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In December 2020 federal Judge Denise Cote ruled that the COVID-19 pandemic was a “natural disaster” and thus allowed auction house Phillips to terminate a contract to sell a Rudolf Stingel painting consigned by JN Contemporary Art LLC.
The contract, signed on June 27, 2019, called for the painting to be ... (Read More)
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Denver-based United Flea Markets, owner of the largest portfolio of flea markets in the country, has acquired a controlling interest of Cole’s Antique Village and Flea Market in Pearland (Houston), Texas. This acquisition marks United Flea Markets’ 15th property and the company’s first flea market in Texas.
In mid-November, the company ... (Read More)
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We are all spending much more time now in our houses and apartments because of COVID-19. Because we all might enjoy staring at someone else’s walls for a change, this column gives our readers an idea of what some of their colleagues, fellow collectors, and other readers surround themselves with ... (Read More)
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Folk art dealer Allan Katz has given the so-called Bingham secretary to The Chipstone Foundation in Milwaukee. “We made an unconditional gift, knowing it’s in good hands,” Katz said.
The Bingham secretary is a fake made by dealer Harold Gordon of Templeton, Massachusetts. Gordon sold it to Katz, and at the ... (Read More)
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The Outsider Art Fair (OAF) will move to a hybrid model offering live gallery exhibitions and an online viewing room when it is held January 28-February 7.
The fair utilized a similar model for its Paris edition held in October 2020.
The OAF, founded in 1993, has been owned since 2012 by ... (Read More)
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On November 30, 2020, Case Antiques Inc. Auctions & Appraisals opened a consignment office in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is the third branch for the Knoxville-based company, which John and Stephanie Case (pictured) opened in 2005. Other offices are located in Nashville and Kingsport, Tennessee.
“We’re grateful to be attracting an increasing ... (Read More)
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Riley Humler has been appointed head of the ceramics department at Toomey & Co. Auctioneers, Oak Park, Illinois. Humler has over 30 years of experience in the auction business, beginning with Cincinnati Art Galleries and then as founder of Humler & Nolan, a Cincinnati auction house specializing in American and ... (Read More)
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Magda Grigorian has been appointed chief communications officer for Phillips. Based in New York City and reporting to chief executive officer Edward Dolman, Grigorian will drive the auction house’s global communications and public relations strategies and oversee all aspects of internal and external communications, the auction house said.
Magda Grigorian.
Grigorian has ... (Read More)
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The American Ceramic Circle (ACC) Book Award, established in 2005, recognizes English-language publications that advance the study of ceramics, present new scholarship and interpretations, and, in doing so, become important and standard references in the field.
The ACC Book Award committee identified the 2020 winner as Birds, Bugs and Butterflies: Lady ... (Read More)
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All We Have by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond
The Young Collector
In trying times, we find joy in small or unexpected places. One of our unexpected joys in the past seven months (which have felt like three and a half decades) is a weekly video chat that our younger child has with his cousin by cell phone. She is ... (Read More)
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