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(Auction)Surprises and Disappointments in Sacramento Auction
Witherell’s, Sacramento, California
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Witherell’s September 16 “Luxury Asset” auction in Sacramento, California, “met expectations,” said CEO Brian Witherell, “but with that said, there were surprises and disappointments throughout the sale.”
The biggest disappointment was a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk estimated at $5000/10,000 that sold for $3150 (includes buyer’s premium). In ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Furniture, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts
Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Hindman
Two Andrew Clemens sand bottles, a southern water cooler, and a portrait of a black stage actor brought some of the most attention and strongest bids during the sale of American furniture, folk art, and decorative arts held by Hindman September 14 and 15 in Cincinnati, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)U.S. Files for Forfeiture of Marksmanship Medals
On July 8 the United States Attorney’s Office in Boston filed a civil forfeiture action in U.S. District Court seeking to reclaim 24 marksmanship medals from the 1880s and 1890s believed to have been unlawfully removed several decades ago from the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, a National Historic site.
Several of the Bull marksmanship medals.
One of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Defeating the Hoard
Beneath the Surface
What’s on your summer reading list? We wonder who these people are who have additional time to read in the summer. They are not people with yards and gardens and summer camps and 4-H projects! We admit that we are probably not the beach-read target audience. (What? Doesn’t ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Harry Winston Ring Tops Jewelry Auction
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Hindman Auctions
After the Hindman Auctions jewelry sale September 13 in Chicago, Illinois, Ruth Thuston, G.G., senior specialist of jewelry and watches, said over the phone, “I was very, very happy with the auction. We really are very relationship driven, so we have lots and lots ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)MFA Appoints Inaugural Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has appointed Michael J. Bramwell as the inaugural Joyce Linde Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art. The creation of the new position is part of an initiative designed to reanimate and reimagine the MFA’s folk-art collection for 21st-century audiences. The initiative is supported ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Diversity of Antiques from Six States
Lebanon Antique Show, Lebanon, Ohio
Shortly before the opening of the Lebanon Antique Show, held September 10 and 11 in Lebanon, Ohio, promoter John Wanat offered an overview of the market for shows in general. “From other dealers, what I’m hearing is the gate is down, but the customers coming are ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Auction
John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy McInnis Auctioneers
It’s been a summer-long extravaganza at John McInnis Auctioneers in Amesbury, Massachusetts, that culminated in a live auction September 10 at which John McInnis and his staff sold over 600 lots of Americana. On our approach to the gallery, the degree of available ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Reassessment of John Kane
A Book Review
This reassessment of the life and art of John Kane (1860-1934) sets a new standard for art scholarship. Kane was a steelworker, coal miner, bridge builder, street paver, carpenter, railcar and house painter, boxer, brawler, wanderer, heavy drinker, and “husband from hell” who late in life (age 67) ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Child’s Play Brings $1.2 Million at Bertoia
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
The results of Bertoia Auctions’ September 8 and 9 sale of the William and Stevie Weart antique toy collection was anything but child’s play. The sale total for the Wearts’ large and meticulously assembled collection surpassed the $1.2 million mark, showing that buyers ... (Read More)
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