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(Fragment)Hazelton Named LiveAuctioneers Advisory Board Chairman
Brook Hazelton has been appointed to LiveAuctioneers' newly created position of advisory board chairman, heading the soon-to-be-launched auctioneer and dealer panel.
Brook Hazelton, newly appointed advisory board chairman at LiveAuctioneers, will head the company's auctioneer and dealer panel. Photo by Mark Seliger.
Hazelton served as Christie's president for North and South America ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Granite State Book Fair Changes Hands
Richard Mori of Richard Mori Books, Franklin, New Hampshire, is the new owner and promoter of the Granite State Book and Ephemera Fair. The fair has been produced by Marvin Getman for the past five years.
"The show has traditionally had fifty or sixty dealers. It's going to take some work ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
A $3.34 million sale of American art took place at Sotheby's on March 6, a few days after the close of the Art Dealers Association of America Art Show.
Not a dealer was in sight at the start of the 10 a.m. sale, but several had ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ivory Lawsuit Dismissed
On February 1 U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield dismissed a lawsuit by two antiques dealers' trade groups challenging a 2014 law making it a felony to trade ivory in New York.
In an eight-page opinion, the judge ruled that the Art and Antique Dealers League of America and the National Art ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Beach to Receive ADA Award of Merit
In 2019, the finial is being awarded to a keeper of the flame.
The Antiques Dealers' Association of America's annual Award of Merit, represented by a presentation flame finial award, will be given to journalist and author Laura Beach at a ceremony on April 26 in Philadelphia.
Beach specializes in writing about ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Bulk E-mail
Computer Column #362
This sort of thing happens often. A member of a group sends an informative e-mail to other members of the group in a single message with multiple addressees. Within days, weeks, or months, the addressees begin to receive spam-ads for cigar cutters or mail-order spouses, or fake messages ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Art Show
New York City
The Art Show, an annual event that features 72 member dealers whose proposals are reviewed and selected by their peers, offers its audience a more curatorial approach than other art fairs. The show, which is hosted by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA), was held February 27 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Thomaston Place Late Winter Auction
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
At the three-day auction at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Thomaston Maine, March 1-3, nearly 1300 lots came on the block. The top estimates in the catalog showed nothing over $20,000, but a handful of items rose from relative obscurity, including one rock star that ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skinner Americana
Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner
Skinner's Americana sale on March 2 celebrated the historical with objects as documents. Material relating to George Washington, for example, was highly desirable, and buyers bid accordingly. It wasn't just the portraits and documents for sale; two porcelain objects were also historical.
This portrait by Sheldon Peck (1797-1868) ... (Read More)
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(Show)Buyers Spell Success for Country Spirit Show
Country Spirit Antique Show, Arcola, Illinois
In 1886 Alonzo Smith, a carpenter and pattern maker from Milwaukee, patented an educational toy he referred to as simply a spelling board. The device consisted of a wooden surface with letters that traveled freely around two concentric ovals that intersected a horizontal row. The ... (Read More)
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