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(Fragment)New York's Investigation of Sotheby's Expands
A court filing on April 21 reveals that the New York attorney general's investigation into alleged improper use of resale certificates at Sotheby's has expanded. In November 2020 New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Sotheby's, accusing the auction house of defrauding the state of New York ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques at Rhinebeck: Spanning Centuries and Cultures
Rhinebeck, New York
The spring Antiques at Rhinebeck show in Rhinebeck, New York, at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds, May 27 and 28, spanned centuries and cultures, from ancient Asian crafts to Art Deco designs. Diversity has always been the key to Rhinebeck's success over the decades, especially since Frank Gaglio and ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Randolph Street Market: Celebrating 20 Years
Chicago, Illinois
Asked to describe her creation, Chicago entrepreneur Sally Schwartz put it this way: the Randolph Street Market is "a unique fancy antiques and vintage market with emphasis on vintage fashion, decorative arts, and arts of all kinds," she said. But there's more, and this is key. "It is a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Book Reviews
Florida Sculptors and Their Work: 1880-2020 by Deborah C. Pollack (Schiffer Publishing, 2022, 184 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from Schiffer Publishing [www.schifferbooks.com] or [610] 593-1777).
The first thing you should do with Deborah C. Pollack's Florida Sculptors and Their Work: 1880-2020 is flip through its pages to scan the images ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Successful Online-Only Event Sparks Jeffers's Next Venture
Amelia Jeffers, Auctioneer & Appraiser, Columbus, Ohio
For the past few years auctioneer and appraiser Amelia Jeffers has been a solopreneur in the auctioneer business and loving it.
"There is something about only having to manage yourself which can be very freeing," Jeffers explained. Sure, several of Jeffers's work projects require ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art at Bonhams
Bonhams, New York City
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Bonhams held its spring American art sale the afternoon of May 25 in New York City right before the Memorial Day weekend. The house offered 109 lots, of which 87 sold, for a sell-through rate of 80%.
The sale total, including buyers' premiums, was $2,735,324. The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Sale of Shane Hawkins's Collection
Walther & Hawkins Auctioneers, Richmond, Indiana
No buyer's premium charged.
This one is personal. The story, for now, begins with a miscellaneous box of vintage photographs offered during the May 24 and 25 sale held by Walther & Hawkins Auctioneers in Richmond, Indiana. At the bottom of the flat was a newspaper ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Horans' Pewter Collection
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.
Robert Horan (1928-2022) was the national ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Curious Plan
How does a relatively new museum get objects? In Tennessee, two legislators want to raid the Tennessee State Museum's storage area.
On January 30 a bill was introduced in the Tennessee State Legislature that would require the Tennessee State Museum to turn over all artifacts relating to the Confederate States of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Quest for the Chest: Madeline Yale Wynne's Masterpiece
Photographs by Penny Leveritt, courtesy Historic Deerfield
An inadvertent encounter with an unassuming turn-of-the-20th-century photograph of a 1903 bride's chest, tucked in among hundreds of other images, prompted a two-decades-long search to bring the chest home. The improbable, against-all-odds hunt led eventually to a fund-raising campaign for the linen-style chest's acquisition ... (Read More)
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