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(Fragment)Canadian Dealer Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Smuggling Rhino Horns, Ivory, and Coral
Xiao Ju Guan, aka "Tony Guan," 39, of Richmond, British Columbia, was sentenced on March 25 in United States federal court to 30 months in prison for smuggling rhinoceros horns, elephant ivory, and coral from the United States to Canada. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Laura ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)California Resale Royalty Act Loses in Court Again
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed Christie's, Sotheby's, and eBay a victory when it ruled on May 5 that California's Resale Royalty Act was unconstitutional, as applied to out-of-state sales conducted by out-of-state agents.
California law requires that "whenever a work of fine art is sold ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Beacons Bring $27,000
These maritime beacons, made of copper and brass, have plaques reading "The Patent Lighting Co., Ltd. Hayes England." The cut-crystal Fresnel lens prisms are set into bronze frames. With hinged and vented tops and hoisting rings, the beacons opened at $15,000. Bidders from the Internet and phone competed until the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Perfume Bottle Auction Brings $533,724
This 1957 Christian Dior limited-edition presentation perfume bottle, "J'appartiens a Miss Dior" (I belong to Miss Dior), sold for $66,000. The buyer was an Asian collector. The 71/4" high figural bottle and stopper are thick-walled frosted glass with enameled details; the bottom label is numbered "CCXLII (242)" and, according to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Faberge Cane Tops Spring Auction
The top lot of the auction, this fabulous Faberge cane with a handle of nephrite, gold, diamonds, and a ruby realized $11,800 (est. $10,000/15,000). Sweetening the deal, its 1/2" ringed gold collar was marked with a pre-1884 St. Petersburg city touch, with "56" (14 karats), and with "EK" for Faberge ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Pure and Simple Antique Show
Shenandoah Valley pie safe, Rappahannock or Culpeper County, Virginia, grain painted, four tins, $2800 from Bob and Carole Closser of Red Kettle Antiques, Carthage, Indiana.
"Rabbits for Sale" sign, $110 from Tim and Charline Chambers of Missouri Plain Folk, Sikeston, Missouri.
Uncut hooked rug pattern, "E.S. Frost & Co. Biddeford, ME / ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Historic East Berlin Antiques Show
Mark Wannemacher of East Berlin, Pennsylvania, asked $975 for this copper kettle made by John Kidd in Reading, Pennsylvania, circa 1796.
Lynne Oppenheimer of Ivy Hill Primitives, Langhorne, Pennsylvania, asked $965 for the very large English pewter plate, 1720-40; the punched tin lantern was $385; the soapstone inkwell, $195; the stoneware ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Changes Afoot for Sotheby's Boston Office and for Its Former Director
William S. "Bill" Cottingham. Litwin Media photo.
Cottingham Fine Art, 671/2 Chestnut Street, Boston. Schinto photo.
One day in mid-January a sign maker put up new signage on the 19th-century carriage house at 671/2 Chestnut Street at the foot of Beacon Hill where Sotheby's regional Boston office had been located for the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Greater York Antiques Show 2015
The line was long on Friday. The weather was too gorgeous on Saturday for a really big crowd, but the right people came, and business was done.
Kelly Kinzle of New Oxford, Pennsylvania, offered this Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, walnut Dutch cupboard, fresh to market, for $14,000.
Ruth Rogers of School House Farm ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Prepare to Listen
Auction Law and Ethics
Right out of law school I was routinely in court to appear on some motion or another-occasionally to try a small case. Despite the theory, philosophy, public policy, published opinions, moot court, and all the rest that constitute the law school experience, the real world is where ... (Read More)
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