(Auction)
Here are three of the 17 silk trade banners that sold individually for a total of $125,350 and then were offered collectively, with no further bidders. Each of them measured about 35" x 40". Top left, a shipbuilder's banner, fringed with a later addition of red yarn, with a painting ... (Read More)
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Harry Hepburn of Harrison, Maine, explained, This clock is the rarest of the ripple clocks. Its a miniature. Its a signed dial, J.C. Brown, Forestville, totally original. It was priced at $3750. I have never had a preshow like I had last night, he said happily. I sold a desk, ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)
by A.J. Peluso, Jr.Frank Vining Smith: Maritime Painting in the 20th Centuryby James A. CraigHard Press Editions, in association with Hudson Hills Press, 2010, 172 pages, 167 illustrations (85 in full color), hardbound, $65.The cover illustration shows the packet ship Dreadnought, 1946, oil on board, 24" x 30".Frank Vining Smith ... (Read More)
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Thomas B. Johnson is the new director of the Victoria Mansion in Portland, Maine. Johnson, who joined the museum on September 1, brings over 30 years of experience in museums and historic preservation.A graduate of American University, with an M.A. in American and New England studies from the University of ... (Read More)
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