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(Fragment)2015 Philadelphia Antiques Show Canceled
The Philadelphia Antiques Show has been the largest fund-raiser for Penn Medicine, known as HUP (Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania) when the show was founded 53 years ago. In 2011 on its 50th anniversary, it announced it had raised more than $17 million for Penn Medicine and was proud ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Prepare to Inquire
Auction Law and Ethics
Searching for the answer: this pretty much summarizes every area of serious human activity. Be it geographic exploration, scientific investigation, medical research, space probes, religious study, legal analysis, academic education, political thinking, marketing focus groups, or the like, what we do in most endeavors usually is aimed ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Nadeau's Auction Gallery Holds Jewelry-Heavy New Year's Day Sale
Nadeau had this strawberry brooch with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds from the Reventlow estate appraised by a jeweler to get a comprehensive description and estimate of value. The brooch consists of three 18k gold and platinum leaves set with a total of 146 round diamonds. The diamonds are a mixture ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received, March 2015
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.
Impressionism in Canada: A Journey of Rediscovery by A.K. Prakash (Arnoldsche Art ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Acroterion, Randal Dawkins, Kinderhook, New York
Randal Dawkins.
A partial view of Dawkins's front room. Some things are for sale, some aren't.
A striking rosewood and gilt center or loo table, circa 1825, $42,500. Dawkins said, "It's the best center table on Firstdibs under fifty-six thousand dollars," and noted that two others on that site are priced ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Community Gardening
The Young Collector
Kids' minds work in remarkable ways. Sometimes you have a keen awareness that they are laying track across vast swaths of new territory, and they're constantly discovering more uncharted areas. (A terrifying awareness is that you are allegedly helping them.) Sometimes the breadth of what they do not ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, March 2015
Ian McKay,
Winston Churchill continues to attract adulation and huge prices in the salesroom, as one of the last of the old year sales in London so clearly showed, but in this selection he is joined in his staggering success by the most expensive watch ever made, a $24 million ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)American Neoclassicism--Jefferson versus Emerson
Amanda Lange, curatorial department director at Historic Deerfield, showed that Classical objects such as obelisks were popular decorative forms. This is one of a pair of circa 1800 English "feldspathic stoneware" ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Susan Jaffe Tane: From Collector to Curator
Susan Jaffe Tane, pictured in her library. The bibliophile and philanthropist earned a B.S. from Boston University's School of Education and later pursued postgraduate courses at Hofstra University and C.W. Post University. She began her career as a schoolteacher and later launched Fashions by Appointment, a small business dedicated to ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Bits of News
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Computer Column #315
John P. Reid, [email protected]
A number of hints and bits of news have accumulated.
NeoCollect Closing
In the Maine Antique Digest editions of June 2009 ... (Read More)
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