(Issue Story)
Editorial
It's getting more expensive to buy at auction in New York City.
On November 13 Sotheby's raised its buyer's premium. Buyers will now pay 25% on the hammer price up to and including $250,000; 20% on the hammer price from $250,001 to $3,000,000; and 12.5% on the portion of the hammer ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)
On September 9 a letter from the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs confirmed that New York City auction houses must reveal irrevocable bids in post-sale reporting.
"The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) writes...regarding whether the sale price disclosed by an auctioneer pursuant to Section 2 125(a) ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or online orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or a mail-order house is the place to look.
Meanderings of a Quilt Collector / Les Vagabondages d'une collectionneuse de Quilts ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)
From 2009 to 2013 the Mayor Gallery of London sold 13 works by Agnes Martin (1912-2004), who was an Abstract Expressionist and Minimalist painter. When those artworks were submitted to the Agnes Martin Catalogue Raisonne, they were all rejected, causing Mayor Gallery to issue some refunds. There are some big ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Seeck Auctions, Mason City, Iowa, and Kansas City, Missouri
Photos courtesy Seeck Auctions
When I contacted Jim Seeck in June 2016 to get a pulse on what might be his top carnival glass sale for the year, I was looking at the International Carnival Glass Association's July 16 sale, a collection of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
"American furniture has been studied for a hundred years, and Rhode Island furniture has been an obsessive part of the story," said Philip D. Zimmerman on September 15 to an audience of 300 in the Robert L. McNeil Jr. Lecture Hall at the opening of the 2016 Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque ... (Read More)
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The Maine Board of Licensing of Auctioneers within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation recently referred a number of cases to the Maine attorney general's office for disposition. In response, the attorney general's office has filed a civil action in Kennebec County Superior Court against Maine auctioneer Jeffrey S. ... (Read More)
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Rago Arts and Auction Center, a full-service auction house in Lambertville, New Jersey, with annual sales of $33 million, is expanding its reach into Westchester County, New York, and Connecticut by adding a dedicated representative to the region.
Jennifer Pitman, formerly head of sale, silver, at Christie's in New York City ... (Read More)
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(Show)
Williamsburg, Virginia
The 35th annual Holiday Antiques Show in Williamsburg, Virginia, was held at the Williamsburg Doubletree Hotel and Conference Center, November 25-27, 2016. The annual show is one of those seasonal events that is well worth putting on the calendar. The Holiday Antiques Show is always held the weekend following ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Polly Warren Antiques, Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Eighty-four-year-old Polly Warren of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, has collected antiques for most of her life. As a child she spent summers in Chatham, Massachusetts, where she visited often with her summer neighbor Elmer Crowell in his East Harwich studio. She was permitted to watch him work but ... (Read More)
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