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(Auction)Johnson Portrait Brings $165,600
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
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Scottish/American joiner John Shearer made this serpentine walnut slant-lid desk for Samuel Luckett, an influential Loudoun County, Virginia, planter, and inscribed a plaque above an interior drawer “For Sam’l Luckett ~ / 1810.” When Luckett died in 1824, his inventory included a secretary ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Massachusetts Silver Threepence from 1652 Brings $2.52 Million
A small silver coin about the size of a nickel, struck in Boston in 1652, set a world record price on November 18 in an auction conducted by Stack’s Bowers Galleries, Costa Mesa, California. Selling for $2,520,000 (includes buyer’s premium), the piece surpassed by nearly $2 million the previous world ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2024 Delaware Antiques Show
Wilmington, Delaware
For 61 years, collectors have counted on the Delaware Antiques Show as a major source for fine American antiques. The November 15-17 edition of the show did not disappoint. There were fresh finds, some memorable works were back on the market after a generation in private collections, and some ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Dealer’s Stock Adds to Auction
Ivy Auctions, Laurens, South Carolina
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In December 2022 Nancy Roth, a longtime antiques dealer, locked the door on her well-stocked shop in Laurens, South Carolina, grabbed her purse and little else, and moved to Ohio. Ivy Auctions, Inc., has been selling her primitives, country art, and other valuables ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Eugene and Vera Charles Estate Highlights Americana Auction
Hess Auction Group, Manheim, Pennsylvania
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The cream rises. The sale at Hess Auction Group in Manheim, Pennsylvania, on November 16 is a good example. The consignments from the estate of Eugene and Vera Charles, collectors known for their good taste and insistence on good condition, provoked bidding ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Stetzenmeyer Lion Crock Roars to $36,000
Crocker Farm, Inc., Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm, Inc.
The Zipps of Crocker Farm held their third sale of 2024 from November 6 to 15, with the call-back session on November 16. The 490-lot auction grossed $719,460 (including buyers’ premiums). The printed catalog had 348 lots, and there were 458 registered ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Keramics and Rookwood
Toomey & Co., Chicago, Illinois
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No one can accuse Riley Humler of playing loose and flowery with a descriptive term. When the Cincinnati-based art pottery specialist was asked to describe the November 15 online sale by Chicago auction house Toomey & Co. titled “Keramics & Rookwood: American ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American and Illustration Art, Including Works Sold by the Boy Scouts of America
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
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Twenty-five of the most iconic original paintings created for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) by some of America’s most beloved illustrators highlighted Heritage Auctions’ November 15 American art auction.
These works are part of the collection of the Scouting Settlement Trust, which was established ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Kovels’ Research Library Goes to Cleveland Museum
The research collection of Ralph (1920-2008) and Terry Kovel has been donated to the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA). For more than six decades, the Kovels have been experts in the field of antiques and collectibles, amassing a library and archive consisting of more than 15,000 volumes and 50 linear ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Appeals Court Upholds New York’s Ivory Law but Strikes Down Display Provision
On November 13, in a 2-1 decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld New York’s tough ivory law, but the court did strike down the display provision.
The court ruled on the appeal filed by the Art and Antique Dealers League of America, Inc. (AADLA) v. ... (Read More)
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