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Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Pook & PookJohn Rasmussen (1828-1895), View of the Berks County Almshouse, a large bird's-eye view of the almshouse with figures engaged in various activities, surrounded by five small vignettes, signed lower right "J. Rasmussen 1884," oil on canvas, 33" x 40". ... (Read More)
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Minneapolis, Minnesotaby David HewettLisa McAllister of Clear Spring, Maryland, has good reason to smile. She's holding a genuine rarity in yellowware, a 10" high ale pitcher from the Swan Hill Pottery of New Jersey, with what is known as an ice lip with piercing to prevent ice splashing into your ... (Read More)
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Oil on canvas by William Frederick de Haas, $41,400.Gould related that he had some difficulty convincing people that these chairs were right, but in the end, he said, everybody that counted came through. The pair of beautifully decorated arrow-back armchairs with gilded bamboo-turned legs, every inch brilliantly grain painted under ... (Read More)
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J.J. Keating Auctioneers, Kennebunk, Maineby Rose SafranPhotos courtesy J.J. Keating AuctioneersThe predicted rain subsided, leaving a rather sloppy parking field on Saturday, September 27, 2008, when J.J. Keating Auctioneers of ... (Read More)
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by Lita Solis-CohenRecord prices always bring out treasures. The Philadelphia stool from the Edward P. and Barbara Moore collection that sold at Sotheby's on September 26, 2008, for $5,234,500, illustrated in M.A.D. in November 2008 (p. 12-A) and December 2008 (p. 1-D), provoked a call from retired dealer Robert Trump ... (Read More)
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The International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) presented the 2008 IFPDA Book Award to Dr. Achim Gnann for Parmigianino und Sein Kreis: Druckgraphik aus der Sammlung Baselitz (Parmigianino and His Circle: Prints from the Baselitz Collection).Allan Stone, chairman of the IFPDA grants committee, which oversees the book award, presented Dr. ... (Read More)
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Christie's Education in New York City is accepting enrollments for a new short course of study in American folk art, slated for January 20-22. This three-day program for non-degree students provides an overview of the American folk art field, including its history, the market, and connoisseurship.The course, "Treasures and Traditions: ... (Read More)
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by Lita Solis-Cohen
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Americana Week in New York City is a week later this year because of the inauguration of Barack Obama. There is an additional auction at Bonhams on January 22—and one less ... (Read More)
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Giuseppe Concepcion, the owner of an art and antiques dealership doing business as Proarte Gallery in Miami, Florida, and New York City, was arrested on November 21, 2008, in Miami on charges of transportation of stolen property and wire fraud. Following a court hearing, he was released on $500,000 bail.According ... (Read More)
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Auctions Houses Not Immune to Job LossesOn December 5, 2008, the U.S. government reported the biggest monthly job loss in a generation; 533,000 jobs were lost in November 2008. The government also noted that 1.9 million jobs had been lost since the beginning of the recession in December 2007.The auction ... (Read More)
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