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August 23, 2005What everyone wants to hear is "better than last year," and that is just what Linda Turner was saying as her Riverside Antiques Show closed on August 11.
August 23, 2005Mid*Week in Manchester got off to a roaring start with droves of dealers and collectors snapping up American country furniture and folk art by the truck load.
August 23, 2005The Granite State Antiques Show got off to a fairly good start on August 11 with about 150 people on line when the show opened at 1 pm.
August 23, 2005"We sold over 400 two-show tickets," Frank Gaglio, show manager and owner of Barn Star Productions said.
August 23, 2005"In terms of numbers of things sold, it was one of my best shows. It was great to see so many people buying," said dealer Peter Eaton, a 33-year veteran of the fair.
August 23, 2005"The gate was about the same as last year, but there was more buying, which is what we are there for," Nan Gurley said following the close of the show.
August 23, 2005The new exhibition "The Canton Connection: Art and Commerce of the China Trade 1784-1860," is on view at Historic Deerfield through August 2006.
August 23, 2005Christie's sales of Old Master paintings, drawings, European furniture and sculpture, led by the collection of Antonio Champalimaud, totaled $138.3 million.-
August 23, 2005The previously undocumented Fitz Henry Lane portrait of the bark Eastern Star off Thatcher's Island, Gloucester, a circa 1853 oil on canvas, brought $913,500.
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August 23, 2005From September 16 through January 15, the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, will present "Edgar Degas: Six Friends at Dieppe."
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August 23, 2005"Silver and Shawls: India, Europe and the Colonial Art Market" will be on display at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum from August 27 to January 29.
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August 23, 2005"The Worlds of Francis Wheatley," August 31-December 31, is the first US exhibition of Wheatley's work and features 59 paintings, prints and rare books.
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