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(Show)An "Off" Year at the Peabody Essex Museum
W.M. Schwind Jr. of Yarmouth, Maine, posed with this 1780-1800 Maine country Chippendale 57¼" tall six-drawer chest in birch with traces of old red finish and its original brasses. Descended in the Nathan Weston family, the chest was $7500.Stephen Score posed with this 1920-30 New England hooked rug depicting a ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law & Ethics: Problems with Property
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittAn auctioneer sells property of some type at auction. That is obvious. What is not so apparent are all the particulars involved with the property and relevant to its sale. This is one of the aspects of auctioneering that makes it a lot more difficult ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques + Modernism Winnetka
Gary Sergeant of Woodbury, Connecticut, shows a couple a small (65" high x 39" wide) George II figured walnut chest-on-chest. It was $17,500. The George II carved walnut footstool on top with hairy paw feet with original casters, Irish, circa 1745, was $9800. The oil on canvas setter portraits by ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Karen and Mark Wheaton, Maria's Pond Antiques, Mariaville, New York
Karen and Mark Wheaton at home.Store counter of unusually small size (32" high x 41" wide x 16" deep), in old white paint, with both the edge of the top and of the open shelf in the back grain-painted,$725.Vibrant multicolored hooked rug with the initials “AW,” $595.Black-and-white carved horse with ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)It Takes a Village
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondShortly after Hollie's labor ended, Andrew began one of his own, one that proved far more protracted than any childbirth. Approached late last spring by the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio in Lancaster with an opportunity to serve as a guest curator of ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column for Antiquers: Making Labels
Label-making software can produce round CD and DVD labels, labels from a mailing list, inventory labels, business cards, meeting name tags, and much more.Computer Column #267by John P. Reid, [email protected] for printing mailing labels, business cards, price tags, CD or DVD labels, name tags, rotary index cards, filing stickers, and ... (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.The Art of Collecting: An Intimate Tour Inside Private Art Collections, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Renaissance Jewelry Paces Thomaston Sale
This Renaissance pendant with an enameled scene of St. George slaying the dragon, set amid diamonds, lapis, malachite, carnelian, and agates, brought $85,100. Thomaston Place photo.The “Marlborough Jewel,” a pendant with five rectangular-cut diamonds, five oval-cut rubies, and three pearl drops, in a case by H. Heydenryk, sold for $80,500.Thomaston ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Modern and Contemporary Ceramics Auction
Peter Voulkos (1924-2002), Gash, 1978, stoneware, 48" high, $105,750.Christine Nofchissey McHorse (b. 1948), untitled (Vesuvius), 2002, earthenware, 15½" high, $17,625.Betty Woodman (b. 1930), His/Hers Vases, circa 2001, whiteware and low-fire glazes, His, 29" high x 29" wide, Hers, 13" high x 38" wide, $23,500.James Melchert (b. 1930), Ghost Box, 1964, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Historic Battle of San Jacinto Brings Record Price
Thought to be lost, The Battle of San Jacinto by Henry Arthur McArdle (1836-1908), oil on canvas, 1901, 48" x 84", sold for $334,600, which is believed to be a record auction price for a Texas artwork.Shearing the Churro Sheep, 1979, by Ray Swanson (1937-2004), oil on canvas, 50" x ... (Read More)
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