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(Show)The 2011 Ceramics Fair
1Exhibitors and shoppers liked the new venue at the Bohemian National Hall on East 73rd Street. The view from the balcony shows how the stands fit together. The space could be expanded to the stage if more dealers want to exhibit next year."We'll take the whole shelf," said Sandra Cluthe, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Bald Eagle as an American Icon
Gilded wooden eagle, 9" x 12". Author's collection.Wooden eagle on a pedestal, 12" x 12". Author's collection.Ship in a bottle with an eagle background, 6" x 11". Author's collection.Cast-iron eagle, 8½" x 21". Author's collection.Carved wooden eagle holding a shield, on a brick background, 9" x 25". Author's collection.Seat cushion, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antique Glass: Color Makes the Difference
About 30 collectors of Millersburg glass were among the bidders to show up for the sale. Disappointed though they were about the color of the Cosmos pattern bowl, devotees stayed to buy, bidding on the 80 pieces that ranged from common and selling in the low hundreds up to the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)N.C. Wyeth Illustration Tops Paintings and Prints Auction
And They Did Their Trading from the Top of Battlemented Walls, a 38" x 26" signed oil on canvas, was one of four illustrations by Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945) that accompanied a story by Arthur E. McFarland, "An Antiente Greate Companie," published in the November 11, 1905, issue of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)2011 Peabody Essex Museum Antiques Show Canceled
The Peabody Essex Museum antiques show will not be held in 2011.A letter sent to exhibitors in early March by executive director and CEO Dan L. Monroe reads: "The Peabody Essex Museum's Antiques Show has been a major part of Thanksgiving weekend for the last 38 years. Several of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Grogan Sells Russian Book for $83,375
The book with its silk embroidered dust jacket folded back. Grogan cataloged it only as "Russian Book on Byzantine Art; in Russian; N. Kohaakoba, bears date on title page 1892; limited edition numbered 175 out of 200 copies; white cover with black and gold decoration, 14½"." Bidders found it anyway. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Marine Paintings and Decorative Arts
Robert Salmon (1775-1845), Drying Sails in Boston Harbor, 1831, oil on canvas, 16½" x 24¼", signed lower right and inscribed on the reverse. Was this top lot at $458,000 a sign of greater sales to come? If so, we can thank Alan Granby of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, for leading the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Million-Dollar-Plus Painting Forfeited
Leda ed il Cigno (Leda and the Swan), oil on copper, 16 7/8" x 11¾".Leda ed il Cigno (Leda and the Swan), an oil on copper by Italian Renaissance painter Lelio Orsi (1511-1587), was ordered forfeited to the United States government as property brought into the U.S. in violation of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fusco & Four Announces Initial Roster for New Ellis Boston Antiques Show
by Jeanne SchintoAs of February 1, the dealer list for the new Ellis Boston Antiques Show, scheduled for October 13-16 at the Cyclorama in the Boston Center for the Arts, was divided exactly between veterans and newcomers.View of the entrance to the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Monk Exceeds Expectations
by Don JohnsonIndeed, they found him.There were two Chinese porcelain figures, but this monk was the key item of the lot. The pair realized $36,425. The base of the figure was stamped "China" in capital letters and had the impressed maker's mark in Chinese, shown above. Photos courtesy Cowan's.An unpretentious ... (Read More)
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