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New York City
The second iteration of Nameless Art + Design Show opened the evening of January 31 and spilled into the first weekend of the month, February 1 and 2, enticing collectors and those curious to see what the event was about. The show is held in a gallery space ... (Read More)
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Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm
“It was the highest-grossing single-owner stoneware and redware auction of all time,” wrote Brandt Zipp in a follow-up email after the sale of the Carole Carpenter Wahler collection. The total gross for the 302-lot sale was $1,338,810 (including buyers’ premiums). All lots were sold ... (Read More)
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Waukesha, Wisconsin
You’ve got to love a show that makes a big deal about honoring local traditions. In the case of the 51st Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Association (WADA) Winter Antiques Show & Sale, held January 31 and February 1, bragging rights extend beyond a traditional Northwoods fish fry supper on opening ... (Read More)
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York, Pennsylvania
On January 31 and February 1 the York Fairgrounds Convention & Expo Center in York, Pennsylvania, opened with a rush of eager buyers looking for the best in Americana and folk art. The Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show & Sale is attended by people from multiple nearby states because ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Bonhams Skinner
The Bonhams Skinner “Americana Week” auction on January 31 was held live in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and online, tying into the annual Americana Week in New York City. Some 219 lots of antiques crossed the block, giving old and new collectors a shot at ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Photos by Sean Cochran, Stair Galleries
Colin Stair of Stair Galleries literally grew up in the business of art and antiques. His great-grandfather, who was an architect, and his grandfather established Stair & Co. in Mayfair, London, branching out in the 1950s and 1960s to five other locations. “They had a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Stair Galleries, Hudson, New York
Photos courtesy Stair Galleries
The January 30 sale of art and antiques from the estate of show promoter Sanford “Sandy” Smith (1939-2024) brought a total of $604,648.88 (including buyers’ premiums) for 160 lots of folk art, figural shooting gallery targets, marine paintings, bronze sculptures, Grenfell hooked rugs, ... (Read More)
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On December 12, just after M.A.D. went to press and reported on the upcoming January Americana sales in New York City, which for half a century have been the barometer of this segment of the marketplace, Sotheby’s announced it had laid off more than 100 staff members around the globe, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Editorial, February 2025
That didn’t last long. On February 1, 2024, Sotheby’s announced a new commission structure that would go into effect on May 20, 2024. The convoluted buyer’s premium would be reduced to 20% of the hammer price up to and including $6 million. Beyond $6 million, the buyer’s premium ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Edgar Miller (1899-1993), Celotex Building Products, printed program cover for The Architects Ball, 1938. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Paul and Janis Miller, 2013.71.107a.
—Through February 23 —Chicago, Illinois
Edgar Miller: Anti-Modern, 1917-1967 at the DePaul Art Museum presents the artist as a multifaceted creative practitioner. He was an architect, ... (Read More)
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