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(Auction)Silver and Modern Pottery Draw Bidders
Andrews & Andrews, Northport, Maine
On a frosty February 8 the Blue Goose Center in Northport, Maine, was full of browsers, bidders, and buyers. The occasion was an approximately 300-lot auction conducted by Daniel and Elsie Andrews, longtime Maine auctioneers who call their business Andrews & Andrews. Elsie serves as vice-chair ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Canadiana in Demand
Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd., New Hamburg, Ontario
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All prices in U.S. dollars
Quebec arbalète (crossbow) butternut commode, 32" x 46" x 24", with the unusual feature of a serpentine paneled door on each side and scrolled brackets on the front posts, sold for $49,656 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)2025 Failey Grants
The Decorative Arts Trust has announced seven 2025 Dean F. Failey Grant recipients: Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, for the exhibition Silver & Ceremony from Southern Asia, 1850-1910; Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, Massachusetts, for the exhibition Body by Design: Fashionable Silhouettes; Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii, for quilt conservation; ... (Read More)
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(Auction)“Boston Collects” at Doyle
Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers, Boston, Massachusetts
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Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers’ February 7 “Boston Collects” auction in Boston, Massachusetts, sold fine art and decorations with connections to the Boston area by origin, creator, and collection. Silver and artwork pleased bidders enough to boost many of the lots’ ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Franklin Bust Sells for $441,000
Christie’s, New York City
A white Carrara marble bust of Benjamin Franklin by John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, 1694-1770), 1757-62, inscribed on the reverse “Benjamin Franklin / Michl: Rysbrack / Sculpt:” sold with an associated later marble column for $441,000 (including buyer’s premium) to an online bidder in Connecticut at Christie’s sale ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Collection of Patricia Scipio-Brim
Swann Auction Galleries, New York City
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Swann Auction Galleries held a single-owner estate sale on February 6 that according to the auction house achieved a sell-through rate of 98%, with only two out of the 82 lots unsold. The sale totaled $1,210,195 (includes buyers’ premiums).
“Abstract Beauty: The ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hand-Me-Downs
Beneath the Surface
At the end of every year, we spend time sorting through the house, moving along things that can be used by someone else to make room for the things that are coming in the form of holiday gifts. There is a whole process of evaluating and assessing that ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Heritage Auctions Celebrates Its Most Successful Year
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, reached $1,867,023,603 in total sales in 2024, the highest ever for the 49-year-old company, the firm stated in a press release. That’s almost $1 billion more than the auction house recorded only four years ago, when sales totaled $873 million.
CEO and cofounder Steve Ivy said, “While ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 71st Winter Show
New York City
For 71 years during the last ten days of January the great drill hall at the armory on Park Avenue between 66th and 67th Streets has been filled with the finest objects, paintings, books and manuscripts, textiles, and jewelry that the exhibitors can muster. This year, from January ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany Lamps Shine at Fontaine’s
Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Fontaine’s Auction Gallery
If loving Tiffany lamps is your jam, one stop that needs to be added to the itinerary is Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where numerous online events offer outstanding examples of this genre. The total for the company’s two-day fine and decorative ... (Read More)
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