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| 5/30/2006 | Whitaker-Augusta Textiles Sale Grosses More Than $385,000 Textiles aficionados from across the U.S. and the globe came to New Hope, Penn. for Whitaker-Augusta's sale, which grossed in excess of $385,000. Read More...
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| 5/30/2006 | Prints & Photographs Bring $1.8 Million At Bonhams & Butterfields Fine prints and photographs from estates, trusts, and private and institutional collections brought nearly $1.8 million at Bonhams & Butterfields recently. Read More...
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| 5/30/2006 | Brimfield - Thrill Of The Hunt Prevails At This Springtime Tradition The first gathering of the faithful, May 8-14, for thrice-yearly Brimfield Antiques Market was good even though the weather was not. Read More...
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| 5/30/2006 | Asian Sales At Christie's Achieve Record Total At $46.2 Million Sales of Indian and Southeast Asian art and Modern and contemporary Indian art finalized Christie's Asia Week with the week's total from seven sales a record $46,218,400. Read More...
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| 5/30/2006 | Peace Medal Incites Bidding War At Freeman's Americana Sale Freeman's recent sale of Americana got off to a roaring start with a series of estimate-smashing results, beginning with three early American medals. Read More...
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| 5/30/2006 | Rago's Craftsman Record-Breaking Auction Yields $3.3 Million It was classified as "the best pottery auction" ever at the Lambertville auction house and the Craftsman Auction presented by David Rago, Jerry Cohen and Suzanne Perrault was the place to be. Read More...
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| 5/30/2006 | Sales Up At Antiques & Garden Fair From Stella, Chicago Botanic Team The Antiques & Garden Fair, a partnership of Stella Show Mgmt Co and the Chicago Botanic Garden, recently ushered in an early spring in the Windy City. Read More...
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| 5/30/2006 | Fine Art Fair Freshens Up With More Abstract And American Art For the second consecutive year, Haughton International Fairs and The Frick Collection joined forces to present the International Fine Art Fair. Read More...
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| 5/30/2006 | Boston Print Fair, Peeling Off From Fall Tradition, Does Just Fine Twenty-one print dealers gathered in the Boston Public Library did a brisk business at the recent Boston Print Fair, which made its spring debut. Read More...
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| 5/30/2006 | Textiles Of The Miao At Birmingham June 4 The Birmingham Museum of Art will offer an exhibition of Miao textiles, "Amongst the Clouds: Textiles of the Miao People from Southwest China," June 4 to August 27. Read More...
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| 5/30/2006 | Avant-Garde Photographer Of The 1930s Featured In New York City Exhibition Fifteen rarely seen photographs of the city's built environment, taken by a little-known but important photographer of the 1930s, are on view at the Museum of the City of New York through June 13. . Read More...
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| 5/30/2006 | 'Against The Grain' At MoMA Highlights Broida Gift Of Contemporary Works The Museum of Modern Art is presenting through July 10 "Against the Grain; Contemporary Art from the Edward R. Broida Collection," an exhibition of more than 100 paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints. Read More...
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| 5/30/2006 | Eli Wilner: Framer To The Stars At Auction In the past two months, Eli Wilner's firm has loaned a total of 73 frames for both Sotheby's and Christie's to help showcase paintings being offered in their sales. Read More...
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| 5/30/2006 | New Management Appointed To Run Atlantique City Show Adapting to a changing marketplace, Atlantique City's parent company, F+W Publications, has appointed a new team to produce and manage the semiannual megafair. Read More...
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| 5/30/2006 | 'Feeding Desire" At The Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Spoons, forks and knives earn a place at the table in an exhibition that sheds new light on the history of flatware and sets its place amid the sumptuous pleasures of dining. Read More...
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| 5/23/2006 | A Brilliant Addiction: Westchester Collectors Glass Show & Sale The 30th annual Westchester Collectors Glass Show and Sale was filled to the brim with sparkling, gleaming and glittering glass. Read More...
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| 5/23/2006 | 'Age Of Glamour: Fashions Of The 1920s And 1930s' It was a time of liberation, the glitz and glamour of movies and their stars, of dance crazes and all that jazz - it was the Roaring Twenties when a generation's fads were de rigueur. Read More...
