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(Auction)Keno Auction an Up-and-Down Event
These James Buttersworth (1817-1894) paintings in their original frames are actual barn finds, Leigh Keno said when they were offered. Alternate auctioneer Peter Coccoluto looked at Keno in pretend disbelief and asked, "Really? You should see some of what I find in barns." An Artfact bidder took the pair of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Auction at Pook & Pook
A Chester County, Pennsylvania, Queen Anne tiger maple miniature chest of drawers from the collection of James Sorber had "DC 1764" incised on its top, a cove molding under the top, graduated drawers, bracket feet with center drop, and replaced brasses. It is 20½" high x 18" wide x 11½" ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Wrap-up on Auction Contracts
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittSince the beginning of summer, we have been examining various facets of the consignment-to-auction process. The unfortunate truth is that many consignors lack the knowledge and experience needed to maneuver over and around the numerous challenges that stand like deadfalls along the path to making ... (Read More)
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(Feature)American Art Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and Web site ... (Read More)
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(Show)Celebrating 30 Years - Western Reserve Academy Antiques Festival
Cloudy weather was actually the perfect atmosphere to shop the booths of more than 75 dealers on September 5, Labor Day, in Hudson, Ohio. ... (Read More)
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(Show)USArtists
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York City, offered Portrait of General Otho Holland Williams (1749-1794) by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), painted in 1782 and modified in 1788, 22¾" x 19¾", for $650,000.Jonathan Boos, New York City and Bloomfield Village, Michigan, offered Birmingham Meetinghouse by Horace Pippin (1888-1946), a 16" x ... (Read More)
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(Auction)More Fresh Discoveries at Solid African-American Art Sale
Work by Charles White (1918-1979) sold to a collector for $306,000 (est. $200,000/250,000). The drawing in Wolff crayon and charcoal on board is 44" x 28" and dates from 1953.A pair of untitled gouaches of card players by Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)—panels from a folding screen—sold in one lot to a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Annual Labor Day Weekend Auction
Polar bear full-body taxidermy mount on an ice-form base, $7050.Monumental ship's clock, Chelsea Clock Company, Boston, early 20th century, 16" silver dial, 18¾" red brass case, $18,800.Adolph Robert Shulz (1869-1963) springtime landscape with a barn and wagon, signed, oil on canvas, 30" x 36" plus carved and painted frame, $12,925.Cased ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Charles Willson Peale Painting of Freed Slave Acquired by PMA
by Lita Solis-CohenPortrait of Yarrow Mamout (Muhammad Yaro), 1819, Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), oil on canvas, 24" x 20". Philadelphia Museum of Art.The portrait of Yarrow Mamout, an African-American, painted in 1819 by Charles Willson Peale, was bought by the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) from the cash-strapped Philadelphia History ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Fraud and Floor Plans
Software drawing of an antiques show floor plan. A perspective view is inset.Computer Column #276by John P. Reid, [email protected] is available for drawing floor plans of antiques shows or shops. First, some reminders on Internet privacy.-Internet FraudWe are all familiar with on-line fraud, especially in e-mail. Not a day goes ... (Read More)
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