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(Auction)Folk Art Marine Straight Edge Rules Moore Auction
The unique sailor-made straight edge in whalebone with relief-carved decorations and an inscription dated 1833 and ascribing it to a sealer in a cave on Cape Pillar in Tierra del Fuego sold for $8050.There was a lot of speculation on this unsigned marine painting. Might it be a Clement Drew ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fisk University and Crystal Bridges Museum to Share Stieglitz Collection
by Daniel GrantEnding a six-year-old saga, the Tennessee Supreme Court refused an appeal from the state attorney general to overturn an appellate court ruling that would permit Nashville-based Fisk University to sell to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, a 50% stake in a 101-piece art ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, [email protected] very rare Chelsea white porcelain head of a child that I previewed and illustrated in the April issue failed to sell on the day, but as promised, this month's "Letter" does contains some fine Meissen and Capodimonte pieces from the Barilla collection.It also includes relics and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Southern Sells
Part of a stack of early blanket chests offered by Michael Rainey Antiques, Beaufort, South Carolina. At the top is an English miniature secretary, circa 1880, marked $1750. Next down is an Athens, Georgia, 1800's pine chest priced at $1200 that sold. This chest was lined with early Athens, Georgia, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art Nouveau Posters and a Few Auction Records
"Reverie" from 1897, one of Alphonse Mucha's most popular designs, exists in several variations, and as the catalog states, "Champenois capitalized on its popularity and sold it to many different clients, always imprinting the new firm's name on the image." This variant sans text was sold by La Plume to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Withdrawal from Auction Leads to $58 Million Lawsuit
by Daniel GrantThe stakes increased for Sotheby's and artist Cady Noland with an amended lawsuit filed on April 9 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York by Manhattan art dealer Marc Jancou, seeking $58 million in damages, resulting from the auction house's withdrawal of a screen print ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Book Review: Ceramics in America 2011
by Lita Solis-CohenCeramics in America 2011Edited by Robert HunterChipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England, 2011, 220 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from University Press of New England, (800) 421-1561 or (www.upne.com)Some scholarly journals are hard to get through; this one is hard to put down. It is ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Love and Luck
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondWe used to joke that we were going to have T-shirts made that said, "Auction Work: It's Not Just a Way of Life, It's a Life Sentence." Coming up on the end of our first decade in the business, we don't find that to be ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 30th Anniversary Chester County Antiques Show
Salt Box Antiques, Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania, asked $16,500 for the rare early dry sink, circa 1840. On it is a stack of dark red-painted pantry boxes for $3250. Hanging on the wall is a New England spoon rack for $3900. On the wall at right is a Shaker cheese curd mill ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Flemish Painting Flies
This 16th- or 17th-century Flemish oil on wood panel of a rich feast of lobster, parsnips, turkey or chicken, and various other savory dishes sold for $218,500 (est. $10,000/20,000).This signed 30" x 36" winter morning landscape that fairly screamed "Emile Gruppe" brought a low-estimate $9200. A classic Gruppe composition, it ... (Read More)
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