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(Fragment)College Student Arrested for Stealing Documents
William J. Scott, 18, of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, an undergraduate student at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, was arrested on March 14 by special agents of the FBI, charging him with theft of an object of cultural heritage from a museum. Scott is accused of stealing documents from the United ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Blue Star Museums
Blue Star Museums, a partnership with more than 750 museums across America, will offer free admission to active duty military personnel and their families through Labor Day. The complete list of participating museums is available on line (www.arts.gov)."America's museums are proud to join the rest of the country in thanking ... (Read More)
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(Auction)English Charger Brings $81,900
Pook & Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Pook & PookThis Mahantongo Valley, Pennsylvania, painted poplar dower chest has a center panel inscribed "John Kesler den/ 16 Junius 1814/ in under Mahantango/ Taunschip Schuhl Caunty," flanked by two panels of stylized tulips and a vase of flowers. The chest is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Greenwich Antiques Show Canceled for 2010
The Greenwich (Connecticut) Historical Society will not hold the Greenwich Antiques Show in conjunction with its year-end fund-raiser, Antiquarius, in 2010.The historical society will continue to hold its popular annual Antiquarius House Tour and Holiday Boutique in early December and plans to add new fund-raising activities and programs to the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 13th Annual Marburger Farm Antique Show
A Louis XVI 18th-century bookcase fromPorto, Portugal was $22,000 from Eric Vanpoucke of Antica Collection, Houston, Texas. Made of pioppo wood, with original paint and a rebuilt side, it was originally inserted in a pharmacy wall.Maggie Langdon of Austin, Texas, offered this display bin for nails and screws, from San ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Tough Task: A review of "J.E.Buttersworth: 19th Century Marine Painter"
A Book Reviewby A.J. Peluso Jr.J.E.Buttersworth: 19th Century Marine Painterby Rudolph J. Schaefer. Revised and updated by Andrew W. German and Janet U. Schaefer, Mystic Seaport, 2009, 269 pp., hardbound, $150 plus S/H from Mystic Seaport, (860) 572-5386, (www.mysticseaport.org).Note the title of this new book. The incomparable original, published in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"A Stitch in Time" Gets More Time
Because of strong attendance, the Greenwich Historical Society in Greenwich, Connecticut, has extended its current exhibition, A Stitch in Time: Quilts from the Collection, to August 29. The exhibition was originally scheduled to close on June 13.A number of the historically significant quilts in the exhibition have never been shown ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Quiet Silver Sale in Texas
A George I silver gilt ewer (9" tall) and basin (10 7/8" diameter) by Paul de Lamerie, London, England, 1714-16, sold for $61,000.01 after the auction. This set is among the earliest extant examples of de Lamerie's work.The enamel and silver gilt clock, Carl Faberge, workmaster Henrik Wigstrom, St. Petersburg, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Button, Button: Gwinnett Letter Sells for $722,500
Sotheby's, New York Cityby Jeanne SchintoThe Copley Library's Button Gwinnett autograph letter sold to an unidentified buyer for $722,500 (est. $500,000/700,000). A Sotheby's press office spokesperson said there was only one other bidder. The text is in the hand of Timothy Matlack, scribe of the final version of the Declaration ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Hooked Rugs: Rare Frost Rug Pattern in Farnsworth Museum Show
The original Frost pattern No. 171 is clearly marked with the E.S. Frost & Co. name. It has a basket tipping to the left in contrast with the Waldoboro rug at the right. It seems highly unlikely that two designers during the same time frame would come up with the ... (Read More)
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