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(Auction)A Two-Day Auction with Deep Historical Connections
John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts
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The historical and quirky came to market at John McInnis Auctioneers in Amesbury, Massachusetts, in two online single-owner sessions on June 12. The estate antiques of Jack and Grace Weil of Marblehead, Massachusetts, included well over 800 lots, many with deep American ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Phillips on the Move
Founded in 1796 and based in New York City and London, Phillips is relocating its New York headquarters across the street to a new 96-story residential building at 432 Park Avenue, built by real estate developer and major art collector Harry Macklowe. Live auctions will begin in June, with the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Red Earthenware Industry in Concord, New Hampshire
Located in the center of New Hampshire in Merrimack County, along the Merrimack River, Concord was settled between 1725 and 1727 as Penacook Plantation by a group from Haverhill, Massachusetts, that included Captain Ebenezer Eastman (1680-1748). The town was named Rumford in 1734, but its name was changed to Concord ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Deep Snow in Savannah
Everard Auctions & Appraisals, Savannah, Georgia
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Not surprisingly, a Grandma Moses painting that Everard Auctions & Appraisals co-owner Amanda Everard said was new to the secondary market topped a June 8 and 9 live online sale by bringing $62,500 (includes buyer’s premium).
New to the market from ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Famous Forgery Brings $52,500
One of the greatest fakes of all time has been sold. “The Oath of a Freeman,” a masterful forgery by convicted murderer Mark Hofmann, sold at Heritage Auctions for $52,500 (including buyer’s premium) on June 9 in Dallas, Texas.
The buyers were Kenneth W. Rendell and Shirley McNerney Rendell. They will ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Weathervane Tops Morphy Two-Day Auction
Morphy Auctions, Denver, Pennsylvania
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The best of the high-end lots at Morphy’s two-day auction on June 8 and 9 in Denver, Pennsylvania, consisted of fine glasswares, headed by a field of Tiffany lamps. It was a single weathervane, however, that towered over everything.
This late 19th-century Massasoit weathervane by ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, June 2021
London sales, as befits the title of this feature, are certainly included among my picks for this month’s “Letter,” but there are, again, reports inspired by provincial sales—and one of them just had to take top billing. So let me begin with...
A Very Big Day Out for Quite a Small ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Stuart Weitzman Sells Three Treasures
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
Stuart Weitzman, shoe designer and founder of the Stuart Weitzman shoe company, a passionate collector since childhood, owned the rarest used and unused postage stamps in the world and one of the last gold coins struck by the U.S. Mint, the only 1933 $20 gold double eagle coin ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Yellin Fire Screen Sells for $40,950
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
"We consider the Samuel Yellin firescreen we purchased today at Freeman’s in Philadelphia to be among the couple of finest firescreens he executed,” wrote Joseph Cunningham in an email after Freeman’s design sale on June 8 in Philadelphia. The fire screen sold for $40,950 (includes buyer’s ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)American Furniture: The Chipstone Journal
A Book Review
Chipstone’s American Furniture 2019 will be known as the “Washington furniture edition” because the first two articles document George and Martha Washington’s purchases of furniture, much of it bought second hand, some at auction. The Washingtons were glad to take advice on purchases from friends and neighbors, including ... (Read More)
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