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(Auction)Giraffe and Moon Brings $182,700
Hindman, Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Hindman
With post-COVID-19 changes affecting many routines in everyday life, here’s yet another: starting with its May 2023 art sales, Hindman in Chicago printed separate catalogs for its American and European art auctions. Previously, the sales shared a single catalog. To further separate the genres, sales were ... (Read More)
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(Show)The American Art Fair 2023
New York City
With an infusion of new dealers and an increased advertising budget, The American Art Fair, held in New York City May 13-16, with a preview on May 12, had its best showing in its 16 years.
Avery Galleries sold these circa 1935 untitled paintings of swans by Joseph Stella ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Serious Old West History and Collectibles
Old West Show, Grass Valley, California
Climate change? Political paralysis? Southern border problems? These topics may have been discussed over hot dogs and ice cream in the courtyard outside the Old West Show, but inside the showroom, the talk was all knives, rifles, Gold Rush beer trays, cowboy ropes, and fireman ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art Auction
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Heritage Auctions’ May 12 sale of American art offered a small but thoughtfully curated selection of masterworks that resulted in total sales of more than $6.1 million.
“Diverse Visions: Important Works by American Masters”featured works by notable American artists and by lesser-known artists and rising ... (Read More)
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(Auction)$5 Million Design Sales
Rago Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago Auctions
The 20th-century and modern design sales May 11 and 12 at Rago Auctions were big ones—more than 800 lots of art pottery, 20th-century furniture, studio ceramics, and glass crossed the block in two days and brought more than $5 million. New collectors ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Name for Utica Museum and Pratt Institute Extension
The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, New York, will now be known as Munson. Officials have also announced a master plan to redesign its 10-acre, 25-building campus in downtown Utica.
Currently known as PrattMWP, the college of art and design at Munson will become Pratt Munson starting with the incoming class ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, May 2023
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer’s premium when charged. We’re always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Pump Up the Volume
Beneath the Surface
Little in the auction world has changed more than the “back room.” Regardless of what it was called, most auction houses used to have either sales or portions of sales where the uncataloged, the odds and ends, ended up.
Auctioneers have lots of euphemisms for this material—cleanout lots, box ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Dogs in Art and Sporting Art
Doyle, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle
A small pack of dog and sporting art aficionados were in the salesroom for Doyle’s May 10 New York City auction “Dogs in Art & Sporting Art.” Held in the back of Doyle’s exhibition space on East 87th Street, the live sale offered 154 lots ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dealer Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison
On March 6 Miami art dealer Eduardo Ulises Martinez was sentenced to 51 months in prison for illegally smuggling sculptures containing ivory and for obstructing justice. Martinez is president of Art Master Collection Corp. and specializes in selling Art Nouveau and Art Deco art.
After a seven-day trial, a federal jury ... (Read More)
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