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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, October 2021
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 realized 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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(Issue Story)Endless Summer
Beneath the Surface
Or, the summer vacation that wasn’t really. Back in the spring, we both got vaccinated. There were tears. A parent or two also cried in relief. The kids acted as if it was a holiday, even though at eight and (by the time you’re reading this) 11, they ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Estate of Al Capone
Witherell’s, Sacramento, California
Photos courtesy Witherell’s
“Buyers drop more than $3.1M during auction of Al Capone’s heirlooms” was a headline in the New York Post on October 12. But even before the blockbuster prices, the Witherell’s auction on October 8, “A Century of Notoriety: The Estate of Al Capone,” was a remarkable ... (Read More)
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(Show)The ADA/Historic Deerfield Online Antiques Show
Antiques Dealers’ Association of America
The Antiques Dealers’ Association of America, Inc. (ADA), established in May 1984 as a nonprofit trade association to make the business of buying and selling antiques more professional, was one of the first to launch an online antiques show. In 2019 when COVID-19 closed shows and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Yes, “Strings” Attached at Rhinebeck
Fall Antiques at Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck, New York
Yes, “Strings” Attached at Rhinebeck
by Fran Kramer
Musical strings from a violin could be heard at the October 9 and 10 Fall Antiques at Rhinebeck’s opening in the usual place, the Dutchess County Fairgrounds, buildings A, B, and C, in the small historic village of ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Record Day at Fishersville
Fishersville Antiques Expo, Fishersville, Virginia
The 67th semiannual Fishersville Antiques Expo was held as scheduled, October 8 and 9, at the Augusta Expo in Fishersville, Virginia. The show is staged by Heritage Promotions, Lynchburg, Virginia. The firm is co-owned by Ray and Martha Stokes and their daughter, Lesley Bartram. Fishersville is ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Western Art Sells at Heritage
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Colorful landscape vistas, sculptures of Native Americans, and paintings of the majesty of life in the American West were popular with bidders in Heritage Auctions’ October 8 “Art of the West Showcase Auction.”
Landscape paintings by art professor Birger Sandzén and the bronze sculptures of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Artemus USA and Edelman Arts Sued Over Lease
Art leasing and art finance companies Artemus LLC and Edelman Arts, Inc., are being sued in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for allegedly not paying rent on a seven-story townhouse at 111 East 70th Street in New York City. The suit was filed by the Permanent ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African American Art Sale
Swann Auction Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Auction Galleries
For the third time in 18 months Swann Galleries held its African American art sale online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This time the sale, held on October 7, resulted in the auction house’s highest-grossing event.
At the end of the six-and-a-half-hour ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Little Objects Were a Big Deal
Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers, Saint Louis, Missouri
Photos courtesy Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers
Joyce Schoedinger of Columbus, Ohio, had the right idea. Collectors love to collect, but ardent acquirers eventually run up against this hobby’s greatest roadblock—space. Just how much stoneware can one house hold? Yes, there’s always room for one more ... (Read More)
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