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(Auction)California Paintings and Sculpture
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
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“We did reasonably well,” said Scot Levitt, describing the results of Bonhams’ November 19, 2018, California paintings and sculpture auction, held in Los Angeles and simulcast in San Francisco, that totaled $2.5 million. “The sale was heavy on nineteenth-century material, for which the market has ... (Read More)
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(Auction)20th-Century Art and Design
Treadway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
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A painting by Gertrude Abercrombie (1909-1977) sold for an auction record at $149,000 (including buyer’s premium) during the 20th-century art and design sale held by Treadway Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 18, 2018. The work, Night Arrives, was a 20" x 26" oil ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Louisiana Purchase Auction: An Annual Celebration of Regional Culture
Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Louisiana Purchase Auction: An Annual Celebration of Regional Culture
by Karla Klein Albertson
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Neal Auction Company’s annual Louisiana Purchase Auction, held most recently November 16-18, 2018, is the main event on the firm’s sales schedule. Themes that appeared in the September event ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Maritime and More
Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts
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Desirable scrimshaw and other maritime objects, along with some fine examples of early American furniture, brought bidders to Eldred’s auctions November 15-17, 2018, in the East Dennis, Massachusetts, gallery. Some furniture showed a decided uptick. Three substantial catalogs were published for the sales.
From the collection ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art
Sotheby’s, New York City
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Sotheby’s fall American art sale on November 16, 2018, offered 82 lots, and at the completion of the noon sale $44.1 million (with buyers’ premiums) of art had been sold. Of the 82 lots offered, 57 sold, for a sell-through rate of 69.5%. Presale estimates ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American History
Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Two unpublished ninth-plate daguerreotypes—one of noted Texas politician Sam Houston (1793-1863), the other of his third wife, Margaret Lea Houston (1819-1867)—sold for $39,600 the pair (including buyer’s premium) to highlight the American history sale held by Cowan’s Auctions in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 16, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Record for Looking Glass at Freeman’s
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Discoveries of 18th-century Philadelphia furniture still turn up at Freeman’s from time to time. A 68½" high looking glass, topped by its original and nearly intact carved phoenix and with carved garlands in perfect condition, was the talk of the American furniture world when it appeared ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Sale of the Ebsworth Collection
Christie’s, New York City
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Barney A. Ebsworth (1934-2018) was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His love of art was cultivated when, as a 22-year old U.S. Army officer in France, he made weekly trips to the Louvre. His self-made fortune came from his luxury travel businesses, including Clipper Cruise ... (Read More)
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(Show)The American Art Fair 2018
New York City
The American Art Fair, held November 10-13, 2018, offered three floors of approachable 19th- and 20th-century art, along with complimentary lectures, during its 11th edition. Landscapes, portraits, still lifes, and sculptures filled the three floors of the Bohemian National Hall on New York City’s Upper East Side. On ... (Read More)
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(Show)Salon Art & Design
New York City
There were no jewelry exhibitors per se, at the 2018 Salon Art & Design, held November 8-12, and yet jewelry played a role in the overall atmosphere of the seventh edition of the yearly fair.
An observer could sense jewelry in the luster of metallic glazes of ceramics and ... (Read More)
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