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Sentences Handed Down in Fake Clementine Hunter Case
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William Toye, 80, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on June 6 to conspiracy to sell nonauthentic paintings falsely attributed to Clementine Hunter, an African-American folk artist who lived in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.Toye, his wife, Beryl Anne, 70, and Robert E. Lucky Jr., 64, of New Orleans were named in ... (Read More)

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Flamingo Eventz Assumes Management of New Jersey Book and Ephemera Fair
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Garry Austin of Austin's Antiquarian Books and Tina Bruno of Flamingo Eventz, LLC have reached an agreement for Flamingo to assume management and operation of the annual New Jersey Book and Ephemera Fair. The 20th annual fair will be held December 2 and 3 at the Ramada Hotel & Conference ... (Read More)

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The Young Collector: Opinion Peace
by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond

by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondIt's happened to all of us. You walk into a show or an auction, you're looking around, and suddenly you see a beautiful Chippendale cupboard. You're looking it over and notice a few things that make you think the feet might be replaced, but the ... (Read More)

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Antiques, Art & Design at the Armory Gets a Redesign
by Nancy A. Ruhling

Interior designers Ellie Cullman and Jamie Drake, cochairs of the design committee, were doing heavy-duty greeting at the preview party.The 19th-century English wooden sculpture of an English terrier with pleading glass eyes ($24,000) looked so cute and cuddly that everybody kept patting it, including Ronnie M. Barokh of Fine Arts ... (Read More)

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The Marburger Farm Antique Show
by Allison McCleary

Rain clouds rolled in and cooled things off a bit on the afternoon of Marburger Farm Antique Show's opening day.Front and center at the booth of InstallationsAntiques was a 60-year-old American maple butcher's block top attached to a cast-iron table saw base from the 1920's. Priced at $6850, it sold ... (Read More)

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Sterling McCall Antiques Showcase
by Allison McCleary

Behind the simple façade of the Sterling McCall Cadillac Museum building is the elegant center Showcase, which was filled with a wide variety of fine antiques.Salado Creek Antiques, Salado, Texas, showed its collection of fine American antique furniture inside the Cadillac Museum for the first time.The historic 1870's Wilhelm Neese ... (Read More)

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Late Summer and Early Fall Treasures in New Brunswick
by Peter Smit

Great form on this early 19th-century kitchen cupboard, but it had been overpainted many times, which kept it at $500. Bond.This table was attributed to Thomas Nisbet, and few would disagree with that attribution. It was in rough condition with a number of alterations, but great form and details lifted ... (Read More)

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Boone Provenance Strong Enough to Sell Cupboard at Estate Sale
by Don Johnson

The Squire Boone corner cupboard, with a date and misspelled signature inside a lower door, sold for $35,000. The cupboard stayed in Corydon. Tree at Edge of Big Indian Creek, a Harrison County landscape, the best of three paintings by Sidney Crosier, oil on board, 12" x 18", $1500.First State Capitol ... (Read More)

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ArtBanc to Launch On-line Trading Platform
by Daniel Grant

by Daniel GrantEvery year, January 1 brings promises of diets and better behavior, but this upcoming new year offers a new on-line "trading platform" for art collectors and sellers that will be set up jointly by the Dallas, Texas-based ArtBanc International and the fine art insurance company Huntington T. Block, ... (Read More)

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Books Received
by M.A.D. Staff

by M.A.D. StaffThese 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.Mt. Washington and Pairpoint Glass: Volume Two by Kenneth M. Wilson ... (Read More)
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