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(Issue Story)Letter from London, May 2022
Once again a mix of both London and provincial sales fills this month’s “Letter”—and a very mixed bag it really is!
The most heavily illustrated piece features a selection of Lalique scent bottles that brought the sweet smell of success to a Scottish saleroom. Sold in London, a Japanese Great Wave ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Editorial, May 2022
What’s Old is What’s New Again
In these days of super-connectivity, it’s good to remember the old ways of marketing antiques still work.
Ruby Lane (www.rubylane.com), the e-commerce website established in 1998 by Tom Johnson, a high-level computer programmer, recently held an old-fashioned marketing event: a 30% off, 96-hour “Red Tag” sale, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Estate Jewelry Funds Ukrainian Humanitarian Aid
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Alex Cooper Auctioneers
Selden Morgan, director of sales and jewelry at Alex Cooper Auctioneers in Towson, Maryland, said there was great excitement about the sale of Barbara Katz’s “fabulous” jewelry held May 5. Katz’s jewelry collections “were so large and complete that we were able to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Auction Houses to Pay Restitution for Shill Bidding
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced the resolution of a December 2020 lawsuit filed against Phoenix auction companies Auction Nation, LLC, and its owners Brian Long and Gabriel Prado; and Auction Yard, LLC, and its owner William Russell. They will pay a total of $260,000 in restitution to customers as ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Martha Willoughby to Be Next Editor of American Furniture
Martha Willoughby, whose scholarly essays on American furniture in Christie’s auction catalogs in the last quarter century have been as informative as the articles in the Chipstone Foundation’s annual American Furniture journal, has been named to succeed Luke Beckerdite as editor of the journal.
Since 1993 Beckerdite has edited American Furniture, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antique Bottle with Nitric Acid Destroyed by Bomb Squad
On May 4 the Sublette County Unified Fire was dispatched to the Museum of the Mountain Man in Pinedale, Wyoming, to safely collect and dispose of a small quantity of concentrated nitric acid in an antique bottle, a press release stated. Presumably the bottle had been donated to the museum, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana, Tiffany Silver, and the Wainwright Estate
Doyle, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle
On May 3 and 4 Doyle held sales of American interest bundled as Americana week at Doyle. The two days of sales brought $1,931,185, surpassing the total presale estimate of $1,103,025/1,758,575 (figured without buyers’ premiums); the sales were 92% sold by lot.
The sales began on ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Court to Settle Dispute over du Pont Promised Gifts
“It really was a TV table,” said one person familiar with the collection of William “Bill” Kemble du Pont.
The “TV table” refers to the Richardson family William and Mary walnut dressing table, circa 1735, that was estimated at $8000/12,000 at Sotheby’s. The differing nomenclature is a big factor in an ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sales Total $3.4 Million
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
Freeman’s annual spring Americana sales are traditionally held a few days after the Philadelphia Antiques Show so that dealers and collectors in town for the show can preview the sale. This year’s May 3 offering was much smaller than usual, only 158 lots, exhibited at Freeman’s ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture and Decorative Arts Online
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Bonhams Skinner
Now known now as Bonhams Skinner, the Marlborough, Massachusetts, auction house held its spring Americana sale online from April 23 to May 3. The sale featured interesting decorative arts and smalls.
This pair of 19th-century Chinese export famille rose porcelain garden seats in a hexagonal ... (Read More)
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