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Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc., East Dennis, Massachusetts
Whales and birds and a bit of everything else, in a mere 1500 lots, were the draw at Eldred’s three-day sale of Americana and maritime art April 6-8 in the East Dennis, Massachusetts, gallery. The array of material provided something for every taste, ... (Read More)
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The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The most recent catalog sale at The Potomack Company was held on April 8 at the firm’s facilities in Alexandria, Virginia. This sale had no specific theme but offered a cross section of all familiar categories.
If there was a dominant category, it ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan’s Auctions
Without provenance, it’s just a bunch of rocks. That’s the gist of what auction house owner Wes Cowan told a full gallery of potential bidders at the start of a sale of American Indian and Western art, held by Cowan’s on April 8 in ... (Read More)
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Christie’s has appointed Will Haydock as head of department for American art. He joined the American art department at Christie’s in May 2014 as specialist head of sale. Since then, he has been responsible for notable auction consignments, including Norman Rockwell’s Country Editor, William Bradford’s Midnight Sun, The Arctic, Thomas ... (Read More)
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Malvern, Pennsylvania
More paintings and prints than furniture sold at the 35th annual Chester County Antiques Show, which filled the riding ring at the Phelps School with a real, old-fashioned antiques show on April 8 and 9. The preview on April 7 that benefited the much-loved Chester County Historical Society was ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Fortuna Auction, Inc.
Fortuna Auction, Inc., held its spring jewels auction on April 6 in New York City, and the record-breaking sale surpassed the $1 million mark in prices realized.
The top lot of the Fortuna auction was “a beautiful pair of perfectly matched sugarloaf cabochon rubies. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
Swann had a lot to celebrate on April 6 when collectors and dealers gathered in the salesroom on East 25th Street to bid on paintings and sculptures from 1863 to 2013. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the family-run auction house, as ... (Read More)
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A 270-page ledger kept by Hartford, Connecticut, cabinetmaker Lemuel Adams (1769-1850) has been discovered at the University of Miami by Kevin G. Ferrigno, according to a press release from Historic Deerfield. The Adams ledger provides a record of the cabinetmaking business in Hartford during the 1790s.
Historic Deerfield associate curator Christine ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Doyle, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle
Doyle’s spring sale of American paintings, furniture, and decorative arts on April 5, including 96 lots from the collection of Willa Kim and William Pène du Bois, totaled $976,802 with a sell-through rate of 85%. As is the case at many auction houses, online sales ... (Read More)
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Joshua and Rachel Gurley, the children of Nan Gurley (1943-2016), have announced that the New Deerfield Antique Show at the Deerfield Fairgrounds, Deerfield, New Hampshire, will be held on Monday, August 7, the beginning of Antiques Week in New Hampshire.
The fairgrounds in Deerfield were not used for Nan Gurley’s show ... (Read More)
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