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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, August 2022
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer’s premium when charged. We’re always looking for news of prices realaized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mt. Washington Paperweight Climbs to the Top
L.H. Selman Ltd., Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy L.H. Selman Ltd.
Verisimilitude is a big word for the tiny world created within the pristine glass of a paperweight, but just look closely at the wispy wings of a bee and the flinty black segmented bodies of ants in a work with gourds and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, August 2022
On a topical and “all his own work” note, I must begin my introduction to this month’s “Letter” by drawing attention to a couple of the 40 or so artworks that a prolific cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator, and writer—the newly honoured Sir Quentin Blake—produced for a very special, premium-free Bonhams sale ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Goosefare to Revive Tolland Show; Seeks Commitments for Wilmington Show
John and Elizabeth DeSimone of Goosefare Antiques & Promotions have entered into a partnership with the Tolland (Connecticut) Historical Society to manage its annual antiques show. The show has been on a COVID-19 hiatus for three years but will return Sunday, March 19, 2023.
“Tolland was always one of the premier ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California Art Auction
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
“There seems to be a solidly consistent buying base for California paintings still,” California art department director Scot Levitt said after the August 2 auction at Bonhams, Los Angeles. “The cream of the crop typically sells particularly well, and the more common works sell in ... (Read More)
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(Show)End-of-Day Antiquing at Zoar
Zoar Antiques Show & Artisans’ Tent, Zoar, Ohio
As a reporter who attends and writes about antiques shows, my goal is to get to the show early in order to see the “good stuff” before it is scooped up by those first through the doors and to speak to dealers possibly ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decoy Sale Held at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Guyette & Deeter, Inc., St. Michaels, Maryland
Photos courtesy Guyette & Deeter, Inc.
For its July 29 and 30 auction Guyette & Deeter, Inc., changed things up by relocating the sale from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the site of many previous summer auctions, to the auction house’s base in St. Michaels, Maryland. The ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with John Chaski
John Chaski might be “off the road,” but he’s behind the wheel as this year’s president of the Antiques Dealers’ Association of America (ADAA) and a driving force at Crumpton, the every-other-week auction extravaganza located within a two-hour drive “from everywhere.”
“It’s been a positive thing for me and for Crumpton,” ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)New Reporting Requirements are Closer Than Ever
Pending legislation in Congress would deliver an earth-shattering change to the art and antiques trade if passed.
The ENABLERS Act—Establishing New Authorities for Business Laundering and Enabling Risks to Security Act—sponsored by Congressman Tom Malinowski of New Jersey, would specifically add “persons who trade in works of art, antiques, or collectibles” ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Eldred’s Two-Day Sale
Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred’s
Celebrating its 75th anniversary, Eldred’s auctions on Cape Cod in East Dennis, Massachusetts, offered its annual two-day summer sale July 26 and 27 beneath the tent on the terrace outside the viewing rooms. The firm is now run by the third generation of Eldreds. The ... (Read More)
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