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The Weston Antiques Show
by Fran Kramer

Weston, Vermont Yes, classic furniture (think highboys) and accessories sell at the Weston Antiques Show, a charming show with a history that repeats yet evolves. The tour buses fill the parking lots for the nearby Vermont Country Store in Weston, Vermont, which in turn fills the appetites for samples of fudge, ... (Read More)

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Newly Completed Expo Center at the Nashville Fairgrounds Will House Two of the February Events
by Karla Klein Albertson

Once again, changes are coming to show week in Nashville. In February 2020, the Nashville Show, managed by the Jenkins family, and the recently renamed Fiddlers at the Fairgrounds, owned by Doug Supinger, will set up their dealers in adjacent halls within the new Expo Center opening shortly at the ... (Read More)

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Transferware Research Grants Announced
by M.A.D. staff

The Transferware Collectors Club (TCC), a U.S.-based international nonprofit organization dedicated to the study of British transfer-printed ceramics, has announced the recipients of the 2019 Paul and Gladys Richards Charitable Foundation Research Grants for the study of British transferware. Grants totaling more than $13,000 will be distributed to recipients from ... (Read More)

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Charles and Olenka Santore: An Appreciation
by M.A.D. staff

After a brief illness, Charles “Charlie” Santore died on August 11, exactly four months after the death of his wife and best friend, Olenka. To the world at large, Santore was best known as an award-winning illustrator of children’s books, including classics such as The Wizard of Oz, The Night ... (Read More)

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Tiffany Tea Service Leads at Potomack
by Walter C. Newman

The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia Photos courtesy The Potomack Company September 28 marked the beginning of a six-day auction marathon for The Potomack Company—September 28 and 30 and October 1-4. We are used to the firm’s staging a single live auction followed by a day or two of specialty online-only sales the ... (Read More)

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Fine and Decorative Art
by Don Johnson

Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio Photos courtesy Cowan’s Auctions Chalk up another one. A sand bottle made by Andrew Clemens (1857-1894) sold for $100,000 (including buyer’s premium) against an estimate of $30,000/50,000 during the fine and decorative art sale held by Cowan’s Auctions on September 28, 2019, in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was the ... (Read More)

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Letter from London, October 2019
by Ian McKay, [email protected]

Quite a few pictures appear in this month’s “Letter,” with one piece featuring a note on a famous portrait painter’s dislike for “Curs’d faces.” Overdressed ladies in a Turkish bath and a work by the “Little Spaniard” are also to be found. And are they really “pulling the goose” in ... (Read More)

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Works of Art at Skinner
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts Wine and hors d’oeuvres for the Thursday evening sale, and a petite brunch with mimosas for noon on Friday. Such was Skinner’s presentation of its September 26 and 27 auction of American and European works of art in the Boston gallery. Those enhancements brought bidders into the ... (Read More)

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The Complete Story of the Thomas Drowne Chanticleer at the MFA
by Lita Solis-Cohen

A story in the September issue of M.A.D. (see p. 133) congratulated the Museum of Old Newbury in Newburyport, Massachusetts, on the acquisition of the Shem Drowne weathercock that had been atop the Third Parish Church of Newburyport from 1725 until 1801 and then was moved to the new meeting ... (Read More)

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Slavery and Abolition Documents Are Highlight of $1 Million-Plus Sale
by Jeanne Schinto

Swann Galleries, New York City Photos courtesy Swann Galleries Swann Galleries’ printed and manuscript Americana sale in New York City on September 26 achieved some phenomenal results, particularly for archives, family papers, diaries, and other unique items in the categories of slavery and abolition, Mormons, Latin Americana, and the American West. ... (Read More)
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