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Americana at Christie’s
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Edward Hicks (1780-1849), Penn’s Treaty, oil on canvas, 17¾" x 23¾", with the words “Penn’s Treaty” in gold on the mahogany frame, sold for $2,546,500 (est. $600,000/900,000), the highest price of Americana Week. It has not been seen in New York since 1977 when it was shown at Hirschl & ... (Read More)

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Americana at Bonhams
by Clayton Pennington

The $3000/5000 estimate was quickly eclipsed by bidders both on the phone and in house for a painted and parcel-gilt urn that took off, ultimately selling for $152,500 to a phone bidder. It was Russian Imperial Porcelain, dated 1830 in Cyrillic, 21½" high, and decorated with a young woman sewing ... (Read More)

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The Metro Show 2013
by Lita Solis-Cohen

This 50" x 131" cotton textile painted with natural dyes from the Huari culture of Peru was carbon dated to A.D. 850 and was $350,000 from William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Eric Garduño said that it is the finest he has ever owned. The Weiss twins, Leon and Steven, ... (Read More)

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Other Events in New York City during Americana Week
by Lita Solis-Cohen

James Kochan of Frederick, Maryland, is shown next to a 34" x 52" oil on canvas by John Jenkinson, A Private Armed Vessel Arriving at Liverpool, that was tagged $65,000. “It looks like a Robert Salmon,” said Kochan, noting that Jenkinson and Salmon were contemporaries in Liverpool, England. Jenkinson, however, ... (Read More)

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Sendak Sale: Where the Wild Things Were
by Jeanne Schinto

A first edition of Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are sold for $18,000 (est. $10,000/15,000). It was signed and inscribed with a drawing of a wild thing. The book tells the tale of a boy named Max, who has a tantrum and gets sent to bed without his supper. Obedient, ... (Read More)

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Changes in Seattle
by Cathy Aldrich

These Aboriginal shields were offered in the on-line catalog, but a sale was negotiated prior to the auction. They ended up going to a museum in Sydney, Australia for $25,000. These Japanese Kamakura wood masks were housed in stacking lacquer boxes with signed lids (not shown). The wooden masks are large ... (Read More)

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Keno Sells Americana
by Lita Solis-Cohen

This 1760-80 Massachusetts 32¾" x 34" x 20¾" mahogany serpentine chest of drawers sold on the phone for $117,800 (est. $50,000/80,000), the top lot price of the sale. John Ritto Penniman (1782-1841) of Boston painted the 1818 burning of Boston’s Exchange Coffee House and signed and dated it on the lower ... (Read More)

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Ceramics Fair 2013
by Lita Solis-Cohen

The Bohemian National Hall is a perfect place for the New York Ceramics Fair. A chorus of Martin Brothers bird tobacco jars were (from left) $50,000, $35,000, $32,000, $90,000, and $55,000 from George Kingham of Kinghams Art Pottery, Ltd, Gloucestershire, in the Cotswolds, U.K. One sold! The second from the right ... (Read More)

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Inaugural Jewelry Show Successful
by Julie Schlenger Adell

  White deer ring, $14,000 from Manya & Roumen Jewelry. Photo courtesy Manya & Roumen Jewelry. JMK Shows and Events held its new jewelry show on January 19 and 20 at the Pratt Mansions on Fifth Avenue, New York City. Signed pieces from Tiffany, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Buccellati were ... (Read More)
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