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Fraktur by Christian Beschler Sells for $39,500
by Lita Solis-Cohen

In his article in the Spring 2008 issue of Antiques & Fine Art, antiquarian Donald M. Herr, a retired Lancaster, Pennsylvania, veterinarian, identified the Sussel-Unicorn Artist as Christian Beschler, a schoolmaster in Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. When Herr photographed Thomas Umholtz's fraktur collection for the article, he told ... (Read More)

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Salmon Ship Portrait Brings $48,000
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Photos courtesy Northeast Auctions Bidders have come to expect good marine paintings at a Northeast Auctions sale, and the highlight of the April 7 and 8 spring weekend sale in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was an 1808 portrait of the Liverpool privateer Ceres, a 331/4" x 521/2" oil ... (Read More)

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Koekkoek Tops Eldred's Auction
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo

Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc., East Dennis, Massachusetts Photos courtesy Eldred's Ten phones mustered for lot 29 at Eldred's April 6 and 7 Americana and paintings sale at the East Dennis, Massachusetts, gallery. A 241/4" x 193/4" oil on panel winter landscape with wood gatherers and a village in the distance by ... (Read More)

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New Executive Director of Winter Antiques Show Named
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Winter Antiques Show dealers were recently informed by e-mail of a "significant development" concerning the show. They were told that "As a result of our discussions with Catherine Sweeney Singer, we have decided that she will be stepping down as Executive Director. We are pleased that she will be available ... (Read More)

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Showtime Auction Services to Hold Auction in New Venue
by M.A.D. staff

Showtime Auction Services will hold its first big auction event of 2018 at a new venue on new dates. The auction will be held the weekend of April 20-22, about three weeks later than usual, at the Wayne County Fairgrounds, 10871 Quirk Road in Belleville, Michigan. Belleville is located east ... (Read More)

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African-American Fine Art at Swann
by Julie Schlenger Adell

Swann Galleries, New York City Photos courtesy Swann Galleries Swann Galleries, New York City, is the only major auction house to hold dedicated African-American fine art sales, and its spring sale on April 5, which set records for artists Beauford Delaney, Charles White, and Hale Woodruff, among others, was the house's highest-grossing ... (Read More)

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Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Expands to Atlanta
by M.A.D. staff

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers will open its newest location in Atlanta, Georgia, this spring. In September 2017 the auction firm announced its expansion into Atlanta after hiring director of business development Mary Calhoun. Before that announcement, in April 2017, Michael Shapiro, former director of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, ... (Read More)

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Agnes Martin Catalogue Raisonne Scores Court Win
by M.A.D. staff

On April 5 Judge Andrea Masley dismissed a lawsuit filed in a New York court by the Mayor Gallery, Ltd. against the Agnes Martin Catalogue Raisonne LLC and several individual defendants. The judge also ordered Mayor Gallery to pay the legal fees of the Agnes Martin Catalogue Raisonne LLC and ... (Read More)

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Dealers In and Out of the Philadelphia Show
by Lita Solis-Cohen

The Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show, April 20-22 at the Navy Yard, will jointly benefit the Philadelphia Museum of Art's initiative for global access through digital engagement and interpretive programs and Penn Medicine's investment in the conservation and digitization of the records of Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation's first hospital, founded ... (Read More)

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Folk Art Exhibition at San Francisco Airport
by Ian Berke

San Francisco, California Photos courtesy SFO Museum Collectors and fans of traditional American folk art living in California know that it's easier to collect moon rocks than folk art on our left coast. There are only a few major folk art dealers along the West Coast, and there is very little folk ... (Read More)
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