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March 30, 2010The 37th Connecticut Spring Antiques Show proved once again that it is the singular popular showcase for American furniture and decorative accessories made prior to the year 1840.
March 30, 2010At Christie on March 25, Yu Zhiding ⁈appiness through Chan Practice: Portrait of Wang Shizhen, †a handscroll, realized $3,442,500, a new auction record for a classical Chinese painting sold...
March 30, 2010Bakelite, the grandfather of all synthetic plastics, began inspiring designers more than 100 years ago. Decoratively, it has been in and out of fashion. Scientifically, it has been both necessity and nuisance....
March 30, 2010Alice Neel called herself collector of souls, †an accurate description of one of this country most original and provocative Twentieth Century portraitists. ⁁lice Neel: Painted Truths, †on...
March 23, 2010Spurred by the lure of the unknown and the potential of unforeseen treasures, convinced that it was America Manifest Destiny to tame the land to the Pacific Ocean, all manner of people participated...
March 23, 2010In days of old, Stella Show Mgmt Co. Pier Antiques Show at the Passenger Ship Terminals boasted three piers filled to the brim with antiques Today, the show is compressed into a single pier but little...
March 23, 2010Unheralded but high-quality objects pleased bidders who made for a full house at Skinner March 7 Americana sale. While some pieces brought solid money, the story was about the smaller objects that...
March 23, 2010On view April 17′0, the Philadelphia Antiques Show featured loan exhibit, ⁁ Call to Arms: Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the British and American Markets, 1700‱850, †is a tribute to antiques...
March 23, 2010A singular selection of Indian ritual bronze and metal sculptures will be on view in ⁆aces of Devotion: Indian Sculpture from the Figiel Collection. t the Peabody Essex Museum from April 10 through...
March 23, 2010It came from outer space, and when it landed in southeastern Pennsylvania last month, Masudaya multiaction Target Robot smashed a world auction record for an example of its type when it hit the bull-eye...
March 23, 2010Over 60 years ago, Nash Buckingham revered Fox XE/HE Special built by Burt Becker was lost but recently was found. The gun that came to be known as ⁂o-Whoop †attained $201,250 at Julia firearms...
March 23, 2010The Art Fund recently announced that the Foundling Museum has acquired a rare embroidered sampler made in 1825, the only known child depiction, in any medium, of the original Foundling Hospital.
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