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(Fragment)New Overhead Premium Fee at Sotheby's
Sotheby's will implement a new fee as of August 1. Called an "overhead premium," it will be payable by all auction buyers in the house's global salesrooms and online sales. The fee, which will be 1% of the hammer price plus any applicable local taxes, "is an allocation of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Grueby Vase Brings $431,250 at Record-Setting Design Auction
Two collectors bidding by phone for a Grueby vase with a butterscotch glaze set a new record for Grueby pottery, $431,250 (includes buyer's premium), after a 45-minute bidding battle on July 30 at Sotheby's. The price far exceeded the vase's $7000/9000 estimate.
Grueby vase, $431,250. Photo courtesy Sotheby's.
The 63/4" high vase ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Unique Compilation of Consigned Jewelry
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Doyle New York
Doyle New York has continued to hold its full calendar of jewelry auctions during the pandemic-some online only, and some live but without participants in the salesroom. Its July 29 live fine jewelry auction included "a wide array of stylish designs ranging from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hybrid Sale of American Art
Bonhams, New York City
Photos courtesy Bonhams
An online sale offering 68 lots of American art was held at Bonhams New York on the afternoon of July 29 in what the auctioneer described as a "hybrid sale behind closed doors." Bids were taken from the phones, online, and from absentee participants, with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sign of the Times
A hand-painted sign by Ken Manko of Manko Antiques & American Folk Art in Moody, Maine, lays out the rules for shopping in the barn during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Originally published in the August 2020 issue of Maine Antique Digest. (c) 2020 Maine Antique Digest ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)An Updated Guide to Fraktur Artists
A Book Review
Corinne Earnest (1942-2016) called her life's work Papers for Birth Dayes, the term used to describe fraktur in the estate of prolific fraktur artist Friederich Krebs, whose juvenile son's upbringing was entrusted to the Earnests' direct ancestor David Ernst after Krebs's death in 1815. Russell Earnest points out ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Take a (Different) Seat
The Young Collector
We have a large window in the eat-in area of our kitchen that overlooks the driveway, which is surrounded by a head-high concrete retaining wall. A seat here offers a vantage point for watching the kids play and interact, and Hollie was doing just that this spring when ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rub-a-Dub-Dub, One Man in a Tub, Wyoming Bound
Wooten & Wooten, Camden, South Carolina
Photos courtesy Wooten & Wooten
The 2020 coronavirus pandemic has shifted the bidding landscape for at least one South Carolina auctioneer. "I may not go back to live sales," said Jeremy Wooten of Wooten & Wooten a few weeks before his 371-lot July 25 sale. "The ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Virtual Newport Show
The Newport Show: Antiques, Art and Exquisite Objects
The 2020 edition of The Newport Show: Antiques, Art and Exquisite Objects, normally held during one of the busiest summer weekends for the resort town of Newport, Rhode Island, shifted to an online format that lasted for seven days. Now in its 14th ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Decoy and a Wildlife Painting Make Auction Records
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Hingham, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
One of the most eagerly awaited summer sales is Copley Fine Art Auctions' annual summer sporting sale, which is a reliable draw for collectors from all points to the Plymouth, Massachusetts, harbor. The COVID-19 pandemic dictated a very different event ... (Read More)
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