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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, May 2026
Thomas Gainsborough (English, 1727-1788), John Joseph Merlin, circa 1781, 30" x 25", oil on canvas. English Heritage, Kenwood House, London (c) Historic England/Bridgeman Images.
-Through May 25 -New York City
Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture at The Frick Collection explores the relationship between fashion and works by this period-defining English artist, a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Massachusetts Block-Front Chest Leads Auction
CRN Auctions, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Collections of fine antiques from all over drew buyers to the April 19 sale by CRN Auction, which was held in its half-century-old Cambridge, Massachusetts, gallery, known for its esoteric offerings.
Chippendale block-front mahogany chest, circa 1760, Massachusetts, has a shaped, molded-edge top, four ... (Read More)
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(Auction)$3.5 Million for Booth Collection
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.
Alice and Art Booth were part of that generation of collectors who found art in the household gear used by country folk in their daily lives. While some collectors focused on the good, better, and best of the art of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Portrait of Enslaved Woman Brings Record Price
Doyle, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle
A portrait of Phillis, an enslaved woman, painted by Mary Jane Peale in 1849, soared over its $5000/8000 estimate and sold for $349,750 (includes buyer's premium), an auction record for the artist, at Doyle in New York City on April 14, the first day of ... (Read More)
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(Show)The International Fine Prints & Drawings Association Prin
New York City
The annual print fair organized by the International Fine Prints & Drawings Association (IFPDA) arrived in New York City April 9-12, just as the tulips started to bloom on the medians of Park Avenue outside the front door of the well-attended event. This year's bulbs, a mix of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Western Art Went “Wild”
Scottsdale Art Auction, Scottsdale, Arizona
Photos courtesy Scottsdale Art Auction
The mark of a strong fine art collecting genre is diversity. There are always going to be standouts such as the “must have” pieces by the top-tier (at the moment) artists. But when items in a genre are consistently in demand across ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bidders Play Keepsies at Morphy's
Morphy Auctions sale on April 11 of marbles in Denver, Pennsylvania, brought in over $900,000 for 478 lots. The auction was led by a shrunken core onionskin marble with colors of white, yellow, orange, and blue and rolled to $36,285 (includes buyer's premium). The marble, 21/4" in diameter and graded ... (Read More)
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(Auction)John Burger Rooster Struts to $90,000
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm
The Zipps of Crocker Farm held a spring sale of 528 online catalog lots from April 1 to 10. The print catalog included 412 lots. Including the buyers’ premiums, the gross was $1,323,810.
Selling for $90,000 (est. $25,000/40,000) was this five-gallon stoneware crock, with cobalt ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Only Known Surviving American Example" Brings $400,000
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
April 9 was the third time Brunk Auctions sold objects deaccessioned by the Brooklyn Museum. Two years ago, there were 153 lots of furniture and ceramics, some gifted to the museum more than 100 years ago by notables such as Luke Vincent Lockwood, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ohio Woman Indicted in Bid-Rigging Scheme
A woman from Columbus, Ohio, has been charged in connection with her alleged role in a bid-rigging scheme that artificially inflated prices in online auctions.
A Franklin County grand jury indicted Lindsay Klein, also known as Lindsay Leslie, on one count each of price fixing, bid rigging, and telecommunications fraud, and ... (Read More)
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