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| 12/28/2004 | Coveted Porter Collection Serves up $64,400 Burl Bowl and Six-Figure Zinc Dog in Ohio Tales were told and items sold as renowned Ohio auctioneer Tom Porter offered his personal collection on his home turf. Read More...
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| 12/28/2004 | Works by Hassam, O'Keeffe Lead American Paintings in New York The Christie's sale totaled $24,561,420, and was 85 percent sold by both lot and value. Read More...
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| 12/28/2004 | Strong Prices for Wallace Nutting in Pennsylvania All eyes focused upon a rare mahogany Goddard block front chest in excellent condition. Read More...
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| 12/28/2004 | Items Great and Small Could Be Found at the Wilton Holiday Antiques Show "This is the best-attended show all year." Read More...
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| 12/28/2004 | Clark Art Institute Acquires Sir Alfred Gilbert Sculpture "This bronze is one of the most celebrated works by Gilbert and an important example of the New Sculpture movement in late Nineteenth Century England." Read More...
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| 12/28/2004 | Panel To Discuss Future of Museum Architecture The January 13 program will be presented by the Art Dealers Association of America at the Dahesh Museum of Art, New York City. Read More...
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| 12/28/2004 | Transforming the American Still Life Claude Hirst's intimately scaled oils and watercolors display her dazzling skill for rendering the surfaces and textures of objects. Read More...
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| 12/28/2004 | Andy Warhol's 'Endangered Species' The University of Richmond Museums will present the artist's 1983 portfolio of ten screen prints. Read More...
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| 12/28/2004 | Pennsylvania Academy Celebrates 200 Years of American Art The academy, established by artist Charles Willson Peale, is the oldest art school and museum of fine arts in the nation. Read More...
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| 12/28/2004 | Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewelry More than 250 examples from this Nineteenth Century Roman workshop are currently on display at the Bard Graduate Center. Read More...
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| 12/21/2004 | Happy Holidays and Best Wishes from All of Us at Antiques and The Arts Weekly and The Bee Publishing Company! We thank you, our readers, at this time of year. Read More...
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| 12/21/2004 | Commotion for Locomotion at Noel Barrett's: The Ward Kimball Train Auction Take the estimates and toss them out the window - this proved true from virtually the first lot to the bitter end more than eight hours later. Read More...
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| 12/21/2004 | Scarlet Letter Brings Record Green in New York The rediscovered set of 144 page proofs of Nathaniel Hawthorne's masterpiece set a new world auction record for a Nineteenth Century American literary work. Read More...
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| 12/21/2004 | Rare Sewing Machine Auctioned in Massachusetts "One authority we consulted said that these machines were very difficult to find in good condition." Read More...
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| 12/21/2004 | Peabody Essex: An Antiques Show with Style This year's event was set out entirely on the second floor of the museum and the flow was improved considerably. Read More...
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| 12/21/2004 | Holiday Bounty at Pound Ridge Antiques Show Promoter Martin Greenstein brought a diverse lineup of more than 50 dealers to the Fox Lane High School. Read More...
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| 12/21/2004 | Issues and Changes Explored at Appraisers Association Conference Each of the three major appraisal organizations - The American Society of Appraisers (ASA), the International Society of Appraisers (ISA) and the AAA - were represented. Read More...
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| 12/21/2004 | Judging Fakes and False Attributions in the Visual Arts If you have a taste for the nuts and bolts of art attribution and legal issues surrounding authentication of art, Ronald Spencer has put together a series of excellent essays written by leaders in the field. Read More...
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| 12/21/2004 | At Home with the Last Tsar and His Family in New Jersey This is the first exhibition to display the Romanov's personal belongings from their living quarters in the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoye Selo. Read More...
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| 12/21/2004 | Futurist Skies: Italian Aeropainting This style dominated Italian Futurist art during the 1930s and an exhibition devoted to it will be staged by the Estorick Collection. Read More...
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| 12/21/2004 | Toward Simplicity Spanierman Gallery will present new oils by Pamela Sztybel, a landscape painter in the American Tonalist tradition. Read More...
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| 12/14/2004 | The Most Expensive Piece of Furniture Ever Sold Auctioned on December 9 in London, the Badminton Cabinet achieved $36.6 million. Read More...
