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WORLD MARKETPLACE NEWS with Managing Editor Judy Gonyeau

NYC – Members of the POPINSIDER – PopMinded by Hallmark revealed its newest prod-
Association of Art Museum ucts at this year’s New York Comic Con (NYCC) and gave a sneak
Directors voted on September peek of some collectibles for next year, giving collectors plenty of
30 to allow U.S. institutions to time to plan out their holiday deco-
sell their art to finance the cost rations. The new items include
of caring for works in their expansions to Hallmark’s popular
collections. The vote, announced Keepsake Ornament collection,
Sept. 30, rolls back a long-held its itty bitty collectible plush line,
policy that prohibited museums and more. With the new Indiana
from using the funds from sold Jones movie on the horizon,
works to pay their bills. The rule had been relaxed during the Hallmark is bringing back every-
pandemic, allowing institutions a two-year window in which they one’s favorite archaeologist. The
could put those funds toward maintaining their collections while Indy collection will debut in next
they dealt with financial upheaval and plunging attendance. In the new spring and features an Indiana
rule, it says, the money can be put only toward “direct care of works Jones itty bitty, a golden calendar, a gold picture frame, and a set of salt
of art,” meaning, the costs associated with “the storage or preserva- and pepper shakers modeled after the iconic boulder from Raiders of the
tion of works of art.” Examples of those costs include restoration treat- Lost Ark and the idol from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
ments and storage materials, such as frames and acid-free paper.

THE U.S. SUN – The U.K.
ARTDAILY – A young man who lost version of Antiques
his twin brother in a boating accident Roadshow recently featured
found an innovative way to preserve two items that remained
part of him thanks to a company called unvalued at the end of the
Save My Ink Forever that opened in segment. The guest said his
2016 in Northfield, Ohio. Now, any- late cousin made the two
time he seeks a quick reminder of his historical combs because
twin, Gil glances past a collage of pho- “when West Indian ladies
tos to a shelf next to his desk that acts came over to this country they were having difficulty getting their
as an altar, where the tattoo, lifted and hair done” and that “This is part of the Windrush Generation make of
preserved on skin from Jason’s left hot combs.” Viewers saw antiques expert Ronnie Archer-Morgan
shoulder, sits protected in a frame. refuse to examine two 1950s hot combs used to straighten hair after
Trends show that more Americans are being heated up on the stove with a paraffin heater.” Said Archer-
getting inked, and the idea of turning loved ones’ remains into keep- Morgan, “It would be sacrilegious to value them” due to their cul-
sakes is surging in popularity. Some mourners are having cremated tural significance. “The value is too great to our culture.” The guest
remains made into jewelry or infused into glass-blown sculptures – all appreciated Ronnie’s decision and thanked him for his time.
in the name of keeping a loved one close. More mourners are also
asking funeral homes about the tattoo preservation service, accord-
ing to the National Funeral Directors Association. While not a new NEW YORK TIMES – For the past three decades, art historians
science, the purpose of preservation of tattoo work from a loved one’s have questioned the authenticity of two paintings by Johannes
body is gaining in popularity. Vermeer held in the
collection of the
National Gallery of Art
WSB-TV ATLANTA – A team of Fulton County sherriff’s deputies in Washington, D.C.
descended on the Fulton County Flea Market and uncovered what They were the only
they say is hundreds of millions of paintings among his
dollars in counterfeit items during a authenticated works
massive raid. Sheriff Pat Labat says the that were completed on
flea market was a danger to the wooden panels. So,
community. “It’s a raid on what’s right,” while the museum was
he said. “Four or five months we’ve had closed during the coronavirus pandemic, its curators, conservators
our eye on this location. Our investigators and scientists used powerful new technology to look beneath the
have made straw purchases [and] worked paintings and try to figure out exactly whose hand was responsible.
with the D.A. to really shut down this operation.” There were 120 The group presented its findings and officially changed the attribu-
booths in the flea market. Deputies had search warrants for 111 of tion for Girl With a Flute: it is a Vermeer no more. There are only
them. A sign just inside the entrance says management strictly pro- about three dozen surviving examples of Vermeer’s paintings, so
hibits the sale or marketing of counterfeit items. changing the attribution for even a single work can have a seismic
effect on the academic scholarship and cultural programming built
around the artist. One fringe theory among historians speculates that
eveningnews24.co.uk – A new BBC program, The Antiques Yard, Vermeer’s eldest daughter, Maria, became his secret apprentice and
debuted with a story of a painting discovered beneath a new piece of completed some paintings after his death, including this one.
artwork. Daniel Dawson-Gordon, buys, restores, and sells pieces of
history before they end up in a landfill. Don Applegate came to the
reclamation yard to scan some of Dan’s treasures, including taxidermy THE ARGUS – A homelessness charity has been given a special tree
and paintings. The two found another painting under a portrait of a from England’s late Queen Elizabeth II Green Canopy. The tree
Madonna and child – a portrait of Antonietta Gonzalez, a member becomes part of the living legacy in honour of the late monarch,
of the 16th-century French court with werewolf syndrome, which joining over a million trees already planted across the UK as part of
causes excessive hair growth. A strong first episode, indeed. the Queen’s Green Canopy.

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