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(Issue Story)Hanging with Cara Zimmerman
Cara Zimmerman has a full plate these days. The specialist was promoted to head of Christie’s Americana and Outsider art department in November, and the house’s upcoming Outsider art sale on February 3 will include big groupings from prominent collections. Some 140 to 150 lots will be auctioned in the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Lincoln by Saint-Gaudens Brings $1.15 Million
Skinner, Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts
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Short and sweet at 83 lots, Skinner’s live sale of American works of art on January 28 in the Marlborough, Massachusetts, gallery represented a division of labors. Several departments at the auction house are trying out running separate sales of the objects within their ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)London, February 2022
From Floral Jewels to an Unfortunate Frog—It’s All Fabulous Fabergé
A selection of Fabergé masterpieces from the collections formed over a period of 50 years by Harry Woolf was offered at Christie’s on November 29. They saw presale estimates more than double, and a total of $6.93 million was recorded for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ducks and Dragons Brighten a Winter Day
Leland Little Auctions, Hillsborough, North Carolina
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During a 2007 televised memorial to movie critic Joel Siegel (1943-2007), ABC TV news anchor Charles Gibson said, “With all his intelligence and with all his sophistication, he [Joel] was a young boy at heart.... He collected antique toys, which was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Heckler January Auction Proves Size Doesn’t Matter
Norman C. Heckler & Company, Woodstock Valley, Connecticut
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The phrase “less is more” perfectly described Norman C. Heckler & Company’s “Premier Auction 205” of antique and historical bottles, flasks, and free-blown glass. The online-only sale opened on January 19 and closed January 26. Since online ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Two Artists Charged with Misrepresenting Art as Native American
Two Washington state artists have been charged with violating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA) by representing themselves as Native American artists, when they have no tribal membership or heritage, according to U.S. Attorney Nick Brown.
The two men are 52-year-old Lewis Anthony Rath of Maple Falls, Washington, and 67-year-old ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pre-Civil War American Flag Sells for $176,400
At Sotheby’s online sale of fine books and manuscripts including Americana on January 25, a commemorative pre-Civil War 13-star flag of the United States, 1840-50, with handsewn single-appliqué cotton stars and wool bunting stripes on a cotton canvas-type hoist, the stars arranged in two rows of six with a single ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Tax Man Is Watching
Mobile payment apps such as PayPal, Venmo, and Cash App introduced a level of convenience and safety for dealers looking to easily accept payments. With the proliferation of smartphones, dealers could be paid immediately, even if they were on the fields of Brimfield or in some other remote location, reducing ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sotheby’s 44-Lot Important Americana Sale
Sotheby’s, New York City
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Sotheby’s offered 44 lots from various owners, including several discoveries, in the “Important Americana” sale on the morning of Monday, January 24, and sold 30 of them for total of $3,474,280 (including buyers’ premiums). Even though a third of the lots failed to sell, Sotheby’s ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Grant Portrait Tops Sotheby’s Americana Auction
Sotheby’s, New York City
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Sotheby’s online various-owners Americana sale that closed on January 24 was the last of six days of sales during Americana Week in New York City, and it brought a total of $1,674,414 (includes buyers’ premiums) for 196 of 242 lots offered, many of them unreserved. ... (Read More)
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