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(Fragment)Art Scammer Sentenced
Vincent Lopreto, 52, was sentenced on October 11 to five and a half to 11 years in state prison for creating and selling counterfeit pieces of contemporary art to prospective buyers around the world. The defendant pleaded guilty in New York State Supreme Court to grand larceny in the third ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Mark Thormahlen, Yellow Church Antiques, Millbrook, New York
In the Trade
Mark Thormahlen used to work for the venerable English antique furniture firm Stair & Company on Madison Avenue in New York City (not to be confused with Stair Galleries, Hudson, New York, an auction house), and it shows. His Yellow Church Antiques-housed in a 19th-century church on U.S. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)From the Collection of: Musings on Human Nature and Collecting
You see it at antiques shows, in print ads and auction catalogs, and on dealers' websites-"from the collection of " or "ex-(insert name here)." Sometimes the item is cited as having appeared in a book that displays someone's treasures, and collectors seem to find an object compellingly attractive and precious ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Andrew Wyeth: In Retrospect
A Book Review
Andrew Wyeth: In Retrospect
by Patricia Junker and Audrey Lewis with Henry Adams, Karen Baumgartner, Christopher B. Crosman, Mary Adam Landa, Christine B. Podmaniczky, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Joyce Hill Stoner, and Shuji Takahashi The Brandywine River Museum of Art and the Seattle Art Museum, in association with Yale ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Illinois Man Sentenced on Counterfeit Securities Fraud Charges
Scott Meherg, 36, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to 24 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $3161 on charges involving his possession and use of counterfeit checks.
According to court documents, on four occasions in March 2015, Meherg used counterfeit checks to purchase merchandise at ... (Read More)
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(Show)The ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show
Amherst, Massachusetts
One of the very great pleasures of an antiques show is the freedom to touch the object, to feel its form and surface. What is particularly appealing about the Antiques Dealers' Association of America/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show is color and surface. Dealers bring out their best, and those antiques ... (Read More)
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(Show)Falling for Rhinebeck
Rhinebeck, New York
It was fall; the leaf colors were late; the weather was like summer; but one thing remained constant, the annual fall Antiques at Rhinebeck, managed by Frank Gaglio and Barn Star Productions. Great dealers, great knowledge, sexy merchandise-wait a minute, did I get your attention-yes, sexy.
I do not ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana and International Sale
Pook & Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.
The Americana in Pook & Pook's Americana and international sale on October 7, 2017, was a good test of that market. There was plenty of what the trade calls "smalls." Many smalls were Pennsylvania German, and some brought big prices.
Thanks to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Exhilarating" Auction at Wolfs
Wolfs Art Dealers & Appraisers, Cleveland, Ohio
Photos courtesy Wolfs
Michael Wolf, 71 years young, has no plans to slow down. Wolf, the owner of Wolfs Art Dealers & Appraisers in Cleveland, Ohio, was recently in San Francisco promoting several of the artists the gallery represents; this was only weeks after conducting ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Homeward Bound
The Young Collector
Have you ever seen one of those old submarine movies where the cook is rummaging under bunks for potatoes? Or maybe one where the crew is running out of air, and there are only minutes to spare before everyone suffocates or has a complete mental breakdown? While we ... (Read More)
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