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Spotlight Shows & Products
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March 2-4: Fort Worth, TX
55th Year Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art
Will Rogers Memorial Center
3400 Burnett-Tandy Drive
Fri. 10am-6pm, Sat. 10am-6pm, Sun. 10am-5pm
The Fort Worth Show, Jan Orr-Harter, 817-291-3952, fortworthshow.com
March 2-4: Rock Island, IL
Antique Spectacular Vintage Market
QCCA Expo Center, 2621 4th Avenue
Fri. 4pm-9pm, Sat. 10am-6pm, Sun. 10am-4pm
Melting Pot Productions, Inc.
Kimberly Schilling, 712-326-9964
[email protected]
antiquespectacular.com
March 3: Arthur, IL
A Gathering on the Prairie
Otto Center, (½ Mile S. off Rt. 133)
8am-3pm
Donna Kibler, 217-620-8983
[email protected]
agatheringontheprairie.com
March 3: Mechanicville, NY
All Saints on the Hudson Antiques Show & Sale
Parish Center, 52 Williams Street
Saturday 9am-4pm
Sponsored by All Saints Church
Maria Amann, 518-664-6405
[email protected]
March 3-4: Chantilly, VA
The DC Big Flea & Antiques Market
Dulles Expo Center
4320 Chantilly Shopping Center
Sat. 9am-6pm, Sun. 11am-5pm
D'Amore Promotions, 757-430-4735
[email protected]
thebigfleamarket.com
March 3-4: Portland, OR
America's Largest Antique & Collectible Show
Portland Expo Center,
2060 N. Marine Drive
Early Buyers Fri. 10am-6pm
Sat. 9am-6pm, Sun. 10am-4pm
Christine Palmer & Associates,
503-282-0877, christinepalmer.net
March 3-4: St. Charles, IL
Kane County Flea Market
Kane County Fairgrounds
525 S. Randall Road (Rtes. 38 & 64)
Sat. Noon-5pm, Sun. 7am-4pm
630-377-2252
Twitter: @KCFMarket, #iFounditAtKane
kanecountyfleamarket.com
March 3-4: Bath, PA
10th Annual Governor Wolf
Historical Society Antiques Show
6600 Jacksonville Road
Sat. 9am-5pm, Sun. 11am-4pm
Governor Wolf Historical Society
Carol, 610-837-9015, Govwolf.org
March 4: Wayne, NJ
Wayne P.A.L. Indoor Antique/Collectible Show
P.A.L. Bldg., North Cove Road (off Parish Drive)
9am-3pm
973-882-8197, Fleamarketeers, Inc.
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Heritage Books Signature Auction
445 Park Avenue
Partial Preview: March 5-6
877-437-4824, ha.com
March 10-11: Dallas, TX
Heritage Auctions Fine & Decorative Arts Auction
Design District Showroom
1518 Slocum Street
Full Preview: March 8-10
1518 Slocum St.
877-437-4824, ha.com
March 14: Kinzers, PA
Embassy Auctions International
The Great Sign Auction
5336 Mine Road
10am, Previews March 12th 10am-6pm
March 13th 10am-4pm and on the day of sale.
717-442-8529, embassyauctions.com
March 17: Union, IL
Donley Auctions Antique Music Auction
8512 S. Union Road
10am
Preview: March 16th Noon-8pm, March 17th 8am
815-923-7000, donleyauctions.com
March 21-23: Fairfield, ME
Spring 2018 Extraordinary Firearms Auction
203 Skowhegan Road
10am
207-453-7125, Jamesdjulia.com
March 24: Dallas, TX
Heritage Entertainment Auction
Heritage Auctions
3500 Maple Ave. 17th Floor
Full Preview March 23
3500 Maple Ave. 17th Fl.
877-437-4824, ha.com
March 24: Indianapolis, IN
Route 32 Auctions Spring Auction
Christy's of Indiana
6851 Madison Avenue
9:30am Uncatalogued Items
10am Auction
765-307-7119, Route32auctions.com
March 25: Middleboro, MA
White's Auction Antiques & Fine Art
Auction Gallery
19 Jackson Street
1PM, Previews: Fri. & Sat. 12pm-6pm, Sun. 11am-1pm Start
508-947-9281 or 508-269-9275
Whitesauctions.com
March 28: Bellows Falls, VT
Sharon Boccelli & Company Auction
S.B. & Company Auctions Gallery
46 Canal Street
6pm, Preview March 26th thru March 28th 9am-5:45pm
802-460-1190 or 617-413-4054
www.sbauctioneers.com
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March Publisher's Corner: Salvaging History
By Maxine Carter-Lome
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For six years before relocating to Sturbridge, MA to purchase this magazine I was Chair of my town's Historical Commission. The Commission, which was also responsible for the town's archives and local history museum, presided over two historic districts dating back to the town's incorporation in 1760. In the Massachusetts 1980 Historic Homes Census, a state-wide inventory of historic assets in historic districts across the state, our town has over 100 homes and buildings on the list.
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Post-Press Marketplace News
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A 1 925 First Edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is coming up for auction at Heritage's Rare Books Signature Auction on March 7.
