March 14, 2014 - Auction Central News

Warman’s guide to Depression Glass more colorful than ever

The new sixth edition of 'Warman's Depression Glass' contains more than 600 color pictures. F+W Media Inc. image.

IOLA, Wis. – It’s been said, learning about Depression glass is like taking a stroll back in time to the late 1920s and 1930s; and the new edition of Warman’s Depression Glass is the perfect guide for the trip.

The new sixth edition of this top-selling glass book features more than 600 color images, including many pieces from the prized collections of the National Glass Museum. With thousands of listings for pieces from 170 of the most popular patterns of Depression glass, this book offers the most comprehensive review of this historic type of glass.

“These dishes were used everyday, brightening the otherwise drab lives of folks struggling through the Great Depression,” said Pam Meyer, National Depression Glass Association Glass Museum and convention chairperson, in the foreword of Warman’s Depression Glass.

In addition to high-quality photographs, the new edition contains updated values for various colors for pieces of each pattern, a color timeline representing the date each pattern was first issued, the valuable pattern silhouette section, shape library and a glossary of Depression glass terminology. Plus, at the beginning of each new pattern section is information about the manufacturers, colors available in that pattern and any notes about commonly reproduced pieces.

Whether you’re a fan of the elegant and illustrious American Sweetheart, Rock Crystal or Sandwich patterns, or the more simplistic Charm, Forest Green and Moondrops patterns, you’ll find a multitude of information and collecting inspiration in this new edition of Warman’s Depression Glass.

Specifications: 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 • 304 pages • 600+ color photos

Retail $27.99

Available for purchase at national booksellers and direct from the publisher, at KrauseBooks.com or 855-864-2579

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Major gift will expand Nat’l Gallery of Art’s Photography collection

Main floor of the West Building, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Photo by Marc Averette.

WASHINGTON—A pledged gift from the collection of leading art collectors Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker will transform the National Gallery of Art’s holdings of contemporary photographs. The promised gift features 30 large-scale, seminal photographs by Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, Thomas Demand, Jeff Wall, Cindy Sherman, and Hiroshi Sugimoto, among others.

“In combination, the scale of the photographs and the brilliance of their color allow for new insights into the traditional divisions between photography and painting,” said Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art. “This generous pledge from Robert Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker is truly one of our most significant photography donations to date.”

The donation will give the Gallery its first-ever examples in any medium by critically important artists Marina Abramovic, Andreas Gursky, Candida Höfer, Catherine Opie, Thomas Ruff, Cindy Sherman, and Jeff Wall. The gift will also double the Gallery’s collection of work by Vera Lutter and Vik Muniz, and significantly expand its representation of Thomas Demand and Thomas Struth. The Meyerhoff/Becker collection also includes significant works by other important contemporary photographers as well as artists working in a variety of media, such as John Baldessari and Anselm Kiefer.

The entire Meyerhoff/Becker collection is to be shown upon the reopening of the East Building in 2016.

The Düsseldorf School

The Meyerhoff/Becker collection is particularly rich in photographs by the famed Düsseldorf School, a group that rose to prominence in the 1980s. Their work is characterized by a seemingly objective, straightforward style and the use of large-scale, vibrantly colored prints. Three works by Thomas Demand, two by Andreas Gursky, three by Candida Höfer, two by Thomas Ruff, and six by Thomas Struth, greatly strengthens the Gallery’s representation of this important movement. On average, these photographs measure five-by-seven feet—a scale indebted to radical advances in digital technology that enabled artists from the late 20th century onward to make prints of increasingly larger sizes. Many of the Meyerhoff/Becker photographs are face-mounted to plexiglass, which adds a dazzling luminosity to the pictures.

Among the most outstanding examples of the Düsseldorf School in the Meyerhoff/Becker collection are four pictures from Thomas Struth’s Museum Photographs, a series that examines the ways in which viewers of works of art are not merely consumers of the past, but are also active participants in its reinterpretation. Alte Pinakothek (Self-Portrait), Munich (2000) depicts the artist standing in front of one of Germany’s most iconic images: Albrecht Dürer’s self-portrait. The result is two German artists examining each other across the span of 500 years.

Equally notable is Thomas Demand’s Clearing (2003), a stunning view of light filtering through a forest. To create this work, Demand constructed a handmade forest in a steel frame approximately 50 feet long, 18 feet high, and 32 feet deep, using 270,000 individual pieces of dye-cut paper. He illuminated the construction with intense studio lighting and captured the scene in a photograph that measures 6-by-16 1/2 feet.

