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The Art of the Trade
by Daniel Grant

by Daniel GrantMuseums are full of stuff, and they are always trying to get more. Sometimes they buy objects for their collections (from dealers, auction houses, and collectors), and more often they receive things as donations.There is, however, a whole realm of other ways of acquiring additional items. One way ... (Read More)

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Labor Day Weekend Auction
by Don Johnson

Navajo Horse Race by Frank Tenney Johnson (1874-1939), signed and dated 1927, oil on canvas, 26½" x 32½", minor craquelure, light surface soiling and slight yellowing of varnish, $196,250.Smith & Wesson Model 3 Russian second model revolver, mid-19th century, .44 caliber, 7" barrel, with floral engraving, ivory grips with relief-carved ... (Read More)

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The Young Collector: It's All Relevant (Or at Least It Used to Be)
by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond

by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondForgive us. We're often not sure where we are, or, at least, not sure of where we've been. One of the hazards of so much business travel is that we're constantly trying to remember with whom we had a particular conversation and where we were ... (Read More)

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New Director of Frye Art Museum
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Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker, former director of the Museum Villa Stuck in Munich, has been appointed director of the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, Washington. The Frye was established in the 1950's as a private foundation and museum. Its founding collection focuses on late 19th- and early 20th-century European art with ... (Read More)

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New Show in Charlottesville
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Show promoters Melrose & Duddy have announced plans for a new show to be held in Charlottesville, Virginia. Antiques in Charlottesville will be held January 22-24, 2010, at the University Center Holiday Inn in Charlottesville."We are confident our brand of show is a great fit for the Charlottesville market," said ... (Read More)

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Plains Pictographs among Top Lots at Spotty Tribal Arts Sale
by Jeanne Schinto

An 8½" x 7" bound book of 22 Native American pictographs in pencil, colored pencil, and ink sold to a phone bidder for $34,365. Doug Deihl said a collector bought it and added that it may end up in a museum someday. The images were mostly of mounted Brule Lakota ... (Read More)

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In the Trade: Robin Fernsell Art & Antiques, Walpole, New Hampshire
by Frank Donegan

Robin Fernsell.A partial view of Fernsell’s gallery.Pair of Maine thumb-back Windsors with very well-preserved paint, $3500. Fernsell said, “I don’t like to buy things that need work. I don’t know how to do it, and I don’t want to spend the money to get it done.”by Frank DoneganWe all know ... (Read More)

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Early Twentieth-Century Objects at Auction
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Given a full-page picture in the catalog,this exceptional 14" tall Roseville red Carnelian II beehive vase with a black label, part of the 400 series and known to some collectors as Carnelian III, sold for $10,800 (est. $5000/7000), the highest price of the weekend.Joseph Heinrichs hammered copper tray with silver ... (Read More)

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A Spirit of Simplicity
by Lita Solis-Cohen

by Lita Solis-CohenWhen wealthy collectors are passionate about what they collect, they endow a foundation in order to share it with the public. Dr. Albert Barnes did it to show people how to look at his artworks by Cézanne, Renoir, and Matisse at the Barnes Foundation in Merion, Pennsylvania. Abby ... (Read More)

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The Last Hunt Country Antiques Fair
by Walter C. Newman

An early morning crowd begins to search for bargains among the show tents on the grounds of Oatlands Plantation. It was Dordy Fontinel’s final show under the tents at the historic venue.A kilted David Parker from nearby Waterford, Virginia, came to the show with a mission. He was in search ... (Read More)
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