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(Auction)Seven Auction Records Established at Swann
Swann Auction Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Auction Galleries
The African American Art sale at Swann Auction Galleries on April 2 in New York City achieved seven auction records. The sale total was $2.6 million (including buyer’s premiums) with a 77% sell-through rate by lot.
During the event, a film crew ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Delight is in the Details
Beneath the Surface
Years ago, when the children were very small, we used to attend Quaker meetings occasionally with a F/friend. After a week of having people chattering at you nonstop, it was restful to just sit in silence for the better part of an hour with kind, earnest people. The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Estate of Dealer Penalized in Tax Shelter Case
On February 4, U.S. District Judge David Alan Ezra granted a motion for summary judgment for the IRS in a case against the estate of David Ehrlich.
Ehrlich was president and owner of Abbey Art Consultants, Inc. Beginning in the 1990s, Abbey Art Consultants' sole business was buying, storing, and donating ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Exhibitors for NHADA Annual Show
The New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA) has added four new exhibitors to the annual New Hampshire Antiques Show: Michael Hall Antiques & Fine Art, Robert Markowitz, Z & K Antiques, and Elliott and Grace Synder.
Michael Hall of Michael Hall Antiques & Fine Art has been a full-time antiques dealer ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rare Lincoln-Johnson Flag Brings $281,600
Freeman's, Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Freeman's
Washington and Lincoln: The Father and the Savior of Our Country, a popular 1865 Currier & Ives print was the banner Christopher Brink chose for his March 26 presidential sale for Freeman's in Chicago. The 188 lots of letters, prints, and political flags and banners brought ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Regarding Furniture
In 1786 the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia's published a Rule Book declaring "Drawing Designs, making out Bills of Scantling, collecting Materials, and sticking up Stuff, are to be charged by the Carpenter in proportion to the trouble." That is where Christopher Storb found the name ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Matt King Collection: Part One Just Scratches the Surface
Flying Pig Auctions, Westmoreland, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Flying Pig Auctions
Matthew Joseph King (1960-2024) was a collector. Yes, he was a dealer too, but collector is an appropriate term to which we could add "knowledgeable." Readers who frequented shows in the Northeast probably knew him. Show-goers could easily tell where his ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Fair Winds
Americana Week in New York City is a barometer for the market. In January, the readings were favorable- in part because Christie's and Sotheby's changed course, opting for more American paintings and historic documents and only offering select American decorative arts. Gone are the days of the august New York ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, April 2026
David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, 1610-1690), "cabinet painting," 63/4" x 91/4", 1650s, oil on canvas, after Titian (Italian, c. 1488-1576), of Titian's Rest on the Flight into Egypt, circa 1510. Collection of Middlebury College Museum of Art, Vermont. Gift of Jane and Raphael Bernstein, 2016.379. Photo by Jonathan Blake, Vermont.
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(Show)Elverson Continues to Carve Out Its Legacy
Elverson, Pennsylvania
The borders between Chester and Lancaster Counties in Pennsylvania continue to be a bastion for great country antiques-the central theme of the semi-annual Elverson Antique Show, held on March 21 and 22 at Honey Brook Elementary Center. While many of the dealers were from Pennsylvania, the show continues to ... (Read More)
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