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(Auction)Enameled Tiffany Box Erupts at Quinn's
Quinn’s Auction Galleries-Central Virginia, Louisa, Virginia
Photos courtesy Quinn’s Auction Galleries-Central Virginia
Quinn’s Auction Galleries-Central Virginia held its spring fine and decorative arts auction on March 25 at the firm’s facilities in Louisa, Virginia. The sale was relatively small, with only 359 lots, but it offered a good mix of traditional antiques ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bring the Brink's Trucks and the Fire Extinguishers
Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York
Photos courtesy Cottone Auctions
All the gold (leaf) objects were glittering, and phone and Internet bidding was hot as auctioneer Sam Cottone burned through the pockets of successful bidders in a $2.1 million sale of 418 lots on March 25 in Geneseo, New York. The first 30 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Chait Indicted in Smuggled Rhinoceros Horns Case
Jacob Chait, 34, who served as the head of acquisitions and auctioneer of I.M. Chait, a gallery and auction house in Beverly Hills, California, appeared on February 21 in Manhattan federal court in New York to face charges of conspiring to smuggle rhinoceros horns, in violation of the Lacey Act. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spring Estates Auction
John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Auctioneer John McInnis culls items with rich local history from northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire collections and estates, so when he advertises an auction at his gallery in Amesbury, Massachusetts, every seat is filled—and then some. He established that pattern early in his 35-year career, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Story of a Shingle-Style House with Secrets
Photos courtesy Jane Goodrich
The drawing on the cover of The House at Lobster Cove is a quick sketch done by one of Kragsyde’s architects, Robert Swain Peabody, circa 1885. It is housed in the files of Boston Architectural College, unidentified, but Jane Goodrich is more than confident that it’s Kragsyde. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)John Krynick and Francis Nestor of Cottage+Camp, North Egremont, Massachusetts
In the Trade
People end up in the antiques trade for all sorts of reasons. When it comes to John Krynick and Francis Nestor of Cottage+Camp, North Egremont, Massachusetts, the explanation is straightforward. “If we didn’t have the business,” Nestor said, “we’d probably be hoarders. We can’t get away from it. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Jonathan Fairbanks to Receive AD20/21 Lifetime Achievement Award
Jonathan L. Fairbanks. Ian Justice photo.
The tenth anniversary AD20/21 Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Jonathan L. Fairbanks at the gala preview of the AD20/21 show in Boston on Thursday evening, April 6. The show, which includes the Boston Print Fair, features close to 50 modern to contemporary exhibitors.
Art, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, April 2017
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
This month’s selection contains something a little out of the ordinary in the form of a heavily illustrated piece on a sale of vesta cases that took place far from the London rooms—but sales in the capital are certainly not forgotten.
A spectacular ivory table centrepiece known as the ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)What a Wonderful World
The Young Collector
The walls start to close in around the end of January each winter. It’s a tiny house. We’ve all been together unrelentingly since Christmas and without large-scale diversion since about two weeks after Christmas when the toys lost their luster (and their pieces). We have eight enormous windows, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, April 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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