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(Feature)Dealer Wins Judgment in Lawsuit Filed over Missing Painting and Lost Potential Profits
Ellsworth Woodward (Louisiana, 1861-1939), oil on canvas, 20" x 15", estimated at $15,000/25,000, sold for $21,510 but still hasn't been found.
A court in Louisiana has given an art broker a profit on a painting that she won at auction but never received and never sold.
In October 2013 the Civil District ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Brian Lebel's Old West Show & Auction to Acquire High Noon Show & Auction
Brian and Melissa Lebel of Brian Lebel's Old West Show & Auction have agreed to acquire the annual High Noon Show & Auction, held every January in Mesa, Arizona.
Linda Kohn Sherwood and Joseph Sherwood, as High Noon Western Americana, are spinning off their event business and will continue an active ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Bill Aims to Protect Art Authenticators
The art law committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York has recommended legislation that would amend New York's Art and Cultural Affairs Law and would protect "authenticators in rendering independent, good-faith opinions about the authenticity, attribution, and authorship of works of fine art." Senator ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Wright, a Chicago Auction House, Opens New York City Space
Wright, a topnotch Chicago auction house specializing in modern and contemporary design, opened a gallery in New York City, at 980 Madison Avenue, in November 2013 to serve as a venue for auction previews, for selling exhibitions of art and design, and as a consignment office. It has already served ... (Read More)
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(Show)American Art Pottery Association Show
Art pottery from Iowa State College dates to the 1920s and is relatively scarce. In a green glaze, this vase was priced at $1500 by Marie and Mark Latta of Clay Town Antiques, Wilton, Iowa.
Made by the University of North Dakota School of Mines and priced at $2295 each, the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2014 "Antique City" Fun Fair
JoAnne Schaut and Norm Schaut greeted early buyers on opening day.
A view from the balcony overlooking the show. Schaut photo.
This first edition of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was offered for $2000 from Richard Mori.
Dottie Freeman and Allan Teal of Chester Heights, Pennsylvania, put together a comprehensive display of glass including ... (Read More)
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(Show)Chicago Botanic Garden Antiques & Garden Fair
On a gorgeous crisp early spring Friday, purposeful crowds thronged to large show tents flanking indoor displays.
Tagged at $12,000, the carved stone Four Seasons statues, 1830s, Venice, were bought for a North Shore home during preview. The $795 sun and moon carved wooden plaque is mid-20th-century French. All were from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Flora Gill Jacobs's Private Collection Auctioned
Flora Gill Jacobs discusses this early 19th-century English Regency town house in her 2005 book, The Small World of Antique Dolls' Houses. The three-story center-opening dollhouse with balustrades on the roof and windows, 25" wide x 141/2" deep x 42" high, has a hand-painted faux stone exterior with quoins, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Auction of the Jane Murphy and Ken Erwin Estates
There were plenty of animal weathervanes to choose from-a horse, a pig, a beaver. Nothing came close to this gilt-copper full-bodied running fox that sold for $15,600. From the early 20th century, it was 32" long. It had six bullet holes and typical weathering.
Some of the Shaker furniture stood out ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Internet and Phones are Big Winners at Couture and Vintage Fashion Auction
The fashion house Irfe is unknown to us, which was obviously not the case with a woman who sat one row ahead of us and kept her paddle raised for this outfit until the hammer went down for $12,000 (est. $600/800), after which this woman quickly exited the premises. Her ... (Read More)
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