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(Auction)Stay-Home Order Not a Problem for Art Auction
Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio
Photos courtesy Rachel Davis Fine Arts
While many industries scrambled to create an online presence amid the COVID-19 outbreak and the closing of nonessential businesses to public foot traffic, those in the auction industry who have made online options available to their clientele for years were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana and Country Americana
Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan’s Auctions
This one wasn’t normal. No sane individual would have expected it to be. When Cowan’s Auctions held a two-day sale of Americana on March 19 and 20 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the doors were locked and the showroom floor was empty. Ohio’s statewide stay-at-home order ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Fortuna Navigates COVID-19, Achieves Positive Results
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Fortuna
The practices of social distancing and sheltering in place had just gone country-wide in the COVID-19 pandemic when Fortuna held its fine jewels auction on March 19 in New York City. All nonessential businesses in New York City were officially shut down just three days ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California and Western Art
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
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Scot M. Levitt, vice president and director of fine arts at Bonhams, said plans to postpone the March 17 California and Western art auction or to go online-only were being considered “moment by moment, as the sale was taking place.” As it turned out, the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spring Sale at CRN Auctions
CRN Auctions, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
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CRN Auctions’ spring sale was held on March 15 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. With the coronavirus in mind, staff had rearranged the gallery. Gone were the neat rows of chairs divided by a center aisle. In their place chairs were staggered at angles about ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hilliard & Co. Enjoys Continued Growth
Hilliard & Co., Madison, Virginia
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With more than 50 cataloged sales under their belts, André and Nicholas Hilliard are seeing sale-over-sale and year-over-year growth at their Madison, Virginia, auction gallery. The most recent auction at Hilliard & Co. was held on March 14 and consisted of more ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Buatta Collection at Stair
Stair Galleries, Hudson, New York
Photos courtesy Stair Galleries
Auctioneer Colin Stair of Hudson, New York, remembers a time, not so long ago, “when the whole of New York was decorated in chintz and floral prints.” When he worked in the English furniture department at Sotheby’s he often found himself in Mario ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Works by Sally Mann and Édouard Cortès Take First Place at March Sales
Leland Little, Hillsborough, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Leland Little
To heighten enthusiasm the week before his March 13 and 14 sales, Leland Little sent multiple e-mail blasts to his fan base. The reminders were graphic essays prepared by his information technology staff that focused on a few specific lots. Consignor and art ... (Read More)
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(Auction)“Affordable” Bay Psalm Book Fetches $62,500
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
An auction reporter’s lead paragraph usually trumpets a record or at least a higher-than-expected price paid for one object or other. This time, the achievement of an “affordable” price for a famous title is one of the newsiest parts of this account of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fairhaven Antiques Festival Resurrected
After an eight-year hiatus, the Fairhaven Antiques Festival will return to southwest Ohio this year. Under the management of Katherine Bovard, the popular event will be held Thursday and Friday, June 4 and 5.
Founded in 1975, the annual show was originally managed by the Fairhaven Dealers Association. Built on a ... (Read More)
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