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(Feature)Spring Jewelry Auctions
The top lot of the Skinner fine jewelry auction was this platinum and diamond solitaire mounted by Cartier. Flanked by tapered baguette-cut diamonds and signed "Cartier MTG," it was accompanied by a GIA report stating that the 7.16-carat diamond is D color, VVS1 clarity with no fluorescence. It sold for ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Selling Art Installations: Piece by Piece
by Daniel Grant"Installation pieces are problematic," said Manhattan contemporary art gallery owner Renato Danese. That is an understatement if ever there were one.Three-dimensional artwork installations, often sprawling over a large room, are intended to transform a viewer's perception of an interior space and are, therefore, "specific to the site in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)IRS Art Advisory Panel Poses Challenges for Appraisers
by Daniel GrantThere are certain jobs we all consider to be in high-risk fields—coal mining, police work, or firefighting, for instance. Perhaps, we should add to this group fine art appraising."Finding a 'correct' or 'proper' value for a work of art, as Congress and the IRS has defined what we're ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Decorated Seed Chest, a Rare Carpet, and the Easter Bunny
Chester County is the place to sell hunting scenes. This Charles Morris Young (1869-1964) oil on canvas depicts a fox hunt at Andrews Bridge and is signed lower right and dated 1941. It's in the original gilt frame signed "Philip N. Yates" and measures 15" x 18". Estimated at $10,000/15,000, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art in Flowers and Flowers in Art
Top price of the sale was the $103,500 paid by a New York City phone bidder for this floral still life by Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1858-1924), a 20" x 11" oil on canvas laid down on board that had descended in the family of Lillie Bliss (1864-1931). According to the ... (Read More)
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