The Prospectors
But at the peak of our despondency we saw it: the lift, rising like a mirage out of the timber woods, its four dark cables striping the red sunset. The Evergreen Lodge, we'd heard, had original stonework, carved from five thousand pounds of native ...
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June 1, 2015
Southwest Missouri offers plenty of oddly fun stops on Ozarks road trip
Turns out those playful pole-topping sculptures are the work of Lowell Davis, the artist who in recent years has saved and transported antique buildings to his circa 1930s town on a former corn patch outside Carthage. It's true the museum has a ...
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June 1, 2015
Local auctions sparked interest for former Chillicothean to launch exciting ...
If you watch “Antiques Roadshow” with any regularity, it's likely that you've seen Chillicothe native Jason Preston on some of the episodes, appraising items that someone has brought to the show. As a young boy, Jason loved attending auctions around ...
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May 29, 2015
Canines to Cannabis in Artist Huma Bhabha's New Show
“It's an old firehouse, so this is probably where the fire engines were kept and washed,” said Huma Bhahba as we roamed into her expansive studio in Poughkeepsie, New York. Born in Karachi Originally carved from cork, the figure's lines and ...
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May 27, 2015
Crafts, tours bring history up close at Old Economy Village
Jacob Henrici, a member of the religious community that called western Pennsylvania home for most of the 19th century, received the intricately carved box as a gift from his friends in the 1880s. It's unique not only for its carvings of grapes and ...
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May 23, 2015
Antiques | Finding unexpected treasure
In 1983, Hekman was bought by the Howard Miller Clock Co. of Zeeland, Michigan, and in 1993, Hekman bought a company noted for its upholstered furniture. The company is •Wood carving figure, gnome miner, on rock, Black Forest, Switzerland, c. 1900 ...
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May 22, 2015
Brazelton Lots Spice Up Northeast Auctions Sale
It has a black leather writing surface over three aligned drawers with pewter banding within ebonized wood borders, silvered metal satyr-head mounts on the legs, and foliage on the hoof feet, and is stamped “B. Simoneaux” and “JME.” An old master oil ...
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May 26, 2015
If you watch “Antiques Roadshow” with any regularity, it’s likely that you’ve seen Chillicothe native Jason Preston on some of the episodes, appraising items that someone has brought to the show. As a young boy, Jason loved attending auctions around Chillicothe, Trenton and the surrounding areas with his mother, Betty Preston Steele, and his grandparents, the late Cliff and Inez Ricketts, of Trenton. “My favorite auctions were those conducted by Danner Miller Auctioneers,” Jason said. , and his resume includes appraising multi-million dollar pieces of artwork and handling sales and appraisals at of some of the world’s largest auction houses, including Sotheby’s, in both Chicago and New York, and Christie’s in New York. Jason, a 1994 Chillicothe High School graduate, is the son of Betty Preston and Paul Steele, and Joe Preston, all of Chillicothe. Throughout high school and college, Jason thought he’d pursue a career in finance or politics. Christopher “Kit” Bond in Washington, D. C. While his academia was paving the way to a future in finance or politics, Jason’s childhood experiences kept nudging him back to auctions. A trip to London with his mother following high school graduation deepened Jason’s appreciation of fine art, antiques, and the business of selling them at auction.
“It’s an old firehouse, so this is probably where the fire engines were kept and washed,” said Huma Bhahba as we roamed into her expansive studio in Poughkeepsie, New York. Born in Karachi, Pakistan, in 1962, Bhabha has lived upstate for 13 years. ” After completing her MFA at Columbia University, Bhabha lived in New York for 13 years before abandoning it owing to rising real-estate prices. About living outside the gravitational pull of the city, Bhahba confirmed, “It’s a shock but you can manage it. ”. Bhabha’s studio floor and walls were covered in brick tile — a pattern the artist covered with paper and stepped on while working to... In her current exhibition at Salon 94’s Bowery location, the rubber-sole patterns of Bhabha’s treads repeat in the bronze The Escapist (2013) of three loosely braided tire tracks that lay flat near the feet of Constantium , 2014. The latter — a... Originally carved from cork, the figure’s lines and crevices are deeply crenulated.
Jacob Henrici, a member of the religious community that called western Pennsylvania home for most of the 19th century, received the intricately carved box as a gift from his friends in the 1880s. It’s unique not only for its carvings of grapes and... It’s like a cuckoo clock,” said David Miller, an educator at Old Economy Village in Ambridge, the Harmony Society’s final home before it was dissolved in the early 1900s. From 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. today [may 23], Mr. Miller will lead hourly tours... In addition to his program focusing on the communal group’s interest in the decorative arts, visitors can see “Harmony in Wood Revisited,” an exhibition of furniture and other handmade objects at the visitors center, 270 16th St. , 15003. All... Other Saturday programs running through September will include the Harmonists’ natural history museum and demonstrations of baking, cooking, blacksmithing and other 19th-century trades. Crafts and demonstrations will also be part of An American Celebration @ Old Economy on June 27. The family-oriented event will include antique cars from the 1950s and earlier, storytelling, a spelling bee, musical entertainment and food.
On the block: Rare Weber box highlights upcoming Horst auction
Horst Auction Center in Ephrata is kicking off the summer with its huge rare-antique catalog sale on June ... is a Wilhelm Schimmel carved squirrel, circa 1870-1900. Lot 183, this wood carving is of a seated squirrel holding a reddish-brown nut.
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May 28, 2015
Crafts, tours bring history up close at Old Economy Village
Jacob Henrici, a member of the religious community that called western Pennsylvania home for most of the 19th century, received the intricately carved box as a gift from ... It’s like a cuckoo clock,” said David Miller, an educator at Old Economy ...
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May 24, 2015
Antiques | Finding unexpected treasure
Like any antique ... Miller Clock Co. of Zeeland, Michigan, and in 1993, Hekman bought a company noted for its upholstered furniture. The company is still in business. Your cabinet was made by Hekman about 1950 and is worth $200 to $300. •Wood carving ...
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May 22, 2015
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