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| 3/29/2005 | At Fontaine's, the Handel Market Stirs with an Aquarium Table Lamp The 16-inch, reverse painted creation attracted a great deal of interest. Read More...
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| 3/29/2005 | March Madness in Freehold Leads to a $196,875 Hudson River Portfolio The portfolio, by Hill and Wall, included all 20 hand-colored prints with accompanying text sheets. Read More...
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| 3/29/2005 | Original Comic Art Brings more than Peanuts at Philip Weiss In front of a packed house, with more than 500 registered Internet bidders and six phone lines in action, seven Charles Schulz originals brought top prices. Read More...
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| 3/29/2005 | Not Just 'Brown Furniture' Anymore: The 32nd Connecticut Spring Antiques Show The event has adapted to the different trends and styles of the business and is still widely regarded as a perennial favorite among old-time Americana collectors and a host of new shoppers. Read More...
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| 3/29/2005 | Maryland's Hunt Valley Antiques Show Enjoys a Gallic Twist English ceramics, glass, and minor arts were strongly represented, but this year's theme was "French Country Style." Read More...
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| 3/29/2005 | Antiques in Vienna - A Lively and Active Marketplace A good many deals are available, even to a member of the American trade. Read More...
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| 3/29/2005 | Stubbs and the Horse For years George Stubbs was considered a mere painter of animals for a small group of sporting clients. For more than a century after his death he was nearly forgotten. Read More...
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| 3/29/2005 | Painting in Italy in a Time of Plague The Worcester Art Museum, in partnership with Clark University and the College of the Holy Cross, will present the first major exhibition outside of Europe to explore art's role during the plague. Read More...
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| 3/29/2005 | Time and Transformation in Dutch Art Until now no single exhibition has identified and explored the theme that runs through this genre. Read More...
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| 3/29/2005 | Betty Ring: Scholar and Collector Honored for Her Contributions to the Antiques Field Fidelity to her calling coupled with a genuinely brilliant mind, exactingly high standards and a dogged determination to see her work in print has made the collector the foremost scholar of antique American needlework of her time, perhaps for all time. Read More...
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| 3/22/2005 | Shakespeare Leads San Francisco Rare Books and Manuscripts Sale The rare 1640 first collected edition of Shakespeare's 'Poems' sold for $25,875, despite lacking the frontispiece and five other leaves. Read More...
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| 3/22/2005 | Greentown Tumbler Is Surprise Lot at Virginia Glass Auction While much speculation exists as to the actual intended use of this piece, it had been listed but never illustrated in Greentown glass references. Read More...
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| 3/22/2005 | In Ohio, a Toulouse-Lautrec Poster Garners Five Figures Online, individuals from Germany, France, Austria and England took on the formidable gallery audience, while art galleries from New York City and California were on the phones. Read More...
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| 3/22/2005 | Gramercy Garden and Antiques Show Provides a Taste of Spring Once again sales were strong, with garden ornaments and figural pieces garnering most of the attention. Read More...
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| 3/22/2005 | Arts and Crafts Conference in North Carolina Is a Sellout This year's three-day event saw 1,500 attendees and more than 2,000 tickets were sold for the antiques and contemporary crafts show. Read More...
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| 3/22/2005 | A President's Day Weekend of Antiques in Massachusetts "We had a terrific gate - a few less early buyers and a lot more retail buyers attended." Read More...
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| 3/22/2005 | Animals in the Gallery Reported at Brandywine Works exhibited portray animals as symbols of peace, majestic creatures of nature, subjects of scientific study, barnyard subjects, human companions and figures in cartoons and illustrations. Read More...
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| 3/22/2005 | A Legacy of California Plant Portraits Despite his lack of botanical training. Albert R. Valentien created more than 1,000 accurate and detailed illustrations, depicting 1,500 species of wildflowers. Read More...
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| 3/22/2005 | Extreme Textiles Cooper-Hewitt will present more than 150 textile applications from a wide range of areas, including architecture, apparel, medicine, transportation, aerospace and the environment. Read More...
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| 3/22/2005 | Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection on View at Winterthur Export porcelain could be more valuable than silver plate on the table, a fact not surprising in light of where it came from and the long journey it made as part of the China Trade. Read More...
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| 3/15/2005 | Edgar Yaeger at Cincinnati Art The show opening March 26 features more than 50 of his oil paintings and watercolors from the 1920s through the 1990s. Read More...
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| 3/15/2005 | Portrayal Of Characters At Silvermine An exhibition opening March 20 at Silvermine is "Edward Hopper & John Marin's New York." . Read More...
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| 3/15/2005 | Amon Carter Museum Presents Works By Stieglitz And O'Keeffe The small exhibition consists of two paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe and nine photographs by Alfred Stieglitz. Read More...
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| 3/15/2005 | Stellar Selection of Art At Works On Paper Opening for a four-day run at the 67th Street Armory with a well-attended gala preview, the show featured works that ranged from Old Masters to cutting-edge contemporary. Read More...
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| 3/15/2005 | Cabin Fever Totes Up 26 Notches Chilling out at the 26th annual show and sale in Quechee, Vt., was the order of the day for the 30-plus dealers exhibiting to an enthusiastic crowd of visitors. Read More...
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| 3/15/2005 | Tolland Antiques Show - For The Uninitiated, The Show Is A Must At the very popular 39-year-old show in western Connecticut, it was booth after booth of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century American country furniture in good paint. Read More...
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| 3/15/2005 | Sotheby's Sale of Kennedy Family Property Totals $5,538,040 When the hammer fell on the fifth and final session of property from Kennedy family homes, every single lot found a buyer. Read More...
