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(Auction)Fitz Henry Lane Sells for $1.3 Million; Dance Collection Leaps and Soars
Camden Mts. from the Graves by Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865) sold to a private collector from the South for $1,384,000. The 13" x 22" oil on canvas was inscribed to the artist's close friend: "...F.H. Lane to J. L. Stevens Jr./ Gloucester 1862/ A Souvenir of our excursion to Penobscot ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Skinner Sells a Fitz Henry Lane View for $1,384,000
Camden Mts. from the Graves by Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865) sold to a private collector for $1,384,000. The 13" x 22" oil on canvas was signed and dated "FH Lane 1862" on the front and inscribed on the reverse: "... F.H. Lane to J. L. Stevens Jr./ Gloucester 1862/ A ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Thieves Hit Antiques Center
Police are looking for the public's help in trying to identify three people who stole an estimated $10,000 in antique silver flatware from the Cambridge Antiques Center in Cambridge, New York, on September 18 at about 4 p.m. Thieves took from a locked case more than a dozen Tiffany and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in Indian Lake
Jon Magoun of South Paris, Maine, had a large 30" x 40" Indian wool basket for $900; an Indian dual-colored drying basket, 24" x 21", for $395; a Penobscot decorated wall basket for $185; a rocking chair by Snowcraft Company, Norway, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London
Ian McKay, [email protected]
This month's "Letter," I indicated last month, might include quite a few paintings and drawings, some clocks, some silver, and a few furnishings. There are indeed a number of old master drawings and a few Dali concoctions in this "Letter," along with a superb bronze and a lot ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Hunterdon County Clock Case and the Enigmatic John Guild
Fig. 1A. Cherry tall-case clock made for Judge Joseph Reading, attributed to John Guild. Courtesy of the Sully Historic Site, Chantilly, Virginia, Fairfax County Park Authority Resource Management Division Historic Collections, Sully Foundation, Ltd.
Fig. 1B. Signature on the dial of figure 1A, "Joseph Reading Hunterdon County New Jersey."
Fig. 1C. Pediment ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Old Tools and New Methods
Portion of an ad hoc collection catalog of old tap dance books created with spreadsheet software.
Computer Column #298
John P. Reid, [email protected]
Favorite old software tools and changes in the way software is sold are covered this month.
Old Tools
Tablets and smartphones are taking over jobs once done by desktop or laptop computers. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Books Received
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 mail-order house is the place to look.
Art of Katahdin: The Mountain, the Range, the Region by David Little (Down ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Battle over Cole Painting Heads to Court
The estate of William H. Seward has filed a petition to force the Fred L. Emerson Foundation to return Thomas Cole's Portage Falls in the Genesee to Auburn, New York. Raymond "Ray" S. Messenger, a great-great-grandson of William H. Seward, filed the petition in Surrogate's Court, Cayuga County, against the ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)You Get What You Need
The Young Collector
Nora has started her first year at college, and Nat is a junior in high school who is excited about getting his driver's license in a few months. OK, Nora just turned three, and Nat is getting really good at sitting upright (meaning he's mastering the first skill ... (Read More)
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