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| 12/14/2004 | Unassuming Daguerreotypes of Philadelphia Reap a Whopping $184,000 at Alderfer's The four images, by William Mason, depicted outdoor scenes from the Chestnut Street area. Read More...
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| 12/14/2004 | Success and Surprises for Americana at Freeman's Leading the auction was one of several paintings featuring political figures or historic events involving the nation's Founding Fathers. Read More...
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| 12/14/2004 | A Fragrant $1.5 Million for Lalique, Perfume Presentations in New Jersey Rago reported that bidding was strong, with more than 200 eBay, 50 absentee and 50 phone bidders participating. Read More...
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| 12/14/2004 | Antiques, Three Piers, No Waiting The fall edition of Stella'sTriple Pier Antiques Shows attracted New Yorkers and out-of-towners alike. Read More...
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| 12/14/2004 | Chic and Lavish: Art20 Fans of Twentieth Century art who flocked to the show found a little slice of heaven in Manhattan's Seventh Regiment Armory. Read More...
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| 12/14/2004 | Virginia Show Offers Antiques in Time for the Holidays The Williamsburg event attracted about 1,500 visitors and saw good overall sales. Read More...
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| 12/14/2004 | Murano Glass Is Red Hot and Cool in Detroit More than 200 glass artworks from the furnaces on the island of Murano will illuminate the galleries of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Read More...
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| 12/14/2004 | Significant Italian Masters in London An exhibition of paintings focused on the Fourteenth to Eighteenth centuries is on view through December at Trafalgar Galleries, St James's. Read More...
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| 12/14/2004 | New York Gallery Exhibits the Evolution of Times Square "At the Crossroads" was curated by historian Max Page and organized by the AXA Gallery in partnership with the Times Square Alliance. Read More...
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| 12/14/2004 | Florence Knoll Bassett: Defining Modern at the Philadelphia Museum of Art When Bassett put her hand to American corporate office design, she turned its world upside down. Read More...
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| 12/13/2004 | Marklin Circus Train Brings $100,100 At Noel Barrett's Marklin Circus Train Brings $100,100 At Noel Barrett's Read More...
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| 12/7/2004 | Field Museum, in Surprise Decision, Sells Catlin Portraits as a Group for $17.3 Million The museum hoped that the entire collection would go to a public institution. It did not. Read More...
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| 12/7/2004 | New Record of $23.5 Million Achieved for a John Singer Sargent Painting Two determined bidders in the room competed with two on the telephone, but William Stahl, Sotheby's vice chairman and auctioneer, bidding on behalf of a collector, prevailed. Read More...
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| 12/7/2004 | Babe Ruth Bat Brings $1.26 Million from East Coast Collector Coined the "The Holy Grail" of sports memorabilia, the bat is one of only three pieces of sports memorabilia to eclipse the $1 million mark. Read More...
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| 12/7/2004 | Modernism: A Century of Style and Design The forerunner of all Twentieth Century shows has truly become Sanford Smith's wonderchild. Read More...
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| 12/7/2004 | Connoisseur's Antiques Fair: Downtown's Uptown Show Has Unique Complexion and Loyal Following The unusual depth and range of the event owes much to the fair's origins. Read More...
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| 12/7/2004 | When Nashville is the Center of the Antiques World The festive party atmosphere makes it an event not to be missed. Read More...
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| 12/7/2004 | Christie's Announces New Buyer's Premium "Periodically a company must examine the viability of the rates they are charging for the services they provide in order to remain competitive in the market." Read More...
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| 12/7/2004 | Treasures from an Epic Era Highlights of the Onassis Cultural Center exhibition will include the Acropolis Museum's classic Athenian-style marble bust of Alexander. Read More...
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| 12/7/2004 | Carousel Art for the Holidays The UBS Art Gallery will present the rich artistry and design tradition of the classic American carousel. Read More...
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| 12/7/2004 | Contemporary Iroquois Art in Wood and Stone An Arctic Artistry exhibition will feature 15 carvings depicting the culture of the Ononda Tribe. Read More...
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| 12/7/2004 | Tools of Her Ministry: The Art of Sister Gertrude Morgan All facets of this extraordinary woman's creative talent and the deeply held religious views that inspired her are offered in a rewarding exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Read More...
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