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Maine Antique Digest, March 2015 3-A
“On average, only 7.6% of our members’
funding comes from government support
of any kind.... Yet, their property holdings
include significant and irreplaceable histor-
ic structures such as lighthouses, sea cap-
tain’s homes, forts, one-room school houses,
nineteenth-century mills, heritage sites and
historic farmsteads which would put them
over and above the $500,000 threshold....
These organizations serve as caretakers to
the rich cultural history of Maine.... The gov-
ernor’s proposal would end tax exemptions
to the stewards of these historic properties....
These institutions are home to extensive col-
lections documenting Maine’s history and
culture. Tens of thousands of documents,
photographs, artifacts and artwork are held
in trust—preserved by these nonprofit orga-
nizations.”
Amy Lent, executive director of theMaine
Maritime Museum, which sits on a 20-acre
lot on the shore of the Kennebec River in
Bath, Maine, said, “Financially it would be
an enormous hit.”
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COVER PHOTOS:
The Market For Majolica, pg. 26-B
Unicorn Sighting, pg. 23-B
Strawberry Picking, pg. 36-E
$1.895 Million Tea Table, pg. 32-B
Rare Chest Cover, pg. 28-CS
MAINEMUSEUMS
THREATENED
Governor Paul LePage of Maine, a
twice-electedhard-line conservative, included
a stunning proposal in a broad and bold plan
to overhaul the state’s tax system: he wants
to tax nonprofits.
LePagewants to end state revenue sharing
with cities and towns, which will have a big
impact on local budgets. In order to help
ease the pain, he wants municipalities to tax
nonprofit institutions, something no other
state in the Union does. Hospitals, private
colleges, museums, archives, historical soci-
eties, and historic sites with $500,000 or more
of assessed property value would be taxed,
albeit at a reduced rate of 50%. Churches and
state-owned facilities would still be exempt.
Not surprisingly, the Maine Archives and
Museums (MAM) association is against the
move. According to MAM, a majority of
its collecting organization members oper-
ate on budgets of less than $25,000 per year.
Lent said she is unclear of the impact
because the last assessment of the museum
was years ago. “How would you do that?
What comparables would you use? We’re a
historic site,” she said. “It’s not likewewould
have the same market value as a piece of
undeveloped waterfront property. How do
youdetermine the value of a site that couldn’t
actually be developed?”
Just going by the old andoutdated apprais-
al, it would be “hundreds of thousands of
dollars,” said Lent.
There’s more bad news in the proposed
budget. LePage wants to raise the sales tax
to 6.5% from 5.5%, meaning that collectors
would have to pony up more for antiques
and art. Meanwhile, antiques-rich New
Hampshire is right next door, and has no
sales tax at all.
The Maine legislature should reject taxing
nonprofits.
S.C.P.
Editorial 3-A
by S. Clayton Pennington
The Meeting Place 4-A
Fragments 8-A
Sotheby’s Raises Buyer’s Premium –
William Secord’s Inaugural Exhibition in
New Gallery – Tailor’s Dummies by Henry
Koerner Brings $270,250 – Barn Star
Productions Adds Spring Wilton Show,
Moves Guilford’s Dates, and Takes Over
Cord Shows – Florida Auction House and
Company President Plead Guilty to
Wildlife Smuggling Conspiracy –
Hixenbaugh Ancient Art Relocates to
Chelsea – 2015 Philadelphia Antiques
Show Canceled – New Book and Ephemera
Fair for NYC Show – Historic Military
Images Sought – A $1,750,000 Norman
Rockwell Becomes a $20,000 Harold
Anderson – Antiques to Help Beat
Alzheimer’s – No Regrets – Searching for
the Works of a Master Woodcarver—
