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(Fragment)Hindman Opens Another Florida Auction Facility
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers has opened a new auction facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. The new salesroom is located at 1608 South Dixie Highway and will hold regularly scheduled auctions.
"Since opening our office in Palm Beach two years ago, we have been very impressed with the quality of fine jewelry, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Outsider Art Fair Changes Dates
The 2014 Outsider Art Fair will be held May 8-11 at Center 548 in Chelsea, New York City, the producer of the show, Wide Open Arts, has announced. The new spring dates reflect a major shift for the fair, which has been held in late January since its inception in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"M.A.D. Cats" to Sell at Pook & Pook
Photo courtesy Pook & Pook.
"M.A.D. Cats" is the name for a hooked rug featured in the catalog American Classics: Hooked Rugs from the Barbara Johnson Collection. The catalog was for the 1988 exhibition at the Squibb Gallery on the Bristol-Meyers Squibb corporate campus in Princeton, New Jersey. The rug will ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Native American History Sold Abroad
Editorial
Twice, the U.S. ambassador to France has urged the delay of the sale of Native American objects in France. Twice, he's failed.
On December 9, 2013, the auction house Eve in Paris sold 32 objects, including Katsinam masks, which are considered sacred by the Hopi tribe, for approximately $1.6 million. This ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Historic Deerfield Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program
Historic Deerfield, Inc. invites applications from college juniors and seniors to take part in an intensive, nine-week summer fellowship program in history and material culture. Undergraduates who will be enrolled as either juniors or seniors as of January 1 are eligible for seven openings in the program, which is designed ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)RISD Appraisal Class During Americana Week
The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) continuing education department will present an appraisal class in New York City, January 25 through 27, during Americana Week. Antiques show manager, dealer, and writer Jackie Sideli will guide students through three days of intense exposure and interactive learning that will cover all ... (Read More)
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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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