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(Fragment)Henry Sheldon Museum and Historic New England Team Up
The Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury, Vermont, and Historic New England have formed an alliance. The alliance between the two organizations, both devoted to historic preservation, history, art collections, and heritage interpretation, caps a multiyear collaborative partnership in exhibits. Historic New England's traveling exhibitions Take Me to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)North American Atlas Leads the Auction House's Highest-Grossing Rare Maps Sale
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
The maps and atlases department of Swann Galleries had its first $1 million sale on December 8, 2015, in New York City. In fact, it didn't stop there. All told, the auction house took in $1,274,182 (including buyers' premiums) on an offering of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Old York Receives Grant to Conserve Colonial Crewel Embroideries
The Old York Historical Society/Museums of Old York in York, Maine, has received a grant of $35,000 from the Coby Foundation, Ltd., New York City, to conserve the historic Bulman bed hangings for reinstallation in 2016.
Created by Mary Swett Bulman (1715-1791) of York, Maine, in the 1730s, the textiles are ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Good Fellows: The Walpole Society
Part II of V
Photos courtesy the Walpole Society
"He buys 'like a Prince' what he wants. He does not 'pussyfoot,' 'soft pedal,' or haggle. What he feels is beyond his reach or excessive in price is simply left alone, and he is so modest that he does not continually talk about ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Wallace Hall Show to Return
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(Auction)Native American Art Auction
Bonhams, San Francisco, California
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Sales totaled $1.3 million (includes buyers' premiums) at Bonhams' Native American art auction in San Francisco on December 7, 2015.
Specialist Jim Haas said there was "a roomful of people" attending, something that he found "almost shocking" considering how many bidders bid on the phone and/or ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The December Auction
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Fine art and jewelry are frequently areas of blurred distinction. Both are mainstays at Grogan and Company's auction gallery in Boston, and neither disappointed at the December 6, 2015, sale where a fine 18" long silver necklace by Alexander Calder (1898-1976) brought $109,800 (includes buyer's premium). ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Freeman's American Art
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman's
A standing-room-only crowd, a dozen staffers on telephones, plus a fellow at a computer taking bids from online bidders filled the first-floor gallery at Freeman's in Philadelphia on Sunday, December 6, 2015, for an auction of more than 130 lots of American art and Pennsylvania Impressionism. Many ... (Read More)
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(Auction)December Sale Presents the Flatt Collection of Fine Art and Unusual Artifacts
New Orleans Auction Galleries, New Orleans, Louisiana
Nothing provides more panache for an auction than a glamorous collection with star lots, and the New Orleans Auction Galleries (NOAG) had an impressive biography to open its December 4-6, 2015, sale. Lloyd Cooper Flatt was a retired aerospace executive with homes in the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Golden West Show
Glendale, California
The two-day Golden West Show, held December 5 and 6, 2015, at the Glendale (California) Civic Auditorium, is the hoped-for upgrade of the Golden California Antiques Show, held for 12 years at the same venue. The new owners are Terry Schurmeier, Victoria Wilson Roberts, and Eric Berg. Schurmeier called ... (Read More)
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