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(Auction)American Art, Pennsylvania Impressionists
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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More than 100 collectors came to Freeman’s sale of American paintings on June 4 in Philadelphia to bid on a good selection of Pennsylvania Impressionist paintings and works by American artists active from 1850 to about 1950. With the exception of the failure of a large ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chamberlain Collage Brings $72,000
Tremont Auctions, Newton, Massachusetts
Not quite two years old, Tremont Auctions, Newton, Massachusetts, knows how to put together a winning sale with few if any passes and a large percentage of lots selling above estimates, some well above estimates. The June 4 sale in the gallery drew a good crowd willing ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Audubon Birds Capture Top Billing at Thomaston
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
At Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ auction June 2-4 in Thomaston, Maine, there were no hundred-grand rock stars, but there were plenty of lesser luminaries in the $10,000 to $40,000 range sprinkled throughout the three-day event.
Listed as the “Moses-Torrey-Spear” bust portrait of George Washington, so named ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rookwood XXVII
Humler & Nolan, Cincinnati, Ohio
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An Iowa State College vase and a Rookwood plaque each sold for $23,600 (including buyer’s premium) during the Rookwood XXVII auction held by Humler & Nolan in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 3 and 4. However, those two pieces of art pottery offered ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bertoia's Spring Auction Rests at $1 Million
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey, offered an arresting array of toys, banks, advertis-ing pieces, and doorstops in a manic two-day 1400-lot sale on June 2 and 3 that brought in $1.05 million.
There were over 150 clown and canine-themed comic/character toys, not to mention ... (Read More)
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(Show)Changes in Heartland
Heartland Antique Show, Richmond, Indiana
Changes, yes. Selling the show, no way. There were plenty of items sold during the Heartland Antique Show, held on June 3 on the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Richmond, Indiana. And there was one very notable no-sale—the show itself. That’s because Heartland was never on the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Vareika Elected to Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame
In the 30th anniversary year of the founding of his gallery in Newport, Rhode Island, art dealer William “Bill” Vareika has been inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. In 2011 Vareika had accepted a posthumous Hall of Fame honor on behalf of his favorite artist, John La ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Former Director of High Museum of Art Joins Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Michael E. Shapiro has been appointed as senior advisor, museums and private collections for Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Shapiro recently retired from his role as director at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia. He will work closely with Hindman’s six locations, including its Chicago headquarters.
Shapiro joined the High Museum’s leadership ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Connecticut Ivory Ban Dead
HB 6335, “An Act Prohibiting the Sale and Trade of Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn in Connecticut,” introduced in the Connecticut General Assembly in January, failed to make it out of the Judiciary Committee, thus killing the bill for 2017.
Originally published in the June 2017 issue of Maine Antique Digest. © ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Miami Beach Show Gets New Name
The Palm Beach Show Group will change the name of the Miami Beach Jewelry & Antiques Show to the Miami Beach Jewelry & Watch Show. The event will be held February 1-4, 2018.
According to the promoters, this name change will more accurately reflect the jewelry and watch dealers represented at ... (Read More)
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