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Legalized online gambling has taken over most of America. Anyone who watches sports can tell you that commercials for DraftKings, FanDuel, Caesars, and other platforms are pervasive.
Kalshi, the web-based prediction market platform, allows users to predict the outcomes of just about anything. Sports, weather, politics, and more are all fodder ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Childe Hassam (1859-1935), Summer Sea, 1906, oil on canvas. Grand Rapids Art Museum. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hyman J. Bylan, 1964.1.6.
-Through August 16 -Grand Rapids, Michigan
The Matter of Awe: Landscapes in Art at the Grand Rapids Art Museum features more than 60 paintings that explore three essential facets of ... (Read More)
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Robert Haack, 59, of California was sentence to 37 months in prison and ordered to pay $134,443.60 in restitution for running a counterfeit jewelry operation that exploited the reputation of famed Hopi artist Charles Loloma and siphoned roughly $500,000 from collectors nationwide.
According to court documents, Haack carried out a years-long ... (Read More)
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Brady Lum, the former chief operating officer (COO) of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia, was arraigned on April 14 on a federal charge of theft concerning programs receiving federal funds. Lum allegedly used his position at the High Museum to steal more than $600,000 from the museum ... (Read More)
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On April 28 in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, Erwin Bankowski, 50, and Karolina Bankowska, 26, both of Lawrence, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and misrepresentation of Native American produced goods and products. When sentenced, the defendants face a maximum sentence of 20 years' imprisonment, as ... (Read More)
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(Show)
Topsham, Maine
At a few years shy of 100 years old, the Maine Antique Dealers Association (MADA) traces its history back to 1929, when a few dealers banded together and formed what is now the nation’s oldest antiques alliance. The latest chapter happened on June 20, with a show set up ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.
Pook & Pook’s spring Americana sale was late this season, just a week before summer began. The huge sale of the Alice and Art Booth collection in April caused the delay. Auction houses set their schedules far in advance. Ron ... (Read More)
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Tihe Whitney Museum of American Art will be the beneficiary of the inaugural ADAA Fair, mounted by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA), November 12-16 at the Park Avenue Armory at 67th Street in New York City.
In 2025 the ADAA canceled its annual event titled the Art Show, citing ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)
A Book Review
Connecticut-that is where most think that 19th-century factory-produced American clocks originated. Eli Terry (1772-1852), whose mass-produced wood-movement clocks birthed the industry, Seth Thomas (1785-1859), about whom everyone seems to have heard, Chauncey Jerome (1793-1868), whose cheap brass-movement clocks saved the industry in the late 1830s, and dozens more ... (Read More)
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The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts, will not be affected by the closure of Hampshire College.
Executive Director Jennifer Schantz wrote in an email that "Hampshire College's Board of Trustees voted to permanently close Hampshire College following the Fall 2026 semester. We are saddened about this ... (Read More)
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