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(Fragment)Christie’s Raises Buyer’s Premium
As of February 1, Christie’s has changed its buyer’s premium. The new fees the auction house charges buyers for all categories except wine are 25% up to $300,000, 20% from $300,001 to $4,000,000, and 13.5% at $4,000,001 and above. The previous buyer’s premium fee schedule was 25% up to $250,000, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Man Arrested on Burglary Charges
New York State Police arrested Clifford R. Williams, 56, of Selden, New York, for second-degree burglary, a Class C felony. Williams is accused of unlawfully entering a relative’s residence in the town of Eaton through a window and taking several antique items from within the home.
Williams was arraigned and remanded ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Hazelton Named LiveAuctioneers Advisory Board Chairman
Brook Hazelton has been appointed to LiveAuctioneers’ newly created position of advisory board chairman, heading the soon-to-be-launched auctioneer and dealer panel.
Brook Hazelton, newly appointed advisory board chairman at LiveAuctioneers, will head the company’s auctioneer and dealer panel. Photo by Mark Seliger.
Hazelton served as Christie’s president for North and South America ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Granite State Book Fair Changes Hands
Richard Mori of Richard Mori Books, Franklin, New Hampshire, is the new owner and promoter of the Granite State Book and Ephemera Fair. The fair has been produced by Marvin Getman for the past five years.
“The show has traditionally had fifty or sixty dealers. It’s going to take some work and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ivory Lawsuit Dismissed
On February 1 U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield dismissed a lawsuit by two antiques dealers’ trade groups challenging a 2014 law making it a felony to trade ivory in New York.
In an eight-page opinion, the judge ruled that the Art and Antique Dealers League of America and the National Art ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art
Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
A $3.34 million sale of American art took place at Sotheby’s on March 6, a few days after the close of the Art Dealers Association of America Art Show.
Not a dealer was in sight at the start of the 10 a.m. sale, but several had ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Beach to Receive ADA Award of Merit
In 2019, the finial is being awarded to a keeper of the flame.
The Antiques Dealers’ Association of America’s annual Award of Merit, represented by a presentation flame finial award, will be given to journalist and author Laura Beach at a ceremony on April 26 in Philadelphia.
Beach specializes in writing about ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Bulk E-mail
Computer Column #362
This sort of thing happens often. A member of a group sends an informative e-mail to other members of the group in a single message with multiple addressees. Within days, weeks, or months, the addressees begin to receive spam—ads for cigar cutters or mail-order spouses, or fake messages ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Art Show
New York City
The Art Show, an annual event that features 72 member dealers whose proposals are reviewed and selected by their peers, offers its audience a more curatorial approach than other art fairs. The show, which is hosted by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA), was held February 27 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Thomaston Place Late Winter Auction
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
At the three-day auction at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Thomaston Maine, March 1-3, nearly 1300 lots came on the block. The top estimates in the catalog showed nothing over $20,000, but a handful of items rose from relative obscurity, including one rock star that ... (Read More)
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