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(Auction)A Fresh Maentel, Painted Furniture, and a Valley Forge Sign
Across the Canal by Edward Redfield (1869-1965), a 26" x 32" oil on canvas, signed lower left, was a gift of the artist to Charles F. Bockmann, grandfather of the consignor. It sold to a phone bidder for $132,000 (est. $40,000/80,000).
Pennsylvania painted poplar chest of drawers, circa 1815, with original ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Raise the Speaker's Roof
The Speaker’s House as it looks today: the outline of the general store added by Frederick Muhlenberg in 1782 is visible on the gable wall. Photo courtesy Gavin Ashworth.
The Speaker’s House in Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, needs a roof. It is the house where Frederick Muhlenberg lived when he served ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ivory Fight Moves to the States
With the implementation of the federal law banning the sale of ivory still unclear, the fight has moved to the state legislatures. New legislation has been introduced in at least 14 states; New York and New Jersey already have ivory bans in place.
In many instances, the language of the bills ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Wilton Spring Antiques Show
Dealer Eve Stone of East Haven, Connecticut, writes a bill of sale to the man standing behind her.
A woman from Wilton holds a ship diorama she had just bought at from Joseph Collins of Middletown, Connecticut. It was heavy so she was resting for a minute in Nancy Fishelson’s ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Sale Two Years in the Making
Shultz included three pieces of Soap Hollow furniture in his sale. The best was the 1867 chest of drawers (above right) stenciled “Manufactured by Jeremiah Stahl.” Shultz bought it out of a house in Windber, Pennsylvania, about 25 years ago. In my index, none of the ten signed Stahl chests ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Quinn & Farmer Sale Tops $1Million
The high lot of the sale was this pair of Chinese square stools. The stools, 17th/18th century, are constructed of huanghuali, a member of the rosewood family, long associated with fine Chinese furniture. The stools exhibit a square seat frame with an ice-plate or floating edge with a soft mat ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
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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(Fragment)Furor Causes Rago to Withdraw Japanese Internment Camp Objects
Two of the lots pulled from the sale. The oil on canvas by Estelle Peck Ishigo (1899-1990) depicts “disloyal” Japanese Americans leaving Heart Mountain for Tule Lake, California, at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, September 21, 1943. Signed, it measures 20" x 24". The chair was handcrafted of scrap lumber and kobu ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act
When state legislators passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in Indiana, the immediate firestorm of outcry burned all the way down to the antiques industry. Promoter Jon Jenkins felt the heat.
Among other shows, Jenkins manages the monthly Indie Arts & Vintage Marketplace in Indianapolis. Because of RFRA, he immediately ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Oglebay Institute's 61st Annual Antiques Show & Sale
Rick Fleshman of Fleshman’s Antiques leans on an Empire tiger and burl maple server featuring its original swirl glass handles. It was priced at $2150.
Langhorne, Pennsylvania, dealer Linda Grier, who offered formal and primitive country items, put this pair of 19th-century settle benches with mortised construction smack in the middle ... (Read More)
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