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(Fragment)Rate Changes at Sotheby’s
On February 1 Sotheby’s announced a dramatic change to both its buying and selling commissions. On May 20 the buyer’s premium will be 20% of the hammer price up to and including $6 million. Beyond $6 million, the buyer’s premium drops to 10%.
The previous buyer’s premium was 26% up to ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Seduction and the Casting of Spells
“I just love that highboy! Look at the (portrait) bust. Oh, the lines! Oh, the legs! The curves. Original surface.” The very language of antiques collecting seems oddly like that of romance (OK, maybe not “original surface”). Marvelous objects entice, ensorcell, enchant, enrapture.
Hardened collectors can be reluctant romancers, yet they ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Bonhams Skinner
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Bonhams Skinner’s online Americana auction held February 19-29 presented bidders with an eclectic array of antiques, most with deep historical interest.
Glass was offered from the collection of scholar and collector Dorothy-Lee Jones Ward (1927-2022), founder of the Jones Gallery of Glass and Ceramics at Douglas Hill in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Welcome Change
The recent announcement by Sotheby’s that the firm is overhauling its buyer’s premium and seller’s commission is welcome news (see page 28). For the first time in years, an auction house hasn’t tried to increase profits by digging even deeper into the pockets of buyers.
Beginning in May, Sotheby’s will charge ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Sheridan Loyd
Sheridan Loyd grew up in St. Joseph, Missouri, with parents who collected 18th- and 19th-century Chinese furniture and decorative arts. When she was a child, “they would drag me to auctions,” she recalled.
She has fond memories about that time and reminisced about one auctioneer who would keep a box of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)February Fine Estates Auctions
John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy John McInnis Auctioneers
John McInnis Auctioneers sold nearly 1000 lots over three days, February 22, 24, and 25. The first two days were online only, comprising around 460 lots. The third day was a live sale, with Kevin Parker and Nichole Pirro sharing auctioneering duties. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Robbins Collection of Old Master Prints and Drawings
Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Tremont Auctions
Winfield Robbins (1841-1910) of Arlington, Massachusetts, scion of a local family of major benefactors of the town, was also an inveterate collector. A benefactor himself and with foresight, he traveled widely and collected important prints, fearing that the advent of photography would render them ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A Beer Can Grail
When Dan Morean of Morean Auctions, Brimfield, Massachusetts, closed his online auction February 25, a Perone Beer cone-top quart can had sold for $58,710 (includes buyer’s premium) after 51 bids. According to Morean, that’s an auction record for a beer can. The Morean Auctions’ description called it “A Grail can ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ward Brothers Decoys and Frank Weston Oils Top Lots at Copley Sale
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Hingham, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
Top honors at Copley Fine Art Auctions’ two-day winter sale February 23 and 24 were shared among several categories. The first honors went to a pair of White Mallard Club pinch-breasted pintail decoys by the Ward brothers, Lemuel T. (1896-1984) ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, March 2024
Grant Wood (1891-1942), March, 1939, lithograph on deckled white wove paper, 12½" x 15¾" (sheet size). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rothschild, 1978.67.1.
—Through April 23 —Rockland, Maine
Prints for the People: Associated American Artists at the Farnsworth Art Museum explores the transformation of modern print collecting in the United ... (Read More)
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