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(Auction)"...And a Little Child Shall Lead Them"
Betsy Bentley silk and satin sampler, $465,750. Thomaston Place photo.Jack Lorimer Gray, Out by the Bull, oil on canvas, 23½" x 37½" (sight size), $43,125. Thomaston Place photo.Careful research produced a modest profit on this painting that didn’t sell at the June 26, 2009, Sisters of Mercy sale in Portland, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)With an Artistic Eye
A glazed redware sugar bowl, signed circa 1876 by James Mackley of Thurmont, Maryland, or Winchester, Virginia, was made after he terminated his working relationship with Anthony Bacher.An unknown maker used watercolor and pen on sized cotton to create this Know-Nothing cartoon, circa 1859, probably Baltimore. It depicts the Washington ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Paul and Cheryl Scott Visit ADA/Historic Deerfield Show
People at the ADA (Antiques Dealers' Association of America, Inc.)/Historic Deerfield show on October 10 in Deerfield, Massachusetts, were amazed (and at least a couple shed a tear or two) to see Hillsboro, New Hampshire, dealers Cheryl and Paul Scott make a surprise appearance. Most had not seen Paul since ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"Henry Austin" and "Shaker Design" Win Book Awards
Historic New England has awarded its 15th annual Book Prize to Henry Austin: In Every Variety of Architectural Style by James F. O'Gorman. The book is an introduction to one of New England's most prolific architects, Henry Austin (1804-1891), who practiced in New Haven, Connecticut, for more than 50 years, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sale in the Country Delivers
This squirrel or rodent cage with its original unusual decoration in green and yellow paint on a red ground. It brought $4000. “This was the greatest paint-decorated cradle I’ve ever seen,” remarked Shultz. Measuring 18" long and 10" high, the cradle with floral decoration on a green ground had both ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Ellsworth Antiques Show
Neville Lewis of The Barometer Shop, Cushing, Maine, brought barometers, of course. This circa 1840 American marine barometer by Frederick Pool of Boston, in a mahogany case with ivory plates and on its original brass gimbal, was $11,000.For the first time, the Ellsworth show included a dealer who specializes in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Second Day's a Charm
Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait’s popular A Check—“Keep Your Distance,” a 14" x 20" oil on canvas, is no lithograph, it’s the original all right. It brought $381,000 from a phone bidder competing with a very determined North Carolina collector, who ran it as far as he could.The subject of presale speculation ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Whitlock Joins Chalfant Shop
From left: Skip Chalfant, Scott Chalfant, and Jan Whitlock.Jan Whitlock Textiles & Interiors has joined HL Chalfant: American Fine Art & Antiques at its shop in West Chester, Pennsylvania. H.L. "Skip" Chalfant has been at this location for 28 years, dealing in 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century furniture. When his son ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Pleads Guilty in Case of Stolen Picasso
On October 2, Marcus Patmon, 38, of Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty to mail fraud, attempted wire fraud, and interstate transportation of stolen property in connection with the attempted sale of stolen Pablo Picasso etchings.Patmon admitted to defrauding a California art dealer in the sale of a stolen Picasso etching known ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: A Collector's Homily
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondA few weeks ago we attended a lovely late summer wedding in Glenside, just outside Philadelphia. A friend from our days at Winterthur, Kelli Lucas, was tying the knot, and we were delighted to be there: a beautiful wedding, a gorgeous day, and a reception ... (Read More)
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