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(Issue Story)"Treasures on Trial"
Treasures on Trial: The Art and Science of Detecting Fakes opened on April Fool’s day in the Winterthur second-floor exhibition galleries. The show, running through January 7, 2018, showcases some of the most notorious fakes and forgeries of our time. “The exhibition could not have arrived at a more opportune ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, July 2017
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and website for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Dates and Location for 43rd Annual Vermont ADA Show
The 43rd annual Vermont Antiques Dealers’ Association (VADA) show will be held July 21 and 22 at the Stratton Mountain Base Lodge in Stratton, Vermont. After a successful run over several years in Woodstock, the show committee has opted for the more intimate space at Stratton. Low ceilings and walled ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Heritage Auctions' Summer Fine Jewelry Sale
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Jill Burgum, Heritage Auctions’ senior director of fine jewelry, was in Chicago for the June 26 summer fine jewelry signature auction, the inaugural sale at that location. We spoke on the telephone after the sale to find out what’s happening in the antique and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Optimistic Response to Inaugural Annapolis Fair
Annapolis Summer Antiques Fair, Annapolis, Maryland
The first annual Annapolis Summer Antiques Fair was held June 24 and 25 at The Byzantium events center in Annapolis, Maryland. The show was produced by Dordy Fontinel Show Management and was the logical extension of her successful run of January shows at the same ... (Read More)
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(Show)Goosefare's Very Good, Short Day
Wells Outdoor Antiques Show & Sale, Wells, Maine
It’s hard to get better than this—perfect weather, a short day, and good stuff.
On June 25 Goosefare Antiques and Promotions of Wells, Maine, produced a one-day show that was almost directly across the street from its home base. The 17th Wells Outdoor Antiques ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2017 Lititz Antiques Show
Lititz, Pennsylvania
The town of Lititz, in the fertile farmland of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, has a group of dedicated residents who have preserved the rich history of the area. The year after the Lititz Historical Society was founded in 1961, the society held an antiques show as a fund-raiser, and every ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Primitive Paintings Color Auction
Hap Moore, York, Maine
They weren’t the priciest items on the block, but the flavor of Hap Moore’s June 24 auction in York, Maine, seemed to emanate from some primitive paintings and a nifty piece of classic Maine painted furniture.
A Prior-Hamblen school portrait of Mercy Dixon of Lebanon, Maine, came with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Charged in Gardner Theft Scam
Anonymous tipsters and digital tracks have led to the arrest of Todd A. Desper of Beckley, West Virginia, on May 22 on fraud charges in connection with a scheme to sell on Craigslist paintings that had been stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990.
Desper, a.k.a. “Mordokwan,” 47, was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native American Art at Auction
Bonhams, San Francisco, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
What went wrong and what went right at Bonhams’ June 19th Native American art auction in San Francisco?
When asked what went wrong, department director Ingmars Lindbergs immediately answered, “Number forty-five,” referring to the current presidential administration. “I was apprehensive before the December auction,” he continued, ... (Read More)
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