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Hibbard Vermont Landscape Tops Rockport Art Association Annual Fundraiser
by Rose Safran

Rockport Art Association, Rockport, Massachusettsby Rose SafranThe Rockport Art Association's annual art sale is one of this writer's favorite auctions. The principal fundraiser for the venerable Rockport Art Association (RAA), it is held in May in the organization's charming headquarters in the heart of this popular destination for artists and ... (Read More)

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Beautiful Portrait and Brainy Clock Sell Best
by Jeanne Schinto

Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoThere were several wild cards at the latest Skinner Americana sale in Boston on Sunday, June 3, but the cover lot, a breathtakingly beautiful portrait of a young woman attributed to Ammi Phillips, was not one of them. The oil on canvas laid down on ... (Read More)

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American Paintings Sale
by Ann Berman

Sotheby's, New York Cityby Ann BermanResponding to an unusually lean season of business-getting, Sotheby's American art specialists prudently padded their sale of May 23 with anything they could get their hands on. There were some great works on offer but also plenty of average pictures and some real clunkers.How did ... (Read More)

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Polar Books: Cold Is Hot at Swann
by Jeanne Schinto

Swann Galleries, New York Cityby Jeanne SchintoA first edition of the first book published in Antarctica sold to a collector for $84,000 (includes buyer's premium) at the highly successful auction by Swann Galleries of the polar library of Dr. John M. Levinson in New York City on May 24. The ... (Read More)

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Chippendale Secretary Leads
by Mark Sisco

Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maineby Mark SiscoAs a group, some ship paintings by Badger and Stubbs were the strongest offerings at the Thomaston Place Auction Galleries sale on May 26 and 27 in Thomaston, Maine. With items representing four continents and numerous countries, it was a wide-ranging sale.The small ... (Read More)

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Revelations about Smuggled Whale's Teeth
by David Hewett

Revelations about Smuggled Whale's Teethby David Hewett In April, antiques dealer Martin Schneider, 60, of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, pled guilty to smuggling "hundreds" of the raw sperm whale's teeth from 1995 through 2005, so many that his sales of the teeth netted him over $500,000. "That's just the tip of the ... (Read More)

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Dawson & Nye Expands into New England
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Andrew K. Holter, director of business development at Dawson & Nye Auctioneers/Appraisers in Morris Plains, New Jersey, a former Sotheby?s officer, and specialist in furniture, decoys, and fine art, always nurtured a dream to live in New England. With more property being consigned from the north and with two young ... (Read More)

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The Reingold Sculpture Sale
by Lita Solis-Cohen

by Lita Solis-Cohen Photos courtesy Rago Arts and Auction Center Dr. Marvin Reingold and his wife, Eileen, collected American sculpture and art pottery passionately for 40 years. ?We were first at every sale at Sotheby?s, Christie?s, and Doyle?s, and we went to sales in upstate New York in snowstorms. We ... (Read More)

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Legislation in New York Aims to Forbid Chandelier Bids
by Jessica Best and Betty Flood

Legislation in New York Aims to Forbid Chandelier Bids by Jessica Best and Betty Flood Sham or chandelier bids from auctioneers would be prohibited, unless the bids are identified with the phrase ?for the consignor,? under legislation introduced in both houses of the New York State Legislature. Also known as a ... (Read More)

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The Philadelphia Antiques Show Cuts Down to 51 Dealers
by Lita Solis-Cohen

by Lita Solis-Cohen Six dealers will not return to the Philadelphia Antiques Show next April when it moves to the Navy Pier at Philadelphia?s Navy Yard, April 11-15. The dealers are G.K.S. Bush, New York City and Nantucket; Marcy Burns, New York City; F.J. Carey, III Antiques, Ambler, Pennsylvania; Charles ... (Read More)
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