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2/28/2006	Jackson's European, American Art Sale Grosses $1.4 Million Jackson's International recent record auction of important American and European fine art and antiques was well attended with registered buyers from more than 16 countries and 37 states. Read More...
2/28/2006	Strong Prices Heat Up Julia's Winter Auction James D. Julia's winter antiques and fine art auction January 25-27 blew past presale expectations of $1.4 million to achieve a firm $1.9 million. Read More...
2/28/2006	High Noon Recaps Western Americana Show & Auction The 2006 High Noon show and auction of Western Americana on January 27-29 wrapped its 16th annual edition with a record-setting auction total exceeding $2 million. Read More...
2/28/2006	Stained Glass Windows Sparkle At Philadelphia Architectural Auction Kamelot Auctions recently hosted the Philadelphia Architectural Antiques & Victoriana Auction, featuring a wide selection of architectural antiques. Read More...
2/28/2006	Tea Time! At The Winterthur March 11 A new exhibition that celebrates the broad range of styles and forms of tea ware across time and the world will be on view March 11 to July 10, at Winterthur Museum and Country Estate. Read More...
2/28/2006	National Touring 'Voces Y Visiones' Opens March 10 At Currier Museum The Currier Museum of Art 's special exhibition, "Voces y Visiones: Highlights from El Museo del Barrio's Permanent Collection," on view March 10-June 26.will celebrate Latin American and Caribbean art and culture. Read More...
2/28/2006	London Exhibition Examines 'The Road To Byzantium' "The Road to Byzantium: Luxury Arts of Antiquity" will be on view at the Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, in London from March 30 to September 3. Read More...
2/28/2006	Rediscovered Lane Pulls In $913,500 At Northeast A previously unknown Fitz Henry Lane painting "Moonlight, Owl's Head, Northeast View, 1851" brought fast and furious bidding at Northeast Auctions and sold for $913,500. Read More...
2/28/2006	Hotel Reservations Snafu For N.H. Antiques Week Confirming a hotel reservation is always smart but those planning a stay at the former Wayfarer Inn in New Hampshire for August's Antiques Week may want to call now. Read More...
2/28/2006	Original Miami Beach Antiques Show A Warm Destination in January The Original Miami Beach Antique Show took place at the Miami Beach Convention Center January 19-23. Read More...
2/28/2006	Stamford Sheraton Becomes Vintage Fashion Destination There was high excitement during the setup for The Maven Company's second annual Vintage Clothing, Textile and Jewelry Show and Sale in Stamford on January 28 and 29. Read More...
2/28/2006	Hundreds Banish Winter Blahs At Cabin Fever Show In Vermont For the 27th consecutive year Cabin Fever Antique Show was a successful small show held in the depth of winter in the small Vermont village of Quechee. Read More...
2/28/2006	'Cezanne In Provence' At The National Gallery Of Art Paul Cezanne once referred to the area around his birthplace in the south of France as "this country, which has not yet found an interpreter worthy of the riches it offers." . Read More...
2/21/2006	Arthur Julia Joins Son James D. In Maine Auctioneer's Hall Of Fame The Maine Auctioneers Association inducted Central Maine country auctioneer Arthur Julia into the Maine Auctioneer's Hall of Fame at its annual meeting on January 13. Read More...
2/21/2006	'The Eye Of The Needle, The Fabric Art Of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz' "Through the Eye of the Needle: The Fabric Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz," will open Sunday, February 26, in the Arrington Gallery of The Birmingham Museum of Art. Read More...
2/21/2006	London's Impressionist And Modern Sales Records Fall at Christie's and Sotheby's Strong prices were posted across the boards during the Impressionism and Modern painting auctions at Christie's and Sotheby's earlier this month. Read More...
2/21/2006	'David Smith: A Centennial' Opens At Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Acknowledged as the greatest American sculptor of the Twentieth Century, David Smith (1906-1965) combined imagery inspired by European innovations in Cubism and Surrealism . Read More...
2/21/2006	Triple Pier Show Shrinks To Double Pier Show After negotiating with the Pier management for a whole year, the Triple Pier Show will only have use of two piers for its March 18-19 show during rebuilding of the piers. Read More...
