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(Auction)Online Sales Are the New Normal
Davies Auctions, Brookston, Indiana
Photos courtesy Davies Auctions
Davies Auctions is doing something different these days, having switched exclusively to online sales with Internet and absentee bidding but no live audience. It started because of the coronavirus pandemic, but it's likely to continue indefinitely, according to owner Doug Davies. Since moving to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tabard Inn Library Bookcase Sells
An unusual Arts and Crafts-style revolving bookcase sold for GBP3380 ($4653) by English auction house Sworders in a sale held March 30 and 31. Made ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Kurau Family Offers Zamoiski Collection
William R. & Teresa F. Kurau, Lampeter, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy William R. & Teresa F. Kurau
What does a dealer do when asked to disperse one of the very best collections ever put together in his special field? An auction would be a landmark sale, a rite of passage, and its printed ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Still Lifes and Works by Women Artists
Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Shannon's
Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers' April 29 auction delivered a sold-through rate just shy of 90% and established three record auction prices for the fine art that crossed the block-remotely. A bank of 20 phone bidders joined with robust online action to bring a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany and More at Heritage Auctions
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Stunning pieces of fine decorative art glass, highlighted by the superb craftsmanship of Tiffany Studios, crossed the auction block at Heritage Auctions' April 29 sale of Tiffany, Lalique, and art glass. The auction also included Art Nouveau and Art Deco works.
Enthusiastic bidders helped drive ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Judge Rules Union League Club Not Required to Sell Monet
On March 17 Judge Neil H. Cohen of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, ruled that the Union League Club of Chicago was not required to sell Pommiers en fleurs (Apple Trees in Blossom), an 1872 oil on canvas by Claude Monet (1840-1926). (See M.A.D., March 2021, p. 125.) ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The John "J.D." Querry Estate Sale
Claystrong Enterprises, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Claystrong Enterprises
Clayton Armstrong of Claystrong Enterprises, based in Fort Loudon, Pennsylvania, held a two-day sale for the estate of John Querry on April 29 and 30. The Martinsburg, Pennsylvania, collector and dealer, who went by "J.D.," passed away on June 17, 2020, and had amassed ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)FBI Offers Reward for Information Regarding Stolen National Treasures
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the recovery of national treasures stolen 43 years ago from the Truman Presidential Library & Museum in Independence, Missouri.
Display of weapons before the 1978 theft.
On March 24, 1978, around 6:30 a.m. a car pulled up near ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Freeman's
Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman's
Benjamin Franklin wrote to his daughter, Sarah Franklin Bache, on June 3, 1779, "...The clay medallion of me you say you gave to Mr. Hopkinson was the first of the kind made in France. A variety of others have been made since of different sizes; some ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)New Straw for the Camel's Back
New York State Senator Robert Jackson wants to create an art education fund to provide assistance for art education and art supplies at the kindergarten through 12th-grade levels at public schools in New York. It's a worthwhile goal, but how it would be funded brings it to our attention.
Sen. Jackson ... (Read More)
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