(Book Review)
A Book Review
Strength and Splendor: Wrought Iron from the Musee Le Secq des Tournelles, Rouen, edited by Anne-Charlotte Cathelineau. The Barnes Foundation, 2015, 176 pages, hardbound, $32.50 plus S/H from the Barnes Foundation, (215) 278-7000 or (www.barnesfoundation.org).
Strength and Splendor is the illustrated catalog for an exhibition of 150 pieces of ... (Read More)
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Dana Tillou and his wife, Catherine, at the 2015 Antiques at Rhinebeck.
After having an art and antiques gallery for the past 50 years at 417 Franklin Street in Buffalo, New York, dealer Dana Tillou is moving. Not far, about two miles, to a smaller venue, where his gallery size will ... (Read More)
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(Show)
Brandywine River Museum of Art Antiques Show, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
The Brandywine River Museum of Art Antiques Show is a Memorial Day weekend tradition as firmly rooted as putting out American flags. Dealers at the 45th annual show, held May 27-30, brought mostly Americana and antiques from Europe or Asia that ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts
With three days and over 1300 lots, John McInnis Auctioneers' Memorial Day weekend (May 28-30) auction in the Amesbury, Massa-chusetts, gallery had something for everyone and then some. Prices were up, down, and all over the place.
Day one was given over to 153 lots of timepieces ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
William A. Smith, Inc., Plainfield, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy William A. Smith, Inc.
The William A. Smith auction gallery in Plainfield, New Hampshire, was packed with customers for the two-day Memorial Day weekend antiques auction on May 29 and 30. William G. Smith has been steadfast in his refusal to use Internet ... (Read More)
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Chicago, Illinois
To the annals of great impresarios through history, add Sally Schwartz, the founder and driving force behind and still major-domo of the Randolph Street Market Festival in Chicago's West Loop. Flo Ziegfeld and Sol Hurok, eat your hearts out!
For the May 28 and 29 opening of the seasonal outdoor ... (Read More)
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Antiques at Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck, New York
It was thumbs-up for the quality, presentation, variety, and dealer knowledge at Barn Star Productions' twice-a-year Antiques at Rhinebeck show at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, New York, a historic town along the Hudson River, south of Albany and north of Manhattan, on May ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Laughlin Auctions, Inc., Edinburg, Virginia
Photos courtesy Laughlin Auctions, Inc.
Laughlin Auctions, Inc. was founded in 1986 by three brothers, Hoyle, John, and Duane Laughlin, and its first sale was held over that year's Memorial Day weekend. Each year since, the firm has held an annual spring auction, and this year's, the ... (Read More)
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A painting of a woman with bare buttocks by contemporary artist Tom Dash (b. 1975) resulted in the Borghi Fine Art Gallery in Englewood, New Jersey, receiving a written complaint, alleging a violation of the city's nudity code.
Now the city is the subject of a federal lawsuit filed by the ... (Read More)
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The Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc. opened a new satellite office at 5 Roosevelt Avenue in Mystic, Connecticut, on May 9. The new office will be open Tuesdays and Wednesdays and by appointment for antiques and fine art appraisal and consignment services.
"This is an ideal location to service our existing ... (Read More)
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