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African-American Art: Landscapes, Cityscapes, Dreamscapes
by Jeanne Schinto

Up Balls by William T. Williams (b. 1942) went to an institution for $120,000 (est. $75,000/100,000). The 1971 acrylic on canvas, at 84" x 60" one of the biggest pieces in the sale, had been deaccessioned by the AT&T corporate art collection in New York City. It came to this ... (Read More)

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Fiddler’s Antique Show: Filling Up Nicely, Thank You
by Karla Klein Albertson

Susan’s Antiques, New Cumberland, West Virginia, had paintings of bucolic landscapes and pleasantly pastoral pearlware. The peddling couple at left was $1800; the bocage group at center, $725; and a figure of Hope with her anchor, $500. Rebecca and Greg Brown of Lagrange, Indiana, brought a lot of smalls and carefully ... (Read More)

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Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts
by Danielle Arnet

The Mark Fritz collection included several articulated wooden artist’s mannequins. The tallest, a French figure, 31½" high, sold for $15,000. Department manager Corbin Horn credits the result to height and great patina. Hindman photo. As a sale surprise, it’s hard to beat the result for an Italian marble figural group from ... (Read More)

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Unclaimed Property Highlights Million-Dollar Sale
by Karl H. Pass

The James Spence-authenticated 1787 land deed signed by Benjamin Franklin from the Pennsylvania Treasury Department’s Bureau of Unclaimed Property consignment sold for $13,200 (est. $7000/10,000). A Standard Model A talking machine sold for $540 (est. $300/400). This “Hershey’s Velvet Sweet Chocolate” sample label is possibly one-of-a-kind and may have never gone into ... (Read More)

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February Jewelry Auctions
by Mary Ann Brown

Antique Jewelry and Gemology Photos courtesy Sotheby’s, Doyle New York, and Freeman’s Three sales in February offered jewelry ranging from modest to extravagant to buyers shopping for Valentine’s Day. Sotheby’s sale of “Important Jewels” was on February 7 and included the higher-priced jewels (though the offerings were more moderate than the stellar ... (Read More)

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Art Nouveau Posters Bring High Bids and Four Auction Records
by Richard de Thuin

This 1896 condition A/A- matted and framed poster, 22" x 17", by Alphonse Mucha advertises Job cigarette rolling papers. Conceived and sold by Jean Bardo, a baker in Perpignan, France, the rolling papers were offered in small packets, and Bardo wrote his initials on the packets, with the “J” and ... (Read More)

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