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(Auction)Mostly Winners in the Fine Collection
The 24" x 19½" oil on wood portrait of a seated child in a white dress, circa 1825 and by Sheldon Peck, sold for $200,600 to dealer David Schorsch on the phone, underbid by another David who deals in folk art, David Wheatcroft, that is.The 8¾" high coffeepot was attributed ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Hirschl & Adler Galleries Moving to Expanded Quarters
by Lita Solis-CohenWhat has been rumored all summer was finally confirmed by gallery owner Stuart P. Feld and his daughter, Elizabeth Feld. Hirschl & Adler Galleries will move in late fall from its historic townhouse at 21 East 70th Street in New York City, where the gallery has carried on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ohio Valley Auction
Soap Hollow chest of drawers by Jeremiah Stahl, dated 1864, red ground with stenciled birds and flowers, some paint wear and losses, varnish darkened and partially cleaned, pet scratches, most escutcheon inlays missing, $14,100.Pair of portraits attributed to William Matthew Prior (1806-1873), oil on artist board, unsigned, 15" x 10½" ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Downsizing the Dobson Collection: A Personal Perspective
Top lot of the sale was this very early 19th-century sheet iron fish weathervane, 30" long, from Lunenburg County, that sold for $4950.This was featured on the cover of the catalog and described therein as “outstanding and rare.” Bill Dobson used this whirligig from Quebec City, 23" in diameter, as ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Podcasts
Frank Farmer Loomis records his Keep Antiquing radio broadcasts as podcasts for Internet distribution. Photo courtesy station WMKV-FM.Computer Column #261by John P. Reid, e-mail: [email protected] is an odd corner of the Internet that might interest antiquers. A podcast is like a radio or television program, but it is broadcast over ... (Read More)
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(Show)White House Antiques Show: 25 Years and Counting
According to the 25th annual White House Antiques Show program, “For 25 years, Hawken School has held the White HouseAntiques Show to raise funds for the preservation and upkeep of the historic White House. Built in 1923, the mansion was once the family home of Walter C. White, president of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Old Tools and a Young Clock at Auction
A special and unique grandfather clock produced by inventor Charles Young of York Harbor, Maine. It sold for $1955.This double-door wall-mounted tool chest full of luthier and regular hand tools brought $6325.An elaborate and densely woven wicker desk and chair set caught a bidder’s fancy to the tune of $2645.Hap ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Second Copley Library Sale Features Twain Trove and Declaration Broadside
A Declaration of Independence broadside, 17" x 14 1/8", published on July 15 or 16, 1776, in Salem, Massachusetts, sold to William Reese for $572,500 (est. $600,000/ 800,000). It is attributed to John Rogers at the printing office of Ezekiel Russell. “This is the first of the two Salem printings, ... (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.John Storrs: Machine-Age Modernist by Debra Bricker Balken (The Boston Athenaeum, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Out of Anonymity: Ruby Devol Finch (1804-1866)
by Donald R. WaltersIn three recent consecutive preliminary articles1 for this column on "folk" portraiture in nineteenth century America an attempt has been made to construct a general framework of reference for a discussion of individual artists and their work. My aim has been (1) to place the artist accurately ... (Read More)
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