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| 5/23/2006 | Caskey-Lees To Launch New Manhattan Show In November Topanga, Calif.-based show organizers Bill Caskey and Liz Lees will host a new show at the 69th Regiment Armory November 16 to 19, replacing the Connoisseur's Antiques Fair. Read More...
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| 5/23/2006 | Nineteenth And Twentieth Century Paintings Elicit Enthusiastic Bidding The Aguttes Auction House, in association with the Cabinet d'Expertise Dan Coissard, recently concluded a successful sale of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century paintings at Drouot-Richelieu. Read More...
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| 5/23/2006 | Christie's Opens Spring Season With $39 Million Jewels Sale Christie's recent Magnificent Jewels sale totaled $39 million and was filled with diamonds, including the rarest of colored diamonds, and brilliant gemstones. Read More...
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| 5/23/2006 | Buddy Holly Watch Brings $155,350 At Heritage Heritage Auction Galleries' recent auction of celebrity, music and entertainment memorabilia realized $1,531,494 with top billing going to a wristwatch worn by singer Buddy Holly. Read More...
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| 5/23/2006 | Sotheby's Sales Of Impressionist & Modern Art Total $248.3 Million On May 3 at Sotheby's, in a packed salesroom, Pablo Picasso's "Dora Maar au chat," one of the artist's most spectacular depictions of his lover and artistic companion, sold for $95,216,000. Read More...
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| 5/23/2006 | The Spring International Art And Antiques Show Makes Grand Start A feather in the cap for Wendy Management, The Spring International Art and Antiques Show was a highly successful upscale event of unprecedented quality. Read More...
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| 5/23/2006 | Maine's Own 'Mona Lisa' Mystery On View At Portland Museum Just in time for the release of the film The Da Vinci Code, the Portland Museum of Art is displaying its rarely seen "Mona Lisa" painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. Read More...
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| 5/23/2006 | Maine Camp Exhibition Opens At Brick Store Museum On May 27 On Memorial Day Weekend when people traditionally reopen their camps and cabins, The Brick Store Museum debuts its newest exhibition, "Camp Maine: Rustic Furniture & Accessories, 1860-1940." Read More...
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| 5/23/2006 | Wadsworth's Hudson River School Collection To Return June 2 The world's best collection of Hudson River School paintings returns, after a two-and-a-half year national tour, to the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, June 2-December 31. Read More...
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| 5/23/2006 | Private Gift Secures Colt Exhibition Debut In Hartford Thanks to longtime Hartford philanthropists Melinda and Paul Sullivan, the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art's exhibition "Samuel Colt: Arms, Art and Invention" is back on the museum's 2006 schedule. Read More...
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| 5/23/2006 | Bank Brings $39,600 At Crocker Farms "It was really hoppin'," commented Tony Zipp in regard to Crocker Farm's auction of American stoneware and redware that took place this past Saturday, May 20. Read More...
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| 5/17/2006 | Jacob Maentel Watercolor Brings $420,000 At Pook & Pook A rare oversized watercolor by Jacob Maentel attracted a great deal of attention during Pook & Pook's two-day auction May 12 and 13, quadrupling its high estimate to sell for $420,000. Read More...
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| 5/16/2006 | Ardingly Antiques Fair Shines Amid Iffy Weather Start Six times each year the South of England showground becomes the hallowed grounds for antiques hunters and sellers at the Ardingly International Antiques and Collectors Fair. Read More...
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| 5/16/2006 | Hirschl & Adler Galleries Revisits America's Gothic Revival The middle years of the Nineteenth Century continue to challenge scholars of American decorative arts, who have never found a way to neatly sum up the decades between the War of 1812 and the Civil War. Read More...
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| 5/16/2006 | Developing The Art Of Photography: 'Man Ray In The Age Of Electricity' "When they said I was ahead of my times, I said, 'No I'm not, I'm of my time, you are behind the times,"' Man Ray once said. And his times were electrifying if not, in the beginning at least, electrified. Read More...
