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Antiques Newsletter - August 1, 2008

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stolen painting recovered after more than 30 years

More than thirty years ago a criminal and armed home invasion took place at the home of the late Mae Persky, a wealthy woman from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. The thieves ransacked the home and after tying up the inhabitants, including her nurse and companion, took valuables including three paintings that are today worth $1 million. The home invasion has never been solved and the perpetrators are still at large, but the paintings have now been returned to their rightful owner after a whirlwind route.

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Mikey was driving through Arlington one day when he spots a truck broken down on the side of the road. He slows down and a man approaches his car and asks, “hey are you going to DC?” Mikey replies, “No, I wasn’t headed that way.” So the guy scratches his head and looks in total distress and says and tells Mikey that he has two chimps in the truck that he was supposed to get to the zoo. If he doesn’t get them there soon, he will be in trouble. “Look buddy,” he tells Mikey, “I’ll give you $100 if you take them to the zoo for me.” Mikey reluctantly agrees and after strapping the monkeys in the car he heads for DC.

Sunday, August 3, 2008: Caplan's Auction: Ellicott City, MD: Antique & Collectibles Auction

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41st annual virginia beach antiques show

The Virginia Beach Antiques Show makes its yearly appearance this month on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 1 – 3, 2008 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. This show, which is billed as one of the oldest and most respected shows in the country, highlights over 130 dealers from 22 states and Canada. EMG Inc, are the promoters of this show and they insure that only quality merchandise is displayed by the dealers and vendors.

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the history of rookwood pottery

Rookwood Pottery originated in Mount Adams, Ohio in the late 1870’s and was founded by Maria Longworth Nichols. In the beginning, Ms. Nichols painted blank china items and later hired others to help her create one of the most renowned potteries in the world. He attention to detail and her quest for perfection led to making some of the most stunning if not perfect pieces of beautiful art pottery. This and the fact that Rookwood easily made the transitions from one era to another flawlessly, makes Rookwood Pottery some of the most sought after and desirable art pottery in the world.

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The show features fine period furniture, porcelains, rugs, art glass, Americana, antique lithographs and prints as well as original fine arts, books and vintage and antique lighting. This show which has come to town once per year since 1967 draws thousands of people, collectors and designers as well as the curious. The Virginia Beach Antiques Show is open from 10-6 on Friday and Saturday and from 12-5 on Sunday.

record aucton price - beatrix potter watercolor painting

Beatrix Potter was born Helen Beatrix Potter on July 28, 1866 in Kensington Square, London England. As a child she was isolated from other children but grew up in a privileged household where her nannies and governesses taught her how to draw and paint. Potter loved pets and spent much time as a child both caring for and observing them at home as well as in the wild while on vacation in Scotland and the Lake District. She published her first children’s book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and was very successful by the age of thirty. She went on to publish 23 more children’s books.

Friday, Auguts 1, 2008: Mastin Auctions: Partlow, VA: Living Estate Antiques Collectibles Auctions

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The paintings, which were done by Gustav Courbet, William Hamilton and Childe Hassam, found their way into a little known antique dealers hands via an art auction. The dealer, William Conley, unaware that the paintings were stolen, used them as collateral to borrow money from his brother Patrick. For many years, the paintings hung in Patrick’s home unnoticed by frequent visitors to his home. Then one day Patrick decided to find out how much the paintings were worth and took them to an appraiser and this is where the story becomes even more interesting.

Sotheby’s in London reported this past week the sale of an original watercolor painting by renowned children’s book illustrator Beatrix Potter. The painting from The Rabbit Christmas Party sold for more than $578,700 dollars at auction and was only one of twenty illustrations and ephemera lots that sold for a total of more than $1.5 million. The painting set the record for the most expensive book illustration ever sold at auction and the buyer was a private British collector and not identified by the auction company.