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(Computer Article)Home and Business Security
Computer Column #334
Protecting our computers from malware has been discussed in this column. This month the emphasis will be reversed. Computers, other digital devices, and the Internet can protect us and our antiques businesses from criminals.
Dome and bullet-style security cameras.
Security Cameras
Security or surveillance cameras are everywhere. News reports tell us ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Some Icons Return to Market
Pook & Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook
Pook & Pook’s Americana sale on October 7 and 8 was a big one. The 847 lots covered the full range of American furniture, ceramics, metalware, advertising, and paintings, collected by the last two generations of collectors. The sale provided a barometer ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Annie Oakley Wins the Shooting Match
James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maine
Here’s a story about a little woman who became a very big shot. Phoebe Ann Mosey (1860-1926) was born in Woodland, Ohio, into a hard life of poverty. She had little schooling, and at the age of seven, she began hunting and trapping to support ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Elmore and Harvard Settle Suit
The lawsuit filed by Harvard University against Santa Fe, New Mexico, dealer and author Steve Elmore has been settled.
In 2015 Elmore self-published a 217-page book, In Search of Nampeyo: The Early Years, 1875-1892, after the manuscript was rejected by the Peabody Museum Press, the publishing arm of the Peabody Museum ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African American Fine Art Auction
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
Swann Galleries is approaching its tenth anniversary of conducting African American fine art auctions, and the October 6, 2016, sale at the New York City auction house did not disappoint. It was a see-and-be-seen event for the enthusiastic collectors and spectators who filled ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Monumental Emanuel Leutze Painting Discovered in Pennsylvania Masonic Temple
An unpublished and previously unknown painting by the famous American historical and portrait painter Emanuel Leutze (1816-1868), best known for his iconic Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851, Metropolitan Museum of Art), has come to light in a Masonic temple in eastern Pennsylvania.1Measuring 80" x 118" with its frame, the oil ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Potomack Company Expands into Connecticut
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia, has expanded to the Greenwich, Connecticut, area. Suzanne Branch has been appointed head of Potomack’s Greenwich office to provide collectors, executors, and dealers in the Northeast with a full range of auction services. Branch is a graduate of Sweet Briar College and studied at the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings, Furniture, and Decorative Arts
Doyle New York, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle New York
Doyle hit a home run with the sale of Daniel Huntington’s The Counterfeit Note, a genre scene painted in 1858 and out of the public eye since 1877, when it sold for $406,000 (with buyer’s premium) to a buyer who was ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Robert P. Walker, Polka Dot Antiques, Waccabuc, New York
In the Trade
Robert Walker sells British ceramics. Given the state of today’s market, one might logically assume that selling such specialized material is not easy. After all, what could seem less in vogue these days than fussy little pieces of china? Even the word sounds old-fashioned. And, not surprisingly, prices ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)American Watch History in Geneva
If you want to examine three valuable and rare watches with uniquely important historical connections to the United States, you need to travel to the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva, Switzerland.
Front view of the Patek Philippe Museum, Rue des Vieux-Grenadiers 7, Geneva, Switzerland.
Many of us, not just in the top ... (Read More)
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