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(Fragment)Bingham Secretary Gifted to Chipstone
Folk art dealer Allan Katz has given the so-called Bingham secretary to The Chipstone Foundation in Milwaukee. “We made an unconditional gift, knowing it’s in good hands,” Katz said.
The Bingham secretary is a fake made by dealer Harold Gordon of Templeton, Massachusetts. Gordon sold it to Katz, and at the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)“In Praise of America” Sale
Christie’s, New York City
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Christie’s Americana Week sales totaled $9,202,500 and established five auction records. A rare contemporary 1776 broadside of the Declaration of Independence from the collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II (b. 1924) sold for $990,000 (with buyer’s premium) against a $600,000/800,000 estimate. It was the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2021 Winter Show
New York City
It had been a tough year for art and antiques dealers. Shows were canceled, galleries closed, and travel restricted as the nation wrestled with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Auctions, with their strong online presence in place, expanded distance buying and prospered despite Sotheby’s adding a 1% “overhead premium” and Christie’s ... (Read More)
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(Auction)“Vineyard Dreams”
Sotheby’s, New York City
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Sotheby’s January 8-22 online sale of the contents of a tastefully decorated summer house on Martha’s Vineyard brought $310,716 and was 95% sold by lot.
What do you do with a collection when you sell your house quickly and need to empty it? If you bought ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Silver, Chinese Export, and Prints
Sotheby’s, New York City
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Sotheby’s sold silver, Chinese export porcelain, and prints on Friday afternoon, January 22, in a timed online sale that began at 1 p.m. and added $1,141,938 to Sotheby’s week’s total. The sale of 98 lots was not over before Christie’s John Hays appeared live on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skinner Achieves 96% Sell-Through Rate
Skinner, Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts
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Energetic interest across all arenas of Skinner’s January 22 auction of American and European works of artbrought about an impressive sell-through rate of 90% for paintings and sculpture and a total of $1,393,656. Skinner’s January 11-21 online sale of prints, photographs, and multiples achieved ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Five Chairs Bring $498,150 at Nye & Company
John Nye said, “They’re killer, huh?”
Nye, the president of the Bloomfield, New Jersey, auction house Nye & Company, was speaking about five mid-18th-century George II Anglo-Chinese huanghuali chairs, sold in three lots, that brought a total of $498,150 (includes buyers’ premiums) on January 21.
The chairs were from the collection of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture and Folk Art
Sotheby’s, New York City
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There was no annual conclave of collectors of Americana in New York City in January. The auctions and the Winter Show had an online presence. Appointments were made to view the offerings at Sotheby’s and Christie’s and to see what was consigned during the year ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Outsider and Vernacular Art at Christie’s
Christie’s, New York City
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Christie’s offered 90 lots in its annual Outsider art sale, and at the conclusion of the three-hour online event on January 21 the auction totaled $2,137,750 (including buyers’ premiums), with 87 lots sold, for a 97% sell-through rate. The sale was offered as part of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chinese Export Art
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
Christie’s has been selling the Tibor collection over the past several years. Formed over decades, it numbers more than 500 works and encompasses every category of Chinese export porcelain, from small, charming teawares to massive pairs of jars. The collection is named for the richly ... (Read More)
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