Bernd and Hilla Becher

The Meyerhoff/Becker Collection also includes a grid of nine photographs by Bernd and Hilla Becher, the professors at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf who inspired the Düsseldorf School of photographers. Drawing their inspiration in part from the American New Topographic photographs of the 1970s, these photographers are known for dispassionate, documentary-like examinations of cityscapes and interiors, as well as portraiture.

The Meyerhoff Collection and the National Gallery of Art

In 1987 the National Gallery of Art announced that Robert and Jane Meyerhoff (1924-2004) had signed an agreement with the National Gallery of Art providing the terms for the eventual donation of the entire collection to the Gallery. It includes an unsurpassed holding of art by Jasper Johns, Frank Stella, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Ellsworth Kelly, and Brice Marden, among others.

From March through July 1996, the Gallery displayed a number of these works in an exhibition entitled The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995. The Gallery also exhibited the Meyerhoff collection from October 2009 through May 2010 in the exhibition The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: Selected Works. The later exhibition was curated by Harry Cooper, curator and head of modern art.

General Information

The National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden are at all times free to the public. They are located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW, and are open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Gallery is closed on December 25 and January 1. With the exception of the atrium and library, the galleries in the East Building will remain closed for approximately three years for Master Facilities Plan and renovations. For specific updates on gallery closings, visit http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/modern-art-during-renovation.html.

For information call 202-737-4215 or the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) at (202) 842-6176, or visit the Gallery’s Web site at www.nga.gov. Follow the Gallery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NationalGalleryofArt and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ngadc.

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Thomas Demand, 'Clearing,' 2003, chromogenic print, 75.5 x 195 in., National Gallery of Art, Washington, © Thomas Demand / Artists' Rights Society (ARS), New York / Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery, Collection of Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker — Thomas Demand, ‘Clearing,’ 2003, chromogenic print, 75.5 x 195 in., National Gallery of Art, Washington, © Thomas Demand / Artists’ Rights Society (ARS), New York / Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery, Collection of Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker

UK museum exihibit examines objects in portrait paintings

'Sir Thomas More, his father, his household and his descendants,' attributed to Rowland Lockey, after Hans Holbein the Younger, 1593 © National Portrait Gallery, London.

LONDON – An innovative new display exploring the role of objects in 16th- and 17th-century portraits, which brings together examples of the items depicted alongside their painted counterparts, opens at the National Trust’s Montacute House on March 15.

A collaboration between the National Portrait Gallery, its regional partner the National Trust, and the University of Bristol, “Pictured and Seen: Objects in Portraits” brings together painted portraits with objects such as timepieces, books, instruments and glassware. All three institutions are lending to the display, which will be the first occasion Montacute House has combined the Gallery’s portraits with objects from the National Trust’s Collections.

Highlights include the pairing of the National Portrait Gallery’s large group portrait of Sir Thomas More and his family with a later example from the National Trust’s Collections of the lantern clock featured in the painting; apothecary scales are shown alongside similar ones depicted in the portrait of the statesman and poet Sir Thomas Challoner and a 17th-century glass bottle is matched to the example seen in the portrait of Elizabeth Urrey.

The display explores the idea that portraiture is rarely simply the recording of a person’s facial features. Objects and attributes were often included in portraits to refer to an individual’s characteristics or interests. Some items were specially chosen to allude to a sitter’s profession, family connections, religious piety or political aspiration, while others were included as part of fashionable portrait formulas.

“Pictured and Seen: Objects in Portraits” will run until November 2015.

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Michaan’s Auctions presents L.C. Tiffany treasures April 12

Tiffany Studios 22-inch Peony table lamp on a reticulated bronze base. Estimate: $250,000-$300,000. Michaan's Auctions image.

ALAMEDA, Calif. – Michaan’s Auctions will present its third offering of spectacular Tiffany Studios treasures from Japan’s esteemed Garden Museum with additions from private collections on April 12. Approximately 95 lots of fine Tiffany masterworks and decorative arts will be featured. The sale will be held at 1p.m. Pacific time.

LiveAuctioneers.com will facilitate Internet live bidding, providing discriminating buyers from around the world another exclusive opportunity to bid on magnificent Tiffany pieces.

A Tiffany Peacock chandelier is an expected high point from the sale’s Garden Museum Collection lots ($250,000-$300,000). The hanging shade features a repeating, allover design depicting tail feathers. The intense, saturated coloration of the glass remains one of the most striking characteristics of the piece, displaying gem-like shades of blue and green. The domed shade measures 26 inches in diameter and is suspended by an understated bronze fixture upon a chain. This Peacock chandelier model was doubly designed for use as a floor lamp shade.

