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In the Trade
Maybe this is just a coincidence. Or maybe it’s a trend. For the second time in as many months, we have visited open shops that are the primary outlets for their owners who don’t do shows and don’t do lots of business on the Internet. The one other ... (Read More)
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The George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York, has launched a new platform that allows public online access to more than 250,000 objects from its collections (www.eastman.org/collections-online). Objects from the museum’s photography, technology, and George Eastman Legacy collections are now searchable, and more objects from the museum’s holdings are being ... (Read More)
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Eli Wilner & Company, New York City restorers and makers of fine art frames, has announced the recipients of the 2016 Museum Frame Conservation Grant Awards.
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, was awarded a grant for the restoration of the original frame on Lady Judith Maxwell, a circa 1790 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
A rather unusual “Letter” this month. With many of the early season London sales given over to modern and contemporary art, I thought it might make a change to tackle something different. Noting that Bonhams had held quite a lot of car, motorcycle, and general automobilia sales in ... (Read More)
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Bonhams, San Francisco, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
All prices include the buyer’s premium.
When asked about the state of the market after the Native American art auction at Bonhams in San Francisco on December 5, 2016, department director Ingmars Lindbergs replied, “I could sell jewelry forever. Jewelry sales transcend politics and economic concerns.” ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Freeman’s, Philadelphia
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
Twice a year, in December and June, when Freeman’s holds American paintings sales, local collectors fill the salesroom. Some come to bid on the early lots of landscapes, still life, illustration art, and sculpture, but most of the early lots go to phone bidders or bidders online. ... (Read More)
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Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Louisiana Purchase Auction is a special event on the annual calendar at Neal Auction Company in New Orleans, and collectors expect a lineup of great estates and six-figure fireworks. From December 2 through 4, 2016, the three-day sale offered more than 1200 lots. Although ... (Read More)
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Pook & Pook and Noel Barrett, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook
Noel Barrett’s first toy sale in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, since he hooked up with Pook & Pook last summer was a mixed Santa’s sack that took two sessions to unpack on December 2 and 3, 2016, the first weekend in ... (Read More)
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Hap Moore Antiques Auction, York, Maine
When it comes to painted furniture, Hap Moore’s December 3, 2016, auction in York, Maine, could have been a primer on what’s hot and what’s not. Blue was red hot. Muddy brown was not. And red had a mild case of the blues. Size definitely ... (Read More)
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Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
With a sale total of $1,777,834 and a sell-through rate of 93%, the December 3, 2016, Americana and political auction presented by Heritage Auctions’ historical department was a solid success. It comprised two catalogs: one for the Scott W. Dolson collection of political Americana, ... (Read More)
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