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The itinerant artist is a staple figure in the cultural history of nineteenth-century America, but no one roamed more widely—in terms of both miles and artistic development—than the landscape and nature painter Martin Johnson Heade (1819–1904), who went from a farmland boyhood to become a favorite of princes and tycoons.
* At the June 7 sale of American furniture and decorative art at Skinner in Boston the top lot was an 18th century Chippendale carved mahogany block-front slant-lid desk from Boston that sold for $71,100 (estimate $40,000-60,000). Other top sales included the 1947 Kentucky Derby gold winner’s trophy and mint julep cup that brought $59,250 (estimate $60,000-80,000), a circa 1840 …