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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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(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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(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 ... (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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(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
Photos courtesy Bonhams
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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