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(Auction)Design Sale Brings $4 Million
Sotheby’s, New York City
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Sotheby’s mid-season design sale was scheduled to be live on March 31, but with social distancing in force in New York City because of COVID-19, it went online on March 24 and concluded at 4 p.m. on March 31 with an impressive $4,037,500 total (with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bucks County Artists Database
The Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, has refreshed the Bucks County Artists Database (BCAD), a free online resource celebrating the artistic traditions of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
With over 400 artists represented in the database, BCAD contains thousands of pages of information and images. The reimagined database is now more accessible ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Country Americana
Garth’s Auctioneers & Appraisers, Columbus, Ohio
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Garth’s Auctioneers & Appraisers went back to the basics for its March 28 sale of country Americana. The material represented a sweet spot for the auction house, but Ohio’s stay-at-home order because of the coronavirus pandemic led Jeff Jeffers, Garth’s CEO and principal ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Record Price for Aladdin Lamp
Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
On March 28 Jeffrey S. Evans &Associates in Mt. Crawford, Virginia, conducted an online-only sale of 771 lots of kerosene lighting, led by the Aladdin lamp collection of Larry Spradley of Beaumont, Texas. The sale’s top lot was a possibly unique clear opalique Short ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Oregon Warns of Catfish Scam
The (ODFR) Oregon Division of Finance is warning people about art market catfish scams. (A “catfish” scam lures a victim into an online relationship using a fictional online persona.)
Recently, the ODFR reported that an 80-year-old widower was catfished out of $200,000. An unidentified fraudster stole a Florida woman’s identity to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Technology Opens Doors Closed by Stay-at-Home Order
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
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On March 26, one day before Brunk Auctions’ two-day catalog sale, commissioners in Buncombe County, North Carolina, issued a “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order. By 8 p.m., everyone in Asheville and surrounding communities was to be at home and sheltering in place to ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)American Furniture
A Book Review
The 2018 American Furniture is all about 18th-century furniture. It is a treat for old-time collectors and should inspire a new generation.
Boston Chairs
Erik K. Gronning calls his study of Boston’s early baroque seating “Luxury of Choice”and presents the evolution of the comfortable and sturdy Boston chair, with ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Notes from Nashville
The Young Collector
Back in our early days in the auction business, every year in February, and sometimes in October, we would make a trip to Nashville. We see now that we were getting on-the-job logistics training. We would go down with a truck full of deliveries and return with a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Historical Society Deaccessions Rare Washington Medals and Offers Freedom Box
In a first-page story in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday, February 16, Stephan Salisbury, staff cultural writer, questioned the decision of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP) to sell a collection of commemorative medals given to the HSP in 1897 by William Spohn Baker (1824-1897), a legendary collector of all ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Collection of June and Larry Greenwald
Treadway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Treadway Gallery
Tiffany lamps from the collection of June and Larry Greenwald dominated the March 22 auction conducted online and absentee by Treadway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio. The single-owner auction was a mix of high-quality decorative arts typical of June Greenwald Antiques of Cleveland. From a humble ... (Read More)
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