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(Fragment)New York City in January
For decades Americana Week has brought passionate collectors and curators to New York City in search of the best the market offers. They look forward to auctions, shows, and the ancillary events: museum visits, auction previews, lectures, cocktail parties, and dinners. They see it as a time to test the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Collectors’ Angst: What Will I Do with My Collection?
“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” – Ecclesiastes 3:1
When in Manchester, New Hampshire, for Antiques Week in 2019, I talked with lots of collectors awaiting show openings. In my informal discussions one theme repeatedly emerged. Beloved objects that make up collections have ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Help on the Way
As Lita Solis-Cohen notes on pp. 126-127, the Americana Week auctions in New York City in January certainly have some delectable offerings. While bidding will be live online, at this time there’s no plan to have in-house bidders. For all of us who love the dynamics and drama of a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Five-Day Gun Battle at Poulin
Poulin Antiques and Auctions, Inc., Fairfield, Maine
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It took five days, December 11-15, 2020, to bring up all 3393 lots in the Poulin Antiques and Auctions mammoth firearms auction in Fairfield, Maine. Colonial American weaponry, Civil War artifacts, and World War II armaments figured in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tribal and Native American Art
Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
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Textiles were the order of the day at Skinner’s December 14, 2020, sale of tribal and Native American art in Marlborough, Massachusetts. The auction was put together by department director Michael R. Evans.
Many of the artifacts came from interesting and important collections, such as that of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ledbetter's Second Sale: Bringing Folk Art to Gibsonville
Ledbetter Folk Art and Americana Auction, Gibsonville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Ledbetter Folk Art and Americana Auction
Most of the artists represented in Matt Ledbetter’s second sale, December 12, 2020, were Outsiders. Some were homeless, several were black, and most were self-taught and now deceased. If French artist Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Delayed American Art Sales Bring $12.3 Million
Sotheby’s, New York City
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Sotheby’s fall American art sale of works by 19th- and 20th-century painters and sculptors usually comes before Thanksgiving, but in 2020 it was held on December 11, just before Christmas. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a backup of sales, so Sotheby’s fall American art sale did ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African American Art at Swann Galleries
Swann Galleries, New York City
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Winding down 2020—a year filled with 28 online auctions and countless Instagram Live and Zoom events—Swann Galleries held its African American art sale online starting at noon on December 10. Always a standing-room-only event in previous years, it drew bidders vying for 211 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American and European Art
Hindman, Chicago, Illinois
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"It was a wonderful sale. There were no million-dollar home runs, but ninety percent of the lots found buyers, and hammer prices exceeded our presale low estimate by almost $300,000.” That’s how Joe Stanfield, director of fine art at Hindman, Chicago, described the December 10, 2020, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Art Dominates Doyle in December
Doyle, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle
The auction at Doyle in New York City on December 9, 2020, showcased an attractive selection of furniture, silver, Chinese export porcelain, folk art, and rugs that brought a total of $847,969, with a strong clearance rate of 89% sold. But it was top-heavy with ... (Read More)
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