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(Auction)The Keane Collection Sold
Skinner, Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts
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Skinner brought the collection of John and Marilyn Keane of Boston to auction on November 19 in the Marlborough gallery, where the auction was live. The Keanes bought carefully and with consultation with knowledgeable members of the antiques trade. They were collectors and philanthropists, ... (Read More)
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(Show)American Art Sale
Christie’s, New York City
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Sharing the proper works with the proper audience was the motivation behind Christie’s decision to offer a majority of works by American Modernist artists, including a dozen Impressionist paintings, in its November 18 live auction.
The 78-lot sale totaled $28,931,500; 66 lots sold, for a sell-through ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Robed Nude Tops Bonhams Sale
Bonhams, New York City
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Bonhams offered 108 lots of American art in its November 18 afternoon sale, following Christie’s morning sale in the same category. The Bonhams sale totaled $4,349,691. Two lots were withdrawn, and 97 lots sold, for a sell-through rate of 89.8%. The results fell close to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Printing of Constitution Sells for $43 Million
Sotheby’s, New York City
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This “Official Edition” of the United States Constitution, printed in September 1787 by John Dunlap and David Claypoole for the Constitutional Convention, is from the first printing of the final text of the U.S. Constitution. Although approximately 500 copies were printed, only 13 are known ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)O’Keeffe’s Crab’s Claw Ginger Hawaii Brings $7.7 Million
A live auction that took place on the evening of November 17 in the new Park Avenue space at Phillips, New York City, included a 1939 work by Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) making its auction debut. Nestled in the 20th-century and contemporary art sale, which offered 46 lots (lots 14 and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Silver Sells at Heritage
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
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A trove of exquisite American silver pieces from the personal collection of a former art curator and museum director was the centerpiece of Heritage Auctions’ recent silver auction. Heritage’s November 16 auction of fine silver and objects of vertu featured 102 pieces from the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Following a brief 15-lot session of the Henry Fitz Jr. archive of photographic history (see p. 72), Hindman’s sale of historical ephemera and photography, held on November 15 in Cincinnati, Ohio, offered more than 300 lots representing a mix of estates and consignors. In a way, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Henry Fitz Jr. Archive of Photographic History
Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio
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When Hindman sold one of the earliest surviving photographic portraits on November 15 in Cincinnati, Ohio, it was the quiet culmination of a chain of events that mixed intrigue, luck, history, science, and a bit of disappointment. The daguerreotype, a profile view of Henry Fitz Jr. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Marathon Three-Session Sale Topped by Winslow Homer Painting
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
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Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston Maine, headed by Kaja Veilleux, continues to buck the recent trend of auction houses holding smaller and more tightly curated auctions. Instead Thomaston Place is sticking to its tried-and-true strategy—mega-lot sales held over several days. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bill Traylor Work Leads Slotin Auction
Slotin Folk Art Auction, Buford, Georgia
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Self-taught artists, a.k.a. Outsider artists, and the works they produce are often thought of as being not the norm, and rightfully so. Unique, avant-garde, and bizarre are all terms used to describe such creations. But as more artists are “found,” ... (Read More)
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