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| 5/16/2006 | Schlemmer's 'Half-Figure Diagonal' Brings A Full $380,00 At Auction Oskar Schlemmer's (1888-1943) "Halbfigur diagonal (Half-Figure Diagonal)," painted in oil over pencil on paper in 1941, was knocked down for a winning $380,000 at Nagel's recent auction. Read More...
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| 5/16/2006 | Clars Realizes Largest April Auction In Gallery's 55-Plus-Year History Topping $620,000 for more than 1,700 lots offered, Clars Auction Gallery's two-day spring estate auction was its highest grossing April auction ever. Read More...
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| 5/16/2006 | Confederate, Obsolete Notes Lead Smythe's Paper Money Auction Smythe's spring Currency & Stock and Bond Auction, consisting of 1,400-plus lots, realized more than $1 million. Read More...
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| 5/16/2006 | 'From Wood To Architecture' Opens At Scandinavia House May 26 "From Wood to Architecture: Recent Designs from Finland" takes a fresh look at the possibilities offered by the oldest of building materials: wood. Read More...
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| 5/16/2006 | Exhibition Of Houdon's Sculpted Portraits Focuses On Benjamin Franklin As ambassador of the newly formed United States of America to France from 1776 to 1785, Benjamin Franklin captivated the citizens of Paris upon his arrival and was quickly elevated to celebrity status. Read More...
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| 5/16/2006 | Frank Lloyd Wright's Zimmerman House Open For Tours The Zimmerman House, the only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed residence open to the public in New England, conducts tours now through January. Read More...
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| 5/16/2006 | Creating New Spring Tradition With Concord Antiques Show? With spring weather adding to the ambiance, the Concord Antiques Show was filled to capacity with dealers offering antique furnishings, household accessories and even some Revolutionary War items. Read More...
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| 5/16/2006 | Frank H. Boos, 70, Longtime Auction House Owner, 'Antiques Roadshow' Appraiser Frank H. Boos, 70, president of the Frank H. Boos Gallery in Troy, Mich. and known for the colorful collection of bow ties he wore on the PBS television show Antiques Roadshow, died on May 9. Read More...
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| 5/9/2006 | Star Trade Register Shines At Preston Evans Auction For $128,700 The crowd was prepared as a variety of jukeboxes and slot machines crossed the block at Preston Evan's Opportunities Auction recent two-day event. Read More...
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| 5/9/2006 | 'Pretty Women' And 'Off The Pedestal' Showcase The New Women In Art Whether portrayed demure and chaste or bold and independent, women were arguably the most common subject for American artists in the latter half of the Nineteenth Century. Read More...
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| 5/9/2006 | Naples Woman's Club Antiques Show Debuts In a serious bid to make Naples a Mecca for antique buyers, the Naples Woman's Club has sponsored a new antiques show featuring well-known quality dealers. Read More...
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| 5/9/2006 | Morphy Auctions' Spring Sale Grosses Record $2.8 Million Collectors of American toys and mechanical banks knew a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when they saw it at Morphy Auctions' spring sale. Read More...
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| 5/9/2006 | Chinese Art Trilogy At Christie's Earns $20 Million With three sales devoted to Chinese art, Christie's Rockefeller Center saleroom recently became the beating heart of this market segment for a day. Read More...
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| 5/9/2006 | Sotheby's Sells Pablo Picasso's 'Dora Maar Au Chat' For $95.2 Million On May 3 at Sotheby's, Pablo Picasso's "Dora Maar au chat," sold to an anonymous buyer for $95,216,000, making it the second most expensive painting ever sold at auction. Read More...
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| 5/9/2006 | Exhibition Of Eames Lounge Chair To Premiere At Museum Of Arts & Design On May 18, the Museum of Arts & Design will premiere a focused exhibition on the design, production, social history and cultural impact of the Eames lounge chair. Read More...
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| 5/9/2006 | Frederic Church's 'Treasures From Olana' To Open At Portland Museum Of Art "Treasures from Olana: Landscapes by Frederic Edwin Church" will join 18 paintings, never before seen together outside of New York State, by the Nineteenth Century landscape painter (1826-1900). Read More...
