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An ArchiTech Gallery exhibit proves that French design became the gold standard for the expression of power, long before Versailles stunned the world with its magnificence. The Lyme Art Association will present the East Coast exhibition of 30 signature members of the Plein Air Painters of America. The Textile Museum features 16 blankets made between 1800 and 1890 that highlight the powerful aesthetics and significant trends characteristic of Nineteenth Century Navajo weaving. The founder and promoter of the Yankee Doodle Drummer Antique Shows at The Northeast Trade Center, Woburn, Mass., Bornstein was well known in the trade and respected by all. A highly respected worldwide authority on Art Nouveau and early Twentieth Century decorative arts, Koch was known for his seminal books on the work of Louis Comfort Tiffany and Will Bradley. "There has never been anything like this series of lectures and workshops," said Edward F. Maeder. The gallery reported a full house as well as numerous absentee and phone bidders, with a total of 234 bid cards issued. Bourgeault noted during the sale that Northeast is the "only major auction house in the country to keep the premium at 15 percent. And we intend to do so as long as possible." More than 600 people packed the sales room of the Silver Legacy Resort for the recent annual Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, one of the largest auctions in the country of classic Western wildlife and sporting art. Antiques market history is filled with stories of people where the market made the man, so to speak, and then scholarship in the field has followed. This is certainly the case with George Ohr. One hundred years ago, Alfred Stieglitz introduced a publication that would forever change the way photographs were looked at. Sixty paintings, including album leaves, handscrolls and hanging scrolls, most never before seen in the United States, will be on view at China Institute Gallery beginning September 18. An exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts explores the museum's collection of African American art from the early Twentieth Century to the present. "We have a heavy traffic flow already in existence here," said Dan Morphy. "I wouldn't be surprised if we're able to draw between 300 and 400 people at our bigger sales." In the process of moving the dealers onto the field, Cynthia Saniewski, Frank Gaglio's executive assistant, tripped, broke a leg, and will spend the next two weeks with paperwork to pass the time. Valuable cargo still finds its way to Point Pleasant in the form of antiques, as witnessed by more than 200 bidders during a recent 309-lot sale. The auction hall was packed with collectors and a great many representatives of the trade, no doubt looking for "merch" to take to the plethora of shows coming up. The sale brought more than $2.5 million and featured a famous hot rod and motorcars from the collection of Robert Hood - all of which found new owners. The event, in just two short years, is well on its way to becoming one of the nicest moderately sized shows in New England. The exhibition focuses on the actual depiction of the flag as it changed over the years and how artists used it to punctuate the themes in their works. Steven J. Levin's reputation as a colorist is strengthened by his sense of space, dimension and atmosphere as seen in still lifes, figures, portraits, landscapes, florals and interiors. Drawn from the Heckscher Museum of Art's permanent collection, this exhibition explores the myriad of ways in which animals have been depicted in art. From the collection of interior designer Vance Trimble, the show will focus on the career of furniture designer Ole Wanscher. Promoter Vivien Cord said that the cancellation was due to dealers' concerns about the potential effects of Isabel on an event conducted primarily outdoors under tents. The total is a decrease against the 2002 half-year total of $989 million, which the company said can be attributed to uncertainty in the general worldwide economy and markets as a result of the Iraq conflict, the adverse impact of foreign currency movements, and the SARS epidemic in the Far East. This simple, high-quality show featured 46 dealers, all members of the association. If you cannot find early Americana here, you cannot find it anywhere. And Union is also just plain fun. The sale, which featured the contents of Greystone Farm, was much like peeling back layers of time, with most every period of collecting uncovered. The new premium is 15 percent on purchases up to $50,000 and ten percent above that amount, although the charge for doing business via eBay is 20 percent. The annual sale, which takes place at the Samoset Resort, is always scheduled to coincide with the busy vacation and antiques season in Maine. The exhibition focuses on the actual depiction of the flag as it changed over the years and how artists used it to punctuate the themes in their works. An exhibition at the Hudson River Museum presents the Hudson as a natural wonder and as an inspiration for artists from the Nineteenth Century to the present. Two drawings by Jasper Johns and Ellsworth Kelly join other recent acquisitions and key historical works from MoMA's collection. The High Museum highlights a lesser-known side of Meier's design talents, including furniture, lamps, tableware and jewelry, as well as fine art objects of collage and sculpture. An order dated August 22 finds that John Holverson, current director of the Jones Museum, and another staff member improperly removed items from the museum in Sebago earlier this year. As pages of the calendar go flying off, ephemera dealers catch them and save them, and maybe, later on, sell them. That is what Papermania Plus is all about. The elegant event showcased approximately 33 antiques dealers from 12 states and England in the middle of the blistering heat wave. It appears early entry has begun to hurt shows as many patrons feel if they are not early, all the "best stuff is gone." Farmington's new policy would seem to level the playing field. "Chris and I have known each other for many years," said Ron Bourgeault. "We paid our dues exhibiting at Lake Forest, Grosse Pointe, Houston and the Winter Antiques Show." "I think we are really finding our niche in the $1,000 to $20,000 market," commented auction gallery owner Paul Royka. "The big auction houses take these items for granted." The box, a rare pine survivor dating to about 1700, easily surpassed its $10/15,000 estimate, selling to Ohio dealers Sam Forsythe and David Good. Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum museum was in the running to $25,000. The unusual amount of interest paid to the piece during preview proved an early clue for auctioneer Michael B. Grogan that he had something pretty special. Just how special, however, would not be revealed until the lot crossed the auction block. The picture, said to be one of only two views of tropical fruit by Heade, was accompanied by a letter of authentication from painting authority Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr, of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville presents a complete overview of the state's aesthetic history through works made by everyone from prehistoric potters and pioneer chair-makers to living painters still working at their easels. |
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