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Exhibitions, July 2023
by M.A.D. Staff

Tiffany Studios Peony table lamp. Photo courtesy Macklowe Gallery, New York City. —Through June 30 ... (Read More)

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Folk-Art Portraits Highlight Collection
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

New England Auctions, Branford, Connecticut Photos courtesy New England Auctions Fine Americana, most of it in excellent original condition, characterized the two-day sale held June 21 and 22 by Fred Giampietro’s New England Auctions in the gallery in Branford, Connecticut. Day one was a single-owner sale, that of Connecticut collectors Bernard and ... (Read More)

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The ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show Returns
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

Deerfield, Massachusetts It all began in 1984 when the Antiques Dealers’ Association of America (ADA) organized an antiques show at Historic Deerfield. It was a bright star in the firmament of antiques shows. A six-year absence caused by construction at Deerfield Academy and COVID-19 left dealers and collectors somewhat bereft, but ... (Read More)

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Mystery Cupboard and Historical Doors Lead Evans Sales
by Walter C. Newman

Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates’ June Americana sales were held June 15, 16, and 17 in three sessions at the newly expanded gallery in Mt. Crawford, Virginia. A total of 1421 cataloged lots crossed the block, divided ... (Read More)

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Calling All Families, Especially Fathers
by Fran Kramer

Canandaigua Antique Show, Canandaigua, New York It’s the day before Father’s Day, Saturday, June 17, so what do you do for dads who “dig” collecting antiques? Take them, family, and friends to a nearby antiques show, like the Canandaigua Antique Show sponsored by the Genesee Country Antique Dealers Association (GCADA), in ... (Read More)

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Man Admits to Lying to FBI in Fake Paintings Case
by M.A.D. Staff

Michael Barzman of North Hollywood, California, 45, a one-time auctioneer, has agreed to plead guilty to lying to FBI agents about the origins of paintings attributed to Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) that were seized last year from the Orlando (Florida) Museum of Art. Barzman has admitted in court papers that he ... (Read More)

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Impressive Icons at Potomack Sale
by Walter C. Newman

The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia Photos courtesy The Potomack Company A group of five separate auctions spread over a four- day period, June 13 through 16, highlighted The Potomack Company’s early summer calendar of sales. All sales were online only and were conducted out of the firm’s Alexandria, Virginia, galleries. As has ... (Read More)

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Historical Ephemera and Photography
by Don Johnson

Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio Photos courtesy Hindman Antique photographs helped give Wes Cowan his start in the auction business, and, years after Cowan’s was acquired by Hindman, images continue to fuel the company’s auctions of American historical ephemera and photography. During the most recent sale, held June 15 and 16 at Cincinnati, Ohio, ... (Read More)

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Have Clock, Will Travel
by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond

Beneath the Surface There is a saying in the antiques business that three is a collection, and that once you get three of anything, you just have to keep going. This must be the case with us and transporting tall clocks. We have collected the habit apparently. This time it started ... (Read More)

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New Endowed Curatorship in Honor of Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen
by M.A.D. Staff

Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont, has endowed its curatorship of American decorative arts in honor of longtime trustee Alice Cooney “Nonnie” Frelinghuysen, herself a senior curator of American decorative arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. “Establishing this important position in Nonnie’s honor is in thankful recognition ... (Read More)
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