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(Auction)Washington Memorial Embroidery Leads Potomack Auction
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company held its spring catalog auction on April 9 at its gallery in Alexandria, Virginia, and offered a mix of categories of Americana, Asian, and Continental antiques and fine art. For a second consecutive sale, old masters paintings were among ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Houdiniana and Lewis Davenport Collection
Potter & Potter Auctions, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Potter & Potter
The April 9 Potter & Potter auction in Chicago drew worldwide interest because of a long-lost typed manuscript attributed to magician Harry Houdini and dark fantasy writer H.P. Lovecraft. Two other pieces, a so-called mystery clock by Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Greene Line of Toy Trains and Accessories Highballs It to $1.19 Million
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
"Be wise. Accessorize," a catchy advertising slogan of a prominent jewelry firm, might well serve as a mantra for Bertoia Auctions' sale in Vineland, New Jersey, on April 9 of the trains, rolling stock, and railside accessories from the Jerry and Nina Greene ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)"Exotic Woods, Masterful Makers"
Winterthur, Delaware
"Exotic Woods, Masterful Makers: Tropical Hardwoods and the Luxury Furniture Trade, 1600-1850," the 2016 Sewell C. Biggs Winterthur Furniture Forum, held April 7-9, brought 160 collectors, curators, conservators, and craftsmen to all or part of three days of lectures, demonstrations, workshops, and a visit to a lumberyard to learn ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Indian and Western Art
Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan's
A Lakota triple-bladed war club sold for $96,000 (includes buyer's premium) and was the highlight of the American Indian and Western art sale held by Cowan's Auctions in Cincinnati on April 8. The price was significantly under the estimate of $150,000/250,000.
From the collection of James ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Samuel Yellin Sample Grille Section Donated to George Eastman Museum
The George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York, has been given the sample grille section created in 1924 by Samuel Yellin for the George Eastman residence. This donation is from Yellin's granddaughter, Clare Yellin.
Photo courtesy George Eastman Museum.
The museum's campus includes Eastman's Colonial Revival mansion. Rochester architects Edward S. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Norman Lewis's Star Continues to Shine at African American Fine Art Sale
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann
Swann's African American fine art sale on April 7 proved the continuing star power of Norman Lewis. The auction house offered seven works by the 20th-century New York Abstract Expressionist, and all sold remarkably well, often many times over estimate. These works included the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Carole Conn, Connecticut Country Antiques, Litchfield, Connecticut
In the Trade
During her long managerial career, Carole Conn worked for corporate giants such as General Foods, St. Regis Paper, General Electric, and Pitney Bowes. She was CEO of three companies and was on the boards of seven publicly traded firms in the United Kingdom and the United States. It ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings, Furniture, and Decorative Arts
Doyle New York, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle New York
Doyle's salesroom on East 87th Street in New York City was filled almost to capacity when the auctioneer began the spring sale of American paintings, furniture, and decorative arts on Wednesday, April 6.
By noon, all but ten of the 117 lots ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Chris Jussel Joins Invaluable as Advisor
Chris Jussel, the original host of the PBS television series Antiques Roadshow, has joined Invaluable, an online marketplace for fine art, antiques, and collectibles, as an advisor to the company.
Jussel will assist Invaluable with expanding the company's network of auction houses and dealers. He will also act as a brand ... (Read More)
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