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(Book Review)Clockwork Music
A Book Review
Musical clocks: that was it. Before the early 1800s, to hear music not from “live” musical instruments and human voices, you had about one choice. True, there were a handful of exotic music-playing automata in royal palaces, but for the rest of us, a mechanical clock with bells, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)John Bartlam Saucer on Loan to MESDA
Curator Daniel Ackermann calls the John Bartlam saucer now on long-term loan from a private collection to the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts at Old Salem Museums and Gardens (MESDA) “one of the most important ceramics ever made in America.”
John Bartlam (1735-1781), porcelain saucer, 1765-70, Cainhoy, South Carolina, soft-paste ... (Read More)
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(Show)Maine Antiques Dealers Association Goes Back to School
Coastal Maine Antiques Show, Damariscotta, Maine
The annual Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA) Coastal Maine Antiques Show, held on August 22, had to be moved to another location this year because of ongoing renovation and construction at the Damariscotta River Association (DRA) in Damariscotta, Maine, where the show has been held ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Thrill of the Chase: A Detective Story
Harry Chase (1853-1889) returned to St. Louis, Missouri, at the end of September 1879, after three years of art study in Europe—two years in Paris under Paul Constant Soyer, and a year in The Hague under the great Dutch marine painter Hendrik Willem Mesdag. Twice in those three years, in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tremont Auctions Will Not Move
In our July issue (see p. 15-D), we reported that Tremont Auctions would be relocating in the fall. On July 19, the auction house announced that it is staying in Newton, Massachusetts.
“Tremont Auctions is pleased to announce that we’re still calling Newton ‘home’ through June of 2019,” an e-mail announcement ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bid $100, Pay $100: How Strange Is That?
Charles M. Talbot Associates, Turner, Maine
Charles Talbot Associates, Turner, Maine, has been in business for over 60 years, making it one of the oldest auction firms in Maine. At the start of the August 21 sale, auctioneer and co-owner Dale Talbot related the story of the company: “Talbot was started ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Carol Cadou’s Plans for Winterthur
Soon after Carol Cadou, the first Charles F. Montgomery Director and CEO at Winterthur, began her new job this summer she agreed to an interview. Her newly endowed title was named in honor of Charles Montgomery, first director of Winterthur.
To assume her role as Winterthur’s director, Cadou left her previous ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Two Charged in Connection with $8 Million Theft from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is the victim of a multimillion-dollar theft—approximately $8 million—and according to authorities it was an inside job.
An affidavit filed in Allegheny County court in Pennsylvania by detectives Frances Laquatra and Perann Tansmore notes that the alleged thefts came to light during an appraisal of the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Ellsworth Woodlawn Show Going Strong in its Ninth Decade
Ellsworth Antiques Show, Ellsworth, Maine
The Ellsworth Antiques Show in Ellsworth, Maine, held this year from August 16 to 18 at the Woodlawn Museum, still lays claim to being America’s longest-running antiques show, with its genesis harking all the way back to 1937 and only a brief break during the World ... (Read More)
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(Auction)MacKay and Field Collection
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Northeast Auctions
Connecticut dealers Susan MacKay and Peter Field began collecting at an early age. They set up as MacKay and Field Antiques in 1986 when their own collections were bursting. They began with flea markets and soon were exhibiting at indoor shows, all the ... (Read More)
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