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AD20/21: Growth by Design
by Jeanne Schinto

Seated in an exhibition space shared by Boston Architectural College (BAC) and Dakota Jackson Inc. are Chala Hadimi (left), director of the college’s foundation program, and Dave Harrison, head of the school of interior design. To the right of the unidentified standing man is Jackson’s two-piece A*ra*besque cocktail table set, ... (Read More)

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Nurturing the Nature of Young Collectors
by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond

The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondAfter quite some thought and careful consideration, we've decided that converting young collectors is a very slow process. We've arrived at the conclusion that it might be faster to make them. As a result, sometime around Labor Day (insert wisecrack here), we'll be ... (Read More)

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Maritime Paintings and Shipbuilders' Models
by A.J. Peluso

Bonhams, New York Cityby A.J. Peluso, Jr.Photos courtesy BonhamsIt's simple, Bonhams offered a sprawling 137-lot sale focused on ship models and paintings of the highest quality in New York City on April 14 and voila, $1,385,298 (includes buyers' premiums). Add that to its January take, $441,701, and voila, $1,826,999. For ... (Read More)

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McInnis Sale to Be Held at Cliff House
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Auctioneer John McInnis is going on the road this summer for a two-day sale. McInnis, who owns an auction gallery in Amesbury, Massachusetts, has rented the facility at the Cliff House Resort & Spa in Ogunquit, Maine, for a July 16 and 17 auction."I wanted to do something different in ... (Read More)

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A Bleecker Street Antiques Shop Turns Out Its Lights
by Jeanne Schinto

One of the sale’s top lots, a pair of 29½" tall Chinese Famille Verte with black ground vases, fetched $3540 on theInternet (est. $1500/2000). Grogan photo.Three Chinese porcelain gilt-decorated powder blue vases sold to another Internet bidder for $2950 (est. $300/500). A phone bidder bought a Chinese oxblood vase-form lamp ... (Read More)

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The Chicago Botanic Garden Antiques & Garden Fair
by Danielle Arnet

Business was brisk at the booth of Gladstone Jones, Philadelphia, which was filled with botanical prints.We snapped a photo of London seller Robert Bloch in his booth. The French 19th-century drapery table is $6600. Behind it, the French bistro mirror measures 59" x 74" and is $6500. The mid-19th-century French ... (Read More)

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Keno Auctions' Inaugural Sale
by Lita Solis-Cohen

There were two bidders in the salesroom and two on the phones for the Beekman diminutive mahogany chest, 35" wide, with rococo carving on the feet, skirt, and the edge of its top, stop fluting on the canted corners, and some repairs to the rear feet. Estimated at $200,000/600,000 and ... (Read More)

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Letter from London
by Ian McKay

by Ian McKay, e-mail: Valued at $4000 but sold for just over $1 million at Bonhams in April, will this portrait turn out to be a real Rubens?Everyone (Well, Almost) Loves a SleeperWhen the lawyers get involved, when salesrooms are challenged over their failure to get the best for their ... (Read More)

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College Student Arrested for Stealing Documents
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William J. Scott, 18, of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, an undergraduate student at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, was arrested on March 14 by special agents of the FBI, charging him with theft of an object of cultural heritage from a museum. Scott is accused of stealing documents from the United ... (Read More)

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Blue Star Museums
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Blue Star Museums, a partnership with more than 750 museums across America, will offer free admission to active duty military personnel and their families through Labor Day. The complete list of participating museums is available on line (www.arts.gov)."America's museums are proud to join the rest of the country in thanking ... (Read More)
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