(Auction Law and Ethics)
Auction Law & Ethics
An old, blind woman went to see a lawyer about having a will drafted. He discussed with her what she wanted to accomplish with her will. Her estate was meager, and the lawyer quoted a fee of just $100 to do the work. As she got up ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)
Joshua W. Lane has been appointed the Lois F. and Henry S. McNeil Curator of Furniture at the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, succeeding Wendy Cooper, who retired in June 2013.
Lane received his B.A. in American studies from Amherst College and his M.Phil. from Yale. He worked at the Connecticut ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Editorial
One politician understands investing in antiques, or rather, investing in the antiques business.
Connecticut state Senator Art Linares, a 25-year-old Republican, has sponsored a bill to boost the Connecticut Spring Antiques Show, the 65-dealer affair that will be held March 22 and 23 in Hartford. Linares’s bill would appropriate $50,000 from ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)
Dr. Helen Achbar Cooper, the Holcombe T. Green Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture at the Yale University Art Gallery, will retire in May.
“Helen Cooper has served the field of American art as one of its finest curators for almost forty years, leading the Yale University Art Gallery’s department of ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)
The Young Collector
Hollie woke up in the night recently, because her “out of the covers” arm had cooled to a temperature that made her think the house might be getting too cold. She got up to check the stove, realized that Andrew would be up in a hour, so she ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Room-size Heriz rug, red field with a blue border, 20th century, 12' x 15', good condition, fringe loss on one end, $9300.
Tella Kitchen (1902-1988), painting signed on the stretcher, “The barn I’ve admired for years. At Delmont Crossing. Fairfield County Ohio. Tella Kitchen 1975,” oil on canvas, 20" x 24" ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Fifteen Mexican silver figural bowls by Jose Marmolejo, Mexico City, sold for $2750. The mid-20th-century handled bowls, each about 4¼" wide including handles, are shaped like swans. Note the gilt coating inside each.
This partial set of sterling silver by International in the Wedgwood pattern, 167 pieces, including 14 serving pieces ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
At $21,240, the sale’s highest-dollar painting was The Flower Seller (overall, 65½" x 43¾") by Gaetano Bellei. Its estimate was $20,000/40,000.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt had this Crawford expansion band watch on his wrist when he died in 1945 at his retreat in Warm Springs, Georgia. The watch along with ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Cased and engraved 28-gauge over-under Boss game gun, serial number 9019, $207,000. Julia photo.
This English Boss game gun, a 28-gauge sidelock ejector single side-by-side gun, was made as a small-bore companion piece to the over-under Boss gun and has serial number 9018. It has similar markings to the Boss over-under ... (Read More)
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(Show)
Sam Scott of Denise Scott Antiques, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, is shown checking the drawer of a $1675 pine stepback open-top cupboard with original paint. Redware on the lower shelf ranged from a $145 bundt pan to a $65 pie plate and an $875 loaf pan.
Spring Hill Farm Antiques, Broadhead, ... (Read More)
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