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(Fragment)Selling Iranian Art Requires Navigating around Imposed Economic Sanctions
by Daniel GrantThis is the easiest part of the story to tell. In March 2011 the Leila Heller Gallery in New York City held an exhibition of Shirin Fakhim's found-object sculptures, her first solo show in Manhattan. A number of pieces were sold. It is what happened before and after ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Growing Body of Art Law
by Daniel GrantThe Equity for Visual Artists Act of 2011, the most recent piece of art law to be introduced to Congress, was met with little fanfare in December 2011. It was close to Christmas, so how excited about artists were people supposed to get?It isn't clear how excited anyone ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fiddler's Antique Show: The Doors Are Open, Come on In
Dan Gray of Cosmos Pepper Farm, Wabash, Indiana, stood by a circular barn decoration from Indiana he was offering for $9500. Nearby (not shown) was a working "Neurocalometer" from the Palmer School of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, dated 1924, for $150.Mark Koch of Fulton, Missouri, had three delightful paper and ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Smaller Round Top
This quirky piece of 1940's folk art doubles as a mailbox and a bird feeder. It was found in a New York estate by Randy Siciliano, who offered it for $275.This wool rug, shown by Ann Williams Antiques + Design, was hooked and hand sheared, which gave it amazing texture. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Midwinter Sale at Carlsen
This painting was right out of a local estate, said auctioneer Russ Carlsen when presenting the 12" x 18" "as-found" J.J. Enneking oil on canvas. Signed "Enneking '79," it sold for $25,300 and was the top lot of the sale.This lot of four freeblown 18th-century calabash-form bottles, graduated in size, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)State-Owned Art Collections
by Daniel GrantIn these days, when someone in Qatar reportedly spends $250 million for a painting by Paul Cézanne, and Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, looks to shore up its finances by selling to a museum for $30 million a 50% ownership stake in a collection of paintings donated to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)New Wing at Boston's Gardner Museum Opens
Exterior view of the lobby entrance. On right, the outdoor art installation Ailanthus by Stefano Arienti, up through January 21, 2013. Photography ©Nic Lehoux/Renzo Piano Building Workshop.A view of the link connecting the palazzo and the new wing. Schinto photo.Inside the link between the palazzo and the new wing. Schinto ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rago Sale Shows Upward Trends
This large (29½" x 84" x 40") trestle table, designed by William L. Price of Rose Valley, Pennsylvania, 1901, was illustrated in several magazines of the period and in George E. Thomas's book William L. Price: Arts and Crafts to Modern Design (Princeton Architectural Press, 2000). Unsigned, it was estimated ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chinese Export Porcelain during Americana Week
This pair (one shown) of 24¼" wide Chinese export Famille Rose jardinières, Yongzhen/early Qianlong period, sold for $146,500 (est. $30,000/50,000) to a European private collector bidding on the phone.According to the catalog, "Each [is] of cylindrical form flanked by colorful Buddhist lion-mask handles suspending metal rings, the flaring rim with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)America's Oldest Watch
This is the circa 1720 Colonial New York watch by John Wright. It features a rare sun and moon silver champlevé dial and seconds hand. Notice the ribbon signature that is engraved "Wright New York." It sold for $6900 at Devin Moisan Auctioneers on May 17, 2011. Photo courtesy Devin ... (Read More)
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