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Sotheby’s 44-Lot Important Americana Sale
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Sotheby’s, New York City Photos courtesy Sotheby’s Sotheby’s offered 44 lots from various owners, including several discoveries, in the “Important Americana” sale on the morning of Monday, January 24, and sold 30 of them for total of $3,474,280 (including buyers’ premiums). Even though a third of the lots failed to sell, Sotheby’s ... (Read More)

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Grant Portrait Tops Sotheby’s Americana Auction
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Sotheby’s, New York City Photos courtesy Sotheby’s Sotheby’s online various-owners Americana sale that closed on January 24 was the last of six days of sales during Americana Week in New York City, and it brought a total of $1,674,414 (includes buyers’ premiums) for 196 of 242 lots offered, many of them unreserved. ... (Read More)

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William K. du Pont’s Collection
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Sotheby’s, New York City William K. du Pont’s Collection Erik Gronning, Sotheby’s Americana chief, called the collection of William “Bill” K. du Pont (d. 2020) “one of the greatest private collections of Americana ever assembled...comprising some of the best examples of Americana ever to appear at auction.” Sotheby’s offered the collection in a ... (Read More)

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The Bath Antique Sale Resumes
by Clayton Pennington

Bath, Maine In Bath, Maine, a city known for shipbuilding, the Bath Antique Sale is like a Yankee clipper: fast, no-nonsense, and it gets the job done. After a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bath Antique Sale returned under new ownership on Sunday, January 23. The four-hour show (10 ... (Read More)

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Exhibitions, February 2022
by M.A.D. Staff

Some of the inventions of Leonardo Da Vinci on view at the Museum of History & Industry. Photo courtesy Grande Experiences. —Through March 13 —Seattle, Washington Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), a leading Renaissance painter and sculptor, was also an engineer and a scientist, but his work in these fields remained hidden for ... (Read More)

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Americana at Christie’s
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Christie’s, New York City Photos courtesy Christie’s After the triumphant success of the $10,852,875 sale of folk art collected by Peter and Barbara Goodman (see M.A.D., March, p. 67), Christie’s went on to sell 268 lots of Americana consigned by various owners in a live auction January 20 and 21. Silver was ... (Read More)

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The Art in Folk Art: The Goodman Sale
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Christie’s, New York City Photos courtesy Christie’s Ammi Phillips (1788-1865), Woman with Pink Ribbons, probably Melinda Ann Arnold, painted circa 1833, oil on canvas, 31¾" x 27", sold for $3,870,000 (est. $800,000/1.2 million) to Patrick Bell of Olde Hope in the salesroom bidding for clients. It is an auction record for the ... (Read More)

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The Sale of the Pfaffenroth Collection
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Sotheby’s, New York City Photos courtesy Sotheby’s Peter Pfaffenroth (1941-2020) was a student of the 18th century. Proud of his Princeton degree with a double major in history and engineering and his law degrees from the University of Michigan and New York University that enabled him to have a lucrative law practice, ... (Read More)

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January American Art Sale
by Julie Schlenger Adell

Christie’s, New York City Photos courtesy Christie’s Christie’s new approach to offering 19th-century American art in a dedicated sale during Americana Week resulted in a sale that totaled just under $5 million with a sell-through rate of 90%. The auction house called the January 19 sale “a resounding success.” “Yes, definitely!” exclaimed Paige ... (Read More)

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The Sayman Collection Sold
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Stair Galleries, Hudson, New York Photos courtesy Stair Galleries Dr. Wynn A. Sayman (1926-2015) and his wife, Dr. Elizabeth F. Sayman (1929-2021), were doctors who collected English 18th-century pottery and porcelain. In 1980 Wynn retired as chief surgeon at Berkshire Medical Center, and they founded Wynn A. Sayman Antiques and soon were ... (Read More)
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