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(Issue Story)Antique Jewelry and Colored Stones Highlight Skinner’s Sale and Fortuna’s White-Glove Sale of Bo
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
The first Skinner important jewelry auction of the year was May 15, highlighted by colored stones, diamonds, and antique and period jewelry. The top lot was a carved Colombian emerald from the estate of Emily Crane Chadbourne that “attracted international interest,” according to Skinner, and it sold ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Cover and Content: The May Sale at Brunk Auctions
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Streamers of bold primary colors dominated a gallery wall and the covers of the Brunk Auctions catalog for its May 11 and 12 sale. Solomon “Sol” LeWitt’s Wavy Brushstrokes, a gouache on heavy paper, was impossible to miss. Inside the catalog was an equally powerful display. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hilliard & Co. Offers a Breath of Fresh Air
Hilliard & Co. Auctioneers LLC, Madison, Virginia
Photos courtesy Hilliard & Co.
Hilliard & Co. Auctioneers LLC held a catalog sale at its Madison, Virginia, salesrooms on May 12. This is the first sale by the firm to be reported on by M.A.D. The company is relatively new; it was established in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Regional Ohio Valley Sale with Jewelry
Garth’s Auctions, Delaware, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth’s
Garth’s Auctions took a slightly different approach to the May 12 auction of Americana, held in Delaware, Ohio. For the past 11 years, the May sale has been highlighted by an annual Ohio Valley session. This year, the auction was promoted as “featuring regional items ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Pennsylvania German Chest Decorated by the Black Unicorn Artist sells for $300,000
It was 12:45 a.m., early in the morning of May 11, when dealer James Kilvington of Dover, Delaware, bought a Berks County, Pennsylvania, Black Unicorn Artist chest for $300,000 (est. $40,000/80,000) at Christie’s sale of the collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller. “I did not sit in the salesroom until ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana from the Rockefeller Collection
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
“It was the first time I wrote a check dated the day after the date on the catalog and picked up my purchases at 2:30 in the morning,” said South Carolina decoy dealer Dick McIntyre, recounting his experience at the sale of Americana from the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Art Leads the Way at Weschler’s
Weschler’s Auctioneers & Appraisers, LLC, Rockville, Maryland
Photos courtesy Weschler’s Auctioneers & Appraisers, LLC
Weschler’s most recent cataloged “Capital Collections” auction was held on May 11 at the firm’s Rockville, Maryland, showrooms. The sale offered a broad mix of material from across most categories but with a definite concentration on fine art. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Paintings, Photos, and Prints
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
American and international bidders pursued an eclectic range of paintings, prints, photographs, and sculpture at Skinner’s two-session auction on May 11 in the Boston gallery. Prints and photography sold at 10 a.m.; paintings and sculpture sold starting at 2 p.m. The break allowed bidders and staff time ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Rockefeller Collection: Art of the Americas
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
The collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller, some 1550 objects, included a historic and encyclopedic collection of art of the Americas. Christie’s evening sale on May 9 offered 41 lots, and after two hours all lots had been sold.The total of $106,883,500 (including buyers’ premiums) ... (Read More)
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(Show)TEFAF New York Spring
New York City
TEFAF New York is here to stay. The second iteration of the May show (held May 3-8) clearly established itself in the realm of art fairs as a must-see event. It was a heady week for art fairs, with Frieze New York and others happening simultaneously, and the ... (Read More)
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