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Christie's, New York City
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When a double-sided Henry Darger watercolor and collage sells for $60,000 more than the highest-priced piece of furniture during Americana Week in New York City, people take notice.
This double-sided work by Henry Darger (1892-1973), 93 At Jennie Richee, are chaced for long distance by Glandelinians ... (Read More)
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Rago Arts & Auction Center, Lambertville, New JerseyPhotos courtesy Rago Arts & Auction Center
Rago Arts & Auction Center holds weekend design auctions three times a year, in January, June, and September, offering over 1000 lots in three days. The sales include lots from the entire 20th century, beginning with Arts ... (Read More)
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Christie's, New York City
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Christie's began its January Americana sales with a January 18 session of 206 lots of Chinese export art, of which 100 were consigned by the London firm Marchant. In September of last year Christie's offered close to 50 bronzes, jades, and ceramics in a single-owner ... (Read More)
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Sotheby's, New York City
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A broadside of the Declaration of Independence printed in Salem, Massachusetts, on July 17, 1776, by Ezekiel Russell sold for $1,185,000 (includes buyer's premium) to a private collector at Sotheby's January 17 sale of printed and manuscript Americana including cartography.
The well-preserved broadside was from ... (Read More)
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Washington Winter Show, Washington, D.C.
The annual Washington Winter Show has consistently grown each year as a midwinter destination for collectors, dealers, designers, and antiques enthusiasts. The 2018 event was held January 12-14. This year marked the 63rd edition of the show and its eighth year at the Katzen Arts Center ... (Read More)
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CRN Auctions, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
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As auction staff broke out more chairs at CRN Auctions' January 14 standing-room-only sale in Cambridge, Massachusetts, auctioneer Carl R. Nordblom said he and he alone had moved the Patriots game to the previous day to accommodate everyone. The extra chairs filled ... (Read More)
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Laughlin Auctions, Inc., Edinburg, Virginia
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Laughlin Auctions, Inc. held its annual winter auction at the firm's facilities in Edinburg, Virginia, on January 13. We have come to expect a broad array of offerings at Laughlin Auctions, and this sale did not disappoint. As noted in previous reports, ... (Read More)
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Garth's, Delaware, Ohio
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Two tall-case clocks from America's first family of horology brought the top bids during Garth's auction of American antiques and European and Asian decorative arts held January 13 in Delaware, Ohio. Although the scope of the sale was plenty wide, Americana consistently drew the strongest interest ... (Read More)
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Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
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As newlyweds in the 1960s, Roland and Marilyn Kemble began collecting antiques. They moved from the Bowling Green area of Kentucky to Ohio, taught school, and brought up three children in Norwich, Ohio, living with antiques. Ten years ago-after years of ... (Read More)
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