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Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve Proffitt"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..."Two hundred thirty-four years after Thomas Jefferson turned this phrase into the Declaration of Independence, these words ring with eloquence still. But while "all men" may be "created equal" within the flourish of ... (Read More)
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by David Hewett"We looked. There was nothing of value there," said Assistant Attorney General David A. Rienzo of the New Hampshire attorney general's office in mid-December 2010. With that statement, any hopes that consignors to a March 2010 J.C. Devine, Inc. auction would recover the money due them went out ... (Read More)
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The Cape Ann Museum has initiated the Fitz Henry Lane Catalogue Raisonné project. The museum, located in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Lane's birthplace and home for most of his life, has the largest collection of the artist's paintings, drawings, and related material. The catalogue raisonné project and the associated scholarship is central ... (Read More)
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A rare and very good condition four-color rainbow spatter loop pattern bulbous-form cream pitcher with yellow, blue, red, and green alternating bands, 3½" high, sold to dealer John D. Querry for $17,600.This three-color red and blue Drape pattern spatter handleless cup and saucer with green dots is a rare pattern ... (Read More)
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New York City dealer W. Graham Arader bidding from the back of the room paid $80,500 (est. $15,000/25,000) for Robert Havell Jr.s Death of a Warrior: White Headed Eagle, Canvas Back Duck & Young, signed and dated 1871, numbered 78, titled in ink on the reverse, and faintly inscribed in ... (Read More)
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The sales top lot, an 1836 manuscriptpetition from the Cherokees pleading to be spared from relocation and a forced march along the Trail of Tears, sold for $78,000 (est. $30,000/ 40,000). It came from a private collector whod had it about 30 years, said Rick Stattler.A South Carolina collector paid ... (Read More)
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The top lot of the sale was a marine painting by Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865), A Smart Blow: Ships Passing, signed and dated on the lower right F.H. Lane 1856, 24½" x 36 3/8". Lane worked in a style that would later be called Luminism for its use of pervasive ... (Read More)
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The walnut platform bed made for the Shahns by their good friend George Nakashima is signed with the name Ben Shahn. It sold for $34,160 (est. $5000/7000). "It was an unusual form and had its base," said Robert Aibel of Moderne Gallery, Philadelphia, who deals in Nakashima pieces, but its ... (Read More)
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They aren't putting up the numbers that the local heavyweights do, but Heritage Auctions, the Dallasbased auction house, has stepped into the New York City auction market, most recently with five specialty auctions in three days in early December 2010.From December 3 to 5, Heritage staged sales for fine timepieces, ... (Read More)
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Forest Oaks This English oak William and Mary chest-onframe was the high lot of the sale at $2185 (est. $2000/ 3000). The 66" x 44" x 22½" chest dates from 1740 and exhibits nailed construction. The upper case is topped with a simple cornice above a two-over-three-drawer case with fluted ... (Read More)
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