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Though it is good to see just how many sales have now been scheduled in London and around the country, albeit still online or with only limited access, it proved a little frustrating to realise that the real pick-up would begin just a couple of days after my copy deadline ... (Read More)
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Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s American art sale at the end of June was smaller than usual and tightly edited. Offering 48 lots, the online June 26 sale totaled $9,103,750 with a sell-through rate of 75%. Three lots featured in the catalog were withdrawn before the sale. Of the ... (Read More)
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Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan’s Auctions
A slight bit of rebranding was in play during the June 26 sale held by Cowan’s Auctions. That event, billed as “American Historical Ephemera and Photography,” followed sales in prior years that went under the guise of “Historical Americana” and “American History.” Potato. Potahto. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
We are all spending much more time now in our houses and apartments because of COVID-19. To give our readers an idea of what some of their colleagues, fellow collectors, and other readers surround themselves with in their abodes—on the walls, floors, or ceilings—we have introduced this new column—“Hanging with…”—because ... (Read More)
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Antiques dealers and collectors are a stalwart bunch whose ability to overcome obstacles of every sort is stunning. The antiques world has overcome the vicissitudes of weather, will, and law and order. Now the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a new kind of challenge, and the antiques world has responded.
Auctions and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
There’s some promising news regarding the resumption of the business of antiques. While most shows are still shut down for the foreseeable future, there are signs of life to be seen, albeit under different circumstances.
On May 15 and 16, the fourth Virginia Pickers Antiques and Collectables Show was held in ... (Read More)
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William Bunch Auctions and Appraisals, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Bunch Auctions
A red, white, and blue designating flag from the 2nd Army Corps of the Potomac engaged in repulsing Confederate Major General George Pickett’s charge at Battle of Gettysburg, a book of Virgil’s poems from the renowned Baskerville press given by ... (Read More)
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Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Skinner, Inc.
Skinner’s June 23 sale of important jewelry was characteristically filled with antiques, well attended (virtually), and exciting to watch online. We’ve been reporting that the jewelry auction market has been holding steady and even gaining steam since the beginning of the pandemic. When I ... (Read More)
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Humler & Nolan, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Humler & Nolan
This was it. When Humler & Nolan held its last auction, Rookwood XXX, an absentee/online-only sale conducted from Cincinnati and delayed to June 20 and 21 because of the coronavirus pandemic, it was truly the company’s last auction. The firm surprised clients ... (Read More)
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Barn Star’s Antiques at Rhinebeck/RubyLane.com
How do you buy and sell at an antiques show if you cannot physically walk through, have conversations with exhibitors and patrons, touch and hold objects, and, above all, take in the ambience and excitement? How about an online show run by the Internet platform Ruby ... (Read More)
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