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(Auction)The Glen Sells for $3.2 Million
Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
The star performer at Sotheby’s annual fall American art sale in New York City on November 22 was The Glen by Maxfield Parrish. The artist transformed a New Hampshire forest of ancient trees and a brook beneath a turquoise sky into an iridescent wonderland. Between ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native American Art
Bonhams, Los Angeles
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Bonhams, Los Angeles, held a Native American art auction on November 22. Native American art department director Ingmars Lindbergs thought that with the exception of the baskets offered at the end of the auction, the rest of the sale was “fantastic, with good prices and lots ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ararity Auctions Sells Laughlin Estate in Two Parts
Ararity Auctions, Lorton, Virginia
Photos courtesy Ararity Auctions
This was our first visit to Ararity Auctions in Lorton, Virginia. The firm began as an estate clearance and removal company, but over time it began to receive consignments of increasingly high quality. Ararity’s owner, Lori James, realized that the material that was coming ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Shaker Sewing Desk Stitches Its Way into the Record Books
It is just 18 miles from Enfield to Plainfield, New Hampshire, but it took over 100 years for the journey of a special sewing desk.
Enfield was the site of the Enfield Shaker community from 1793 to 1918. Today its grounds and many buildings are a museum. Plainfield is the home ... (Read More)
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(Auction)White and Hunter Collections Lead at Evans Auction
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia
Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates held its semiannual premier Americana auction in three sessions November 18-20 at the firm’s galleries in Mt. Crawford, Virginia. The first two sessions consisted of separately published cataloged collections: the American folk-art ... (Read More)
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(Auction)On Acquiring Pottery, the Southern Way
Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society, Bennett, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society
Many of us have tried or at least investigated online auctions. These modern conveniences are fast and efficient. The catalog is online and easily accessible. Sales start and end on time and provide immediate and continuous feedback ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Zipps Cap Off Third Sale of Monumental Year
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm
Riding high from the record $1.56 million sale of Dave Drake’s 25-gallon poem jar during the summer of 2021, the Zipps of Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland, sold an inscribed three-gallon stoneware jug made by Drake for $420,000. It was the firm’s top lot in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, December 2021
Claude Monet (1840-1926), Charing Cross Bridge, brouillard, 1902, oil on canvas, 28¾" x 36¼". Collection of Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). Gift of Ethel and Milton Harris, 1990. Photograph © AGO.
—Through January 23, 2022 —San Antonio, Texas
Claude Monet and James Abbott McNeill Whistler were both fascinated by London’s Thames River. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Passing It On
Passing It On
In 2020, staring into the teeth of the COVID-19 pandemic, Germany launched a rescue package dubbed Neustart Kultur (Restart Culture), which committed one billion euros in order to maintain the country’s cultural scene and infrastructure. When the initial funds were used up, Germany threw another billion euros at ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Chris Strand Named Director of Winterthur
Chris Strand, the longtime director of garden and estate at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, has been named its Charles F. Montgomery Director and CEO. Strand has served as interim director and CEO at Winterthur since May.
As interim director, Strand was responsible for all aspects of museum, library, and garden ... (Read More)
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