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(Fragment)Matthew Thurlow Appointed Executive Director of Decorative Arts Trust
Matthew Thurlow, a decorative arts historian and museum professional, currently serves as assistant director of development, major gifts, and planned giving at the Winterthur Museum, Library, and Garden. Thurlow will take over as executive director of the Decorative Arts Trust from Penny Hunt, who has had held the position for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Stenton Guidebook
Not since Sarah Logan Wister Starr (1873-1956) wrote a short History of Stenton in 1938, telling of its importance in American history and citing her grandmother and other relatives as sources, has Stenton had a guidebook. That need has now been remedied with the publication of Stenton: A Visitor's Guide ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Veterans Reach Out to a Young Collector
"The kindness and generosity of M.A.D.'s subscribers and readers continues to amaze me," said Celia Lash Briggs. Walter Fleming, a tinsmith from New York state, read "The Birth of a Collector" (M.A.D., Dec. 2013, p. 10-B) and contacted us about sending the gift of a 20th-century sugar bowl to young ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Skinner Appoints New Director of Fine Oriental Rugs and Carpets
Lawrence Kearney is the new director of the fine Oriental rugs and carpets department at Skinner, Inc.
Kearney comes to Skinner after more than three decades as a dealer in antique carpets and textiles. "Considered an authority in the field, he possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of regions, periods, and genres, from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Numbers Stack Up Quickly at Auction of American Brilliant Cut Glass
Even without an advertised pattern, a signature on a desired shape can edge bidding way above the highest estimate, as was the case with this signed Hawkes 6" tall and 113/4" wide punch bowl without stand from the collection of the Reverend Young. However, an ACGA member later identified the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Quinn & Farmer Sell Indian Camp Plat by Jefferson
This document brought $35,400. Photo courtesy Quinn & Farmer.
The December 14, 2013, sale at Quinn & Farmer Auctions, Charlottesville, Virginia, included several lots from the estate of Robert W. Daniel Jr. (1936-2012) of Brandon Plantation, Prince George, Virginia. Daniel had served Virginia as a member of the U.S. House of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rutz Clovis Point Sells to Texas Collector for $276,000
The Rutz Clovis point of sea-green obsidian, 93/4" long, was discovered by Les Ira Kreis in the early 1950's in a wheat field on Badger Mountain near the community of Badger Creek Springs, Washington. It had been in a family collection ever since until it sold for $276,000. Photo courtesy ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native American Art
This 9" tall San Ildefonso sienna and black lidded vase by Tony Da (with a hand-carved wooden finial on the lid) sold to a private collector for $18,750 (est. $8000/10,000).
This 223/4" high Apache olla, decorated with geometric, human, and animal figures, sold for $22,500 (est. $10,000/15,000) to dealer and basket ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists
Fairfield Porter (1907-1975), Morning after a Storm, signed and dated "Fairfield Porter '73" bottom left, also signed and inscribed with title, medium, dates, and dimensions on the back, oil on board, 18" x 22", sold on the phone for $158,500 (est. $80,000/120,000).
William Trost Richards (1833-1905), A Long Island Beach, signed ... (Read More)
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(Fragment) Olympic Gold Medal Sets World Record
An Olympic gold medal presented to Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics broke an auction record at SCP Auctions in Laguna Niguel, California, on December 8, 2013, It was one of the four Olympic gold medals that were presented to athlete Jesse Owens at the 1936 games, held in Hitler's ... (Read More)
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