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News: Antiques & Art

Decorative Japanning in Early Eighteenth-Century Boston
Japanned furniture from Boston, with its whimsically decorated surfaces depicting visions of faraway worlds and exotic beasts, has long captured the imagination of collectors and curators alike.

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Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830
The exhibition Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830 is the culmination of more than a decade of research on the woodworkers and furniture of Rhode Island, resulting in an ongoing database of 3,000 objects available online in Yale University Art Gallery’s Rhode Island Furniture Archive. Art and Industry presents a comprehensive survey of Rhode Island furniture from the colonial and early Federal periods, including case furniture, formal seating furniture, clocks, and Windsor chairs.

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History And Natural Beauty Abound At The ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show
On Columbus Day Weekend (October 10-11, 2015) the Antiques Dealer's Association of America, Inc. (ADA) will once again present their annual art and antiques show in picturesque Deerfield, Massachusetts.

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Eliminating Antiques With Ivory Will Not Save The Elephants
The loss of cultural and artistic heritage from the potential destruction of historic antiques containing elephant ivory and material from other endangered species is an unfortunate byproduct of the unrelated poaching of animals living today.

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A Scrimshaw Collector’s Treasured Carvings
he welding supply magnate Thomas Mittler, who died in 2010 at 67, bought whale bone and tooth carvings with the guidance of scholars and dealers, including Nina Hellman,

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Elmer Crowell’s Barn Is Rebuilt in Cape Cod
The Cape Cod barn where the woodcarver Elmer Crowell produced decoy birds, which have sold for more than $

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DAVID MCCULLOUGH TO RECEIVE THE 2015 ADA AWARD OF MERIT
On Saturday, April 11th, 2015, at 7 PM, the Antiques Dealers’ Association of America, Inc. will present the 2015 ADA Award of Merit to David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of American history.

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Reps. Young and Peterson Introduce Legislation to Protect Lawful Ivory Possession
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young has introduced bipartisan legislation with Congressman Collin Peterson (D-MN) to roll-back and further halt onerous constraints on the import and export of lawfully possessed ivory products, including musical instruments, firearms, and museum pieces that include ivory parts.

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Obama Administration Plans to Aggressively Target Wildlife Trafficking
WASHINGTON — Hoping to stem illegal wildlife trafficking, the Obama administration on Wednesday introduced an aggressive plan for taking on traffickers that will include using American intelligence agencies to track and target those who benefit from the estimated $20-billion-a-year market.

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Corcoran Gallery Art Transforms National Gallery
WASHINGTON — In the six months since a court allowed the Corcoran Gallery of Art here to dissolve, a victim of financial struggles, about 17,000 works in the museum’s overall collection

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Walter Liedtke, Curator at Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dies at 69
Walter Liedtke, who served for 35 years as a curator of European paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and was a renowned scholar on Vermeer and the Delft School, died on Tuesday

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Harry B. Hartman, An American Master
MARIETTA, PENN. — For many years we pursued Harry B. Hartman, who died suddenly on January 3 at 84, for an interview. For years he demurred. His refusal seemed reasonable, mostly. Though never short of words, the Marietta antiques dealer was a man of deeds, his legacy a distinctive approach to collecting Americana and an equally colorful way of putting it all together in livable interiors.

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‘A Shared Legacy,’ at the American Folk Art Museum
In a letter he wrote in 1825, the American painter John Vanderlyn said that paintings by the itinerant portraitist Ammi Phillips were “... cheap and slight, for the mass of folks can’t judg

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A European Show for Shaker Furniture
Philippe Ségalot, the French-born, New York-based contemporary-art dealer, has never been good at standing still. Nor has he ever been predictable.

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Ohio Exhibitions Highlight Ferdinand Brader
Ferdinand A. Brader, a 19th-century landscape artist, wandered Pennsylvania and Ohio charging farmers a few dollars each for charming pencil drawings of

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News: ADA Members

ADA Online Show Re-Emerges Victorious Amid Pandemic
When the antiques shows canceled on account of the Coronavirus pandemic, antique dealers looked online for the solution and found one...

