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(Fragment)Center for Painted Wall Preservation Launches Virtual Museum
The first rooms in the virtual museum of historic painted interiors are live on the website of the Center for Painted Wall Preservation (CPWP). The virtual museum (www.pwpcenter.org/virtual-museum) provides access to the best examples of the surviving interiors in the Northeast. Most of these geographically scattered spaces are in private ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Sold...to the Globe
On July 1 and 2, Casco Bay Auctions, the Freeport, Maine-based auction house founded by Andrew Davis in 2019, held an on-site sale in Wiscasset.
Dispersing the stock and personal collection of William Dykes, the two-day sale had all the hallmarks of a throwback auction. On-site sales used to be a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Artist Sues Gallery—Wins by Default
In early May, artist Jeffrey Gibson filed suit against K R J S Corporation, which does business under the name Kavi Gupta Gallery. The gallery failed to answer the suit, and an entry of default was entered by the court.
Gibson, based in Hudson, New York, is an artist who combines ... (Read More)
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(Show)Change of Scenery for the Camden-Rockport Antiques Show
Rockport, Maine
The 41st Camden-Rockport Antiques Show & Sale took place over the weekend of July 22 and 23. The show is owned and managed by John and Elizabeth DeSimone of Goosefare Antiques & Promotions, Saco, Maine, and this year marked a historic change of venue for the show. Instead of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decorative Arts Auction
Treadway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Treadway Gallery
Marine vase by Émile Gallé (French, 1846-1904), engraved cameo glass, marked, 11½" high x 5" diameter, excellent condition, $53,125 (est. $10,000/15,000).
A Marine vase by Émile Gallé sold for $53,125 (including buyer’s premium), well above its $10,000/15,000 estimate, to lead all items during the decorative ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, August 2023
J.C. Leyendecker, Couple in Boat, painting for an Arrow Collar advertisement, oil on canvas, 1912. National Museum of American Illustration, Newport, Rhode Island.
—Through August 13 —New York City
Under Cover: J.C. Leyendecker and American Masculinity at the New-York Historical Society examines the work of Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951), an illustrator and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Daniel Morgan Medal Goes on Display
A unique gold medal celebrating the Revolutionary War victory by Brigadier General Daniel Morgan over British Army forces in the 1781 Battle of Cowpens in South Carolina has made its first appearance since it sold at auction for $960,000 at the April 4, 2022, auction conducted by Stack’s Bowers Galleries ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Eclectic Sale and Exponential Prices
Devin Moisan Auctioneers, Epping, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Devin Moisan Auctioneers
Spread out over two days, Devin Moisan Auctioneers’ July 15 and 16 sale dispersed more than 1100 lots from the 18th century through the mid-20th century with objects from estates and collections in Gloucester, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Marblehead, Massachusetts, and Woodbury, Connecticut. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pair Charged for Damaging National Gallery of Art Exhibit
Timothy Martin of North Carolina and Joanna Smith of New York, both 53, were taken into custody on May 26 following an indictment charging conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and injury to a National Gallery of Art exhibit. Both self-surrendered.
According to the indictment, Martin and Smith ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decoys and Sporting Art
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Hingham, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
He only looks as if he is sleeping. But he was hardly a sleeper; instead, he was the highlight at Copley’s auction and set a new world record auction price for the maker, $594,000 (est. $500,000/800,000). The 24½" long sleeping ... (Read More)
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