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New York City
The Art and Antique Dealers League of America (AADLA) put on a five-day show, October 31 to November 4, 2019, at Wallace Hall, within walking distance of or a short cab ride to the fall edition of TEFAF (The European Fine Art Foundation), held simultaneously at the Park ... (Read More)
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Photos courtesy Skinner
The highlights of Skinner’s November 2 and 3 Americana sale were so fine that they left some speechless.
As he opened the bidding at $50,000 on a Chippendale mahogany reverse serpentine bureau, Steven Fletcher, executive vice president and director of Skinner’s Americana department, reported, “I was very happy when ... (Read More)
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Skinner Americana by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo
Skinner, Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner, Inc.
Color prevailed at Skinner’s November 2 and 3, 2019, Americana auction in the Marlborough gallery, where offerings included the collections of Bill McKeever of Urbana, Ohio; Pamela and Brian Ehrlich of Mystic, Connecticut; Tom and Carolyn Porter of Delaware, Ohio; Pam Boynton of Groton, ... (Read More)
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Humler & Nolan, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Humler & Nolan
A Rookwood Pottery 9" high double-handled Standard glaze vase depicting an Indian woman holding a baby wrapped in a checkered blanket was the highlight of the holiday sale at Humler & Nolan, Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 2 and 3, 2019. The vase, ... (Read More)
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Butterscotch Auctioneers & Appraisers, Bedford Village, New York
Photos courtesy Butterscotch Auctioneers & Appraisers
Butterscotch Auctioneers & Appraisers’ sale in Bedford Village, New York, on November 3, 2019, included historically important American tinware decorated by the Butler family from the collection of Charlotte Guild Paddock of East Greenbush, New York. Paddock was ... (Read More)
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Nick Dawes, senior vice president for special collections at Heritage Auctions, has been named chairman and CEO of the Salmagundi Club after serving on the board of the nonprofit club for several years. Salmagundi is the oldest artists’ club in New York City and one of the oldest in the ... (Read More)
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School has started back at our house, and every year it is an anxiety-ridden process. Like anything that comes with tremendous rewards, homeschooling also comes with tremendous responsibility. And as with anything that comes with tremendous responsibility, there are people who are happy to take your money to alleviate some ... (Read More)
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Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Distinctively American art that evokes the spirit of the rugged American West and works that nostalgically capture America of the early to mid-20th century achieved sales records for Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas. The November 1, 2019, auction recorded sales of $5,418,288 (with buyers’ ... (Read More)
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The European Fine Art Fair, New York City
It was all about the mix for the fourth iteration of The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) held at the Park Avenue Armory on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Ninety dealers, including 17 new to the fair, offered antiquities and works of art and ... (Read More)
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In June 2013 the Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired 76 pottery vessels by European artist potters from the encyclopedic collection assembled over decades by artist, photographer, and ceramic historian Robert Ellison Jr. Of the 76 works, 54 were generously donated, and 40 of them were put on view in 2014 ... (Read More)
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