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On September 5 Dan Morphy announced that Americana and folk art dealer Kelly Kinzle will head Morphy Auctions’ new Americana, folk art, and American decorative arts division.
“Dan Morphy called me and told me he had a collection of Americana he thought might launch a new division and asked me to ... (Read More)
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Brunk Auctions is expanding into Virginia. With a presence in Asheville, North Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee; and now Richmond, Virginia, Brunk Auctions “will provide its bespoke auction services to clients throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions,” an August 14 press release from the firm stated.
The Richmond location will host biannual auctions ... (Read More)
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Doyle, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle
"Normally I don’t come to auctions because you can get the fever,” proclaimed a man to M.A.D. just before the start of Doyle’s fall American paintings, furniture, and decorative arts sale on October 8, 2019. “I usually prebid,” he explained.
And with that the well-attended auction ... (Read More)
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Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
The two top-selling lots in Swann Galleries’ fall African American fine art auction on October 8, 2019, were bought by institutions. Elizabeth Catlett’s Seated Woman, a carved mahogany sculpture, initialed “EC,” from 1962, sold to the Saint Louis Art Museum for $389,000 (with ... (Read More)
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Consolidation by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond
September, the time of year for looking back at the summer and all that has been accomplished! Or not accomplished, as the case may be. One bay of the garage is still filled with furniture and totes, the gutters on the workshop still need to be cleaned, and the deck ... (Read More)
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Jason T. Busch, the director of the American Folk Art Museum (AFAM), has announced that Emelie Gevalt will become curator of folk art at the museum beginning in November. She succeeds Stacy C. Hollander, who left the museum in June.
Gevalt comes to AFAM from an internship at the Museum of ... (Read More)
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John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts
All prices include the buyer’s premium
John McInnis Auctioneers had gathered up several marine collections, and they were the nucleus of the October 5 and 6, 2019, auctions held under a tent in Amesbury, Massachusetts. The sale was moved from its customary location on Main Street in ... (Read More)
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San Francisco, California
The more things change...
The event now called the San Francisco Fall Show, formerly the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show and then the San Francisco Fall Art & Antiques Show, has changed names, dates, layout, rules that called for material to be over 50 years old, and focus.
The more ... (Read More)
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CRN Auctions, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy CRN Auctions
Karin J. Phillips and Carl R. Nordblom of CRN Auctions, Cambridge, Massachusetts, routinely present buyers with fine buying opportunities. Buyers of every stripe know this and show up for their dependably eclectic thrice-yearly auctions.
The October 6, 2019, sale was no exception, and bidders demonstrated ... (Read More)
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Ludlow, Vermont
Antiques in Vermont was called the Vermont Pickers Market in 2018 because it set up fast, did not rely on fancy booth arrangements, and lasted only a few hours. Prices are reasonable. One has to move and decide quickly. And it is the last show of Vermont Antiques Week. ... (Read More)
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