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(Auction)Novel Approach to the Novel Virus Problem
Barridoff Galleries, South Portland, Maine
Photos courtesy Barridoff Galleries
Here’s an idea that falls right into the “Why didn’t anyone else think of this?” category. On August 15 Barridoff Galleries held its latest art auction in South Portland, Maine. To encourage absentee bidding in this “Age of COVID,” the buyer’s premium was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)George Nakashima Furniture Sells Well in Virginia
Cox & Graves Auction Co., Fredericksburg, Virginia
George Nakashima Furniture Sells Well in Virginia
by Walter C. Newman
Photos courtesy Cox & Graves Auction Co.
A group of six pieces of furniture crafted at the Nakashima studios in New Hope, Pennsylvania, recently came to auction in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The pieces were offered by the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skinner Americana
Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner
Skinner’s annual August Americana auction, held online August 3-13, included over 600 lots from multiple consignors. A Boston-area collection gathered carefully in the 1960s and 1970s from the best dealers of the day was the source of many of the highly desired lots. Stephen Fletcher, head ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Eldred’s Summer Marine Auction
Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred’s
Every seat beneath the tent on the terrace was occupied for Eldred’s August 13 marine sale in East Dennis, Massachusetts. While seating was spaced to allow for social distancing, it still meant that 40 or so hardy souls were on site for bidding. And bid ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Kolar Collection at Skinner
Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner
John Kolar coauthored Weathervanes: Three Centuries of a Pennsylvania Folk Art Tradition with Jennifer Royer, and he collaborated with Patrick Hornberger in the writing of The Lancaster Long Rifles. Kolar, also a scholar and collector, gathered an enviable collection of decorative arts of Pennsylvania and Ohio. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Online Americana, Fine Art, and Marine Auction Tops $1.5 Million
Rafael Osona Auctions, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Rafael Osona Auctions
Rafael Osona Auctions, Nantucket, Massachusetts, held an Americana, fine art, and marine sale on Saturday, August 8, and Sunday, August 9. The auction was conducted totally online and included the estate of Linda Loring of Boston and Nantucket, and other private collectors. ... (Read More)
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(Show)Treasures at a Click
MidWeek Online Antiques Fair
Treasures at a click—but you might need a “treasure map” to find them.
Frank Gaglio of Barn Star Productions used the Ruby Lane platform (www.rubylane.com) for his two-part Antiques at Rhinebeck show in May and June, and then he chose it again for his Midweek Online Antiques Fair ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Annual NHADA Show Online
New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association
By noon on opening day, Thursday, August 6, there were plenty of sales at the 63rd annual New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association show. No one got up at 4 a.m. to stand in line, no tickets were sold, but in the first hour 40,000 single views ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in Manchester Online
Antiques in Manchester: The Collector’s Fair
In the decade before the COVID-19 pandemic, Antiques in Manchester: The Collector’s Fair filled the ice rink at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, in August, opening a day before the long-running New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association show and closing the following day. It ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California Paintings Bring Strong Prices
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Scot Levitt, Bonhams’ vice president and director of California and Western art, began a discussion of the August 4 Los Angeles auction with statistics: hammer sales totaled $2.2 million, and 138 lots sold. The sale was 92% sold by value and 85% by lot. “We ... (Read More)
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