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(Auction)John Burger Rooster Struts to $90,000
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
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The Zipps of Crocker Farm held a spring sale of 528 online catalog lots from April 1 to 10. The print catalog included 412 lots. Including the buyers’ premiums, the gross was $1,323,810.
Selling for $90,000 (est. $25,000/40,000) was this five-gallon stoneware crock, with cobalt ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Only Known Surviving American Example" Brings $400,000
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
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April 9 was the third time Brunk Auctions sold objects deaccessioned by the Brooklyn Museum. Two years ago, there were 153 lots of furniture and ceramics, some gifted to the museum more than 100 years ago by notables such as Luke Vincent Lockwood, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ohio Woman Indicted in Bid-Rigging Scheme
A woman from Columbus, Ohio, has been charged in connection with her alleged role in a bid-rigging scheme that artificially inflated prices in online auctions.
A Franklin County grand jury indicted Lindsay Klein, also known as Lindsay Leslie, on one count each of price fixing, bid rigging, and telecommunications fraud, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Seven Auction Records Established at Swann
Swann Auction Galleries, New York City
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The African American Art sale at Swann Auction Galleries on April 2 in New York City achieved seven auction records. The sale total was $2.6 million (including buyer’s premiums) with a 77% sell-through rate by lot.
During the event, a film crew ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Delight is in the Details
Beneath the Surface
Years ago, when the children were very small, we used to attend Quaker meetings occasionally with a F/friend. After a week of having people chattering at you nonstop, it was restful to just sit in silence for the better part of an hour with kind, earnest people. The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Estate of Dealer Penalized in Tax Shelter Case
On February 4, U.S. District Judge David Alan Ezra granted a motion for summary judgment for the IRS in a case against the estate of David Ehrlich.
Ehrlich was president and owner of Abbey Art Consultants, Inc. Beginning in the 1990s, Abbey Art Consultants' sole business was buying, storing, and donating ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Exhibitors for NHADA Annual Show
The New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA) has added four new exhibitors to the annual New Hampshire Antiques Show: Michael Hall Antiques & Fine Art, Robert Markowitz, Z & K Antiques, and Elliott and Grace Synder.
Michael Hall of Michael Hall Antiques & Fine Art has been a full-time antiques dealer ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rare Lincoln-Johnson Flag Brings $281,600
Freeman's, Chicago, Illinois
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Washington and Lincoln: The Father and the Savior of Our Country, a popular 1865 Currier & Ives print was the banner Christopher Brink chose for his March 26 presidential sale for Freeman's in Chicago. The 188 lots of letters, prints, and political flags and banners brought ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Regarding Furniture
In 1786 the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia's published a Rule Book declaring "Drawing Designs, making out Bills of Scantling, collecting Materials, and sticking up Stuff, are to be charged by the Carpenter in proportion to the trouble." That is where Christopher Storb found the name ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Matt King Collection: Part One Just Scratches the Surface
Flying Pig Auctions, Westmoreland, New Hampshire
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Matthew Joseph King (1960-2024) was a collector. Yes, he was a dealer too, but collector is an appropriate term to which we could add "knowledgeable." Readers who frequented shows in the Northeast probably knew him. Show-goers could easily tell where his ... (Read More)
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