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(Show)July 4th Antiques in the Church Yard
South Salem, New York
Neither hail, nor wind, nor rain could keep Debbie Turi’s band of dealers from setting up on the grounds of Stevens Memorial United Methodist Church the day before the annual July 4th Antiques in the Church Yard show, which has run for 30 years.
Although a tent went ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Decorative Arts Trust Awards Research Grants
The Decorative Arts Trust has announced that the 2023 Research Grants Trust will be awarded to 15 recipients, the largest number since the program began 20 years ago.
The recipient of the Marie Zimmermann Grant, sponsored by the Marie and John Zimmermann Fund, is Lea C. Stephenson from the University of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Dykes Collection Sold on Site
Casco Bay Auctions, Wiscasset, Maine
Photos courtesy Casco Bay Auctions
It was both a beginning and an end. On July 1 and 2, Casco Bay Auctions of Freeport, Maine, set up a huge tent on the lawn of the Groves-Hodge House in Wiscasset for an on-site auction of the stock and personal ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Union, Maine, Show Rescheduled
Goosefare Antiques and Promotions is trying to resurrect a longtime staple on the Maine antiques scene, but it’s going to have to wait another year. John and Elizabeth DeSimone of Goosefare have announced they are postponing the new Union Fairgrounds show until 2024. It was originally scheduled for August 4 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Katie Wood Kirchhoff
Katie Wood Kirchhoff confesses to being a “tightly wound individual,” but that trait enables her to bring vim and vigor to a recently endowed curatorship named in honor of Alice Cooney “Nonnie” Frelinghuysen at the Shelburne Museum in northwest Vermont.
Kirchhoff has been at the museum, a 45-acre campus with 39 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Waving the White Flag
In this issue of M.A.D., we have two stories of seizures of ivory and other wildlife antiques: one in Hawaii and one in New York. Both stories should serve as stern warnings to all in the trade and prompt them to learn the law in their home state and in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Winslow Homer Watercolor Donated
Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has accepted into its collection a Winslow Homer watercolor painting, Waiting for the Boats (1882).
Photo courtesy National Park Service, Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site.
Donated by Frances Appleton Wetherell, great-granddaughter of Henry and Frances Longfellow, the 14" x 21½" painting joins ... (Read More)
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(Show)Locust Grove Antiques Market
Louisville, Kentucky
With more than 60 dealers, the summer edition of Locust Grove Antiques Market was held June 25 in Louisville, Kentucky. Buyers come for the antiques, but the allure of the event also includes the property, which is a National Historic Landmark.
The semiannual show is in its 43rd year, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques at Wells Reserve at Laudholm
Wells Antiques Show & Sale, Wells, Maine
The Wells Antiques Show & Sale, Wells, Maine, now in its 22nd year, is one of those shows that only improve year after year. Collectors and dealers returned to the show on June 25 at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm, a national estuarine research ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Greek Slave Tops Auction
Neue Auctions, Beachwood, Ohio
Photos courtesy Neue Auctions
Neue Auctions’ June 24 fine art and antiques sale featured American, European, and Asian fine art, furniture, and decorative arts. The firm, located in Beachwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, drew from multiple estates in the area. The eclectic mix of material ensured that ... (Read More)
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