(Computer Article)
Touchscreen artificial nails are shown laid on a smartphone. The ridge seen on the middle one completes the electrical circuit between the artificial nail tip and the user’s cuticle.
Computer Column #320
John Reid, <[email protected]>
Most of us are multilingual and may not realize it. Versatile musicians know that the fingering is different ... (Read More)
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From left: Leslie Roberts (left) and his wife, Silvia, with Peter Max when Max in the Grove opened in 2009. Photo courtesy Coconut Grove Grapevine.
It was a family affair.
Miami, Florida, gallery owner, Leslie Roberts Jr., pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of mail fraud and was sentenced on ... (Read More)
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An international team of scientists that includes Winterthur Museum’s senior scientist Jennifer Mass, Ph.D., has announced new findings on why a bright yellow pigment favored a century ago by master artists such as Henri Matisse fades to a drab beige. The study, published in the June 2015 issue of Applied ... (Read More)
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The board of trustees of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, recently voted unanimously to rename the director/CEO position held by Judith O’Toole as the Richard M. Scaife Director/CEO.
A 2005 recipient of the museum’s Westmoreland Society Gold Medal as “Distinguished Patron,” Scaife supported the museum during his ... (Read More)
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(Show)
Union, Maine
The gravitational tug of the Maine Antiques Festival in Union, Maine, held this year from August 7 through 9, pulls in dealers from across the country and Canada. And like planets orbiting the sun, sales and mini-flea markets spring up alongside the roads to the fairgrounds, hoping to distract ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Skinner, Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts
Massachusetts native Ellie Hoover Walker (1924-2015) began collecting and dealing in antiques in Ohio in the 1950s. She specialized in New England and Pennsylvania Dutch antiques, and over the years refined her collection to the point that when it came to market at Skinner’s August 9 sale ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)
The Young Collector
We all know about opinions. As the old saying goes, opinions are like dirty socks. Everyone has them, and they all stink. Turns out, we seem to feel the same about priorities, which makes sense because priorities are a more visible reflection of opinions, opinions in action, if ... (Read More)
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(Show)
This Pennsylvania schoolhouse quilt in fine unwashed condition, circa 1890, was $5950 from Richard Axtell of Deposit, New York. It sold and was replaced at the show with a similar one.
This mahogany chest of drawers, made in coastal New Hampshire, 1800-10, is by an unidentified maker whose works are in ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or a mail-order house is the place to look.
Homes Down East: Classic Maine Coastal Cottages and Town Houses by Earle ... (Read More)
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Eli Wilner & Company, New York City, has a new program to provide frames at no upfront cost to consignors of artwork. According to Wilner, “In order to participate in this program, the owner of the artwork must agree to purchase the Wilner frame, but the payment is only due ... (Read More)
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