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| 1/25/2005 | Labeled Townsend Chest Goes to the Metropolitan Museum With the Met's American Wing chairman Morrison Heckscher at his side, Leigh Keno bid the casepiece to a winning $856,000. Read More...
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| 1/25/2005 | A Sum of $8.4 Million Buys a Tea Table in New York "I bought it for inventory," Albert Sack said with a big smile. Read More...
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| 1/25/2005 | Single-Owner Collection of Jensen Silver Fetches $8.87 Million The top-selling lot was a monumental pair of silver five-light candelabra designed by Harald Nielsen, circa 1940, which garnered $204,000. Read More...
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| 1/25/2005 | The End of an Era - Maison's Final Auction The firm's 40-year business began with a question: "We bought a lot of stuff that we were going to sell to another auctioneer, and somebody said 'Why don't you sell it yourselves?'" Read More...
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| 1/25/2005 | A Blizzard of Sales Reported for the Winter Antiques Show's Opening Weekend "In the 11 years that Chairman Arie Kopelman and I have worked together, we've never seen weather like this," said executive director Catherine Sweeney Singer. Read More...
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| 1/25/2005 | American Folk Art Museum Appoints New Director "As a distinguished art scholar and exemplary administrator, Maria Conelli is the perfect choice to lead this museum in the Twenty-First Century." Read More...
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| 1/25/2005 | Barry Cohen Announces Cancellation of Center City Antiques Show, Philadelphia The ninth annual event would have marked its sixth year at the Historic 23rd Street Armory with 35 exhibitors. Read More...
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| 1/25/2005 | Papermania: A Smashing Success This popular show draws a cult-like crowd obsessed with toys, historical documents, rare books, posters, daguerreotypes and trading cards. Read More...
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| 1/25/2005 | The Midwest as Muse The area has inspired artists for two centuries, and its landscape and ways of life have played an important role in shaping the image of America. Read More...
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| 1/25/2005 | Five Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics on View in New Orleans The New Orleans Museum of Art celebrates the donation of the R. Randolph Richmond Jr Collection. Read More...
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| 1/25/2005 | Atlanta's High Museum Is Final Venue for 'The Art of Romare Bearden' This is the most comprehensive retrospective ever assembled of Bearden's distinct art, including many pieces that have been rarely exhibited from private collections. Read More...
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| 1/25/2005 | A Look at 'Outsiders' Bill Traylor & William Edmondson They were the first African American artists to be recognized by the so-called "conventional" art world, and both were keen observers of the human condition. Read More...
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| 1/18/2005 | New York City Dealers Win Rare Rohlfs Desk at Rago's for $193,875 The desk was in exceptionally clean condition and needed - in the words of one collector who thoroughly looked the piece over - "no excuses." Read More...
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| 1/18/2005 | Trova, Majorelle, Galle, Dunand, Chihuly Bring nearly $800,000 in St. Louis Ivey-Selkirk Auctioneers' semiannual Twentieth Century Design sale offered more than 748 lots. Read More...
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| 1/18/2005 | Toys, Advertising Items at Pennsylvania Collector's Harvest Auction Reap $500,000 The crowd at Inman's gallery may have been small, but phones and the Internet more than made up for the modest turnout. Read More...
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| 1/18/2005 | Christie's Modifies Buyer's Premium - Again The firm's 20 percent buyer's premium rate on the first $100,000 is now applied on the first $200,000 at almost all Christie's sites. Read More...
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| 1/18/2005 | Antiques on New Year's Day at the Venus De Milo This event, which takes place three times annually, draws in all the local dealers as exhibitors and customers. Read More...
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| 1/18/2005 | Three Recent Discoveries Shed Light on the Life of Franklin Pierce All were almost unknown to historians and can be seen in the foyer of the Museum of New Hampshire History. Read More...
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| 1/18/2005 | Outside In: Folk Art for the American Landscape Colonial Williamsburg will display a striking selection of outdoor folk art beginning next year. Read More...
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| 1/18/2005 | Tiffany by Design The Hudson River Museum will explore the design, construction and fabrication of Tiffany lamps made between 1900 and 1925. Read More...
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| 1/18/2005 | Picturing Change A new exhibition at the Hood Museum reveals the impact of ledger drawings on Native American pictorial arts. Read More...
