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by David HewettEarl Davis, the son of prominent American artist Stuart Davis, filed a complaint in federal court on February 1, 2008, charging Lawrence and Julie Salander with fraud, embezzlement, larceny, theft and conversion, false pretenses, and willful and malicious injury. Davis charged that the value of the paintings both ... (Read More)
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Charlton Hall Galleries, Inc., Columbia, South Carolinaby Pete PrunklOver his lifetime, journalist and businessman August Kohn (1868-1930) acquired maps, pamphlets, and books related to his beloved South Carolina. His vast collection descended to his daughter, Helen Kohn Hennig (1896-1961). A writer like her father, she treasured and expanded the collection. ... (Read More)
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Waddington's, Toronto, Ontarioby John NorrisAll prices in Canadian fundsIrony of ironies. In June 2007, when the Canadian dollar was creeping up to almost par with the U.S. dollar, Toronto Inuit art dealer Joseph McLeod complained, "The Americans have slammed on the brakes. No one is buying the piddly three-hundred-dollar things."McLeod ... (Read More)
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Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, Louisianaby Karla Klein AlbertsonNeal Alford, president and chief auctioneer of the Neal Auction Company in New Orleans, Louisiana, has a favorite saying, "You'll rue the day!" which he throws at the ladies and gentlemen of the audience when they fail to bid and buy the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
On January 15 a federal grand jury handed up a 36-count indictment against Marilyn S. Malatare, 57, and Colette J. Malatare, 29, mother and daughter, both of Yakima, Washington.The indictment alleges that Marilyn Malatare, curator and program manager of the Yakama Nation Museum, and Colette Malatare stole various Indian artifacts ... (Read More)
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The eighth annual Heart of the Valley Antiques Show in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is changing dates and will now be held April 5 and 6."With Easter falling mid-March, we were outbid by the facility's proprietary group for the second week in March [the show's normal time slot]," said Anne Bedics. "We ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Promoters Barry Cohen and Jim Burk have canceled their joint show, Antiques Philadelphia: Spring Show at East Falls, for 2008.
The show, formerly named Antiques at Philadelphia's Navy Pier, opened in April 2006 after the duo, at the request of their dealers, successfully secured the cruise terminal at the Naval Business ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Cyr Auction Company, Gray, Maineby Mark SiscoIf Cyr Auction Company's Americana auction on January 9 in Gray, Maine, was any indication, then 2008 will be a good year for folk art, folk artists, and maybe even a quilt or two.The first lot up was an album quilt from Falmouth, Maine, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
by Frank DoneganWhen you go to almost any antiques show at any level there will usually be one or two dealers-they're generally not the stars of the show-who have developed interesting and unusual niches for themselves. If you're in a hurry to score a million-dollar weathervane or a Philadelphia tea ... (Read More)
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Sotheby's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenThe consignment of a small, scholarly collection of 20th-century German design gave Sotheby's a chance to educate anyone interested in the history of a pioneering collaborative venture that promoted cooperation between design and industry in the first three decades of the 20th century. In the ... (Read More)
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