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(Auction)Best Sale Ever for African-Americana at Swann
The sale's top lot was a 30" x 25 1/8" oil painting, a contemporary copy of The Slaves by Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883). Produced in London in the 1830's to 1850's, the painting went to a collector on the phone for $72,000 (est. $60,000/80,000). It was that buyer's only purchase.Two pairs ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Appeals Judges Finally Wipe the Slate Clean on "Russian Schoolroom"
by David HewettOn March 27 three U.S. Court of Appeals judges re-confirmed the decision reached by a federal judge in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2010. They denied the appeal of art dealer Jack Solomon, who had claimed that he remained the owner of a painting by Norman Rockwell, Russian Schoolroom.It ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Auctioneer's Appeal Unsuccessful
Anthony Bonneau, former owner of T's Family Auction, Cairo, New York, appealed his conviction of grand larceny and the order to pay restitution. An April 5 decision by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York affirmed the conviction and order.In 2010 Bonneau was sentenced to two to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Last Clock Repair School to Close
by Bob FrishmanThe number of clock repairers with professional training is destined to get even smaller. The National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors (NAWCC) has announced that its School of Horology will suspend operations because of rising costs and dwindling enrollments. This means that for full-time clock repairers like ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Director of Skinner's Fine Books and Manuscripts
Devon Gray is the new director of fine books and manuscripts at Skinner, Inc. She will be responsible for continuing the growth of the department, expanding the number of auctions presented by the department, and developing a program to hold sales at Skinner's Marlborough, Massachusetts, gallery.Gray joins Skinner after more ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: The Turnpike Blues, or Why Is Pennsylvania So Wide?
by Andrew Richmond and Hollie DavisSome people wear hair shirts; some people self-flagellate; some people go to Wal-Mart on Saturdays; and some people look forward to the first quarter of the year. Andrew is one of these first quarter people. After a trip to New York City for Americana Week ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Annual Holiday Sale 2011
Marvin and Lynn Bailey folk pottery figure of a man with a slice of watermelon, a gray dog, and a pig, all riding on the back of analligator, marked, 19" long, $230.Rookwood Standard glaze plaque, William P. McDonald, 1897, a portrait of Alfred Jackson, former slave and body servant to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Heaven and Earth at Americana Sale
This study for The Apotheosis of Washington by Constantino Brumidi (1805-1880), oil on canvas, 35¼" diameter, sold to the Smithsonian's American Art Museum for $539,500. Schinto photos.A 72" x 74" embroidered pieced cotton quilt, once used to raise funds by the suffragettes, sold for $16,590. Susan B. Anthony's name is ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Patience, Poker, and Power
by Steve ProffittNegotiation is a natural function in life, and everyone does it, but few people are any good at it. Most never understand what they do wrong because they fail to think about what they should do before jumping into it. Certainly they would improve their performance substantially if ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Winter Estate and Fine Art Auction
Fresh from a local estate, this 16" x 12½" oil on board still life of red, white, and blue flowers in the muzzle of a Springfield rifle by George Henry Hall (1825-1913) was signed lower left and dated 1861. The painting was on loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, ... (Read More)
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