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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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(Auction)Bierstadt's Washington Monument Leads Potomack Sale
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company held a big two-day antiques and fine arts catalog auction on September 24 and 25 at the firm’s Alexandria, Virginia, gallery. The sale consisted of more than 800 lots at the two-day live auction and another 300 lots during ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Diamonds Are an Auctioneer's Best Friend
Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York
Photos courtesy Cottone Auctions
At the September 23 and 24 auction at Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York, the top lot of the sale of 700-plus lots was a vintage Kashmir sapphire and diamond ring that sold for $103,500 (includes buyer’s premium) to a New York City collector. ... (Read More)
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