2/21/2006	Dog Art Sets Multiple International Records At Bonhams N.Y. It was standing room only as Bonhams New York conducted the firm's 24th annual Dog Sale on February 14, setting an international sales record for a dog art auction. Read More...
2/21/2006	Duck Call Makes Noise At SoldUSA.Com Sale A duck call made by J.T. Beckart in the 1940s sold for $9,219 in an online sale conducted on January 25-26 by SoldUSA.com. Read More...
2/21/2006	'Dazzle' Opens In Martinsville March 3 "Dazzle," the first of three Virginia Museum of Fine Arts exhibitions in a statewide series opens March 3 at the Piedmont Arts Association and runs through April 23. Read More...
2/21/2006	Sotheby's Shatters World Record For A Photograph At Auction On February 14 at Sotheby's, Edward Steichen's "The Pond-Moonlight" shattered the world record for a photograph at auction, selling to applause for $2,928,000. Read More...
2/21/2006	Early Buying Gets Tolland Antiques Show Off To A Running Start Talk about a formula: The Tolland Antiques Show has one and it does not appear that there are any changes set for the future. And why should there be, for this show clicks. Read More...
2/21/2006	Mary Walton Of Griswold, Conn., Dies At Age 91 Mary Walton, 91, widow of American antiques dealer John S. Walton, died on February 6. Read More...
2/21/2006	Skinner's Sells The 'Dreadnought' For New World Record February 19 Unsigned, in need of cleaning and with a puncture inflicted by Hurricane Charlie, the oil on canvas ship portrait still managed to set a world record price. Read More...
2/21/2006	Mad About Mocha: A 30-Year Infatuation With Dipped Earthenware With its earthy palette and arresting design, the pottery Americana collectors casually, sometimes inaccurately, call "mocha" appeals to practiced eyes. Read More...
2/17/2006	Narratives and Fantasies Spark Strong Sales At The Outsider Art Fair When the Outsider Art Fair opened January 26, the gallery pulsated with raw emotion unleashed by the narratives, fantasies and the spiritual enigmas of dozens of untaught masters. Read More...
2/14/2006	A Buying Spree At Stella's Americana Week Pier Show Closing out a week of shows, known as Americana Week, Stella Show Mgmt Co. opened at the Piers on January 21, with Americana and Antiques @ The Piers. Read More...
2/14/2006	Schoonover Studios: A Place In History At Delaware History Museum On February 24, the Historical Society of Delaware will open its new special exhibition, "Schoonover Studios: A Place in Our History." Read More...
2/14/2006	Mount Holyoke College Art Museum Presents Classical Coins Exhibition An exhibition, "Heads and Tales: Portraits and Propaganda on Classical Coins," is on view at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum through July 9. Read More...
2/14/2006	Arctic Inspired Jewelry Will Open At Museum Of American Indian "Arctic Transformations: The Jewelry of Denise and Samuel Wallace," will be on view at the National Museum of American Indian from March 2 to July 23. Read More...
2/14/2006	Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum Present 'Rembrandt & Caravaggio' To mark the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt's birth, the Van Gogh Museum is presenting an exhibition featuring Rembrandt van Rijn and his Italian counterpart, Caravaggio. Read More...
2/14/2006	Heritage's Comic Auction Realizes $3.8 Million Heritage Auction Galleries' recent auction, which achieved $3.8 million, broke its record for the highest price paid for a comic book by $100,000. Read More...
2/14/2006	Rococo Mirrors Lead At Fairfield Auction Sale Fairfield Auction conducted its first auction of 2006 before a standing-room-only crowd featuring a collection of Eighteenth Century Italian furniture from a local estate. Read More...
2/14/2006	Record Bidder Turnout At Dawson & Nye's 'Amazing' Sale "An amazing auction" was how John Nye described his recent auction at Dawson & Nye, where the largest number of bidders in the company's history participated. Read More...
2/14/2006	Sotheby's Sets Record For Sales Of Old Masters In New York Sotheby's Old Master paintings, drawings and sculpture auctions totaled $79,669,380, a record for a series of Old Masters sales in New York. Read More...
2/14/2006	Family Treasures Abound At Mancuso's New Hope Winter Antiques Show The weather may have been iffy but the Mancuso New Hope Winter Antiques Show was a sure bet for patrons who bought family treasures at this Bucks County event. Read More...