Charles Vollrath – Raccoon Creek
Antiques and George Allen Stave Off
Sheriff’s Sale by Declaring Bankruptcy –
Art Dealer on Trial for Mail Fraud
Escapes – Winnetka Summer Show
Canceled
Index to Display Advertisers 34-A
Index to Shows and Auctions 4-D
Classified Ads 19-D
The Sporting Art Auction
Brings Bounty 30-A
Keeneland Association, Inc. and
Cross Gate Gallery,
Lexington, Kentucky
by Susan Nutter
Chinese Wall Plaque Sells
for $57,600 3-B
Northeast Auctions,
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo
Neal’s Louisiana Purchase Auction:
The Main Event 6-B
New Orleans, Louisana
by Karla Klein Albertson
New Ownership and Strong
Victorian Sales for Farmer 10-B
Farmer Auctions, Salem, Virginia
by Walter C. Newman
Bunny Mellon’s Americana 13-B
Sotheby’s, New York City
by Lita Solis-Cohen
Hollywood at Auction 16-B
Bonhams, New York City
by Julie Schlenger Adell
Hold an Auction and They’ll Come 20-B
Slotin Folk Art Auction,
Buford, Georgia
by Marty Steiner
Fine Majolica at Auction 26-B
Strawser Auctions, Hatfield,
Pennsylvania, and Freeman’s,
Philadelphia
by Lita Solis-Cohen
Picker of the Year at Mebane 30-B
Mebane Antique Auction Gallery,
Mebane, North Carolina
by Pete Prunkl
“Gold Rush” at Printed Manuscript
and Americana Sale 3-C
Swann Galleries, New York City
by Jeanne Schinto
U.S. History Auction 6-C
Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
by Don Johnson
Three Days and 1500 Lots Later 16-C
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries,
Thomaston, Maine
by Mark Sisco
California and Western Paintings
and Sculpture 26-C
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
by Alice Kaufman
Nautical Antiques Sold in Boston 32-C
Boston Harbor Auctions,
Boston, Massachusetts
by Jackie Sideli
Babbitt and Hyde Family
Artifacts at Auction 36-C
Bruce Gamage, Rockland, Maine
by Mark Sisco
The Pennsylvania and
Americana Auctions 28-CS
Samuel T. Freeman & Co.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
by Lita Solis-Cohen
Chanel and the Beatles’
Psychedelic Apple Boutique
Score High 20-D
Augusta Auction Company,
New York City
by Richard de Thuin
54th Annual Thanksgiving
Americana Auction 22-D
Garth’s Auctioneers,
Delaware, Ohio
by Don Johnson
American Art and Pennsylvania
Impressionism 25-D
Freeman’s, Philadelphia
by Lita Solis-Cohen
Holiday Sale 2014 28-D
Humler & Nolan, Cincinnati, Ohio
by Don Johnson
Greenwich Winter Antiques
Show 23-B
Old Greenwich, Connecticut
by Julie Schlenger Adell
The Salon: Art + Design 13-C
New York City
by Julie Schlenger Adell
The Main Line Antiques Show 23-C
Radnor, Pennsylvania
by Lita Solis-Cohen
The Annual Augusta New
Year’s Day Show 29-C
Augusta Armory New Year’s
Antiques Show, Augusta, Maine
by Clayton Pennington
The 2015 BIFAS 10-D
Boston International Fine Art
Show, Boston, Massachusetts
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo
FEATURES
Community Gardening 22-A
The Young Collector
by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond
Acroterion, Randal Dawkins,
Kinderhook, New York 26-A
In the Trade
by Frank Donegan
Prepare to Inquire 2-B
Auction Law & Ethics
by Steve Proffitt
Highlights from Americana Week
in New York City 32-B
by Lita Solis-Cohen
Exhibitions 35-B
American Neoclassicism—
Jefferson versus Emerson 10-C
by Bob Frishman
Susan Jaffe Tane: From Collector
to Curator 34-C
by Jeanne Schinto
Bits of News 39-C
Computer Column #315
by John P. Reid
Auction Prices Realized 6-D
Letter from London 12-D
by Ian McKay
Very Rich & Handsome: American
Neo-Classical Decorative Arts 31-D
by Lita Solis-Cohen
Nadeau’s Auction Gallery Holds
Jewelry-Heavy New Year’s
Day Sale 36-E
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
by Mary Ann Brown
BOOK REVIEW
Books Received 20-A
by M.A.D. Staff
AUCTIONS
SHOWS