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(Auction)Aftermath Sets New Artist Record
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
Swann Galleries' sale of African American art in New York City the afternoon of March 31 offered 241 lots of paintings, lithographs, sculpture, mixed media, and quilts. At the end of the six-hour live auction, held online, the department had sold $3,684,007 worth ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tudor Place Reopens
Tudor Place Historic House & Garden in Washington, D.C., has reopened Thursdays through Sundays with docent-led tours of the historic house. Advance registration is suggested for timed entry tickets. Docent-led tours start on the hour, and the last tour begins at 3 p.m. Visitors also may enjoy the garden during ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Small Americana Sale at Skinner
Skinner, Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner, Inc.
Skinner's March 30 American furniture and decorative arts auction comprised 111 lots. Presale press releases described the selection as "tightly curated." It was. A cache of objects that descended from Alexander Hamilton caught bidder interest. Several of the Hamilton objects related to other important ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Parallel Visions: Shaker Design and American Folk Art
Woodbury, Connecticut
Photos courtesy David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles
When the Winter Show was postponed, David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles had already announced their plan to offer two Shaker collections, one of furniture and one of boxes, and to hang folk art on the walls. They had written ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Heber C. Kimball: A Mormon Potter from Western New York
Western New York was a destination for trailblazers in the early 19th century. Men and women left their New England farms; Marylanders and Pennsylvanians traveled from the South for this new unexplored territory. They rushed to the new frontier for the area's fertile land, establishing farms for fruit and vegetables. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Found Object Show: Art without Intent
A new show in a pop-up gallery on Rivington Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side took place over the weekend of March 24-27. The Found Object Show: Art without Intent was put together by Adam Irish of Old as Adam, Providence, Rhode Island, and New Yorkers Steven S. Powers and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Quality, Paint, Surface, and a Country Aesthetic
Garth's, Columbus, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth's
"Pro-ject and e-nun-ci-ate." Words from a high school English teacher. Mrs. Buzzard was a stickler about speech. She talked with a diction in which every syllable popped, and she expected no less from her students. In that manner, she would have approved of the online-only two-session ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Brunk Auctions
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
"Americana is having a good moment," said Brunk Auctions' American art specialist Nan Zander a week before the two-day "Premier" sale. On March 26, the sale's second day, Asheville, North Carolina, was Americana central, and its good moment experienced a growth spurt.
Images of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Carpenter and du Pont Estates
Wooten & Wooten, Camden, South Carolina
Photos courtesy Wooten & Wooten
In 2013 when Jeremy and Rebecca Wooten started their antiques auction business in Camden, South Carolina, their business plan centered on the antiques category that put South Carolina on the map: pottery. With large sales of ceramic jars and jugs from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historical Design Sale in California
California Historical Design, Alameda, California
Photos courtesy California Historical Design
There were a whopping 956 lots in the March 26 California Historical Design auction in Alameda, California, so bidders had to know what they wanted. The top sellers were a veritable who's who of the Arts and Crafts era.
Even with an illegible ... (Read More)
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