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()Rockwell Kent Painting a Big Hit
Fourteenth-century carved marble plaque, attributed to Tino di Camaino, $109,250 (est. $10,000/15,000).
West Greenland Landscape, 1929, a 28" x 34" (sight size) oil on canvas by Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), more than doubled its estimate to sell for $172,500.
Francis Augustus Silva (1835-1886), a view of Brace Rock, off Cape Ann, Massachusetts, watercolor ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Danish Settee Tops Maine Auction
The top lot of the Keating sale was a Niels Vodder/Finn Juhl settee that sold for $15,525. The modern pieces at the sale came from a Cape Elizabeth, Maine, home, that was furnished on one floor with traditional antique furniture and on the other floor with Modernist designer furniture. The ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Baltimore Summer Antiques Show 2013
Arcadia Fine Arts, New York City, offered Paul Rousso's super-size money. Five Grand from NY (bottom), 50" x 75" x 7", was $16,900. (The $1000 bill was $15,900.) Rousso makes wall pieces and free-standing sculpture of large sheets of acrylic, on which he transfers high-resolution prints of paper money from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Four Days and $5.8 Million
This oil on canvas portrait of George Washington by Rembrandt Peale brought $130,350. Sisco photo.
This Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze image of Shadakshari Avalokitesvara, a primary representative of Buddhist compassion ("Lord of the Six Syllables"), brought $438,450.
This 143/4" diameter Ming Dynasty porcelain bowl brought $124,425. Sisco photo.
This relatively small (3" tall) Chinese ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gamage Kicks Off Maine's Auction Week
Andrew Wyeth's sketch of his home on Benner Island, Maine, served as a preliminary study for his tempera painting Otherworld. The sketch, photo, and handwritten note together brought $14,375.
This little piggin went to market and brought home lots of bacon. This piggin form with the upright "lollipop" extended stave is ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Making Art Out of War: "Photography and the American Civil War"
Unknown artist, after an 1860 carte de visite by Mathew B. Brady (circa 1822-1896). Presidential campaign medal with portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin (Hamlin on reverse, not shown), 1860. Tintypes in stamped brass medallion. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, purchase, The Overbrook Foundation Gift, 2012 (2012.12). Image: (c) ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)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.
The Value of Art: Money, Power, Beauty by Michael Findlay (Prestel, 2012, 208 ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Encryption
A mobile file encryption app.
Computer Column #297
by John P. Reid, E-mail: [email protected]
Most of us are careful to protect sensitive material on our desktop computers. A list of Internet passwords, business records, or banking information can be encrypted and password protected by most word processors including Microsoft Word and the free ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and Web site ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Whose Blood?
Auction Law & Ethics
Auctioneers get excited when they have a chance to put "blood in the water" for an auction. This auctioneering expression refers to alerting prospective bidders that a seller is in trouble and must sell. The message has considerable drawing power, so it is important for bidders and ... (Read More)
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