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(Fragment)Auctioneer's Appeal Unsuccessful
Anthony Bonneau, former owner of T's Family Auction, Cairo, New York, appealed his conviction of grand larceny and the order to pay restitution. An April 5 decision by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York affirmed the conviction and order.In 2010 Bonneau was sentenced to two to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Last Clock Repair School to Close
by Bob FrishmanThe number of clock repairers with professional training is destined to get even smaller. The National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors (NAWCC) has announced that its School of Horology will suspend operations because of rising costs and dwindling enrollments. This means that for full-time clock repairers like ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Director of Skinner's Fine Books and Manuscripts
Devon Gray is the new director of fine books and manuscripts at Skinner, Inc. She will be responsible for continuing the growth of the department, expanding the number of auctions presented by the department, and developing a program to hold sales at Skinner's Marlborough, Massachusetts, gallery.Gray joins Skinner after more ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: The Turnpike Blues, or Why Is Pennsylvania So Wide?
by Andrew Richmond and Hollie DavisSome people wear hair shirts; some people self-flagellate; some people go to Wal-Mart on Saturdays; and some people look forward to the first quarter of the year. Andrew is one of these first quarter people. After a trip to New York City for Americana Week ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Annual Holiday Sale 2011
Marvin and Lynn Bailey folk pottery figure of a man with a slice of watermelon, a gray dog, and a pig, all riding on the back of analligator, marked, 19" long, $230.Rookwood Standard glaze plaque, William P. McDonald, 1897, a portrait of Alfred Jackson, former slave and body servant to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Heaven and Earth at Americana Sale
This study for The Apotheosis of Washington by Constantino Brumidi (1805-1880), oil on canvas, 35¼" diameter, sold to the Smithsonian's American Art Museum for $539,500. Schinto photos.A 72" x 74" embroidered pieced cotton quilt, once used to raise funds by the suffragettes, sold for $16,590. Susan B. Anthony's name is ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Patience, Poker, and Power
by Steve ProffittNegotiation is a natural function in life, and everyone does it, but few people are any good at it. Most never understand what they do wrong because they fail to think about what they should do before jumping into it. Certainly they would improve their performance substantially if ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Winter Estate and Fine Art Auction
Fresh from a local estate, this 16" x 12½" oil on board still life of red, white, and blue flowers in the muzzle of a Springfield rifle by George Henry Hall (1825-1913) was signed lower left and dated 1861. The painting was on loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Selling Iranian Art Requires Navigating around Imposed Economic Sanctions
by Daniel GrantThis is the easiest part of the story to tell. In March 2011 the Leila Heller Gallery in New York City held an exhibition of Shirin Fakhim's found-object sculptures, her first solo show in Manhattan. A number of pieces were sold. It is what happened before and after ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Growing Body of Art Law
by Daniel GrantThe Equity for Visual Artists Act of 2011, the most recent piece of art law to be introduced to Congress, was met with little fanfare in December 2011. It was close to Christmas, so how excited about artists were people supposed to get?It isn't clear how excited anyone ... (Read More)
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