A Tiffany Studios Peony table lamp illuminates the sale at an estimate of $250,000-$350,000. This Garden Museum Collection highlight features a shade 22-inches in diameter with a magnificent display of color. Deep crimson blossoms are surrounded by foliage and background petals of subtly varied hues, beautifully expressing the studios’ mastery of color. The shade is mounted upon a fancy reticulated Library base, culminating into one of the finest examples of this model sold in recent years.

Yet another special auction offering from the Garden Museum Collection is found in a circa 1910-1920 Tiffany Studios landscape window. The scene is composed as a lovely perspective view, with the landscape image centering a classic veranda setting. The depiction is enchantingly brought to life by a variety of lush plants and blooms, including a fountain spray adorned by flowering water lilies. The landscape window measures 30 1/4 inches high by 58 inches wide and will be offered at an auction estimate of $250,000-$300,000.

Additional pieces of great interest include exceedingly rare early Tiffany glass selections and Tiffany & Co. decorative objects. A Moorish style turtleback tile footed lamp features an elaborate supporting bronze and glass base. Also available is an Oriental Poppy window by the Tiffany Studios, as well as a Tiffany Studios mosaic panel depicting St. Andrew. For decades the St. Andrew panel was prominently displayed in Tiffany Studios’ New York showroom. An outstanding Tiffany lamp in the sale is found in a rare enameled table lamp base with a 16-inch Favrile glass shade. Over 12 additional Tiffany lamps will accompany these pieces in the sale, as well as three paintings rendered by Louis Comfort Tiffany. The auction collection continues with several Tiffany paperweight vases and two extremely fine enamel vases by Tiffany Studios. The auction will end with offerings of two spectacular Pate de Verre lamps by contemporary artist Steven Stelz.

For more information on Michaan’s April 12 Tiffany Auction, 510-740-0220.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

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Tiffany Studios Peacock chandelier. Estimate: $250,000-$300,000. Michaan's Auctions image. — Tiffany Studios Peacock chandelier. Estimate: $250,000-$300,000. Michaan’s Auctions image.

Tiffany Studios landscape window. Estimate: $250,000-$300,000. Michaan's Auctions image. — Tiffany Studios landscape window. Estimate: $250,000-$300,000. Michaan’s Auctions image.

Regiments to march online in Old Toy Soldier’s April 4-6 auction

Lot 2512 - Heyde Hunt figures, 60mm, with Huntsman Cottage, est. $600-$800. Old Toy Soldier Auctions image

PITTSBURGH – Old Toy Soldier Auctions (OTSA) will be mustering the troops online for their next auction, which is slated for April 4, 5 and 6, 2014. The Internet-only event features 1,778 lots, available for bidding through LiveAuctioneers.

“We’ve gathered up all types of soldiers for this auction – with many group lots included – specifically to suit the beginning or intermediate collector,” said Ray Haradin, owner of OTSA.

Day one (Friday, April 4) will feature 612 lots of W. Britains, the newer productions by the world’s most revered manufacturer of toy soldiers. Day two (Saturday, April 5) includes a 512-lot selection of primarily dime store, Mignot and early Britains soldiers. The final session (Sunday, April 6) will start with Alymer knights and move into early Britains, Mignot, Authenticast and Timpo soldiers, with 654 lots in all.

Most of the lots in OTSA’s big Internet-only auction carry estimates of less than $100, something collectors are sure to appreciate, Haradin said. “Not only does this type of sale appeal to buyers on a budget and make it possible for anyone to enjoy the toy soldier collecting hobby, it’s also an affordable way for a collector to acquire soldiers that may be missing from one of their existing sets.”

Start times for the auction are 1 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Friday, April 4; and 10 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and 6.

To contact OTSA, call Ray Haradin at 412-343-8733 (tollfree: 800-349-8009) or email raytoys@aol.com. Visit OTSA online at www.oldtoysoldierauctions.com.

