?> August 28, 2001 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

  • The Chipstone Foundation Makes Its Mark
    August 28, 2001

    MILWAUKEE, WIS. — It is a curious fact that in Milwaukee one might dress differently for a visit to the art museum than for a trip to the concert hall, destinations that are a little more than ten blocks apart in this pleasant town of a million and a half people. This has to do with the tonic breezes that swirl up off of Lake Michigan and around Veterans Park, the waterside setting of the Milwaukee Museum of Art.

  • New England Buyer Pays $100,000 for Massachusetts Table in South Carolina
    August 28, 2001

    SUMMERTON, S.C. — Wingfield's Auction Company, 103 Main Street, experienced a strong sale on July 15 with the top lot, a Salem, Mass. dressing table, fetching $100,000.

  • English and French Furniture Lead Winter Associates Sale
    August 28, 2001

    PLAINVILLE, CONN. — On July 23, a standing-room-only crowd packed the Winter Associates, Inc. gallery. Highlights included a period French Regence beechwood fauteuil a la reine (armchair) with caned seat and back that sold for $1,540. (est $900/1,200) and a circa 1805 Massachusetts inlaid card table which sold for $3,025 against a $900/1,200 estimate.

  • Surprising Results for Philbrick Cup Plate Collection
    August 28, 2001

    POMFRET CENTER, CONN. — Collector's Sales & Services held a July 17 sale of Eugenie Philbrick's Cup Plate Collection that brought successful results.

  • Christie's International Auction Sales Total $974 Million for the First Half of 2001
    August 28, 2001

    LONDON — Christie's International has announced worldwide auction sales totaling $974 million for the first six months of 2001, January 1 through June 30.

  • Author, Lecturer, Historian John Bivins, Jr, Dies at 60
    August 28, 2001

    WINSTON-SALEM, NC —Old Salem Inc. reports the death of John Bivins, Jr., who died August 16th in Manchester, VT, after a long illness. He was 60. John served as director of restoration and curator for Old Salem from 1968 to 1975 and then as director of publications from 1980 to 1990.

  • Thomas Cole's 'Cedar Grove' Lovingly Restored
    August 28, 2001

    CATSKILL, N.Y. – The charming Nineteenth Century house where landscape artist Thomas Cole lived has been lovingly rescued from disrepair and the ravages of time by a group of dedicated community volunteers.

  • Major Photography Acquisitions for Amon Carter
    August 28, 2001

    FORT WORTH, TEX. — The Amon Carter Museum has acquired several important photographs that add depth and continuity to what is already a major collection of American photography.

  • National Gallery Features First-Ever Loan Exhibition of Aelbert Cuyp's Masterpieces
    August 28, 2001

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — The first-ever international loan exhibition devoted to the masterpieces of Dutch artist Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) is on view at the National Gallery of Art, West Building, October 7, through January 13, 2002.

  • 3,000 Years of Glass Artistry at the Newark Museum
    August 28, 2001

    NEWARK, N.J. — The exhibition "Fire and Light: 3000 Years of Glass Artistry" opened on August 15 at The Newark Museum. The exhibit, comprised of more than 100 objects, pairs pieces from the museum's own renowned Eugene Schaefer collection of ancient glass with those of three private collectors — the Allaire collection, the Schefler collection and the Simon collection — and will be on view until January 20.

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