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(Auction)Crystal Bridges Buys Top Lot at Sale of Maya Angelou's Art Collection
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann
Forty-four artworks from the personal collec-tion of Maya Angelou (1928-2014), poet, playwright, autobiographer, essayist, and performing artist, were auctioned before a joyful, jam-packed audience at Swann Galleries in New York City on September 15 for a total of nearly $1.3 million. Fourteen of the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Reward Offered for Two N.C. Wyeth Paintings
Go, Dutton, and that Right Speedily.
The Encounter on Freshwater Cliff
It’s a bizarre tale involving a one-time child actor, a reality television producer, a fictitious trip in a Bentley to a stolen goods warehouse, a Texas police officer who nearly recovered millions in stolen art, and possibly a five-figure reward.
The FBI ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Lackluster Interest at American Indian Art Sale
Bonhams, San Francisco, California
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The empty spaces in the parking lot at Bonhams were the first clue about the possible success of the September 14 American Indian art auction of the collection of Mario Luraschi that was due to start in ten minutes. Inside the San Francisco salesroom, there ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Active Buying at CRN Sale
CRN Auctions, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Buyers packed the salesroom for the September 13 sale at CRN Auctions in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The audience was active and plentiful, and the phones were abuzz, as were absentee bids. Auctioneer Carl R. Nordblom told M.A.D. that Internet buying accounted for around 36% of sales.
As is usual ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two Catalogs and Back-to-Back Auctions in Columbia
Charlton Hall Auctioneers, West Columbia, South Carolina
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Those who stayed for the entire two days, September 11 and 12, at Charlton Hall Auctioneers received a catalog for “International Antiques” and another for “Style + Design” lots. Most lots in the style and design catalog were estimated at under ... (Read More)
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(Auction)20th-Century Art and Design
Treadway Toomey Auctions, Oak Park, Illinois
Carefully built collections made the day for the September 12 sale at Treadway Toomey Auctions, Oak Park, Illinois. According to house specialists, interest generated by the dispersal of those collections resulted in a strikingly high sell-through rate. Fine art specialist Joe Stanfield called the sell-through ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Salmagundi Club Completes Renovations
A partial view of the Salmagundi Club of New York City on lower Fifth Avenue. As with many buildings in Manhattan, scaffolding hides part of the structure.
Club president Robert W. Pillsbury, known as “one of the left-handed Bobs,” is shown preparing his copper plate to be printed on one of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Country Americana
Garth’s Auctions, Delaware, Ohio
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A portrait of a man by self-taught Alabama artist Bill Traylor (circa 1854-1949), mixed media on paperboard, sold for $31,200 (includes buyer’s premium) to top the country Americana sale held by Garth’s Auctions on September 11 in Delaware, Ohio.
Although sources disagree on his birth and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Hunger for 20th-Century Artworks Continues
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner
Twentieth-century works were once again in high demand at Skinner. Prints by Andy Warhol, Edward Hopper, Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, and Frank Stella all did well at the fine art sale in the auction house’s Boston gallery on September 11. So did a ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received, September 2015
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.
Soldier, Engraver, Forger: Richard Brunton’s Life on the Fringe in America’s New ... (Read More)
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