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(Issue Story)Protected Speech
New York state law allows dealers to sell to out-of-state buyers ivory that conforms to federal restrictions, but the dealers are not allowed to display it.
New York state's restrictive ivory law-far more draconian than federal ivory law-does not allow for the "physical display for sale" of any ivory object not ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Freeman's Moves
Freeman's in Philadelphia, America's oldest auction house, has sold its historic building at 1808 Chestnut Street, and the firm is moving its main salesroom to the newly refitted Aramark building at 2400 Market Street, just a short walk from the 30th Street Station.
Freeman's new purpose-built gallery and auction room with ... (Read More)
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(Show)The York Show
Original Semi-annual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
The weather was gorgeous the last weekend of summer, September 20-22, when the 173rd Original Semi-annual York Antiques Show and Sale set up in Memorial Hall East at the York Fairgrounds, York, Pennsylvania. It was smaller than usual, with 20-some fewer dealers ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Last but Not Least: The Final Auction of the David and Janice Frent Collection
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
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Six auctions and more than 5000 lots later, Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, has earned the right to sigh a hearty "Whew!," having dispersed the extensive and highly valued David and Janice Frent collection of presidential and political Americana. The auctions finished on September 21 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)$4.3 Million "B" Auction
Rago Arts & Auction Center, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago Arts & Auction Center
September 21 and 22, 2019, was the first weekend sale at Rago Arts & Auction Center in Lambertville, New Jersey, after Rago merged with Chicago auctioneer Richard Wright. There were some subtle changes, but this was a ... (Read More)
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(Show)Vintage Paper, Book, and Advertising Show
Paper Town, Boxborough, Massachusetts
Paper Town, a regional vintage paper, book, and advertising show, set up shop on September 21 in Boxborough, Massachusetts. The 36-year-old show was a lesson in patience for one reporter. Just about anything in or of paper attracts buyers of the same. Paper shows are extremely interesting-and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Porcelli Collection of American, Folk, and Outsider Art
Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio
Photos courtesy Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Joyce and Dennis Porcelli were seeking out and collecting Outsider art before Outsider art was cool. Now that this interesting genre has become mainstream, it was the perfect time for the couple to offer up not only their collection of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, October 2019
Joseph Paul Vorst (1897-1947), Sharecroppers' Revolt, 1939, oil on panel, 24" x 30". Shogren-Meyer collection. -St. Peter, Minnesota -Through November 10 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Environs of Milford" Tops American Art Sale
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
A 142-lot auction of American art at Sotheby's in New York City on the morning of September 17 totaled $3,740,250 (with buyers' premiums). The sell-through rate was 62%.
Sotheby's offered bidders the opportunity to bid online before the live auction-a first for one of its American ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Modern Native American Art
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
"We always had modern material sprinkled around our December and June auctions," said Ingmars Lindbergs, Bonhams' Native American art department director, of his first auction to focus on contemporary and 20th-century modern Native American art at Bonhams in Los Angeles.
"Now there is more material in ... (Read More)
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