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| 1/18/2005 | Arts and Crafts Movement Explored at LACMA Illustrated through 300 iconic objects, the exhibition brings together examples culled from more than 75 American and European public and private collections. Read More...
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| 1/11/2005 | Police Recover Stolen Merchandise from North River Gallery Three Hours before Sale As the firm was making final preparations for its auction this past Sunday morning, a small army of police officers were making preparations of their own outside the hall. Read More...
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| 1/11/2005 | American Stoneware Exceeds $400,000 at Maryland Sale The top lot, an elaborate stoneware water cooler from Cortland, N.Y., with an incised fish design, sold for $27,500. Read More...
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| 1/11/2005 | In Arizona, Western Art Ropes a $4 Million Total The top selling work was a Brownell McGrew painting titled "Salah-Tso Goes to the Sing" that sold over the telephone for $288,500. Read More...
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| 1/11/2005 | Estate of Noted Author and Sportsman Makes for Significant South Bay Auction The company was offered property from the estate of John W. Mackay of Mill Neck, N.Y. Read More...
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| 1/11/2005 | Rhode Island Auction House Pulls Painting with Nazi Past Steven Fusco of Estates Unlimited was forced to make a tough call during the gallery's first serious Fine Art sale as the anticipated top lot was revealed to be stolen art. Read More...
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| 1/11/2005 | Important Tiffany and Lalique Archives Now Accessible to Researchers, Public The Juliette K. and Leonard S. Rakow Research Library of The Corning Museum of Glass has acquired two significant collections of materials. Read More...
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| 1/11/2005 | Diverse Exhibitions at the Neuberger The variety within the museum's collection is showcased by what's currently on view and will be up in the near future. Read More...
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| 1/11/2005 | Vanishing Worlds Reappear at Fullerton, California Exhibit Many pieces are from 100 to 200 years old and several are much older. Read More...
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| 1/11/2005 | In Harford, Intimate European Visions on a Small Scale The Wadsworth showcases some 70 paintings in its permanent collection that have rarely been shown due to their petite size. Read More...
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| 1/11/2005 | Neuberger: A Love Affair with Twentieth Century Art When a young New Yorker followed his fancy to Paris in the 1920s, he laid the foundation for both a remarkable collection of art and an equally remarkable business career. Read More...
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| 1/4/2005 | 'Blue' at the American Folk Art Museum The museum assembles 30 works from its collections that illustrate the predominance of this color in American art and social life since the Eighteenth Century. Read More...
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| 1/4/2005 | Bids Overflow for Volcanic Pistols in San Francisco The set, from the collection of King Farouk of Egypt, is the only known cased pair and well exceeded its estimate of $70/90,000. Read More...
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| 1/4/2005 | Antique Tools in Pennsylvania Forge a $513,884 Gross A one-of-a-kind Sandusky Tool Co. ebony and ivory, self-adjusting, center-wheel plow plane set a new world record. Read More...
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| 1/4/2005 | Fort Meade, Florida Note Brings a World Record in the Midwest After nearly a century, this "Holy Grail" of national bank notes made a record-breaking appearance in St. Louis. Read More...
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| 1/4/2005 | Americana Week in New York 2005 Got the urge for the annual splurge in the Big Apple? We've got the scoop on all the events. Read More...
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| 1/4/2005 | William Hosley Resigns as Head of Antiquarian & Landmarks Society During his seven years as chief executive officer of A&L, Hosley contributed greatly to the growth and visibility of the society. Read More...
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| 1/4/2005 | 'Ere Winter's Darkets Days, Antiquarius Antiques Show Glitters Managed by Susie McMillan, this year's well-balanced show presented a wide range of antique furniture, paintings, silver, porcelain, prints and rugs. Read More...
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| 1/4/2005 | Julien Levy and Surrealist 'Accomodations of Desire' The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College will feature more than 100 worls by key artists of the movement, all collected by Levy. Read More...
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| 1/4/2005 | The Allen Sisters: Pictorial Photographers at the Columbus Museum of Art The sisters began their photographic odyssey in the1880s after progressive deafness cut short their vocations as teachers. Read More...
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| 1/4/2005 | Frances Lehman Loeb Center Exhibits 'Second Sight' Most museum exhibitions emphasize masterpieces. This one highlights artworks that have bridged the evolution of art. Read More...
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