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| 5/9/2006 | William Ranney Exhibit Opens May 13 At BBHC, Cody, Wyo. It may be possible that folks in the West have never heard of William Ranney but that will change with the Buffalo Bill Historical Center's new exhibit on the artist. Read More...
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| 5/9/2006 | Cornelia Hadsell Mott, Remodeler, Antiques Dealer Cornelia "Corky" Hadsell Mott, a longtime antiques dealer who helped revitalize the the Cannondale section of Wilton, Conn. while maintaining its architectural history, died on April 27. Read More...
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| 5/9/2006 | Fantin-Latour Painting Tops $1 Million at Shannon's "This should be the star of the show," commented Gene Shannon of Henri Fantin-Latour's oil on canvas, "Bouquet d'Hiver," shortly before it crossed the auction block. Read More...
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| 5/9/2006 | Attendance Grows At Antiques Garden Furniture Show Judging from the activity at the New York Botanical Gardens recently, visitors were at the Antique Garden Furniture Show to spiff up their gardens and landscape. Read More...
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| 5/9/2006 | Antiques In Armonk Sees Wide Mix Of Sales More than 50 dealers gathered for the 2006 Armonk Antiques Show April 22-23, which was sponsored by the North Castle Historical Society. Read More...
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| 5/2/2006 | Adelson Galleries Presents Show & Sale Of American Works On Paper May 9 Nearly 40 important works on paper, including watercolors, pastels and pencil drawings, by leading American artists will be shown at Adelson Galleries May 9-June 30. Read More...
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| 5/2/2006 | Buddy L Bus Drives Sales At Randy Inman's Spring Toy Auction A late arrival to Randy Inman Auctions' Spring Toy Sale, a 1930s Buddy L bus in 8+ to 9 condition, took the blue ribbon at the event when it sold for $12,100. Read More...
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| 5/2/2006 | Pilgrim Chest Tops At Copake Auction Chocked full of Americana consigned from a variety of local New York State homes, Copake Auction's recent cataloged estate sale attracted attention from throughout the country. Read More...
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| 5/2/2006 | William Morris Hunt Painting Lights Up Grogan Auction "I am thrilled," Jeffrey R. Brown said simply after he outlasted all comers for a stunning painting of Gloucester Harbor by William Morris Hunt for a record $391,000 at Grogan & Company's recent sale. Read More...
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| 5/2/2006 | Native American Items Held Center Stage At John Moran Auction John Moran's recent auction offered a selection of Native American lots that were the highlight of the sale. Read More...
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| 5/2/2006 | Civil War Photographs On View In Maryland "The Civil War in Maryland: Rare Photographs from the Collection of the Maryland Historical Society and its Members" is on exhibit at the Maryland Historical Society. through October 14. Read More...
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| 5/2/2006 | Chinese Eight-Panel Screen Hurdles To $226,000 At Skinner Asian Sale An Eighteenth or Nineteenth Century Chinese eight-panel screen was the high lot at Skinner's Asian works of art sale on April 29 when it sold for $226,000. Read More...
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| 5/2/2006 | Gary Erwin Samuelson, Specialized In Eighteenth Century Restorations Gary Erwin Samuelson, 55, of Weston, Conn. died April 22. He was self-employed in the construction business, specializing in Eighteenth Century restorations. Read More...
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| 5/2/2006 | Joel I. Zakow, Conservation Expert, 64 Joel I. Zakow, a longtime presence in the art world, died on March 29. He was known for his expert conservation and restoration of paintings. Read More...
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| 5/2/2006 | Nan Gurley's Short, Sweet Show Offers Final Quickie Until Fall Nan Gurley had her recent Short and Sweet event, giving 40-plus dealers and the more than 100 early buyers the last opportunity to do the three-hour show until this fall. Read More...
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| 5/2/2006 | Swinderby Hosts Another Great Antiques Market In The North A World War II airfield in the part of England known as Robin Hood's legendary home has become one of the largest antiques markets in the country, indeed, in all of Europe. Read More...
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| 5/2/2006 | 'Casas Grandes And The Ceramic Art Of The Ancient Southwest' Just south of the New Mexico border lies a region that once was home to a triumphant ancient civilization with highly sophisticated ceramic art. Read More...
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