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(Show)The Art Show
Art Dealers Association of America, New York City
Pops of color were visible throughout the drill hall at the Park Avenue Armory for The Art Show, a four-day event organized by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) and held November 4-7. The event was rescheduled from its customary late February ... (Read More)
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(Auction)It’s No Mystery: A Van Cleef & Arpels Mystery Set Brooch
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Grogan & Company
This Van Cleef & Arpels platinum, ruby, and diamond Mystery Set brooch, circa 1935, employs the technique patented by the company in 1933 by which stones are set with no visible prongs. The brooch, estimated at $70,000/100,000, sold for $781,250 to a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Maps Mark Successful Americana Sale
Withington Auctions, Inc., Hillsborough, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Withington Auctions
Back to the future or some iteration of the same occurred at Withington Auctions’ pre-Veterans Day Americana auction held on November 6 in Hillsborough, New Hampshire. Once again, Withington Auctions was offering fine Americana—and in the hometown of Dick Withington (1918-2008), the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)On the Market
Beneath the Surface
There must be something about humans that makes us like to critique other people’s choices and to see how ours compare. That’s the very essence of some of our earliest prehistoric interactions, such as games—comparing one set of skills against another. And what were acts such as putting ... (Read More)
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(Show)Raleigh Returns: The Antiques Extravaganza
Raleigh, North Carolina
The November 2020 Antiques Extravaganza in Raleigh, North Carolina, was a show without much of an audience. Poor attendance and the fear of COVID-19 by patrons and dealers led the promoters to cancel the March and July 2021 Extravaganzas. By November fear had lessened, and with 52 dealers ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rockwell Painting Sells for $4.3 Million
Heritage Auctions, Dallas Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
A heartwarming scene by Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) of a mother and her soldier son peeling potatoes for a Thanksgiving meal at the end of World War II sold for $4.3 million (with buyer’s premium) at Dallas-based Heritage Auctions on November 5. This was the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Anna Pottery Monument at Crocker Farm
More than a century before the latest reckoning on racism in this country, potters Cornwall and Wallace Kirkpatrick were tweaking the consciences—and funny bones—of stoneware buyers and admirers. Frogs were positioned at the bottom of mugs. Pig-shaped flasks diverted liquids to the animals’ rear ends. Miniature chamber pots, complete with ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Patricia Stauble
Longtime antiques dealer Patricia “Pat” Stauble has many stories to tell, and after over 50 years in business she continues to write new chapters.
Pat Stauble sits at a tall desk/drawer combination in original blue. On the wall are items from the kitchen of her late mother, Doris Stauble—a painted pumpkin ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Pacific Trade and Americana
Doyle, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle
The first week of November was Americana week at Doyle in New York City. American paintings, prints, silver, furniture, and accessories from more than two dozen consignors were offered in five sales in two days. American prints and paintings, marine paintings, and Outsider art filled ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings
Doyle, New York City
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Offering 181 lots of 19th- and 20th-century marine paintings, folk art, portraits, topographical prints, Hudson River school works, Western and regional landscapes, still lifes, and a collection of Outsider art, Doyle’s November 2 sale totaled $1,384,891 (including buyers’ premiums) with a sell-through rate of 90%. ... (Read More)
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