View the fully illustrated catalog and sign up to bid absentee or live via the Internet at www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

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View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

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Lot 1579 - Britains Set #41036, est. $80-$120. Old Toy Soldier Auctions image — Lot 1579 – Britains Set #41036, est. $80-$120. Old Toy Soldier Auctions image

Lot 2164 - Mignot Set #715 Alpine Mountain Campaign, est. $600-$800. Old Toy Soldier Auctions image — Lot 2164 – Mignot Set #715 Alpine Mountain Campaign, est. $600-$800. Old Toy Soldier Auctions image

Lot 3502 - Britains from Set #1250 Royal Marine Band, est. $250-$350. Old Toy Soldier Auctions image — Lot 3502 – Britains from Set #1250 Royal Marine Band, est. $250-$350. Old Toy Soldier Auctions image

Lot 1555 - Britains Set #40185, est. $80-$120. Old Toy Soldier Auctions image — Lot 1555 – Britains Set #40185, est. $80-$120. Old Toy Soldier Auctions image

Lot 1108 - Britains Set #5181, est. $100-$140. Old Toy Soldier Auctions image — Lot 1108 – Britains Set #5181, est. $100-$140. Old Toy Soldier Auctions image

Lot 2393 - Barclay Soldiers, est. $100-$200. Old Toy Soldier Auctions image — Lot 2393 – Barclay Soldiers, est. $100-$200. Old Toy Soldier Auctions image

Lot 3010 - Alymer Knight #BF 21 Sir John Beauchamp, est. $60-$80. Old Toy Soldier Auctions image — Lot 3010 – Alymer Knight #BF 21 Sir John Beauchamp, est. $60-$80. Old Toy Soldier Auctions image

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury to auction Henry Moore prints March 27

Henry Moore (1898-1986), ‘High Wire Walkers,’ watercolor, charcoal, graphite with pen and ink on paper, etching with aquatint, 1975, 9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. Estimate: £8,000-£12,000. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

LONDON – A collection of 56 unseen working proof prints by one of Britain’s most famous artists and sculptors, Henry Moore (1898-1986), will be offered for sale as part of Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions sale of Modern & Contemporary Prints on Thursday, March 27. Collected by Moore’s master printer, Michael Rand, lots 116-172 from the sale document Moore’s journey to becoming a draughtsman.

LiveAuctioneers.com will facilitate Internet live bidding.

The founder printer at Editions Alecto from 1963-66, Rand set up their first Studio in Kelso Place and worked with many of the great artists of the day, printing editions for David Hockney and Colin Self, among others. In 1969 he took up the role of senior technician at the Royal College of Art and began his work with Henry Moore, which over the following decades resulted in the printing of the majority of Moore’s most important intaglio works.

Their working relationship was truly collaborative. Rand would assist Moore with the etching of his plates at his home, Perry Green in Much Hadham, later returning to London to produce numerous proofs, subtly altering plate tones and ink densities, and returning them to Moore so that they could pore over the variants and select the impression that would give the go-ahead for the printing of the edition.

This collection of original work from the late 1970s and early 1980s includes the watercolor and charcoal design that was the basis of the etching Highwire Walkers, [Lot 172], and a selection of five drawings, which are the basis for many of the prints in the 1981Woman’s Head series [Lots 147, 148, 149, 150, 151]. The prints offered in the sale range from £200 for an unsigned print to £12,000 for the watercolor/charcoal of Highwire Walkers, five of the sets of proofs are accompanied by the signed editioned state, giving collectors a unique opportunity to purchase complete sets of working proofs.

Also included in the sale are a number of works by the acclaimed British painter, pop artist and Moore’s contemporary, Richard Hamilton (1922-2011). A timely retrospective of his work is currently being exhibited at the Tate Modern in London, and is a celebration of the entire range of Hamilton’s progressive work.

A signed copy of his offset lithograph collage, Fashion Plate, created in 1969-70, is indicative of Hamilton’s penchant for using highly recognizable images from different art forms, and redefining them in a new context. This particular image uses a photograph of Sophia Loren, taken from a fashion magazine, with a screenprint overlay. The striking lithograph was created in Milan, and retouched by Hamilton in London using cosmetics. It is estimated to sell for £10,000-£15,000 [Lot 403].

A number of prints by British painter and printmaker Sir Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin CH, CBE (b.1932), includes a rare and important set of six progressive state proofs, and an impression, from the final state of his well-known print, Interior Night.

It is incredibly uncommon to see state proofs for editions by Hodgkin, and this set gives a valuable insight into the artist’s working practice. An intriguing element is the presence of a blue aquatint plate, as it was previously assumed that the image was made up of only three colors, black, red and orange [Lot 414].

