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Raleigh, North Carolina
The November 2020 Antiques Extravaganza in Raleigh, North Carolina, was a show without much of an audience. Poor attendance and the fear of COVID-19 by patrons and dealers led the promoters to cancel the March and July 2021 Extravaganzas. By November fear had lessened, and with 52 dealers ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Heritage Auctions, Dallas Texas
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A heartwarming scene by Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) of a mother and her soldier son peeling potatoes for a Thanksgiving meal at the end of World War II sold for $4.3 million (with buyer's premium) at Dallas-based Heritage Auctions on November 5. This was the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
More than a century before the latest reckoning on racism in this country, potters Cornwall and Wallace Kirkpatrick were tweaking the consciences-and funny bones-of stoneware buyers and admirers. Frogs were positioned at the bottom of mugs. Pig-shaped flasks diverted liquids to the animals' rear ends. Miniature chamber pots, complete with ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Longtime antiques dealer Patricia "Pat" Stauble has many stories to tell, and after over 50 years in business she continues to write new chapters.
Pat Stauble sits at a tall desk/drawer combination in original blue. On the wall are items from the kitchen of her late mother, Doris Stauble-a painted pumpkin ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Doyle, New York City
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The first week of November was Americana week at Doyle in New York City. American paintings, prints, silver, furniture, and accessories from more than two dozen consignors were offered in five sales in two days. American prints and paintings, marine paintings, and Outsider art filled ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Doyle, New York City
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Offering 181 lots of 19th- and 20th-century marine paintings, folk art, portraits, topographical prints, Hudson River school works, Western and regional landscapes, still lifes, and a collection of Outsider art, Doyle's November 2 sale totaled $1,384,891 (including buyers' premiums) with a sell-through rate of 90%. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Ranging from modestly priced items seen in provincial sales to a curious 16th-century painting that made a million dollars in London, this month's selection is most definitely a varied one-both in content and in the sums raised.
That painting, which was among lots from the collections of Jasper Conran, keeps company ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Nye & Company, Bloomfield, New Jersey
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In the old days, collectors of Americana would haunt city shops and country markets and bid at fancy on-site estate auctions and at farm sales. Some even made the rounds of tag sales. Now collectors browse the Internet in their pajamas ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut
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Woman Playing a Guitar,signed and dated 1901 by Susan Watkins (1875-1913), sold for $106,250 (est. $15,000/25,000). The price was an auction record for the artist. The oil on canvas, 25" x 30" (sight size), was painted in Paris, where the California-born and New ... (Read More)
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Shelburne Museum Reattributes Shorebirds to Bunn
In the "Bunn or Bowman" decoy debate, one major museum has made a choice. The Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont, has reattributed five shorebird decoys in its collection to Native American carver Charles Sumner Bunn (1865-1952).
"For nearly a century, there has been confusion and controversy ... (Read More)
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