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(Fragment)Buyer of World Record Ledger Drawing Revealed
In the August Maine Antique Digest, we reported that Maine Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, had established an auction record when the firm sold a single ledger drawing for $106,250 (includes buyer’s premium) on May 29.
On October 13 the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond, Virginia, revealed that it ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fortieth Anniversary Sale for California and Western Art Department
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Bonhams’ California and Western art auction on October 13, 2020, in Los Angeles marked the 40th anniversary of the department. Department director Scot Levitt, who has been with the department since 1984, wrote an introduction in the catalog about the landmark and about how the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The ADA Online Deerfield Show
Antiques Dealers’ Association of America
The Antiques Dealers’ Association of America (ADA), founded in 1984 to make the antiques trade more honest and ethical, has been organizing shows for its members since the summer of 1985. In 1998 it moved its fall show to Deerfield, Massachusetts, as a fund-raiser for Historic ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Admiral Tromp Marches to the Top at Fall Sale
Marion Antique Auctions, Marion, Massachusetts
Bidders at the Marion Antique Auctions sale in Marion, Massachusetts, had to wait until almost the end of the October 10, 2020, auction for a framed and glazed drawing by Dutch golden age artist Jan Lievens (1607-1674) to come on the block. The 17th-century drawing of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Brings Fine Results at Pook & Pook
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.
Pook & Pook’s big, long Americana and international auction, held October 9 and 10, 2020, offered one estate after another in 874 lots and sold 855 of them for a total of $2,234,475 (including buyers’ premiums), well above the presale ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Arader's Blockbuster $18.6 Million Sale
Arader Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Arader Galleries
W. Graham Arader III, a dealer in historic prints, maps, books, and paintings who has held auctions since 2007, recently launched his own auction platform, Arader Live. On Saturday afternoon, October 10, 2020, 192 lots of natural history and cartography were offered on ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, October 2020
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer’s premium when charged. We’re always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Fall Jewelry Sale
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Rago Arts and Auction
Rago Arts and Auction held its fall jewelry and watches auction on October 6 in Lambertville, New Jersey. I talked with Dianne Batista, director of fine jewelry at Rago, about the sale, and she said she was working on the deadline for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Potomack Company Howls with Its October Sale
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia, held an October suite of nine themed and targeted auctions beginning on October 6, 2020, with a “classic” sale, followed by eight sales scattered over the following weeks. In all, more than 1750 lots crossed the block. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, October 2020
The “Classic” Case of Lucretia, the Demonic Sphinx, and Punchinello
Five of the best-selling lots from the wide-ranging July 29 “Classic Art” sale held by Christie’s are featured here, and we begin with an oil on panel that is a portrait of an unidentified man by an unknown Burgundian artist—but a ... (Read More)
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