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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, December 2023
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, blown cameo glass vase, 1900, 6¼" x 21 1/16" x 21 1/16". Image courtesy Chrysler Museum of Art. Photo by Edward Pollard. © Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory.
—November 17, 2023-March 15, 2024 —Saint Augustine, Florida
Art Nouveau is an exuberant, radical style that takes inspiration from the vitality of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Garth’s Auctions and Jeff Jeffers Surrender Auction Licenses
Garth’s Auctions—a staple in the Americana market for decades—is gone.
According to a settlement agreement between Garth’s Auctions, Inc., and its CEO, Richard “Jeff” Jeffers, and the Ohio Department of Agriculture, which regulates auctions in Ohio, Jeffers and Garth’s are “permanently ineligible for auctioneering licenses in the state of Ohio.”
The settlement, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Annual “Louisiana Purchase” Auction
Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, Louisiana
Photos courtesy Neal Auction Company
It’s been 220 years since hundreds of acres in and around New Orleans were purchased from France, but the European country’s influence remains strong, as evidenced by the top lot in Neal Auction Company’s November 15-17 sale—an Impressionist painting by Henri-Jean ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bertoia’s Fall Two-Day Event Tops $1.8 Million
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
Three major collections—Heath Hurlbert’s mechanical bank collection, the Willett still bank collection, and the Bob Davis aeronautical collection—plus additions made up Bertoia Auctions’ annual fall sale, held November 17 and 18. European and American toys grabbed the attention of collectors, and the auction ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Masters Paintings
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
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American art lovers again proved they were willing to pay handsomely for works by their favorite artists, helping Heritage Auctions hit new milestones for art sales. The Dallas-based auction house’s November 17 “Views and Visions: Important Works by American Masters Signature Auction” resulted in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Skinner Collection and More at Eldred’s
Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred’s
The personal collection of Robert “Bob” and Nancy Skinner was the highlight of Eldred’s three-day sale November 15-17 in the East Dennis, Massachusetts, gallery. Bob (1932-1984) and Nancy Skinner were founders back in the 1960s of the Skinner auction house, which was originally in Bolton, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Heritage Silver Sale
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
An exquisite 135-piece Lap Over Edge sterling silver flatware set from Tiffany & Co. highlighted Heritage Auctions’ November 16 auction of fine silver and objects of vertu.
A 135-piece Tiffany & Co. Lap Over Edgesilver and mixed-metals flatware set (partially shown) with applied, inlaid, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Grimm Plate Tops Americana Auction
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
Freeman’s, “America’s oldest auction house,” in Philadelphia, the mother lode for Americana, holds two major Americana sales each year scheduled to coincide with antiques shows in Wilmington and Philadelphia that focus on historic Americana. Freeman’s fall sale Wednesday, November 15, was on view at the 2400 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Ben Zaricor Flag Collection
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
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Ben Zaricor never hesitated when asked about his fascination with flags and collecting them. As he often explained, he was a senior in college at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, when he witnessed a young man dragged from a pizzeria and beaten for ... (Read More)
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(Auction) “Splendor of American Furniture”: The Lippman Collection
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Bonhams Skinner
Rhode Island native William Dana Lippman (1933-2022) was a man of many interests, and he collected accordingly. One of his collections, that of American Chippendale furniture, came to market November 14 in a single-seller auction titled “Splendor of American Furniture” at Bonhams Skinner in ... (Read More)
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