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On June 5 the New Hampshire Board of Auctioneers suspended the license of New Hampshire auctioneer Frank Beliveau for five years. The unanimous action came after the board heard a complaint from Alan DeVarney, who consigned objects to an April 4 auction and was not paid.According to a consignor settlement ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)
by Steve ProffittM.A.D. has an upscale following. As my mentor, a now old lawyer from the South, would say, "Steve, that's the silk stocking crowd." With this crowd come the accompaniments of money, position, and power, including those Saturday night black-tie get-togethers known as benefit auctions. I receive most of ... (Read More)
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Folk Art from the Dr. David Bronstein Collection opened at the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art on the Ursinus College campus in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, on May 29. The exhibit, in the Upper Gallery, will run through August 29. The installation focuses on examples from Dr. Bronstein's collection of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Sollo:Rago, Lambertville, New Jerseyby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Sollo:RagoThe sale opened with this George Nakashima English oak free-edge coffee table, 13" x 76" x 34", that sold for $24,000 (est. $40,000/60,000). It seemed to set the tone for the sale.John Sollo and David Rago's catalog for their 20th-century modern sale on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
As shown, the Oriental room-size carpet is 7' x 13'7" overall, but its valued for the carpet found within the borders because those former parts are genuinely antique, probably somewhere between 200 and 300 years old, and the latter have been added at a later date. The buyer, a subscriber ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Granville Redmond, poppies and lupine by a lake with distant mountains, 28¾" x 35", sold to a San Diego collector for $542,000 (est. $350,000/550,000), a new world auction record for Redmond, which Levitt found encouraging.Armin Hansen (1886-1957), fishermen salvaging a wreck, 26" x 38", sold for $290,000 (est. $150,000/250,000) to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
This period Dutch cupboard attributed to the Mahantongo Valley in central Pennsylvania had been expertly repainted. It sold for $12,100 to private collectors bidding by phone. If you are interested in Pennsylvania German paint-decorated furniture, read the story for more.There were over 150 lots of Gaudy ironstone china on the ... (Read More)
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EditorialConsignors are the backbone of the auction business. Any savvy auctioneer will tell you that the key to a successful auction business is getting good stuff to sell.We advocate two simple moves that will help protect consignors: requiring Internet bidders to register with a credit card, and employing escrow accounts.First, ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)
by M.A.D. StaffThese are 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.John Singer Sargent: Venetian Figures and Landscapes, 1898-1913. Complete Paintings, Volume VI ... (Read More)
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Exhibitors Richard and Vernice Platt of Geneseo, New York, are a big part of the shows history and success.Don Naetzker of Fairport, New York, is celebrating his 50th year in the business and looking forward to the July Bloomfield, New York, antiques show. He is shown here with his favorites, ... (Read More)
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