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(Auction)Quality, Paint, Surface, and a Country Aesthetic
Garth’s, Columbus, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth’s
“Pro-ject and e-nun-ci-ate.” Words from a high school English teacher. Mrs. Buzzard was a stickler about speech. She talked with a diction in which every syllable popped, and she expected no less from her students. In that manner, she would have approved of the online-only two-session ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Brunk Auctions
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
“Americana is having a good moment,” said Brunk Auctions’ American art specialist Nan Zander a week before the two-day “Premier” sale. On March 26, the sale’s second day, Asheville, North Carolina, was Americana central, and its good moment experienced a growth spurt.
Images of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Carpenter and du Pont Estates
Wooten & Wooten, Camden, South Carolina
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In 2013 when Jeremy and Rebecca Wooten started their antiques auction business in Camden, South Carolina, their business plan centered on the antiques category that put South Carolina on the map: pottery. With large sales of ceramic jars and jugs from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historical Design Sale in California
California Historical Design, Alameda, California
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There were a whopping 956 lots in the March 26 California Historical Design auction in Alameda, California, so bidders had to know what they wanted. The top sellers were a veritable who’s who of the Arts and Crafts era.
Even with an illegible ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Thom and Cathy Rawson
Six years out of college, Thom Rawson of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, decided to leave his job at Rockwell International to pursue full-time what he’d been doing part-time—“playing with antiques.” That was in 1978.
“I’d go to auctions and was buying and selling part-time,” he said. His interest in antiques was his ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, April 2022
David Ellinger, Out of the heart comes the issues of life, 1943, oil on canvas. Collection of Dr. David Bronstein. Photo: Michael E. Myers, Steadfast Imaging.
—Through April 17 —Glenside, Pennsylvania
Out of the Heart: The Life and Art of David Ellinger at the Harrison Gallery features a selection of 60 works ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Antique Jewelry at Heritage Auctions
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
A well-curated array of antique jewelry was offered at Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, March 22 when its antique heirloom jewels auction was held. Jill Burgum, senior director of the jewelry department, shared news about the auction and the market in post-sale email communications. She ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Expanded IRS Reporting by Auction Houses
If auction consignors get a notice from an auction house asking for an IRS form W-9, they can thank the American Rescue Plan Act. The W-9 provides the auction house with the correct Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN).
When the American Rescue Plan passed in March 2021, it expanded information reporting and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Inaugural Sale of DeWitt Collection Brings $1.8 Million
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
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During his lifetime, the fascination that J. Doyle DeWitt (1902-1972) had with historical American political memorabilia produced what Heritage Auctions called “one of the most significant political history collections in the country.”
A portion of DeWitt’s vast collection sold for $1,883,533 March 19 and 20 ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 65th Annual Spring Fox Valley Antiques Show—Online
Digging through data on the 65th annual Spring Fox Valley Antiques Show, held online March 19 and 20, we spotted a positive trend for the antiques trade and a good thing for collectors—and it came from the horrendous years of COVID-19.
Readers may remember that we introduced the “pounce” when we ... (Read More)
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