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(Fragment)"Conserving Our Painted Past" Rescheduled
The legal Center counsel for Painted Wall Preservation's board of directors, with legal counsel Burton Wall Fendelm and administrative assistant Rebecca Migdal, met on Wednesday, March 11, in regard to the COVID-19 threat. As a precautionary measure and to ensure the health and safety of all, the "Conserving Our Painted ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Art and a Chinese Surprise Lead at Potomack
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The reality that many are referring to as the "new normal" has arrived in Alexandria, Virginia. Beginning on April 25, The Potomack Company held a multi-day online-only catalog sale. In one way, The Potomack Company is used to this new normal. For ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of the Down Town Association Collection
Arader Galleries, New York City
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Arader Galleries auctioned the collection of the Down Town Association online on April 25. The auction included engravings and lithographs that Graham Arader called "one of the finest collections of 18th- and 19th-century New York City views, scenes, maps, and maritime prints ever ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"Tutti Frutti" Bracelet Sells for $1.34 Million in Online Auction
Sotheby's dedicated online-only single-lot sale of a circa 1930 Cartier "tutti frutti" bracelet opened on April 24 and concluded on April 28. According to Sotheby's, the bracelet "had never before appeared at auction, having been passed down through descendants of an American family for more than 30 years."
Five bidders chased ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Decorative Arts Trust Extends Deadline for $100K Prize
The Decorative for the Prize for Excellence Arts Trust has extended and Innovation from March 31 to the nomination deadline June 30.
"We are sensitive to the demands on our friends in the field as they tackle essential efforts and address changes to institutional priorities," explained the trust's executive director, Matthew ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Alaska Dealer Charged with Lacey Act Violations and Tax Evasion
Anchorage, Alaska, dealer Walter Earl, 75, owner of The Antique Gallery, was charged on April 23 in federal court for illegally buying and selling walrus ivory and failing to report income to the IRS.
Earl has agreed to plead guilty to three counts of Lacey Act violations and one count of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings, Furniture, and Decorative Arts
Doyle, New York City
American Paintings, Furniture, and Decorative Arts
The coronavirus pandemic caused Doyle to offer its twice-a-year American paintings, furniture, and decorative arts auction to an online-only audience. The sale, which closed on April 21, totaled $863,781 (including buyers' premiums) with an 85% sell-through rate. The presale estimate was $637,100/977,750. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Business Goes On as Usual...Sort of...with the Right Tools
Martin J. Donnelly Auctions, Avoca, New York
Photos courtesy Martin J. Donnelly Auctions
Martin Donnelly must have been a great Boy Scout. When the COVID-19 crisis hit, he was very well prepared. Under ordinary circumstances, his Live Free or Die antique tool auction would have been held in Nashua, New Hampshire, on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)No Preview, No Podium, No Problem: Watches and Clocks Online
Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner
In about an hour, it was all over. Even with brief anti-sniping extensions for last-minute bids, nearly 400 lots at Skinner cascaded to their timed closings on the evening of Tuesday, April 14. Bidders for wristwatches, pocket watches, clocks, music boxes, scientific instruments, and cameras had ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Objects Destined for the Philadelphia Show
When word came that the Philadelphia Show had been canceled, it was a blow to the Americana world. The show has long been one of the premier events on the show schedule. Rather than just chalk it up to another COVID-19 cancellation, we asked dealers what they had planned to ... (Read More)
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