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(Auction)Americana Featuring Ohio Valley Items
Garth’s Auctions, Columbus, Ohio
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In the company’s first sale with floor bidding since the start of the pandemic, Garth’s Auctions opened the doors of the Municipal Light Plant on May 15 for an event concentrating on Americana and featuring items from the Ohio Valley. The top lot, a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)$62,500 Lincoln Platter Tops Huston Collection Sale
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
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Some old political buttons purchased for him by his father sparked Tom Charles Huston’s interest in historic political memorabilia. That gift turned a young man into one of the most enthusiastic collectors of political campaign items.
Huston decided to sell some of his treasures through ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany Lamp Brings $3.74 Million in Record-Breaking Auction
Rago Arts and Auction, Lambertville, New Jersey
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In June 2019 when auctioneers Richard Wright of Chicago and David Rago of Lambertville, New Jersey, announced plans to merge, they said they saw it as an opportunity for growth. Two years later growth is evident. Their two-day sale ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Under New Ownership, Bath Antique Sale Scheduled to Resume in October
The Bath Antique Sale is scheduled to resume on Sunday, October 10, at the Bath Middle School in Bath, Maine. The show is now owned by Joshua and Rachel Gurley of Gurley Antique Shows.
“I’ve turned it over to them. They approached me, and I decided it was time,” said Paul ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bidding Overseas? Be Aware of a “Bid Limit”
Barbara Israel of Katonah, New York, a dealer in garden antiques, had her sights set on a carved marble figure by Pietro Tenerani (Italian, 1789-1869) up for auction at Sworders in England on March 30. Psyche in a Faint, 1860, about 45" high, was estimated at £5000/8000 (approximately $6875/11,000 U.S.).
“It ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Circa 1736 Silk Robe Sells for $15,000
Augusta Auction Company, Bellows Falls, Vermont
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A circa 1736 open robe of Spitalfields silk and “rare exuberant design,” the top seller in Augusta Auction Company’s May 12 online sale of vintage and couture clothing, fashion accessories, historical textiles, and other items, is going home—or close to it.
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(Fragment)Colescott Record Smashed
In Sotheby’s contemporary art evening auction on May 12 in New York City, held a week before the American art auction, Robert Colescott’s George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware River: Page from an American History Textbook sold to the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art for $15,315,900 (includes buyer’s premium). The ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Realm of Rejected Values and Bad Behavior by Collectors (and Others)
It is comforting to think of collecting American antiques as a world of virtuous people. The courage and passion inherent in collecting bring a smile to my face. As a former academic I cherish the learning that takes place for any serious collector—learning history, learning what characteristics make a piece ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, May 2021
No real preamble for this month’s Letter, just an expression of gratitude for the fact that though I continue to dip into provincial sales for my selections, the sort of London sales that this column thrives on have at last begun to make their way back into contention and selection.
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Churchill ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)New Tech for Old Stuff
The Young Collector
Much of the news of late in the art world has been about the sale of NFTs—or non-fungible tokens. If you are like us, you may have been struggling to understand this. (Or trying to ignore it entirely. We have gone back and forth on this a lot.) ... (Read More)
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