(Auction Law and Ethics)
by Steve ProffittWe began the new year with recounting a discussion I had with an auctioneer. It went like this: "Mr. Proffitt, I've got one of those complaining sellers on my hands and would appreciate your advice on how to handle him. Of course, his complaint is about what his ... (Read More)
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Nashville, Tennesseeby Karla Klein AlbertsonFor the October 25-27, 2007, show, the Music Valley Antiques Market in Nashville, Tennessee, made a few important changes to its big-tent setup. The result significantly improved conditions for dealers and collectors alike.Photos taken during the show's rainy weekend in October 2006 displayed a wet floor ... (Read More)
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Salem, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoNobody did gangbusters at the Peabody Essex Museum's 35th annual antiques show, November 23-25, 2007. Nobody sold to the walls at this traditional Thanksgiving weekend event that benefits the museum's education and public programs. Yet a number of dealers had good or even very good sales, for ... (Read More)
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenTreasures-the antiques, tribal arts, textiles, and jewelry show at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology-tweaked its image on its third annual outing October 26-28, 2007, to include treasures that archaeologists might dig up a thousand years from now, such as 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century ... (Read More)
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The Last Moving Picture Company, New York Cityby Richard de ThuinAn insert from The Invisible Man realized a record-setting price during the fifth annual Hollywood Poster Auction held Saturday, November 10, 2007, in the Gold Ballroom at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. A dealer in the salesroom paid ... (Read More)
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San Francisco, Californiaby Alice KaufmanFollowing in the footsteps of San Francisco Fall Antiques Show founding executive director Toby Rose can't have been easy, but in Lisa Podos's rookie year, the effect was seamless."It has been an extraordinary ride," Podos said of the October 25-28, 2007, show. "Very challenging, but very ... (Read More)
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Sloans & Kenyon, Chevy Chase, Marylandby Robert KyleIn its most successful auction since opening four years ago, as an outgrowth of Sloan's Auction Galleries (formerly C.G. Sloan & Co.), Sloans & Kenyon's sale on November 9-11, 2007, totaled $2.36 million on the strength of fine art, Asian ceramics, sterling silver, ... (Read More)
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Sollo:Rago Modern Auctions, Lambertville, New Jerseyby Lita Solis-CohenJohn Sollo's over 1100-lot 20th-century modern sale on October 27 and 28, 2007, in Lambertville, New Jersey, offered furniture, lighting, studio ceramics, prints, paintings, and sculpture in a thick catalog. The marathon sale began at noon on Saturday and did not end until ... (Read More)
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American Art Auction by Modernist artists set auction records. The record
Sotheby's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenOn
the heels of the Berry-Hill Galleries and Salander-O'Reilly Galleries bankruptcies
and the volatile stock market, it was hard to know what to expect at the November
2007 American painting sales in New York City. Crowded salesrooms, pockets of
competitive bidding, and high prices showed ... (Read More)
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Nashville, Tennesseeby Karla Klein AlbertsonSteve Jenkins's Tailgate Antiques Show in Nashville is rather like the old song by Arlo Guthrie about Alice's Restaurant. You can get anything you want. There are dealers who favor the pure simplicity of high-quality country-furniture, quilts and rugs, folk art carvings, painted signs. But if ... (Read More)
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