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(Auction)The Americana Collection of Deborah and Edward Dick
Garth’s Auctions, Columbus, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth’s Auctions
Sometimes auction results provide more information than just market values and buying trends. That was the case with the recent single-owner, online-only sale that concluded on August 8 and consisted of 330 lots of Americana from the collection of Deborah and Edward Dick of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decorative Arts Auction
Treadway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Treadway Gallery
Gertrude Abercrombie (1909-1977), painting of three conch shells, a compote with grapes, and a skull, oil on board, signed and dated 1944, 8¾" x 11¾" (sight size), excellent condition, $118,750 (est. $20,000/30,000).
Gertrude Abercrombie’s march through the art market continues unabated. During the decorative arts ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of “Magnificent Polychrome Floating Sculptures”
Guyette & Deeter, St. Michaels, Maryland
Photos courtesy Guyette & Deeter
This mallard drake created by Charles Edward “Shang” Wheeler (1872-1949) of Stratford, Connecticut, shows the bird at rest, its head to the side and its beak tucked in, with comb painting in a tight herringbone pattern. Made around 1940, it was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Crocker Farm Sale Is One for the Record Books
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm
The massive ovoid vessel by Dave Drake stands nearly 25" high with a circumference of 77". It survives without cracks but with four areas of loss to the rim. The poem jar went to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Hit Debut and a Welcome Return
Downeast Art & Antiques Show, Blue Hill, Maine
The Downeast Art & Antiques Show made its debut with a well-attended preview party on August 2 at George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill, Maine. The show continued August 3 and 4. The tagline for the show read “A continuing tradition since 1948.”
How ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Stewart Collection of Western Art
Bonhams, Los Angeles
Photos courtesy Bonham
Specialist Katherine Halligan said she was “thrilled with the results” of Bonhams’ August 4 Los Angeles auction, “Portrait of the West: The Diane and Sam Stewart Collection.”
“We knew going in that the Stewarts purchased these paintings at the top galleries and auctions, but we believed in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Decorative Arts Trust Awards Research Grants
The Decorative Arts Trust’s annual research grants will be awarded to 14 recipients in doctoral and master’s programs. Each year the trust awards research grants to graduate students working on a master’s thesis or Ph.D. dissertation in a field related to the decorative arts. The trust encourages projects that advance ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Arrests Made in Maine Museum Robbery
On June 19 the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a burglary at the Oakfield Railroad Museum in Oakfield, Maine. Tools, artifacts, lanterns, and other objects had been stolen sometime in the days leading up to the date the burglary was reported.
Museum volunteers located some objects hidden nearby, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California Art Sale
Bonhams, Los Angeles
Photos courtesy Bonhams
"Very, very pleased with the outcome,” said fine art director Scot Levitt about Bonhams’ August 3 California art auction in Los Angeles. Levitt said that with so much of the bidding action being online, it is difficult to predict an auction’s outcome. He needn’t have worried ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)1stDibs Goes Public
On June 10 shares in 1stdibs.com, Inc., began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol DIBS. The initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock began trading at $21.50 after being priced at $20 per share.
1stDibs (www.1stdibs.com) is an online marketplace for vintage, antique, and contemporary furniture, ... (Read More)
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