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Court of Appeals Affirms Decision in Gauguin Painting Case
by Betty Flood

by Betty FloodIn a unanimous decision the New York State Court of Appeals sent the case of Mandarin Trading Ltd. v. Guy Wildenstein, et al. back to the Appellate Division, where it should be affirmed.The case was brought by Mandarin Trading Ltd. against New York City art dealer Guy Wildenstein ... (Read More)

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Rookwood Holiday Sale 2010
by Don Johnson

Rookwood Vellum glaze scenic plaque by E.T. Hurley, showing a lake with mountains and trees, 1942, 11½" x 8½" plus frame, no crazing, a few unobtrusive burst glaze bubbles, factory chip to a rear edge, $12,075.The top lot of the sale was a Rookwood Black Iris glaze vase by Kitaro ... (Read More)

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Blackie and Bulfinch
by Mark Sisco

A beat-up but very salvageable painting of the ship John Harvey sold for $5500.Another oil painting representing the John Harvey, this one on a small document box with one of Captain H.H. Lovell's letters home shellacked to the inside of the lid, sold for $539.The signed Bernard Langlais wooden sheep ... (Read More)

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Museums in 2010
by Daniel Grant

by Daniel GrantIf 2008 and 2009 were years filled with anxiety and cutbacks (of staff, salaries, hours, programming) within the museum field, then 2010 was a year in which institutions worried about some gaping holes in the tax code. The lack of an estate tax in 2010 and the repeal ... (Read More)

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Freeman's Opens a Boston Office
by Jeanne Schinto

Kelly Wright. Photo courtesy Freeman's.by Jeanne SchintoFreeman's, the Philadelphia-based auction house, has opened a Boston office and will celebrate its launch with an invitation-only event at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on April 21.The office at 20 School Street in Old City Hall is under the direction of Kelly ... (Read More)

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Museum Returns Costa Rican Antiques
by Betty Flood

by Betty FloodThe Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, New York, will give the National Museum of Costa Rica 983 ceramic vessels and figurines that had been donated by Minor Cooper Keith (1848-1929).Keith was born in Brooklyn and later became vice president of the United Fruit Company. He worked 30 years on ... (Read More)

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Artwork: "An Uncorrelated Asset"
by Daniel Grant

by Daniel GrantLibyan fighter jets strafed protesters in Tripoli, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 173 points on a single day. Presumably, stock market investors worry that unrest in the North African nation will lead to a cutoff of Libyan oil, bringing about higher crude oil prices around the ... (Read More)

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Special Event During Antiques Week in New Hampshire
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On August 7, From Out of the Woods Antiques Center, an 80-dealer shop in Goffstown, New Hampshire, will host a festival with antiques shopping, a country barbecue, and live music. The center will open its doors at 9 a.m., and there is free parking.At 1 p.m., 200 meal tickets will ... (Read More)

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The Unveiling
by Lita Solis-Cohen

The dower chest, probably Berks County, with the name "Elizabeth Enderleinsen" and the date "March 1817," was useful for food and drink. It was $13,500.Clocks were on sale. The clock on the left-the dial signed by Augustine Neisser, its case the earliest by the Garvan Carver-was $350,000, down from $475,000. ... (Read More)

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Bruce McKinney's American Experience
by Jeanne Schinto

A phone bidder paid $158,000 (est. $40,000/60,000) for a first edition of The Discoveries of John Lederer, in three several Marches from Virginia, To the West of Carolina, published in London in 1672. The copy retained its fine map and rare license leaf. Lederer wrote his account of his travels ... (Read More)
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