This first edition, first printing, is
inscribed by the author
on the front-free endpaper: "For Tatnall Brown / from one, who / is flattered at / being remembered / F Scott Fitzgerald / Hollywood, 1939." Inscribed at his professional nadir, no longer with MGM and his books were out of print and languishing in warehouses, Fitzgerald clearly summarized his feelings about his state for Tatnall Brown in this copy of his most popular book. Fitzgerald died the next year at the age of forty-four. Tatnall Brown was a banker and former Dean of Haverford College. The opening bid is listed at $50,000.
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On March 9, the Books and Manuscripts auction at Bonhams New York will offer  a rare autograph manuscript by Ludwig Van Beethoven, along with a number of historically significant lots including a prism belonging to Benjamin Franklin, the Bible used at the first swearing-in of President Ulysses S. Grant, an atlas by famed cartographer Ptolemy, and an Isaac Newton manuscript on the creation of the fabled philosopher's stone. The
Beethoven sketch-leaf is from part of his Scottish Song, Sunset, Op 108, written for voice, violin, violoncello, and piano, and set to Walter Scott's poem, The Sun upon the Weirdlaw Hill (estimate: $80,000-120,000). Between 1809-1820, Beethoven composed Scottish, Irish and Welsh folk songs, commissioned by Scottish publisher George Thomson. Although this relatively simple air was written with amateur performers in mind, the extensive editing, refining, and perfecting of the present sketch-leaf shows Beethoven's working process, providing a fascinating insight into a genius at work.
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The Berkshire Museum and the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office have come to an agreement that will allow the museum to sell artworks from its collections, while one work by Norman Rockwell will be sold to an institution that will keep it in public view, pending court approval.
Norman Rockwell's "Shuffleton's Barbershop" will be sold to an unidentified American museum, and will first go on loan to the Norman Rockwell Museum, and possibly other museums, in the Berkshires region.
The museum's "dire financial condition" led AG Maura Healey's Office to agree to the art sales which were protested by Rockwell's family, locals, arts groups, and the museum community.
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Historians in upstate New York are celebrating an amazing find! They say a lock of George Washington's hair was found tucked away inside a 1793 Almanac and discovered during an inventory review of a large archival collection of rare manuscripts at Union College's Schaffer Library. Officials sent photos of the hair, book, and an accompanying letter to a manuscript expert. They believe the hair was given as a keepsake to Alexander Hamilton's son, James, and his wife. Washington was a friend of the family, and locks of hair were traditional gifts for the time period. It was eventually passed down to subsequent generations of the family. The expert said even without a DNA test, they have no reason to doubt its authenticity.
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John Moran Auctioneers of Monrovia, CA will be conducting an auction to benefit The Foundation for Appraisal Education on Monday, March 12th, at 12 noon Pacific time, live and online. All sales will benefit the Foundation's efforts to fund scholarships and educational events dedicated to personal property appraising. Items to be auctioned include paintings, silver, jewelry and glass. John Moran Auctioneers is located at 145 East Walnut Street in Monrovia. The Foundation for Appraisal Education (FAE) is a not-for-profit organization that was formed to promote the advancement of education related to personal property appraising. Its mission is to raise funds and award scholarships to those seeking to improve their knowledge in the field of personal property appraising. As a not-for-profit organization, FAE welcomes all appraisers to become a member or apply for a scholarship. Bidders can preview the catalog here. Online bidding will be available March 12th. Phone and absentee bids will also be accepted.
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If you missed the once-in-a-lifetime Michelangelo exhibition at the Met this winter  which drew some 700,000 visitors, there is another chance to get close to the Italian Renaissance master. Villa Michelangelo, the ten-bedroom "farmhouse" that the artist bought in 1549 is seeking a new owner, according to its Handsome Properties International listing, after more than 300 years in the Buonarroti family (who owned it until 1867). Situated in Castellina in Chianti, the Tuscan country home is clad in stone and its historic interiors restored. The price is €7,500,000 ($9,274,800 USD), and the listing has been sitting for a while. A copy of the original deed, signed by Michelangelo, comes with the sale.
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Collectible Photographers
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Alfred Stieglitz was the oldest of six children born to a part-Jewish German family that had emigrated to the U.S. in 1849. The civil war had come to an end when he was born in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1864, and his boyhood was focused on education, culture, and becoming successful in his chosen career. At the age of 18, Stieglitz' parents sent him to Germany to complete his education. While completing his studies in mechanical engineering, he took a class in photochemistry. Stieglitz was quite taken with photographing the German countryside, and the medium struck him as a new source for creating fine art. Proving photography was fine art was his lifetime calling
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Seeing Double: The Stereoview Collection of Tom Prosser
In the very early days of photography, a special iteration of a photo known as the stereograph-or stereogram, stereoptican, or stereoview- emerged as a way for images to be seen in 3-D through a special viewer. No matter what you call it, taking two simultaneous photographs from the view of the right and left eyes independently allowed a photographer to place the two images on a single card, then place the card in a special viewer and, by moving the image closer or further away, results in seeing a single image as a three-dimensional picture - well before moving pictures could do the same.
