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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: New York Minutes
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondFrantic has a sound. At 1:30 in the morning, it sounds like a baby with teething-related night terrors. At 4:30 in the morning, it sounds like a spouse who has overslept and is about to miss his flight to New York City for Americana Week. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Met Gets a New Wing, George Washington Gets a New Frame
Emanuel Leutze's painting Washington Crossing the Delaware as reframed by Eli Wilner for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's new American Wing. Photo courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art.Eli Wilner's master carver Felix Teran carves the eagle for the crest. Photo courtesy Eli Wilner.The Mathew Brady photo, one of two that Eli ... (Read More)
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(Show)Heartland Fall Edition
Equestrian painting of Master Charlie by Edward Burn, oil on canvas, dated 1925, with a plaque listing 1924 winnings, $3750 from Susie Burmann of New London, New Hampshire.Aunt Jemima Pan Cake Flour wooden crate, $275 from Terrell Medd of History Haven Antiques, Connersville, Indiana.Chuck White of Chuck White Folk Art ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Old Glory Flies High and Proud
Pair of carved wooden 45-star American flags, probably from a G.A.R. organization or other patriotic group, $14,950.Gould's research indicated this family register may well have been created by Samuel Lawhead of Dixfield, Maine, known as the "Heart and Hand" watercolorist. In its original frame, it recorded the vital records of ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.Collecting Modern: Design at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Since 1876 ... (Read More)
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(Feature)No Prior Knowledge: Notes on Research and Discovery
From the family Bible, 1825.On back: "Peter Atherton-Grandpa Atherton's Father. A.F. Morse, Photographic artist, Hallowell, Maine."On back: "For Frank and Family. Grandfather Atherton. William P. Atherton-Hallowell, Maine."On back: "Grandfather Atherton's place, Hallowell, Maine. Frank C. Atherton's father's home. Father (William P. Atherton)."by R. LapidesOf the familiar list of useful guidelines ... (Read More)
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(Show)PAD New York 2011
New York City dealer Todd Merrill used Beth Katleman's Folly as wallpaper for his stand filled with Paul Evans sideboards, chairs by Yard Sale Project, England, and a black walnut cupboard by Michael Coffey priced at $165,000. Katleman exhibited Folly at the Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Lalique Frosted Glass Fox Stars at Wiederseim Sale
The rare frosted glass René Lalique figure of a prowling fox with a long tail sold for $204,750 to a private collector from the U.K. bidding by phone, underbid by another private collector from the U.K. also bidding by phone.This circa 1800 gilt-decorated three-part mirror with three original églomisé panels ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bonhams Sale Kicks Off American Paintings Week
Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1858-1924), Park along the Shore, oil on canvas, 20¼" x 24 3/8", signed "Prendergast/ CP" in the hand of his brother Charles Prendergast on the lower right, $206,500 (est. $150,000/250,000) to a collector in the salesroom.Harry Herman Roseland (1866-1950), The Lucky Card, oil on canvas, 10" x ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings Sale
John La Farge (1835-1910), Red Hollyhocks, circa 1863, encaustic on panel, 37¾" x 20¼", inscribed "John La Farge" on the reverse, $1,874,500 (est. $500,000/ 700,000) on the phone to a private collector. La Farge did at least three versions of hollyhocks on wood panels and continued to paint watercolors of ... (Read More)
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