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8/24/2004Dealer, on Fire for Rare Bucket, Pays $23,511 at Knotty Pine The much-discussed and admired fire bucket from Philadelphia had a dramatic rendering of a burning four-story building. Read More...
8/24/20041911-D Quarter Eagle Lands $184,000 Bid at Heritage The gallery's Signature Auction in New York City brought a total of $8,155,332. Read More...
8/24/2004From Tiffany to Tranter in New Orleans Highlights from St Charles Gallery's auction included a rare Louis Comfort Tiffany bronze vase, which sold for $16,100. Read More...
8/24/2004The New England Antiques Festival "Who has the most shows? Flamingo has twenty-something. Irene Stella had me beat at one point," said Tina Bruno. Read More...
8/24/2004Birchwood Manor Antiques Show A "warm and friendly group of dealers" exhibit at this twice-a-year event. Read More...
8/24/2004Christie's Reports Sales of $1.253 Billion for the First Six Months of 2004 Christie's International reported an increase of 19 percent on last year's figure. Read More...
8/24/2004Floral Perspectives in Carpet Design The Textile Museum examines this phenomenon as rendered in the designs of Seventeenth to Nineteenth Century Indian, Chinese, Central Asian, Persian and Turkish carpets. Read More...
8/24/2004Rococo to Romantic This installation assembles sculpture, decorative arts and drawings to complement paintings from the Wadsworth Atheneum's collection. Read More...
8/24/2004Paul Rudolph: The Florida Houses & The Cannon Chapel Rudolph (1918-1997) was a modernist, best known for his major public and academic projects. Read More...
8/24/2004Jasper Francis Cropsey Celebrated at Newington-Cropsey Foundation Cropsey's yellow and white Gothic Revival cottage has become a rich repository of the artist's oil paintings, watercolors and sketches. Read More...
8/17/2004South Carolina Stops Auction, Claims over 400 Civil War Letters In a move reminiscent of those of its sister state, representatives of South Carolina marched into a local auction gallery and laid claim to the letters with a restraining order. Read More...
8/17/2004Folk Art Finds Favor at Northeast's Auction of the Spector Collection The Spectors followed age-old advice: "Buy the best, and buy it from reputable dealers." Read More...
8/17/2004'Old Painting' Included in Doll Consignment Fetches $313,500 at Withington's At 86 years young, Dick thought he had seen it all - but there was a buzz at this sale. Read More...
8/17/2004Record Prices for Art Glass in Cincinnati The auction was highlighted with a stellar selection of items from the estate of a premier dealer in American art glass. Read More...
8/17/2004Nantucket Historical Association's August Antiques Show Was 'Cool' "I have been doing the show since its inception in 1980 and this was the best preview that I have ever had," commented one dealer. Read More...
8/17/2004Good Crowd, Good Sales at Cape Cod Antiques Dealers Association Show By showtime, the line extended out the front door of the school, down the stairs, across the sidewalk and well out into the parking lot. Read More...
8/17/2004The Cities, the Towns, the Crowds: The Paintings of Robert Spencer Because Spencer's work is so seldom featured in exhibitions these days, this show at the James A. Michener Art Museum is particularly welcome. Read More...
8/17/2004Birmingham Museum of Art Makes Ten Major Acquisitions Nine will be additions to the museum's European art collection and one is a major gift of Indian sculpture to the Asian art collection. Read More...
8/17/2004In the News Examples of vintage photojournalism from 1940 to 1965 will be on view at Lee Gallery. Read More...
8/17/2004Currents of Change: Art and Life Along The Mississippi River, 1850-1861 A Minneapolis exhibit is the first to explore the fine and decorative arts that blossomed in the 1850s along the entire span of the mighty 2,302-mile waterway. Read More...
8/10/2004Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House This breathtaking architectural icon avoided a grievous fate when it sold at auction last winter. Read More...
8/10/2004Adelson Galleries, New York Adelson Galleries, New York Read More...
8/5/2004The Way We Were The news of 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago - Read More...
8/3/2004The Quilts of Gee's Bend The hardships of famous painters seem tame compared to the challenges faced by the women quilt makers of a rural Alabama agricultural community during the Twentieth Century. Read More...