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Antique silver pieces are being melted down as prices rise for precious metal. Record gold, silver prices spark antiques meltdown
Bloomberg - August 7th, 2011 21:43
A buffet of 18th- and 19th-century silver and gold boxes, candlesticks, flatware and salvers are increasingly heading to the furnace as prices for precious metals have soared in 2011. Collectors and attic raiders are...

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And people still miss the Twin Towers
In the fall of 2001 the Whitney Museum presented an exhibition of Jacob Lawrence’s work, including his sixty-panel Migration Series. A class of thirteen-year-old New York City students ...
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Standard Station, Amarillo Texas, 1963. Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937). Oil on canvas. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; gift of James Meeker, Class of 1958, in memory of Lee English, Class of 1958, scholar, poet, athlete and friend to all. © Ed Ruscha Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950–1970
October 1, 2011 - February 5, 2012
J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center
Los Angeles, California
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Montague Dawson (1895 - 1973), The Crest of a Wave, oil on canvas, 36 x 24 inches, signed. Courtesy of Rehs Galleries. SOLD-OUT BALTIMORE SUMMER ANTIQUES SHOW TO CELEBRATE 31ST ANNIVERSARY YEAR AUGUST 25-28
Release Date: 07 August 2011
Now celebrating its 31st year, the Baltimore Summer Antiques Show will make its annual return to the Baltimore Convention Center August 25-28 (the weekend prior to Labor Day, which was formerly the show’s annual date). The sold-out show will present the spectacular collections of more than 550 ...

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