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| 3/15/2005 | Harvey's Prairie Bitters $22,400 At Heckler's The auction of early American glassware featured just under 100 lots with prices ranging from $150 to more than $20,000. Read More...
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| 3/15/2005 | Impressionist, Modern & Surreal Art Exceeds $76 Million At Christie's Christie's evening sales of Impressionist and Modern art and the art of the Surreal achieved a combined total of $76,778,208. Read More...
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| 3/11/2005 | Flather & Perkins Flather & Perkins, Bruce C. Perkins, 888 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006 Read More...
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| 3/10/2005 | Cherished Possessions: A New England Legacy Ranging from the beautiful to the quirky and reflecting craftsmanship of self-taught artisans, as well as academically trained artists, a traveling exhibit at the Bard Graduate Center offers surprises and delights. Read More...
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| 3/8/2005 | Storied Civil War Quilt Draws Eyes and an $82,250 Bid among Americana Lots in Boston The quilt was made in 1864 by Margaret Hazzard of Bainbridge Township in Berrien County, Mich., for her husband. Read More...
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| 3/8/2005 | In New Orleans, a Virginia Sideboard Makes Top Bid of $124,750 Several items deaccessioned from the Virginia Carroll Crawford Collection at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta received strong prices. Read More...
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| 3/8/2005 | Robust Action for Western Americana in Phoenix A new world's record was achieved for a belt buckle made for Edward H. Bohlin, the "Saddlemaker to the Stars." Read More...
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| 3/8/2005 | The Most Prestigious Art Show In America Dignitaries and art collectors were out in force, with the likes of comedian and contemporary art collector Steve Martin and NBC's "Today" show host Katie Couric in attendance. Read More...
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| 3/8/2005 | Snow Hampers, but Doesn't Hurt, Stella's Modern Show A host of decorators made their way into the preview, with management commenting that they were pleased to have seen so many sold tags around the floor. Read More...
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| 3/8/2005 | Palm Beach! International Fine Art and Antiques Fair As for the new, slightly silly event title this year, the powers-that-be at the International Fine Art Expositions division of dmgworldmedia have been tinkering again. Read More...
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| 3/8/2005 | A Danish Invasion in Greenwich The Bruce Museum of Arts and Science will feature 34 Danish paintings from a collection acclaimed as the most extensive of its kind outside of Denmark. Read More...
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| 3/8/2005 | Chinese Bronzes and Sculptures Exhibited in New York Eskenazi's annual show will feature just 12 major works. Read More...
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| 3/8/2005 | Coastal Reflections Longing for warmth, water, and puffy clouds right about now? Get a preview with the photographs of John Gregory from the collection of Henry Santoro, on view at Cape Cod Museum Of Art. Read More...
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| 3/8/2005 | Rube Goldberg in 'Creative Contraptions' A rare opportunity to view original artwork created by the Goldbergian mind is provided in a four-part exhibition celebrating the influence of the artist-inventor at the Stamford Museum & Nature Center. Read More...
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| 3/1/2005 | Gustav Stickley Bookcase from New Jersey Home Tops Fontaine's Arts and Crafts Auction Competition narrowed to one bidder on the floor and a single telephone participant, with the phone eventually winning out. Read More...
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| 3/1/2005 | Tally Ho! Cast-Iron Toys Draw Minimum of 37 Record Prices at Julia's A rare Carpenter "Tally-Ho" coach drawn by four horses brought an auction price of $92,000. Read More...
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| 3/1/2005 | At $520,000, Venus Triumphs Over Old Master Drawings in New York François Boucher's (1703-1770) gouache sold to an anonymous buyer at Christie's. Read More...
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| 3/1/2005 | Chester County Spice Box Fetches $92,000 at Inaugural Main Line Sale The box, featuring double arched tombstone doors and ogee feet, set a world record for this style. Read More...
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| 3/1/2005 | Happy Hearts At Nashville's Heart of Country Antiques Show "[It was] a big success...the country seems to be pulling out of the dark times since 9/11." Read More...
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| 3/1/2005 | Fiddler's Inn Tailgate Antiques Show According to show manager Steve Jenkins, "We had more dealers than at any time in the last five years. The first day's gate was the best first day in five years and Saturday was a new record high." Read More...
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| 3/1/2005 | Buyers Were Back at Music Valley Antiques Market They returned in new record numbers during Heart of Country Antiques Week. "We hope that is a growing trend for the industry." Read More...
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| 3/1/2005 | Destination Shopping for Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville Gardens at the event were executed to give the visitors an extra treat in landscape artistry. Read More...
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| 3/1/2005 | Ancestry and Innovation The American Folk Art Museum highlights complex and vibrant quilts, paintings, works on paper and sculpture by contemporary African American artists. Read More...
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| 3/1/2005 | Harvard's Fogg Art Museum Exhibits Masterpieces from the East This is one of a few major exhibitions ever to focus exclusively upon drawings from South Asia and the Middle East. Read More...
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| 3/1/2005 | W. Hunt Diederich's Realizations on View at D. Wigmore Fine Art The exhibition evolved from the purchase of hundreds of rough, developing and finished drawings for Diederich's exhibition pieces, as well as public and private commissions for sculpture and decorative arts objects. Read More...
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| 3/1/2005 | Maine Architectural Drawings at the Portland Museum of Art This is the second part of a series presenting a colorful variety of works in pencil, ink, watercolor and pastel that highlight the best-known era of Maine architecture. Read More...
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| 3/1/2005 | Modigliani at the Phillips Collection Decades after his death, scholars and curators are working to separate fact from myth and to illuminate the messages in Modigliani's life and work. Read More...
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