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(Auction)20th-Century Art and Design
Unsigned and from an edition of 250, Pablo Picasso's Le Repas Frugal, a circa 1904 etching on Van Gelder paper from "La Suite des Saltimbanques," Bloch 1, fetched $158,600. Treadway/Toomey photo.Joe Stanfield of the fine arts division told us that not one domestic bidder showed interest in Street Scene by ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Antique Jewelry and Gemology: Flurry of Sales, Including Cowan's Inaugural Jewelry Auction
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(Show)A Successful New Look for Richmond Show
Piccolo Art, Wilmington, North Carolina, and Wiltshire, England, offered this oil on board by Harold Newton (1934-1994), Light Breeze along the Shore, of a windswept beach with clouds building in the distance, signed but not dated. Newton was one of the central figures among the loose-knit group of painters known ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Estate of the Reverend Peter J. Gomes, Unrepentant Collector
The Reverend Professor Peter J. Gomes. A complete profile of the man, "God and Harvard" by Robert S. Boynton, appeared in The New Yorker on November 11, 1996. It coincided with publication of Gomes's best-seller The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart (1996). In that profile it's ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sister of Artist Theodoros Stamos Files Suit
by Daniel GrantThe modern-day Laocoön might say: Beware Greeks bearing friendship.Zacharias Georgiou Portalakis, a Greek stockbroker and art collector, was a patron and perhaps friend of painter Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997). After the artist's death Portalakis developed a strong friendship with the artist's sister and estate executor, Georgianna Savas, who lives ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Seven More to Know
by Steve Proffitt>A young friend ready to fly the nest with a new bachelor's degree sent me a joke about a college graduate's first job interview. Near the end of the meeting, the hiring manager asked, "What starting salary are you thinking about?"The young man confidently replied, "Something around $125,000 ... (Read More)
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