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(Fragment)Gun Dealer Sentenced to Two Years for Frazier Museum Tax Evasion
by Robert KyleA surprise maximum sentence verdict of two years in prison for gun dealer Michael K. Salisbury was delivered on July 22 in a U.S. District Court in Louisville, Kentucky. Salisbury had failed to pay approximately $450,000 in taxes on the almost $1.2 million he earned in 2000 and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Antique Toys Exempt from Updated Lead Ban
by David HewettThose involved in the antique toy market got a scare in mid-July when the prospect of a ban on toys of all ages that contain lead in any form surfaced.It all began with a phone call received by Lincoln Sander, the executive director of the Antiques Dealers' Association ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Variety Adds Spice
Motley's Auction & Realty Group, Richmond, Virginiaby Walter C. NewmanThe April 30 catalog sale at Motley's Auction & Realty Group in Richmond, Virginia, was as broad and as deep as any in recent memory. The sale of about 700 lots was advertised as an "Americana and Sportsman's Auction" and offered ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Market Lively at Successful Sale
Doyle New York, New York Cityby Elizabeth Bidwell BatesPaintings led the April 29 American furniture and decorative arts sale at Doyle New York, which reached a total of $525,969. Leading the sale at $25,000 (includes buyer's premium), the vibrant image of stag, hind, and fawns came to Doyle with an ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Almost a $2 Million Weekend Sale
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshireby David HewettNortheast Auctions' late spring/early summer sale in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has always been a tough event to characterize. It appears the auction firm sees it as an opportunity to clear out the warehouse of the hard-to-place pieces from a variety of sources that won't ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Auction at Eldred's
Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc., East Dennis, Massachusettsby Jackie SideliEldred's, the long-established auction house on Cape Cod in East Dennis, Massachusetts, sold to a packed house for its April 3-5 Americana sale. As always, the firm had assembled an interesting and diverse group of antique furniture and fine art as ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Knotty Pine Changes Course
Gallery at Knotty Pine Auction Service, West Swanzey, New Hampshireby Jackie Sideli"We decided to close the mall, just like that," said an upbeat Joan Pappas. Knotty Pine Antiques Mall, owned by the Pappas family in West Swanzey, New Hampshire, was one of the original antiques malls in New England. "We ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Cropsey at the Top, Then All the Rest
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoStephen Fletcher called it "a little sweetheart of a painting" as he prepared to sell Autumn on the Hudson by Jasper Francis Cropsey at Skinner in Boston on May 16. The 5" x 10" oil on board, painted in 1858, had been consigned by a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings Sale
Doyle New York, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenDoyle New York offered 95 lots of American paintings on May 20 as the fourth of a four-session sale of European, modern, and contemporary art. The fourth session brought a total of $1,327,625, which was 82% sold by lot and 85% sold by ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Skinner Posts Its Best Ever Tribal Arts Sale
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusettsby Jeanne Schinto Photos courtesy Skinner Inc.Skinner's department of American Indian and ethnographic art posted its best ever results on May 10 when 457 lots, nearly 92% of the total offered, realized $1,740,061 (including buyers' premiums).Some of the success came courtesy of a consignment of Native American ... (Read More)
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