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

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Richard Hamilton (1922-2011), ‘Fashion-Plate,’ offset lithograph with collage, pochoir and screenprint in colors, retouched by the artist with cosmetics, 1969/70, signed in pencil, numbered 39/70, 29 1/4 x 23 3/4 in. Estimate: £10,000-£15,000. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

Howard Hodgkin (b.1932), ‘Interior Night,’ set of the six progressive state proofs and an impression from the final state of this print, each initialed and numbered 2/2 in pencil, the final state signed, dated and inscribed A/P in pencil, each sheet 17 1/2 x 23 5/8 in. Estimate: £8,000-£12,000. Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions image.

Warman’s price guide makes sense of antiques marketplace

The cover of the 800-page 'Warman's Antiques & Collectibles 2015.' F+W Media Inc. image.

IOLA, Wis. – The new edition of America’s longest-running antiques and collectibles price guide is here; and it carries on the tradition set forth by the first edition of Warman’s 66 years ago of providing an extensive review of the current antiques and collectibles marketplace.

With more than 86 percent new information over the last edition, Warman’s Antiques & Collectibles 2015 helps you keep a pulse on the ever-changing antiques market. If you’re looking for a solid antiques ally, Warman’s is one of the best, with the exception of the elusive time machine many collectors would love to have.

“The ultimate collector fantasy is the time machine, to be able to summon the vessel, punch a button or two and open the door onto the past, wherever it may be,” states Noah Fleisher, editor of Warman’s 2015 and public relations director of Heritage Auctions, in the book’s introduction.

While it appears it may be awhile before we see mass-produced time machines, the new edition of Warman’s Antiques & Collectibles is available now to help you make sense of today’s antiques and collectibles market; a place where change is the one true constant.

“Eras shift, generations age and in and out of collecting; tastes change and the values of so many things rise and fall with seemingly little logic; what is deemed important now was unthinkable a decade ago,” according to Fleisher.

Warman’s Antiques & Collectibles 2015 features 67 categories of antiques and collectibles; 2,500 detailed photographs; extensive descriptions (including color, dimensions, design features and year of production when known) for each item featured; and historic details and market insights presented in category introductions.

New sections to the 2015 edition include: American Art, Limoges and Meissen ceramics, Handbags and Maritime Art & Artifacts.

More than a price guide, Warman’s Antiques & Collectibles 2015 provides perspective, insight and a keen sense of the market for collectors, by collectors.

Specifications: 7 x 10 • 800 pages • 2,500 color photos

Retail $29.99

Available for purchase at national booksellers and direct from the publisher, at http://KrauseBooks.com or 855-864-2579

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Antique Trader, a division of F+W Media Inc., is dedicated to serving antiques, collectibles enthusiasts with trusted content, industry news and pricing information. Today, the Antiques & Collectibles division includes books, ebooks, periodicals and online destinations AntiqueTrader.com and our online shop KrauseBooks.com. The F+W Media portfolio offers books, ebooks, magazines, ecommerce sites, education, conferences and events, serving nearly 20 enthusiast communities. www.fwmedia.com.

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Paper money ‘flies out of cases’ at 20th annual CPMX

Business was brisk at the Chicago Paper Money Expo. Image submitted by CPMX.

CHICAGO – It’s said March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. If a similar adage could be applied to a paper money show, there would have to be a modification made.

The 20th annual Chicago Paper Money Expo, March 6-9 at the Crowne Plaza O’Hare in Rosemont, Ill., was gangbusters from the public opening on Friday, March 7, throughout the weekend. There was no lamb to be seen, just the lion.

“This year marked the 20th anniversary for CPMX, and the paper money community made it quite a celebration,” said convention chairman Scott Tappa. “To a person, every dealer we talked with had a good show buying, selling or both. Friday’s attendance was as good as it’s ever been, and there was a strong crowd from beginning to end.”

Echoing that was Joe Peruski of Monroe Currency and Coins, Monroe, Mich.

“Stuff just flew out the case yesterday and I’m not the only dealer saying that. There are other dealers saying, ‘Wow, stuff just left,'” Peruski said of Friday’s bourse activity. “We were slammed for about three hours or so. It was just one thing after another.”

Peruski said his sales were of a little bit of everything, with about 70 percent of his CPMX business going to collectors and the other 30 percent to dealers.

Angela Henley of Unlimited Currency, Greenville, Ind., also found that collectors were out in force and ready to buy.

“This is a collector’s show,” she said of CPMX. “People came on a mission. They wanted this note. They found this note. And they paid for this note. And they were very happy to have it.”

Collector activity, she said, was especially strong on Friday.

