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After almost 30 years in business, with 14 of those spent running their Los Angeles gallery, Michael Ogle and Diana Douglas moved a couple of years ago to a custom-built house on a lake 30 miles south of Grand Rapids, Michigan, where they maintain their design business and sell predominantly ... (Read More)
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Sotheby’s, New York City
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Sotheby’s held an online-only sale May 9-24, during the time in May filled with American art sales in New York City. Titled “The American Scene,” the auction, which started closing at 1 p.m. May 24, included important photographs from the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation plus 19th-century ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Bonhams’ May 24 auction in New York City was brimming with antique jewelry, highlighted by the collections of Hélène Irwin Crocker Fagan (1887-1966) and Lady Sylvia Ashley (1904-1977). The 189-lot auction brought $8,381,958 (including buyers’ premiums). It was led by a circa 1926 emerald and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Next month, auctions in New York City will no longer be governed by strict rules that were put into place in 1986. Beginning June 15, auctioneers in New York City will no longer need a license. The change puts the city on the same footing as the rest of the ... (Read More)
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An air of mystery enfolds the dark-eyed Afro- Creole woman crowned in a colorful turban-style tignon. Her oil on canvas portrait took center stage at Brunk Auctions May 21 when it sold for close to one million dollars.
Could the subject be the famed voodoo queen Marie Laveau (1801-1881)? Her assured ... (Read More)
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South Bay Auctions, East Moriches, New York
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Laura Fisher (1945-2021) was a big player in the quilt world for 45 years. She had shops and a warehouse in New York City, set up at the Pier shows and at flea markets, wrote books and articles, gave talks, ... (Read More)
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Fishersville Antiques Expo, Fishersville, Virginia
The 68th semiannual Fishersville Antiques Expo was held May 20 and 21 at the Augusta Expo Event Center in Fishersville, Virginia. The show continues its successful staging by Heritage Promotions of Lynchburg, Virginia, a firm co-owned by Ray and Martha Stokes and their daughter, Lesley Bartram.
Tom ... (Read More)
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Garth’s Auctioneers & Appraisers, Columbus, Ohio
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Wilhelm Schimmel (1817-1890) of Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania, rooster in pine with original polychrome paint, 9" high, ex-Jess Pavey, $42,500 (est. $7500/15,000).
A carved and painted rooster by Wilhelm Schimmel (1817-1890) of Pennsylvania brought the top price during the Americana sale held ... (Read More)
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Portrait of Catherine Gates Willard (1762-1785), artist unknown, oil on canvas, circa 1785. Courtesy Willard House and Clock Museum.
—Through June 25 —North Grafton, Massachusetts
For centuries clocks and watches have been depicted in artwork. Timepieces have served as reminders of human mortality and as symbols of affluence, occupation, or technological ... (Read More)
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Sotheby’s, New York City
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Sotheby’s introduced a new sale platform for American art by integrating works into its 20th-century modern and contemporary art sales in May. The auction house offered over 600 lots over a two-day period in morning and afternoon sessions May 18 and May 20.
“This strategic step ... (Read More)
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