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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: In the Belly of the Beast
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondIt was bound to happen eventually, we suppose. Everyone slips up. Everyone gets desperate. Everyone needs a new mattress sometime.With the end of a second pregnancy ahead, Hollie was done sleeping on an old mattress. (Did we not mention that? Bean is going to be ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Winnetka Summer Antiques Show
Suzanne Sárvári Crofoot chats with Hinsdale, Illinois, decorator and art dealer Sheryl Srivastava. They're admiring the pair of late 19th-century European carved pine putti hanging at right foreground ($4700). Note how they hang in opposite poses. Taking them from the wall, Crofoot showed how lightweight they are.The embroidery is a ... (Read More)
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(Show)Burton Antiques Market Brings in the Buyers
Rick and Becky Coffin of Ludington, Michigan, had a huge space under the grandstands that they filled with large country furniture, primitives, and stoneware. Most impressive were the seed counters. An all-original 15-drawer Sherer seed counter, 8'2" long x 30" deep x 34" high, found in an old hardware store ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Design Sale at Phillips
François-Xavier Lalanne set of four sheep, 1996-99, made of epoxy, stone, and bronze, the edition produced by Landowski Fondeur, France, $746,500 (est. $350,000/500,000). This set has number 79 from an edition of 250 rams, and numbers 91, 122, and 205 from an edition of 250 ewes. The ram is 36½" ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chinese Jade and American Marine Folk Art Pace the Auction
This Chinese carved jade ruyi scepter sold with its matching hardwood base for the day's top money, $25,300.A broadside proclaiming President George Washington's 1789 visit to the city of Boston and organizing a parade of artisans and merchants in his honor sold for $2875.Competition was intense for this compartmented box ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Mastro and Others Indicted by Grand Jury
On July 25 the U.S. Department of Justice announced that William Mastro and others had been indicted by a federal grand jury. Mastro, 59, of Palos Park, Illinois, was charged with one count of mail fraud. He owned Mastro Auctions until 2004 and was its chairman and chief executive officer ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Charles F. Hummel Recognized
Photo courtesy Winterthur Museum.In recognition of his significant contributions to the museum profession, Charles F. Hummel, curator emeritus of Winterthur, received the 2012 Award for Distinguished Service to Museums from the American Association of Museums at its annual meeting held April 28-May 2 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Hummel received the 2012 Allied ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Book Review: A Forger Tells His Tale
by A.J. Peluso, Jr.Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forgerby Ken PerenyiPegasus Books, 2012, 314 pages, hardbound, $27.95.This is a fascinating, well-told memoir about a prodigy who, as a young adult, accidentally discovered his remarkable artistic talent-the ability to successfully copy anyone's work with technical, aesthetic, and ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column: Free Software and Storage
This column was edited in Microsoft Word (leftmost), LibreOffice Writer, and Google Drive on a remote computer.by John Reid, [email protected] are two subjects this month: free office software and free on-line file storage.-Free SoftwareWe have reported often on free open-source software. It is developed and maintained by large, usually international, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)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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