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Camden-Rockport Antiques Show
by Mark Sisco

Rockport, Maine The climate may be changing, but coolness prevailed at the annual Camden-Rockport Antiques Show. I arrived about 15 minutes after the opening time of the first day of the Goosefare Antiques & Promotions show, held for the second time at its new location in Rockport, Maine, at the Midcoast ... (Read More)

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Summer Antiques and Art Auction
by Don Johnson

Meander Auctions, Whipple, Ohio Photos courtesy Meander Auctions Meander Auctions held its summer antiques and art sale at its gallery in Whipple, Ohio, July 20. “Overall, we were quite pleased,” said auctioneer Andrew Richmond. Spurred by bidding on two online platforms, the sale topped its cumulative high estimate and had a sell-through ... (Read More)

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Exhibitions, August 2024
by M.A.D. Staff

Frank Stewart, Radio Players Series (or The Bus), 1978, gelatin silver print, 14" x 11". Collection of Sing Lathan and Bining Taylor. —Through September 22 —Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania Frank Stewart’s Nexus: An American Photographer’s Journey, 1960s to the Present at the Brandywine Museum of Art traces the half-century of Frank Stewart’s work ... (Read More)

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Concord Museum Awarded $5 Million Grant
by M.A.D. Staff

Concord Museum, Concord, Massachusetts, has received a $5 million grant from an anonymous donor. This grant will provide critical support to the museum as it continues to preserve and share Concord’s story for generations to come. The grant will enable the museum to establish an endowed curatorship that honors curator David ... (Read More)

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Decorative Arts Trust Awards Research Grants
by M.A.D. Staff

The Decorative Arts Trust has awarded research grants to 14 graduate students. The recipient of the Marie Zimmermann Grant, generously sponsored by the Marie and John Zimmermann Fund, is Lauren Lovings-Gomez from Rice University. The recipient of the DARTS Grant, generously sponsored by the Decorative Arts Society of Orange County, is Danielle ... (Read More)

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Pure Country Antique Show
by Don Johnson

Chrisman, Illinois The story goes something like this. In 2021 Jill Mattingly decided to use her event venue, Bloomfield Barn near Chrisman, Illinois, to host a weekend sale of antiques. Simple concept. Minimal dealers. “It would just be us and a couple of friends,” she said. And then, well, it wasn’t. ... (Read More)

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New Summer Show in Maine
by M.A.D. Staff

Gurley Antique Shows will debut the new Summer Bath Antique Sale on Sunday, July 28, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the newly built gymnasium at Morse High School in Bath, Maine. “The high school is a state-of-the-art facility with great lighting, ample parking, easy access, and air-conditioning. It is located ... (Read More)

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The Sporting Sale
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

Copley Fine Art Auctions, Pembroke, Massachusetts Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions Premier collections from across the country drove the action at Copley Fine Art Auctions’ July 11 and 12 sale, which was livestreamed from the Hingham, Massachusetts, offices. Birds by Massachusetts’s dean of decoys, Anthony Elmer Crowell (1862-1952), numbered 44 and ... (Read More)

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Eli Wilner Announces Matching Grants for Small Institutions
by M.A.D. Staff

Eli Wilner & Company, New York City, best known for having framed Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and completing 28 projects for the White House, has announced that funding is available to cover part of the cost of framing projects for small ... (Read More)

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Winterthur Acquires Rare Painting of Free Black Woman
by M.A.D. Staff

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library has acquired an 1857 oil painting depicting an identifiable free black member of the regional Baltimore community, according to a press release. In this group portrait, Vermont-born painter Thomas Waterman Wood (1823-1903) documented an important moment in history just before the American Civil War when the ... (Read More)
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