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Sarasota Estate Auction, Sarasota, Florida
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On January 23 and 24 Sarasota Estate Auction, Sarasota, Florida, brought forth an online auction consisting of almost 1500 lots that totaled over $750,000. Owner and auctioneer Andrew Ford hammered down a robust collection of Tiffany lamps, silver, and fine art. But ... (Read More)
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Keno Auctions, New York City
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"We had a total of 642 registered bidders from 28 countries, including the 18 registered to bid by phone with Keno Auctions,” said Leigh Keno after his five-lot white-glove sale on Saturday, January 23, that brought a tidy $930,470 (including buyers’ premiums). He ... (Read More)
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Soulis Auctions, Lone Jack, Missouri
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Americana from two sources was sold on January 23 by Soulis Auctions, Lone Jack, Missouri. Items from the Glenda St. John estate in Missouri and the collection of Jack Bernstein of Bellingham, Washington, dovetailed together nicely, having a complementing mix of antiques and ... (Read More)
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Folk art dealer Allan Katz has given the so-called Bingham secretary to The Chipstone Foundation in Milwaukee. “We made an unconditional gift, knowing it’s in good hands,” Katz said.
The Bingham secretary is a fake made by dealer Harold Gordon of Templeton, Massachusetts. Gordon sold it to Katz, and at the ... (Read More)
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Christie’s, New York City
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Christie’s Americana Week sales totaled $9,202,500 and established five auction records. A rare contemporary 1776 broadside of the Declaration of Independence from the collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II (b. 1924) sold for $990,000 (with buyer’s premium) against a $600,000/800,000 estimate. It was the ... (Read More)
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New York City
It had been a tough year for art and antiques dealers. Shows were canceled, galleries closed, and travel restricted as the nation wrestled with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Auctions, with their strong online presence in place, expanded distance buying and prospered despite Sotheby’s adding a 1% “overhead premium” and Christie’s ... (Read More)
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Sotheby’s, New York City
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Sotheby’s January 8-22 online sale of the contents of a tastefully decorated summer house on Martha’s Vineyard brought $310,716 and was 95% sold by lot.
What do you do with a collection when you sell your house quickly and need to empty it? If you bought ... (Read More)
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Sotheby’s, New York City
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Sotheby’s sold silver, Chinese export porcelain, and prints on Friday afternoon, January 22, in a timed online sale that began at 1 p.m. and added $1,141,938 to Sotheby’s week’s total. The sale of 98 lots was not over before Christie’s John Hays appeared live on ... (Read More)
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Skinner, Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts
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Energetic interest across all arenas of Skinner’s January 22 auction of American and European works of artbrought about an impressive sell-through rate of 90% for paintings and sculpture and a total of $1,393,656. Skinner’s January 11-21 online sale of prints, photographs, and multiples achieved ... (Read More)
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John Nye said, “They’re killer, huh?”
Nye, the president of the Bloomfield, New Jersey, auction house Nye & Company, was speaking about five mid-18th-century George II Anglo-Chinese huanghuali chairs, sold in three lots, that brought a total of $498,150 (includes buyers’ premiums) on January 21.
The chairs were from the collection of ... (Read More)
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