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(Auction)Manuscript and Printed Americana
Sotheby’s, New York City
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For the third year Sotheby’s offered printed and manuscript Americana during Americana Week with some good results. Three years ago when the musical Hamilton was the talk of the town, Sotheby’s books and manuscripts department offered Alexander Hamilton letters and documents in January hoping they ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2020 Ceramics Fair
The New York Antique Ceramics Fair, New York City
Eleven dealers set up shop at the New York Antique Ceramics Fair on the third floor of the Bohemian National Hall, January 23-26, and did plenty of business. The fair charges no admission. It opened with an invitation-only preview party for museum ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Art, Design & Antiques Show at Wallace Hall
New York City
The Art, Design & Antiques Show at Wallace Hall, held January 24-26, welcomed a new dealer to its ranks this go-round and drew collectors, curators, and designers in town for January’s Americana Week to its 33 booths.
Americana dealer Jeffrey Tillou of Litchfield, Connecticut, set up a good-sized booth ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Singh Sale of Americana
Sotheby’s, New York City
The Singh Sale of Americana
by Lita Solis-Cohen
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Dr. Arun Singh was born in India in 1944, overcame childhood hand injuries and undiagnosed dyslexia, and went to medical school. When he traveled to America in 1967 to continue his studies, he had only a few dollars in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Vintage Poster Auction
Potter & Potter Auctions, Chicago, Illinois
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Potter & Potter Auctions took a big step toward its goal of diversifying from magic and circus memorabilia, upon which its reputation was built, with a vintage poster auction featuring more than 600 items on January 25 in Chicago. Hundreds ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Audubons and Maps Sell at Arader during Americana Week
Arader Galleries, New York City
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Arader Galleries’ first sale of 2020, held during Americana Week in New York City, totaled $2,618,047. Of the 247 lots offered, 157 lots sold, for a 64% sell-through rate.
The auction house offered 52 lots of first-edition aquatint engravings from John James Audubon’s The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sultanabad Carpet Takes Flight at Wooten Sale
Wooten & Wooten, Camden, South Carolina
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The CliffsNotes version of the January 25 winter sale at Wooten & Wooten goes like this: Two small collections that were expected to sell high did not, and a large collection that had more modest estimates sold well, especially ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of Folk Art to Benefit MFA, Boston
Sotheby’s, New York City
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The foreword to Sotheby’s January 25 auction catalog, “A New Dimension of Tradition: Important American Folk Art,” noted that the proceeds of the sale would benefit the folk art initiative at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). The gift “will provide focus and momentum ... (Read More)
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(Show)Atlanta’s Heavenly Antiques Show
Cathedral Antiques Show, Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta has long had a tradition of being a city of gracious homes, many filled with fine antiques and appropriate accessories. In addition to the various antiques shops, malls, and auctions available locally, the owners of these homes, their decorators, and collectors looked forward to two ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hicks’s Peaceable Kingdom Brings $4.575 Million
Christie’s, New York City
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At Christie’s on January 24, Edward Hicks’s Peaceable Kingdom, estimated at $1.5/3.5 million, sold for $4,575,000 (includes buyer’s premium) to an anonymous collector; a Newport mahogany dressing table attributed to Christopher Townsend was bought by the Chipstone Foundation in Milwaukee for $81,250 (est. $20,000/40,000); the ... (Read More)
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