| Highlights: Napoleon on the Nile -- Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt |
Autumn-Winter 2006
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Described by the New York Times as “an engrossing exhibition” and included by the Village Voice in its “Best in Show” section, Napoleon on the Nile has proven so popular its end-date has been extended. The multi-volume Description de l’Egypte remains......
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| Highlights: Newport -- A Lively Experiment, 1639-1969 |
Autumn-Winter 2006
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Cities such as Boston and Philadelphia have eclipsed Newport in historical accounts of the American continent. But in the 1600s, the town of Newport, Rhode Island, played a dominant role in defining the future United States of America, according to.......
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| Highlights: Vincent Vallarino Fine Art, Ltd / Schiller & Bodo |
Autumn-Winter 2006
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"Smaller, more client-oriented, and much more fun," is how Vincent Vallarino describes the new venture he initiated with longtime friends and sometime business collaborators, Lisa Schiller and Susan Bodo of Schiller & Bodo. In recent years, Vallarino.......
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| Historic Hotels: Historic Art in Boston Hotels |
Autumn-Winter 2006
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Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and Institute of Contemporary Art are among the city's famous repositories of art. Unbeknownst to many visitors and residents is that several of the city's hotels also boast exceptional......
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| How to Plan for the Best Pieces in Your Collection |
Autumn-Winter 2006
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The important pieces in your collection are generally your finest once-in-a-lifetime purchases. Planning for the disposition of these pieces usually involves different considerations than the decisions required for other items. It's necessary to......
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| Investing in Antiques: Schoolgirl Needlework |
Autumn-Winter 2006
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In the final chapter of her two-volume publication Girlhood Embroidery (1993), Betty Ring, the foremost authority on schoolgirl needlework, provides an in-depth history of collecting this art form, which she traces back to the 1860s.......
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| Lifestyle: A Houseful of Friends |
Autumn-Winter 2006
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Some collector's analyze purchases, assessing potential appreciation or gauging how good a deal they're getting. Others buy from the heart; acquiring objects that are specific to a particular place or to a particular time in life. Some objects are kept......
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| Lifestyle: French Island Elegance |
Autumn-Winter 2006
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Much has been written about the French West Indian islands; about their botany, zoology, and their social and economic histories, but to date, little or no consideration has been given to the architecture and decorative furnishings of the islands......
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| Mount Vernon Ushers in a New Era |
Autumn-Winter 2006
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After fifteen years of planning and a capital campaign that raised more than $110 million, Mount Vernon's Ford Orientation Center and Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center opens to the public on October 27, 2006. This marks a new era at......
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| Noteworthy Sale: C.L. Prickett American Antiques |
Autumn-Winter 2006
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Todd Prickett of C.L. Prickett American Antiques broke the record for an American weathervane when he purchased this locomotive vane for a client at Northeast Auctions for $1,216,000. This sale also created another record: the first million dollar sale......
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