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(Fragment)Delaware Antiques Show Goes Online
The 57th Delaware Antiques Show will be smaller, will last longer—a full week, November 7 through 14—and will be online on InCollect.
There will be no charge to browse the show anytime from 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 7, until 10 p.m. on Saturday, November 14. For $100 the show can ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Folk Art Horology: Clocks and Watches in American Folk Paintings
Since the 13th-century invention of mechanical timekeeping, clocks and watches have appeared in art, never by accident or unintentionally. And even before their arrival, artist depictions of water clocks, sundials, and sandglasses also represented fleeting time, human mortality, technological sophistication, owner affluence, self-discipline, or even just the time of day.
My ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Judge Strikes Down Claim to Stolen Hamilton Letter
On October 28 United States Magistrate Judge Judith Gail Dein ruled that a July 21, 1780, letter from Alexander Hamilton to the Marquis de Lafayette is a public record and the property of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The letter had been stolen from the Massachusetts Archives sometime between 1937 and 1945 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Pennsylvania Sale
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
Freeman’s online-only Pennsylvania sale on October 28, 2020, demonstrated that selling things in the region where they were made is a good plan, and including 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century material in the same sale is a good idea, too. A well-advertised portrait of the Kitzmiller family ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Legend of the West: The T. Boone Pickens Collection
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
"This is a fantastic moment. We are delighted and honored to offer these works,” said John Hays, deputy chairman of Christie’s Americas, as he introduced the noon sale of 79 lots from the collection of T. Boone Pickens (1928-2019) on October 28, 2020.
The highest-selling lot ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story) Winter Is Coming
“We’ve lost it all...but at least we don’t have to pay sales tax.” That glass-half-full assessment came from an over-80-year-old longtime dealer set up in the corner of a large tent at the Black River Antique Show in Ludlow, Vermont, on a cold and rainy morning in early October.
She said ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Winter Show to Go Online
The 67th Winter Show, January 21-31, 2021, will be presented online. Dealers will create a gallery viewing room with thumbnail images and a 3-D gallery space and will also be able to share video content. There will also be lectures and discussions. “We are excited about our platform,” said Helen ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, November 2020
Rob Rey, Bioluminescence: Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, acrylic on canvas, 30" x 20".
—Through November 12 —New York City
Rehs Contemporary Galleries presents Taking Flight, an exhibition to benefit the American Bird Conservancy. The art on view was created by seven artists who each have their own unique style, though all the featured ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Time Times Two: Clocks and Watches at Auction
Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts, and Schmitt Horan & Co., Windham, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Skinner and Schmitt Horan & Co.
Horology buyers had plenty of choices in a pair of October 2020 New England auctions. The results were surprisingly strong for both. Each auction house posted well-illustrated and well-described online catalogs, each offered ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decorative Arts Sale
Treadway Gallery, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Treadway Gallery
A Tiffany Studios Oriental Poppy table lamp sold for $87,500 (including buyer’s premium) to highlight the decorative arts auction held by Treadway Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 25, 2020. The lamp was estimated at $65,000/75,000. The stained-glass shade, featuring a design that ... (Read More)
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