2/14/2006	'Live, Love, Work: The Roycroft Legacy' "This is more than just a parade of books or a parade of furniture. It's the story of an era," says Erin Coe, curator at the Hyde Collection, about the current exhibition "Live, Love, Work: The Roycroft Legacy." Read More...
2/7/2006	The American Antiques Show Returns To Its Original Stomping Grounds Just before 4 pm on Wednesday, January 18, the lobby of the Metropolitan Pavilion on West 18th Street was as lively as a saloon at whistle time. The opening of the 2006 American Antiques Show was minutes away. Read More...
2/7/2006	Presses, Pop And Pomade: American Prints Since The Sixties Focusing on the Twentieth Century renaissance of printmaking, "Presses, Pop and Pomade: American Prints Since the Sixties" is the subject of an exhibit currently open at Vassar College. Read More...
2/7/2006	Fair Weather A Friend At 52nd Winter Antiques Show Hefty end-of-year bonuses, mild weather, and more receptions and special events than ever triggered a boom in attendance and sales at the 52nd Winter Antiques Show. Read More...
2/7/2006	Sotheby's Americana Week Sales Total $24,693,680 Sotheby's Americana Week Sales Total $24,693,680 Read More...
2/7/2006	Birchwood Manor Featured Art Glass, Fine Art & Antiquities At the Birchwood Manor Antiques Show on January 6-8, art glass, silver, jewelry, fine art, Asiatic, bronzes, lighting and Continental furniture were fit to be seen. Read More...
2/7/2006	Theriault's Establishes New Doll Auction World Record Years from now collectors will hark back on the January 7 auction in Newport Beach conducted by Theriault's as perhaps the most significant doll auction of its time. Read More...
2/7/2006	Native American Art Auction Sets Records, Tops $2.8 Million Native American, pre-Columbian and tribal art was offered and sold by Bonhams & Butterfields, setting world-record auction prices for multiple lots from a noted private collection. Read More...
2/7/2006	Providence Athenaeum's Copy Of Audubon's 'Birds' Brings $5.6 Million At Christie's The Providence Athenaeum copy of John James Audubon's The Birds of America was purchased by an American private collector at Christie's for $5,616,000. Read More...
2/7/2006	Two-Part Wildenstein Collection Sale Tops $38 Million At Christie's The two-session Christie's sale of the Wildenstein collection of French furniture, objets d'art and tapestries on December 14 and 15 realized $38.8 million. Read More...
2/7/2006	Art And Illustrations Of Daniel Urrabieta Vierge The Hispanic Society of America is exhibiting watercolors, gouaches and illustrations of Daniel Urrabieta Vierge (1851-1904) from February 16 to April 23. Read More...
2/7/2006	'Secular/Sacred: Eleventh-Sixteenth Century Works' The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College will present "Secular/Sacred: Eleventh-Sixteenth Century Works from the Boston Public Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston." from February 19 through June 4. Read More...
2/7/2006	'Goya's Last Works' Makes US Debut At The Frick Feb. 22 Goya's 1824 portrait of a woman known as Mar�a Mart�nez de Puga is the inspiration for "Goya's Last Works," at The Frick from February 22 through May 14. Read More...
2/7/2006	New Americana Week Show For Jan. 2007 Is there room for an additional show in the Americana Week lineup for January 2007? Sanford L. Smith and Associates thinks there is. Read More...
2/7/2006	Palmer St Ives Shannon, 74, MADA Treasurer, Longtime Dealer Palmer St Ives Shannon, 74, died at his Maine home on January 31, after complications from lung disease. Read More...
2/1/2006	At Pook & Pook Sale, Sorber Collection Yields High Fliers Pook & Pook's January 6-7 auction of furniture, art and decorative accessories grossed just over $2.5 million and was 99 percent sold of the 1,004 lots offered. Read More...
2/1/2006	Sotheby's Americana - Bernstein and Goldweitz Sales Sotheby's offered on January 20 the collection built for Diane and Norman Bernstein by Harold Sack and the Harriet Goldweitz pottery collection. Read More...
2/1/2006	Record Prices At Christie's Americana - Blair and Various Owners Sales It's easy to imagine that, 130 years after the first Americana collectors began poking around barns and attics, no great trove remains hidden away in plain sight, waiting only for the proverbial door knock to be discovered. Read More...