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(Fragment)Hyland Granby Antiques Offers Seven Paintings from the Lewis Collection
In this fast-changing world, more collectors and executors of estates have been consigning works of high quality to the trade for sale rather than sending them to auction. “The buyers pay more money at auction with the high buyer’s premium, so the sellers can do better with a private sale ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tremont Attracts International Interest and Sales
Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Tremont Auctions
Tremont Auctions featured several large collections in the March 30 sale in the Sudbury, Massachusetts, gallery. American and European paintings attracted interest, and a large portion of the artwork was headed overseas. A large collection of Asian objects came from upstate New York, and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Revealing F. Edwin Church
The F. Edwin Church Catalogue Raisonné Project and North Shore Historical Museum in Glen Cove, New York, will present a retrospective on F. Edwin Church (1876-1975), a New York Impressionist painter prominent in the first quarter of the 20th century. This exhibition is in honor of the 50th anniversary of ... (Read More)
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(Show)International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) Print Fair
New York City
The International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) Print Fair speaks for itself, evidenced by the lines of ticketholders wrapped around the Park Avenue Armory in New York City all the way to Lexington Avenue on opening night. And those on line were VIPs who arrived a full hour ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)“Unpretentious Personality and Inherent Dignity”: A Collection of Chinese Furniture
A Book Review
This self-published volume illustrating a portion of the author’s collection of Chinese furniture is more than a photographic album, more than a catalog, more than a lesson on the genre. The Nobility of the Everyday is the author’s intimate exposé on Chinese furniture that he has collected over ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, April 2025
Photograph by Rafael de la Uz, 2024.
—Through April 13 —Anchorage, Alaska
Nuestra Huella (Our Footprint) at the Anchorage Museum examines the many ways the Latino community has contributed to Alaska’s culture and history. Visitors will learn about traditions, beliefs, and histories from Alaska-based Latinx communities through photographs, community stories, historical research, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Public Financing for Art
An interesting bill has been introduced in the Washington state legislature. House Bill 1841 would establish an art purchase program by providing interest-free or low-interest loans from the state to buy art. The bill, dubbed “Own Your Own Art Purchase Program,” is modeled after Tasmania’s art purchase program.
The Tasmanian program ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Charleston Show 2025
Charleston, South Carolina
Photos courtesy Donna Prunkl
What began as the Charleston International Antiques Show in 2004 has morphed into simply the Charleston Show. M.A.D. was there for the inaugural international show (see the June 2004 edition of M.A.D., pp. 26-28-D). Keeling Wainwright Associates managed the show for the Historic Charleston Foundation ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Laughlin’s 39th Spring Auction
Laughlin Auctions, Edinburg, Virginia
Photos courtesy Laughlin Auctions
Laughlin Auctions hosted its 39th annual spring antiques and sporting auction March 5-19. The two-week online-only sale provided ample time for potential buyers to sort through the nearly 1100 lots offered by the Edinburg, Virginia, firm. Laughlin uses the HiBid bidding platform.
In addition to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dolley Madison’s Plundered Coffeepot Sells in the U.K.
On August 24, 1814, following a victory at Bladensburg, Maryland, British forces captured the city of Washington, D.C., and set fire to the White House, the Capitol, the Treasury, and the Library of Congress. The burning was one of the final events of the War of 1812, a conflict which ... (Read More)
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