(Auction Law and Ethics)
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittHow do we get into the bad spots that we do? We usually do it to ourselves. We "sell" ourselves into the predicaments that haunt and harm us.Take my cousin, Junior, over in Boaz, Alabama, a real intellectual and crack negotiator too. Cross Gomer Pyle ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.A Force for Change: African American Art and the Julius Rosenwald ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Woman in a Garden Sewing by Joseph Kleitsch (1882-1931), 24" x 30", sold to a Bay Area private collector for $230,000. The painting was one of several offered from the estate of Nancy M. Daly, a Los Angeles collector who was married to L.A. mayor Richard Riordan. "Kleitsch is one ... (Read More)
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(Feature)
EditorialIs the antiques business a shadow economy? Sometimes, like the late comedian Rodney Dangerfield, it gets no respect.Local legislation in Massachusetts that was aimed at protecting the public has brought serious unintended consequences. On Cape Cod this spring, some well-meaning selectmen, aided by law enforcement, managed to get a socalled ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Rago Arts and Auction Center, Lambertville, New Jerseyby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy RagoA Judy Kensley McKie patinated bronze jaguar bench, 1992, inscribed "11 of 12/ copyright JKM 1992," 261/2" x 57" x 17", sold for $73,200 (est. $30,000/40,000) on the phone. A phone bidder paid $31,720 (est. $15,000/20,000) for a Judy ... (Read More)
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(Show)
Robert "Bob" Foley of Gray, Maine, offered for $155 a small concrete sculpture of a woman dozing on a park bench. She was guarded by a $255 pair of red-eyed owl andirons.Weatherwise, it was a fine day, but not everybody was "out raking." Barbara Boyland, Polly Thibodeau, and JanDurham of ... (Read More)
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(Show)
Seated in an exhibition space shared by Boston Architectural College (BAC) and Dakota Jackson Inc. are Chala Hadimi (left), director of the college's foundation program, and Dave Harrison, head of the school of interior design. To the right of the unidentified standing man is Jackson's two-piece A*ra*besque cocktail table set, ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondAfter quite some thought and careful consideration, we've decided that converting young collectors is a very slow process. We've arrived at the conclusion that it might be faster to make them. As a result, sometime around Labor Day (insert wisecrack here), we'll be ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Bonhams, New York Cityby A.J. Peluso, Jr.Photos courtesy BonhamsIt's simple, Bonhams offered a sprawling 137-lot sale focused on ship models and paintings of the highest quality in New York City on April 14 and voila, $1,385,298 (includes buyers' premiums). Add that to its January take, $441,701, and voila, $1,826,999. For ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)
Barn Star Productions' two shows during Antiques Week in New Hampshire (the Manchester Pickers Market on Monday, August 9, and Mid-Week in Manchester on Wednesday and Thursday, August 11 and 12) will once again be held at the Furniture World building, located at 1300 South Porter Street in Manchester (Exit ... (Read More)
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