“Friday is usually pretty slow,” Henley said. “But Friday, yesterday, was like a Saturday. Until 1 or 2 o’clock yesterday there were people everywhere. Every time I turned around there were two or three more, and they weren’t just looking. They were like, ‘Oh, I’ve been looking for that. How much? $500? OK. Just write it up.'”

She said sales were brisk in Fractionals, North Africa and Hawaii emergency issues, Federal Reserve Bank Notes and other high-graded PCGS and PMG notes.

“This show was surprising and successful,” said John Markis of Trusted Traditions, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. “The volume was there from the very moment. There was a lot of traffic. There was a lot of sales. Optimism was at a high point. Availability was sparse, thus the prices were strong.

“Overall I’m glad I was here and I can’t wait until next year.”

“We’ve had a very good to decent show,” said Tom Surina of Tom Surina LCC, Old Bridge, N.J. “I think the key was that we brought a diversified inventory. So we’ve sold a little bit of everything.” This included large-size type, Fractionals and obsoletes.

“Overall we are very, very happy with the show,” Surina added.

“There was good traffic yesterday [Friday] and today is looking OK so far,” said Jim Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Currency, Fort Worth, Texas. Large-size type, he found, was especially strong. But the market for nationals has been hit or miss, depending on state.

“The show here has been really good,” said Glen Jorde of Lake Region Coin & Currency, Devils Lake, N.D., adding that there was good public traffic on Friday.

“There’s a lot of new interest,” with world currency and large-size U.S. being the strong points, he said. “Every show is a little different. Some shows I sell more national currency or large-size type, but here it has been a healthy mix.”

Another dealer satisfied with interest in world currency was Stephen Barber of S&P Collectibles, Colorado Springs, Colo.

“It’s been a great show this year as far as world paper money goes,” Barber said. “Attendance seems as good as last year. Perhaps it’s a little higher. I know from a selling standpoint, it’s been a good show.”

He characterized the world currency market as strong, but also country dependent. Right now, British Commonwealth issues are doing well, along with some of the Middle East countries, but there is some weakness for some South America issues and those of Australia.

“The show has been excellent,” said George Warner, Sheridan, Wyo. Warner, who deals mainly in world paper money, noted, “there’s been a lot of interest in a variety of different countries.”

The 21st annual CPMX is slated for March 5-8, 2015, at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare, 5440 N. River Road, Rosemont, Ill. For additional information, visit www.cpmxshow.com or contact convention chairman Scott Tappa at scott.tappa@fwmedia.com or 800-726-9966 ext. 13428.

Scientists discover pint-size cousin to T. rex in Alaska

Size of Nanuqsaurus hoglundi (A) compared to other theropods, including the biggest, (B) Tyrannosaurus rex. Image by A.R. Fiorillo and R.S. Tykoski, published in a 'Public Library of Science' journal. The content of all PLOS journals is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license, unless indicated otherwise.

DALLAS (AP) – A scientific team from a Dallas museum reports it has discovered a new species of dinosaur in the tundra of northern Alaska that’s described as akin to a pygmy Tyrannosaurus rex.

The paleontologists from the Perot Museum of Nature and Science reports in the open-source science journal Plos One that the new discovery has been named Nanuqsaurus hoglundi. Perot earth sciences curator Anthony Fiorillo and fossil preparatory Ronald Tykoski say the reptile is a “pint-sized cousin” to the T. rex, weighing just a half-ton and coming in about half the length of its ferocious relative.

The team speculates that the half-year of darkness and limited food resources on Alaska’s North Slope, even in ancient times, factored in the dinosaur’s reduced stature.

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http://www.perotmuseum.org/

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Development threatens museum-sponsored mural in Kansas

Dave Loewenstein, 'Pollinators,' mural at Lawrence Farmers Market, 830 New Hampshire, Lawrence, Kan. Image by Dave Loewenstein, courtesy of MuralLocator.org.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Lawrence city commissioners say there’s no feasible way to avoid demolishing a wall bearing a mural that some want to save.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports the 2007 mural called Pollinators is part of a 2007 exhibition sponsored by the Spencer Museum of Art that honors seven black artists with Kansas ties. The mural is on the wall of a building at a site where a development group wants to build a new apartment building.

A museum official told commissioners she would prefer to keep the existing wall and mural in place during the construction. But the developer says that’s not feasible.

The commissioners said Tuesday they agreed with the developer’s assessment, but urged the development group to talk to experts about how the work could be moved or reproduced.

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Information from: Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World, www.ljworld.com

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