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(Fragment)Edmondson’s Miss Lucy Brings $324,000
On January 26 a sculpture by William Edmondson, Miss Lucy, An Uplifted Lady, sold for $324,000 (includes buyer’s premium) at Case Antiques Inc. Auctions and Appraisals in Knoxville, Tennessee. That figure is believed to be the highest price ever paid at auction for an Edmondson female figure, according to Case.
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(Show)Lebanon Antique Show
Lebanon, Ohio
Midway through the first day of the Lebanon Antique Show, held January 26 and 27 in southwestern Ohio, show manager John Wanat was helping a buyer move a room-size Oriental rug. The new owner was from Cincinnati, roughly a half-hour’s drive away, and hadn’t come to the show to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Edmondson’s “Uplifted Lady” Raises the Roof
Case Antiques Auctions and Appraisals, Knoxville, Tennessee
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John Case and the entire auction house team in Knoxville, Tennessee, were elated with the results of their January 26 one-day sale of over 850 lots. While the top-ten list contained everything from modern paintings to regional pottery to Federal formality, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Pushing the Button Collection and Pulling Another
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
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In 2017 figure skater champion and straight-talking sports commentator Dick Button lent a portion of his skating-related art collection to the Fenimore Art Museum. His posters, paintings, sculptures, skates, costumes, and other artifacts filled six gallery rooms at the Cooperstown, New York, museum. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Quinn’s Opens 2019 with Strong Sales
Quinn’s Auction Galleries, Falls Church, Virginia
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Quinn’s Auction Galleries opened its 2019 sales year with a pair of midwinter cataloged auctions at the firm’s Falls Church, Virginia, gallery on January 24 and 26. The first sale comprised 385 lots of modern prints, posters, and works on paper. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, February 2019
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and website for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sculpture Stampedes Past Paintings at Skinner
Skinner, Boston, Massachusetts
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Good Western sculpture was the most interesting art in the January 25 auction of fine American and European works of art at Skinner’s Boston gallery. Sculpture by Western artist Harry Andrew Jackson was front and center, along with a wide range of paintings, drawings, and sculpture.
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(Auction)Manuscript and Printed Americana
Sotheby’s, New York City
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The only known privately held copy of a William J. Stone facsimile of the Declaration of Independence with a provenance that can be traced back to the direct ancestor who received it in 1824 sold with buyer’s premium for $975,000 (est. $600,000/800,000) at Sotheby’s fine ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Collectors’ Passion Sale
Nye & Company, Bloomfield, New Jersey
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Nye & Company held its first sale of 2019 on January 23, a few days after Sotheby’s and Christie’s Americana Week sales had concluded and during the second week of the Winter Show. Called a “Collectors’ Passion Sale,” the auction drew ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Art, Design & Antiques Show at Wallace Hall
New York City
In 2015 the Art, Design & Antiques Show at Wallace Hall was added to Americana Week events in New York City. At that time, the New York Ceramics & Glass Fair was in full bloom, Metro Curates was doing business at the Metropolitan Pavilion, and the Winter Antiques ... (Read More)
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