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(Auction)Tiffany and More at Heritage Auctions
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
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Stunning pieces of fine decorative art glass, highlighted by the superb craftsmanship of Tiffany Studios, crossed the auction block at Heritage Auctions’ April 29 sale of Tiffany, Lalique, and art glass. The auction also included Art Nouveau and Art Deco works.
Enthusiastic bidders helped drive ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)FBI Offers Reward for Information Regarding Stolen National Treasures
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the recovery of national treasures stolen 43 years ago from the Truman Presidential Library & Museum in Independence, Missouri.
Display of weapons before the 1978 theft.
On March 24, 1978, around 6:30 a.m. a car pulled up near ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)New Straw for the Camel’s Back
New York State Senator Robert Jackson wants to create an art education fund to provide assistance for art education and art supplies at the kindergarten through 12th-grade levels at public schools in New York. It’s a worthwhile goal, but how it would be funded brings it to our attention.
Sen. Jackson ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Freeman’s
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
Benjamin Franklin wrote to his daughter, Sarah Franklin Bache, on June 3, 1779, “...The clay medallion of me you say you gave to Mr. Hopkinson was the first of the kind made in France. A variety of others have been made since of different sizes; some ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Annual Spring Sale at Tremont Auctions
Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts
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Fine art, jewelry, and late 19th-century silver topped the action at Tremont Auctions’ annual spring auction, held online on April 25 from the Sudbury, Massachusetts, gallery.
Dans le Jardin (above) by Vietnamese artist Lê Pho (1907-2001), an oil on fine linen canvas or silk mounted ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spring Masterpiece Sale Tops $1.36 Million
Slotin Folk Art Auction, Buford, Georgia
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Representing masterpieces by some of the biggest names in the self-taught art arena, Slotin Folk Art Auction continues to make waves. “It was another record-breaking auction for us,” responded Steve Slotin, co-owner and operator of Slotin Folk Art Auction with ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Newman Collection of Games and Puzzles
Pook & Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
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A game by its very nature is competitive, and so was the sale of 272 board games and puzzles from the legendary collection of more than 850 that Bud and Judy Newman put together over a period of 45 years.
Bud Newman ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African American Art Sale Totals $3.9 Million
Swann Galleries, New York City
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Swann Galleries’ African American art department had its second-largest-grossing sale on April 22. Offering 220 lots, the sale totaled $3,985,760 (with buyers’ premiums) and had a sell-through rate of 91%, with 200 lots sold. Auction records were made for 13 artists, according to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Declaration Sells for $930,000 and Solves Old Mystery
Christie’s, New York City
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Christie’s printed and manuscript Americana sale, held online April 8-22, was a small one with some big prices. The sale with no printed catalog was offered with “rolling closings” and brought $2,102,500 (including buyers’ premiums) for 46 of the 53 lots offered; that is 87% ... (Read More)
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(Auction)$3.7 Million Sale of Fresh-to-Market California Art
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
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The secret to the success of the April 20 Bonhams auction of California art in Los Angeles is not really a secret but a tried-and-true formula: quality material, much of which was fresh to the market.
Many of those fresh paintings came from the John Janneck ... (Read More)
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