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(Auction)Decoys in New York
Christie's/Sotheby's, New York Cityby Karl H. Pass"We're seeing a lot of crossover interest from folk art people becoming interested in decoys here," commented Gary Guyette at the preview in Christie's Rockefeller Plaza showrooms. Guyette and business partner Frank Schmidt held a sale in association with Christie's Americana sale Friday, January ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Esmerian Suit Still in Limbo
by David HewettRecently, Ralph Esmerian pulled his Edward Hicks folk art icon The Peaceable Kingdom from the American Folk Art Museum and deposited it with Sotheby's for a private auction (M.A.D., March 2008, p. 11-A). It did not sell, we have learned, and probably will be included in an art ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Angel Gabriel Weathervane, Made by Blacksmith in 1822, Sold
by Lita Solis-Cohen"It is a truly great weathervane, one of the top ten, maybe one of the top five, right up there with Shem Drowne's grasshopper atop Faneuil Hall," said New Haven, Connecticut, antiques dealer Fred Giampietro. He was speaking about the early 19th-century wrought-iron Angel Gabriel weathervane he sold ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)"Young America" Sells for $4.3 Million
by Lita Solis-CohenAn unsigned oil on canvas, 26½" x 34", of a young boy standing on a soapbox in front of a wall plastered with broadsides, one announcing a meeting of "Young America," and surrounded by a crowd of women with market baskets, a well-dressed Black man, and boys horsing ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Promised Museum Gifts May Be Sold
by Daniel GrantGem dealer Ralph Esmerian, looking to raise money, has put up for private sale at Sotheby's The Peaceable Kingdom, a folk painting by Edward Hicks, from his collection that had been promised to the American Folk Art Museum (M.A.D., March 2008, p. 11-A). Esmerian is a collector of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Record Howard Regulator Clock
by David HewettOn February 17 Skinner proved once again that it takes a back seat to no one when it comes to getting record prices for Howard clocks. It set the record on June 3, 2007, when a massive 87½" high Howard Regulator No. 36 wall clock in walnut soared ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historic Firearms and Early Militaria Auction
Cowan's, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonDuring Cowan's auction of historic firearms and early militaria, held November 7 and 8, 2007, in Cincinnati, Ohio, nearly 1300 lots grossed $1.577 million (including buyers' premiums), proving to auctioneer Wesley Cowan that he was right to pursue a portion of the marketplace for vintage guns ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Two Declarations-Two Outcomes
EditorialTwo Declarations-Two OutcomesThe state of Maine lost a key court battle in Virginia in late February when a judge ruled that a 1776 copy of the Declaration of Independence sent to Pownalborough, Massachusetts (now Wiscasset, Maine), belonged to a collector and not the town. In July 1776 the Executive Council ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Bradford Named Executive Vice President of Smythe Auctions
Jason W. Bradford will join R.M. Smythe & Co. in New York City as executive vice president-auctions. In this capacity, Bradford will bring his significant expertise in U.S. paper money, coins, and auction management to the Smythe family auction clientele.Bradford, a career numismatist, began collecting coins and currency at the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)New Board Members for Antiques Council
The Antiques Council has announced the election of two new board members for three-year terms. At a recent meeting in Washington, D.C., Marty Shapiro, president of the council, welcomed John Copenhaver of Fletcher-Copenhaver Fine Art and Judd Gregory of Judd Gregory Antiques to the 15-member board. Paulette Peden of Dawn ... (Read More)
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