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Case Antiques, Inc., Knoxville, Tennesseeby Sarah CampbellIn the two years since it was founded, Case Antiques has profited from the bullish auction market for early fine and decorative art of the South and has worked to expand it by creating some new categories and some new collectors."I think we've done ... (Read More)
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by David HewettOn June 5, a woman in Austria filed a lawsuit against New York City's Quatrochi Art Agents, Inc. for $1.2 million. Also named in the suit was the moving and storage firm Day & Meyer, Murray & Young, Corp. Maggie Wachter brought the suit against the art firm's ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
The Shows Go Onby Lita Solis-CohenThe rumor that Meg (Wendy) Geslin may release some of her dates at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York City is not true. Geslin said, "I am surprised that anyone would say that. Westchester Enterprises Inc. has confirmed dates for December 3-8. The show ... (Read More)
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EditorialIf a buyer, after spending more than $100, asks a dealer or auctioneer for a "certificate of authenticity" (COA), he is likely to be met with a smirk, if not outright laughter. In California, however, a dealer's mirth over a naive request may turn to frustration, and possibly legal trouble. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Christie's, New York CityChristie's American Paintingsby
Lita Solis-CohenCollectors of American paintings descend on New York City in
May and early December for the American paintings sales, just as collectors of
American furniture and decorative arts gather in New York City in January. The
auction houses have parties, dinners, and lectures. ... (Read More)
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by Karl PassPook & Pook, Inc. of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, will sell the Richard and Rosemarie Machmer collection on October 24 and 25. The collection is largely composed of Pennsylvania German decorative arts and Native American art. The Machmers, longtime residents of Hamburg, Pennsylvania, collected throughout southeastern Pennsylvania. They purchased many ... (Read More)
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Sanford Smith's 2009 Outsider Art Fair in New York City moves to a new home and a new date. For 16 years, the show occupied the Puck Building in SoHo during the latter weeks of January. Now that the Puck is converting into a catering hall and restaurant, the Outsider ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Waddington's, Toronto, Ontarioby John NorrisAll prices in Canadian fundsRecession? What recession? Not in Toronto. At least not yet.Only five months had passed from a financially very successful auction of Inuit art when Waddington's presented collectors and dealers with yet another array of over 500 lots of Inuit art in Toronto, ... (Read More)
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Sollo:Rago, Lambertville, New Jerseyby Lita Solis-Cohen The Sollo:Rago spring Modernism sale at Rago Arts and Auction Center in Lambertville, New Jersey, on April 12 and 13 totaled about $7.2 million for 890 lots-the second-highest total for the auction house. John Sollo said foreign bidding and eBay Live Auctions did not ... (Read More)
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Noel Barrett Antiques & Auctions Ltd., New Hope, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenNoel Barrett's April 11-13 sale at the Eagle Fire Hall in New Hope, Pennsylvania, went up against the Philadelphia Antiques Show, Frank Gaglio's Original 23rd Street Armory Antiques Show, and David Rago's Modern sale.It didn't seem to matter.The toy and ... (Read More)
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