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On November 13, 2018, New York State Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood announced a $10.75 million settlement with offshore art purchaser Porsal Equities Ltd. for tax fraud in connection with over $50 million of artwork and other goods purchased in New York.
"Wealthy art collectors are not above the law," Underwood ... (Read More)
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On November 13, 2018, New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood announced a judgment obtained against Finger Lakes Estate and Auction, Inc., and its owner, Charles Dorsey, for fraudulently inducing consumers into giving up their personal property for auction sales and failing to pay the proceeds. The judgment requires Finger ... (Read More)
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Bruce Gamage Auction, Rockland, Maine
Bruce Gamage's January 5 and 6 auction in Rockland, Maine, was a good kickoff to his auction year.
What was arguably the oldest piece of furniture in the sale turned out to be the most expensive. The extensive repairs on an extraordinary Pilgrim-century chest, circa 1690, seemed ... (Read More)
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On October 8, 2018, Eldred D. Lesansee, the public relations spokesman for the Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA), contacted Rago Arts & Auction Center in Lambertville, New Jersey, asking the auction house to withdraw American Indian lots from its October 19 auction of tribal art from the collection of ... (Read More)
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The New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA) held its annual meeting on November 15, 2018, at the Common Man restaurant in Concord, New Hampshire. After a buffet luncheon, speaker Cliff Wallach gave a presentation about Jasper52, a marketing platform for weekly antiques auctions.
The newly elected officers for the 2019 NHADA ... (Read More)
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The auction viewings for Americana Week in New York City begin on Friday, January 11. Not every sale is Americana. English furniture, English and Continental pottery and porcelain, and plenty of Chinese export porcelain from well-known collections will cross the block along with American furniture, silver, folk art, and Outsider ... (Read More)
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The New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association and Jasper52, an online auction site, are joining forces for an exclusive online auction of items consigned only by NHADA members. The sale will be held on January 22 and hosted on Jasper52's website.
Clifford Wallach of Jasper52 said, "We'll have from fine art to ... (Read More)
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The Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show has released its dealer list for the 2019 show, which will take place April 26-28, with a preview party on April 25 from 6 to 9 p.m.
New to the show is John Driscoll of Driscoll Babcock Gallery, the oldest art gallery in New York ... (Read More)
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Nadeau's Auction Gallery, Windsor, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Nadeau's Auction Gallery
It's a very good sign when an auction gallery has standing room only nearly an hour before the beginning of the sale. Such was the case at Nadeau's Auction Gallery's annual New Year's Day auction in its Windsor, Connecticut, gallery where every ... (Read More)
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Robert L. Foster Auction Company, Newcastle, Maine
It was a grand way to open a new year for the Maine auction trade. Once again, people flocked by the hundreds to Robert Foster's New Year's Day auction in Newcastle, Maine, as they've been doing for the past several decades. Some works by ... (Read More)
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