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Boscobel Offers Free Admission for Veterans
by M.A.D. staff

To honor all former U.S. military personnel, Boscobel in Garrison, New York, will offer free house and grounds admission to veterans who show their military ID (or even a photo of themselves wearing their uniform) at the front desk during the month of November. The Boscobel Salutes Veterans Program will ... (Read More)

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Peale Portrait Prints Pop
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire In a twist on auction events of late, Ron Bourgeault packed the gallery to the rafters for Northeast Auctions’ October 25, 2016, sale at the Treadwell Mansion in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. What’s more, it was just like the “old days,” beginning at 5:30 p.m. on a ... (Read More)

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Exhibitions
by M.A.D. staff

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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Positively Pensive
by Cathy Aldrich

Monroe Antique Show and Sale, Monroe, Washington The weather was good; the crowds obliged; the dealers were responsive; and the atmosphere felt just right for what might be the penultimate Monroe Antique Show and Sale, October 22 and 23, 2016. The murmurs of rumor became a more pronounced buzz, confirmed as ... (Read More)

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Jewelry Shines at Grogan & Company
by Mary Ann Brown

Antique Jewelry & Gemology It caught our attention when Grogan & Company’s October 23, 2016, auction in Boston was roughly one-third jewelry—111 lots of its 339-lot sale. I called Lucy Grogan, Grogan’s jewelry specialist and gallery director, to discuss the sale. She began by saying that  the offerings included “a little ... (Read More)

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The Boston International Fine Art Show
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

Boston, Massachusetts For 20 years the Boston International Fine Art Show (BIFAS) has brightened the fall calendar in Boston. During the October 20-23, 2016, event, just shy of 40 dealers, many of whom have done the show since the beginning, set up beneath the domed glass ceiling of the Cyclorama building ... (Read More)

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Horological, Jewelry, and Antiques Auction
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

R.O. Schmitt Fine Arts, Manchester, New Hampshire R.O. Schmitt Fine Arts’ October 22 and 23, 2016, auction was the first under the complete ownership of Dan Horan. Former owner Bob Schmitt opened the sale—his last—before a fuller house than usual at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire. After the sale ... (Read More)

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Strong "Pre-Election Selection"
by Mark Sisco

Farrin’s Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine Rusty Farrin, a.k.a. Farrin’s Country Auctions, runs about 25 or 30 auctions per year from his Randolph, Maine, hall. Once or twice each year, he culls some of the best stuff for presentation in a single sale, usually in autumn. Often it’s billed as a pre-Thanksgiving ... (Read More)

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California Passes Broad Law Regulating Autographed Objects
by Clayton Pennington

“This law is nuts.” That was the blunt assessment of one member of the trade when asked about changes in a California law that was originally written to protect buyers of sports memorabilia. Governor Jerry Brown signed the amended bill into law on September 9. Selling or consigning to auction in ... (Read More)

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Cincinnati Carved Cabinet Goes Home, Sort Of
by M.A.D. staff

When Herbert Broadfoot II and his wife, Nancy, decided to downsize, they consigned a family heirloom, a Cincinnati carved cabinet attributed to William Henry Fry (1830-1929), to Great Gatsby’s Auction Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia. The cabinet had been a wedding present in 1876 for Nancy Broadfoot’s great-great-aunt Mary Boyd and had ... (Read More)
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