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244-Year-Old Rifle Stolen Decades Ago Is Returned to Museum
A rare Revolutionary War-era rifle stolen from a display case at Valley Forge State Park nearly 50 years ago has been returned to its rightful owners.

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Olde Hope Welcomes Folk Art Fans To Manhattan
Longtime Winter Show exhibitors Olde Hope Antiques stepped away from the show scene for a moment to welcome lovers of American folk art to its new permanent establishment...

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Laura Beach Honored At ADA Award Of Merit Dinner
The Antiques Dealers’ Association of America (ADA) presented its annual Award of Merit to writer and Antiques and The Arts Weekly editor-at-large Laura Beach on April 27 before a banquet of her peers. In a piece penned by W.A. Demers (Antiques and The Arts Weekly, issue April 26, 2019), Beach summed up her three-plus-decade career, saying, “I went everywhere, did everything and met all.”

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The 13-Star American Flag Had More Variations Than You’d Think
Perfect for July 4th weekend, a new show at Philadelphia's Museum of the American Revolution displays an array of antique red, white and blue flags.

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Antiques In Manchester: The Collector’s Fair Makes Record Gate In Eighth Edition
If there was an oft repeated buzz word among the dealer reviews for the eighth edition of Karen DiSaia’s Antiques in Manchester: The Collector’s Fair, it revolved around the “energy.” Sam Herrup: “I thought the show went very well; there was very good energy.” Jeff Tillou: “I thought it had a more upbeat vibe than in year’s past.”

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ADA Honors Award Of Merit Winner Peter M. Kenny
The Antiques Dealers Association of America (ADA) honored Peter M. Kenny at its annual Award of Merit dinner on April 20. The event, held this year at the Philadelphia Antiques and Art Show at the Navy Yard, celebrates outstanding contributions to the American arts.

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ADA Dealers And Friends Honor Patricia E. Kane
he Antiques Dealers Association of America (ADA) gathered in Philadelphia on Friday evening, April 21, to celebrate the accomplishments of Patricia E. Kane, winner of the 2017 ADA Award of Merit. Joining the Friends of American Arts Curator of American Decorative Arts at Yale University Art Gallery were dozens of Kane’s associates from the museum field and the art and antiques trade.

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ADA Award of Merit Dinner Keynote Speaker John Demos Offers Thoughtful Commentary on Honoree David McCullough's Success
At the ADA Award of Merit Dinner on April 11th in Philadelphia, the Antiques Dealers' Association honored the internationally renowned author David McCullough for his ability to inspire people to appreciate the great stories of American history.

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ADA Dealers Featured at the Winter Antiques Show
Sales of Americana were a prominent theme of the Winter Antiques Show in NYC this past January, with furniture, often referred to as "brown wood", playing a significant role in the demand.

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With Laughter And Love, ADA Honors Joan & Victor Johnson
PHILADELPHIA, PENN. — Members of the Antiques Dealers Association of America (ADA) and others came together on Friday evening, April 15, to honor Joan and Victor Johnson, the Philadelphia collectors and philanthropists whose generosity to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and to the Philadelphia Antiques and Art Show is noteworthy, especially in the year marking the return of the antiques show after a one-year hiatus.

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The ADA Award Of Merit Dinner Honoring Brock Jobe
On April 26th, 2014, the Antiques Dealers’ Association of America, Inc. will present the 2014 ADA Award of Merit to Brock Jobe, Professor of American Decorative Arts, Winterthur Program in American Material Culture.

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Shaped Aprons and Turned Legs: Regionalism in Early American Furniture
Hamilton Hall’s inaugural Americana Lecture will be presented by well known furniture specialist Arthur Liverant, a founder of the Antiques Dealer’s Association of America and third generation owner of Nathan Liverant and Son in Colchester,

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Morris Finkel (1923-2011)
Morris Finkel, a Philadelphia antiques dealer who rose to national prominence during six decades of business on the city’s Antiques Row, died Thursday, December 22, after a long illness. He was 88 years old.

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The Albert Sack Memorial Breakfast
On Sunday, January 22nd, 2012, from 10am-11am, the Antiques Dealers' Association of America, Inc. will host a memorial reception and tribute for the late Albert Sack

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