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(Show)Boston's Art Show "Grows Legs," Opens Wallets
Carey Vose of Vose Galleries, Boston, posed on gala night with Harriot Drawing by Charles S. Hopkinson (1869-1962). The 63" x 26¾" oil on canvas, circa 1909, shows one of the artist’s daughters at about age five. Carey’s sister, Elizabeth Vose, said, “Harriot is in a lot of Hopkinson’s paintings. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Autumn Greater York Antiques Show
Longtime Burk show dealer Caroline Edleman of Royersford, Pennsylvania, is shown displaying an all-original 17" high German Santa candy container to a show patron. It was priced at $4900.A collection of wooden boot jacks was offered for $475 by Thomas M. Thompson of Pembroke, New Hampshire.York, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassThe ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sollo-Rago 20th-Century Modern
This exceptional 36½" x 117" x 30" buffet, created by Wharton Esherick, has a sculpted walnut top on a curved base with seven drawers flanked by two doors concealing a blonde maple interior. It is signed “W.E. 1969” on the lower right door. The buffet sold for $335,500 (est.$275,000/375,000).Designed and ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Thayer Tolles ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California Painting Leads Shannon's $3.6 Million Fall Sale
The Terrace, Samarkand by Colin Campbell Cooper (1856-1937) sold to a California collector bidding by phone for $456,000 (est. $200,000/300,000). The 36" x 46" oil on canvas, signed and dated 1927, shows the Samarkand Persian Hotel in Santa Barbara, California. The price is a record for a California work by ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Know Thy Customer
The art and antiques industry has little hard information concerning customers. Melrose & Duddy, a show promotion company, is helping to change that. The firm, founded by Jay Melrose and Matt Duddy, produces three shows in three states. It has recently released findings of a non-scientific 20-question Internet survey of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fall Fine and Decorative Art Auction
The Unaccountable by Horace Clifford Westermann (1922-1981), 1959, mixed-media sculpture, 27½" high, excellent condition with a few nicks to the base where the hanging building was connected, $85,187.50.Cowan's, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonPhotos courtesy Cowan'sWes Cowan didn't make it to the end of his company's fine and decorative art auction on ... (Read More)
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(Show)Finale of SoWa's First Season
Jennifer Sullivan of Studio Twenty Two deals in vintage modern furniture; she exhibited three times at the SoWa Antiques Market. “At the first one, sales exceeded my expectations,” she said. “I sold four pieces and made a profit of twenty-three hundred dollars. My firstsale was a coffee table by Adrian ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Perception Is Reality
by Steve ProffittA reader contacted me about a bad auction experience that resulted in an exchange of e-mails between us. I've edited and condensed the reader's complaint, which I'm using to make an important point.-AuctionThe reader made a long trip to view several lots in an upcoming auction. He couldn't ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Map Sells for $1.15 Million in Maine
A 13½" x 24" detailed map of the Battle of Yorktown, executed by Lieutenant Colonel Jean Baptiste Gouvion on October 29, 1781, sold at James D. Julia's auction in Fairfield, Maine, on February 5 for $1,150,000 (includes buyer's premium).
The buyer was a private collector.
The map had the original red coloring ... (Read More)
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