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(Auction)The Merton Simpson Collection, Part One
Quinn’s Auction Galleries, Falls Church, Virginia
Photos courtesy Quinn’s Auction Galleries
All prices include buyer’s premium
Merton D. Simpson (1928-2013) was a well-respected artist and art dealer. He is best remembered, however, as a pioneer in the field of tribal and African art collecting. At the time of his death his estate included ... (Read More)
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(Show)Vermont Antiques Week: The Okemo Antiques Show
Ludlow, Vermont
September 30 was the opening for the 23rd annual Okemo Antiques Show in Ludlow, Vermont, about ten miles north of Weston. It has been held at the Okemo Mountain ski resort for many years. This year the show saw new managers: Steven Sherhag of Canfield, Ohio, who manages the ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Oak Furniture: The British Tradition
A Book Review
Oak Furniture: The British Tradition. A History of Early Furniture in the British Isles and New England by Victor Chinnery. ACC Art Books, 2016, 551 pages, hardbound, $125 plus S/H from (www.antiquecollectorsclub.com) or (212) 645-1111.
The years before and after 1980 were, in retrospect, something of a golden age ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Old Salem to Open Moravian Decorative Arts Gallery
Old Salem Museums & Gardens in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will open a new self-guided gallery, the Dianne H. Furr Moravian Decorative Arts Gallery, on October 22.
The Dianne H. Furr Moravian Decorative Arts Gallery will include nearly 2500 square feet in the Frank L. Horton Museum Center at 924 S. Main ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)From the Ground Up
Charles G. Dorman (1920-2000), who served as curator of Independence National Historical Park, used to tell the urban archaeologists digging in Philadelphia’s historic district that when trenching at a country house or farmhouse, they should estimate the pitching arm of the cook or the farmer’s wife and dig around the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Skinner Features the Nancy and Gilbert Levine Antique Jewelry Collection
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Skinner, Inc. held its September 27 fine jewelry auction in Boston. A large portion—96 of the 718 lots—was dedicated to the sale of the Nancy and Gilbert Levine collection, donated to the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) and now selling “to benefit future acquisitions,” according to Skinner. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, October 2016
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)Grand Opening for 14 E. King Antiques and Design
A new shop in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania, 14 E. King Antiques and Design, will celebrate a grand opening September 22-24. The shop will be open all three days from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Owners Tracy Dodge and Steve Lipman, former owners of The Yellow Garage Antiques Marketplace, Mullica Hill, New Jersey, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, October 2016
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
Some very expensive lots from the English summer sales are lined up for this month’s “Letter,” not the least of them a pictorial tour of a Prince Bishop’s Bavarian garden. Stubbs and Munnings provide a couple of defining moments in equine portraiture, while mayhem in a Dutch schoolroom ... (Read More)
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(Show)Arion's Fall York Show 2016
The Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
There were over 90 dealers on 92 stands at Melvin “Butch” Arion’s 167th Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale in York, Pennsylvania. It was a three-day event, September 23-25, with a diverse roster of dealers from Pennsylvania, New York, New ... (Read More)
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