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(Auction)Summer Art Auction Yields Over $4 Million
Barridoff Galleries, Portland, Maineby Rose SafranLast year Rob Elowitch of Barridoff Galleries was delighted. He sold over $4 million worth of art-his best auction. This year, he was also delighted. Despite a one-third buy-in rate, unusually high for this house, the August 3 auction on a hot Friday evening in ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Rookwood XVII, Keramics 2007, Art Glass 2007
Cincinnati Art Galleries, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonSeventeen years. Riley Humler can't quite figure it. "I'm sitting here talking to you about Rookwood Seventeen, and I don't know how we got where we are. We went from 1991 to 2007 in the blink of an eye-it's scary," said Humler, director of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)No Sophomore Slump at O'Brien's Second Sporting Sale
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Plymouth, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoA curlew carved by A. Elmer Crowell achieved a new price record at Stephen B. O'Brien Jr.'s second annual sporting sale on July 26, when it sold to a phone bidder for $186,500 (includes buyer's premium). According to O'Brien's research, it is the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historic Americana Auction
Cowan's, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonGo West, young man.If you're thinking Horace Greeley, you'd be wrong. John Soule's 1851 article in the Terre Haute (Indiana) Express originated the famous quote that has been credited with sending many a young man west across the continent. Seems it was good advice then. Ditto ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques at Elm Bank Estate: Capricious Storm, Capricious Customers
Wellesley, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoIt's easy enough to love the venue-gorgeous grounds with gardens tended by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society on which sit two historic buildings in one of New England's most affluent communities. It's easy, too, to love promoter Marvin Getman. "Marv sure gets them into the seats," said Ken ... (Read More)
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(Show)Bedford, New Hampshire: Stampede Opens Flamingo's Manchester Show
by Jeanne SchintoThe satellite show that Flamingo Promotions begat nine years ago to take advantage of the crowds of collectors drawn to Antiques Week in New Hampshire increased its gate this year by 20%, according to Flamingo's Tina Bruno. "I think folks are finally finding out that this is a ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Firearms Column
by Robert KyleAntique American firearms that bring the most money at auctions are generally those associated with historic figures such as cowboys, lawmen, outlaws, Native Americans, U.S. presidents, and other notables. Across the Atlantic, however, where cowboys and Indians and the winning of the West existed only by hearsay, Britain ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sells in California
Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, Californiaby Alice KaufmanReflecting on the June 25 San Francisco sale of American furniture and decorative accessories, Bonhams & Butterfields' Americana specialist Brooke Sivo said that, in general, Americana "is not an easy market today."The market for country, for instance, Sivo said, was "very soft," then ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Christie's Inaugural Dog Sale Fetches $2.1 Million
Christie's, New York Cityby Dorothy S. GelattEven though half the elegant lots were passed, Christie's first sale of mostly English and American dog paintings and sculpture-"The Dog Sale"-managed to chew up $2,169,840. But that was a lot less than most people had expected.A major reason for the relatively meager return, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Americana Celebration in Deerfield
Deerfield, New Hampshireby Mark SiscoThis was Nan Gurley's 13th year at Antiques Week in New Hampshire. Her annual outdoor show at the fairgrounds in Deerfield, New Hampshire, was held on August 7. She stuck to her traditional Tuesday, despite Frank Gaglio's show opening the day before in nearby Bedford. Sandwiched ... (Read More)
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