Leading watercolorists to unveil new show Aug. 3

A watercolor from Sarah Yeoman’s ‘Crows and Ravens’ series. Image courtesy Lake Placid Center for the Arts

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Lake Placid Center for the Arts will present an original showing of some of the best watercolorists’ work in the world, created in partnership with award-winning American watercolorist Sarah Yeoman.

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Exhibition at the Met to examine purpose, power of jewelry

A few of the pieces that comprise the exhibition ‘Jewelry: The Body Transformed.’ Image: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

NEW YORK – What is jewelry? What meanings does it convey? Opening Nov. 12 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the exhibition “Jewelry: The Body Transformed” will traverse time and space to explore how jewelry acts upon and activates the body it adorns.

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Jasper52 auction July 25 dedicated to collecting British stamps

Pair of Penny Black stamps, (MK/ML) Plate 4, bearing part of a marginal inscription, canceled with crisp red postmarks. Estimate: $300-$400. Jasper52 image

NEW YORK – A collection of vintage British postage stamps comprise a Jasper52 auction that will be conducted Wednesday, July 25. Some of the nearly 100 lots offered in the auction date to the earliest years of the postal system established by the United Kingdom. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

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