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(Auction)The Second Sale of the Huston Collection
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
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Abraham Lincoln continues to be one of the most notable and admired presidents in U.S. history, and memorabilia from his life and presidency continue to sell for remarkable prices in the marketplace.
Dallas-based Heritage Auctions’ December 4 and 5 auction was no exception to that ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Eclectic Mix at Tremont Auctions
Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts
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Tremont Auctions delivered up some intriguing pieces of jewelry to the market for its December 5 auction in the Sudbury, Massachusetts, gallery. In fact, the Tremont sale was marked by the delivery of much that was interesting and unusual. A single consignor was the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art Week at Freeman’s
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
The first week of December was American art week at Freeman’s in Philadelphia. There were timed viewings for three sales at the Market Street headquarters and the Girard Avenue site. The Sunday, December 5, sale focused on 16 fresh-to-market works from the private collection of Virginia ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Auction at Garth’s
Garth’s Auctioneers & Appraisers, Columbus, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth’s
Size played a significant role in the strong bidding for many lots during the annual Thanksgiving Americana auction held by Garth’s Auctioneers & Appraisers, Columbus, Ohio. Because of the ongoing pandemic, the sale was conducted as an online-only event that ended on December ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Single-Owner Jewelry Collection Spanning Two Centuries at NOAG
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy New Orleans Auction Galleries
New Orleans Auction Galleries (NOAG) in New Orleans, Louisiana, held its first single-owner jewelry auction on December 4 with a collection that contained “more than two centuries of jewelry design.” Taylor Eichenwald, assistant director of auctions, said, “We were very pleased with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Curator Charged with Theft by Deception
On October 19 curator Inhee Moon of Englewood, New Jersey, was arrested on a charge of theft by deception. According to Bergen County prosecutor Mark Musella, on June 15 detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Financial Crimes Unit received a complaint against Moon that accused her of unlawfully taking ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, December 2021
One lot towers above all others in this month’s selection, not physically but in financial terms—an early 16th-century Samson and Delilah plate that utterly demolished its estimate in selling at $1.71 million in Edinburgh—but in drawing on English and Irish country sales as well some of what the Scottish capital ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mucha’s Young Couple from Rusadla Tops Sale
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers, Oak Park, Illinois
Photos courtesy Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
You’ve heard of the Great War and the Thrilla in Manila, right? How about the dustup of Jenkins’ Ear or the Battle at South Mountain? All were legendary conflicts, and we refer to them here because in late 2021, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Connecticut Spring Antiques Show to Return with New Manager
The Haddam Historical Society has announced that the Connecticut Spring Antiques Show will be held in Hartford March 26 and 27, 2022, after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Debbie Turi will be the new show manager, taking over for Karen DiSaia, who has agreed to provide guidance ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Daring Design: The Impact of Three Women on Wharton Esherick’s Craft
Daring Design: The Impact of Three Women on Wharton Esherick’s Craft, an exhibition at the Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, opened early in September and continues through February 6, 2022. It demonstrates the importance of commissions from three women on the creative life in the early career of Wharton ... (Read More)
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