and Decorative Rarities
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries is up and running full steam ahead, bucking the headwinds of the COVID-bedeviled economy. Thomaston Place put up its usual upscale summer auction on August 29 and 30 this year, with a sale top-heavy with major ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Auction
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia
Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates held its summer Americana auction at the firm's gallery in Mt. Crawford, Virginia, August 27, 28, and 29. The three sessions combined to offer more than 1700 lots from multiple consignors and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Farrin Back in Full Gear
Farrin's Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine
As best we can define "normal" these days, business at Rusty Farrin's auction company in Randolph, Maine, is back to normal, as long as everyone understands that normal now means wearing a mask and keeping 6' apart. But there is a sad change evident. His August ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fiddlers at the Fairgrounds Show Sold
In February 2020 the long-running Fiddlers antiques show made a major move east to the new Expo Center at Nashville's Fairgrounds, as reviewed in the June 2020 issue of M.A.D. Now that transformation has been followed by another big change announced by show owner Doug Supinger on the website: "Doug ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with James R. Boening
We are all spending much more time now in our houses and apartments because of COVID-19. Because we all might enjoy staring at someone else's walls for a change, this column gives our readers an idea of what some of their colleagues, fellow collectors, and other readers surround themselves with ... (Read More)
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