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Asheford Institute Releases List of Top Sellers for 2017
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Asheford Institute, a professional-level distance learning program on antiques, collectibles and appraising, has published its annual survey of top buying trends within the antiques and collectibles community.
The survey, which focuses on compiling and grouping information related to customers buying habits over a twelve month period, "came about as a result of strong interest from readers requesting updates from previous surveys," said current Director of the Institute, Charles Green.
The Institute has been conducting the industry related survey for over six years now.
"The shift in what's considered collectible is continuing to change, and at a more accelerated pace than ever before," says Tony Frey, the School's lead poll researcher who has worked on all six of the past polls. "For the last few years it's been Mid-century modern, but this year we're beginning to see some cracks in that crown."
Some of the other highlights from the poll included a resurgence of all things Western. "We're seeing a revitalized interest by the public in literally anything related to the American past and particularly the wild, wild west," said Frey. Other top sellers on the school's list include a few industry standards such as Star Wars items, space related toys from the 1960s and 70s, as well as automobilia and related mechanical items.
Frey noted that just as in past polls, the most visible movement in collecting genres was being reported by younger dealers, who indicated that consumer tastes seemed to be trending towards virtually anything related to the latter half of the twentieth-century. "The reality is the younger collectors are the ones moving the ball forward now," said Frey, "The rest of us just appear to be along for the ride."
For readers wanting to view the full results of the Institute's survey, you can find them online at: asheford.com/2017-survey-results. For more information about the school's antiques and appraisal course, they can be contacted at: 877-444-4508, or you can write to them at; the Asheford Institute of Antiques 981 Harbor Blvd., Suite 3, Dept. 275BNV11 Destin, FL 32541-2525 (Canadian Office: 131 Bloor Street West, Suite 200, Dept. 124BNV11 Toronto, ON). Or visit their web site at
asheford.com.
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Crowd-finding Campaign to Save Georges Bizet's House
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PARIS - A crowd-funding campaign to save the house of composer Georges Bizet has been launched by Europa Nostra, the non-profit organization with the aim of protect and celebrate Europe's cultural and natural heritage.
The House of Bizet is located in the village of Bougival, near Paris in France, and the launch of the campaign coincided with the 20th anniversary of the European Music Day, held last June 2017.
Four months after the campaign was first launched the scheme has attracted a total of €125,000 ($154,300) with 950 people donating to the project.
Threatened for many years, Georges Bizet's house is today at risk of further deterioration so the first stage of the project will include buying the House then restoring the exterior and interior of the building, creating a Bizet Memorial House and an artists' residence, as well as acquiring relevant collections to be exhibited on site. If successful, the second phase of implementation aims to create an interpretation centre dedicated to "Carmen" located in front of the Memorial House of Bizet.
This visitors' centre would have an exhibition area focusing on Bizet's masterpieces, a recording studio as well as a room for concerts, masterclasses, conferences and projections to be organised by the Centre Européen de Musique and different partners.
Supporters include Placido Domingo among numerous other opera stars and supporters.
Source: Europa Nostra
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Early Photos Defined
By Judy Gonyeau
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The very idea of capturing a picture by reflecting an image onto a light-sensitive surface in order to create a more permanent image vs. simply creating a temporary reflection truly started to materialize in the early 19th century. Putting the two together happened by observing how reflections of an object could be "fixed" onto a surface, taking into consideration how long it took for that surface to absorb the amount of light being "exposed:" make the brights brighter, the darks more finite, with unlimited shades of grey in-between.
Around 1800, Thomas Wedgwood and Humphry Davy made the first attempt when they developed the Photogram, where an object is placed directly onto the light sensitive surface and then exposing it to light. This technique was used over time by individuals including Man Ray (calling them "rayographs"), photographer Imogen Cunningham, and artist Pablo Picasso because of its stark effect.
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Drawing with Light: The First 100 Years of Photography
By Erica Lome
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The concept of photography has deep historical roots. In ancient Greece and China, mathematicians experimented with the effects of light streaming through a small hole in a dark room. Unknowingly, they established the foundational principles of the camera obscura. It wouldn't be until the eleventh century that Middle Eastern philosophers developed an early prototype of such a device, which projected images upside down onto another surface. During the Enlightenment, scientists used the camera obscura to trace botanicals and exotic artifacts. With this device, they began to solve the mysteries of the natural world.
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Starry-Eyed: Collectible Movie Star Ads
By Donald Brian-Johnson
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During the infancy of Hollywood Glamour photography, the studios wanted their audience to believe that their stars were born. But in reality, they were "made" - molded, refined, packaged - by the studios that held their contract. Creating a star's image involved producers, directors, make-up men, and hair stylists; a crucial participant, however, were the portrait photographers such as Clarence Sinclair Bull, George Hurrell, Ruth Harriet Louise, and Robert Richee - craftsmen-artists who helped create the screen images of stars and, in the process, created a glamorous form of photographic art. Here, Donald-Brian Johnson explores how the studios positioned their picture-perfect stars for maximum exposure while selling select products and promoting their films.
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Coming in April
The Journal's Annual Glass Issue
Ad Deadline: March 7th - Mail Date: March 16th
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