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(Auction)A 1700-Gun Salute at Julia’s—Will the Last One Out Please Turn Out the Lights?
James D. Julia Inc., Fairfield, Maine
At a total of nearly $15 million and with a puny 13% buy-in rate, it was a fitting close to James D. Julia’s auction career. As most of the auction world now knows, James D. Julia Inc. has been sold to Morphy Auctions, Denver, Pennsylvania. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany Is a Trump Card
Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York
A rare Tiffany Bamboo leaded-glass and bronze floor lamp, circa 1910, sold for $241,900 (includes buyer’s premium) at the March 23 and 24 sale at Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York. It was the top lot.
Buyers loved the Tiffany brand. A vintage Tiffany 5.25-carat diamond ring sold ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Alexander Hamilton Letter Leads Waverly Sale
Waverly Rare Books, Falls Church, Virginia
Photos courtesy Waverly Rare Books
Waverly Rare Books, a division of Quinn’s Auction Galleries, held a catalog auction of books, manuscripts, and maps on March 22 at Quinn’s showrooms in Falls Church, Virginia. Catherine Payling, newly appointed director of Waverly Rare Books (see M.A.D., September 2017, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A.E. “Beanie” Backus Painting Breaks Record
On March 18 in Vero Beach, Florida, Ron Rennick Auctions, Inc., sold a landscape by Albert Ernest “Beanie” Backus (1906-1990) for $50,600 (includes buyer’s premium), establishing a new auction record for the Florida artist. Old Boats on the Shoreline, a 24" x 30" oil on canvas depicting boats built by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Annual Spring Sale Loaded with Primitives
Laughlin Auctions, Edinburg, Virginia
Photos courtesy Laughlin Auctions
Laughlin Auctions, Inc. held its 31st annual spring auction on March 17 at its facility in Edinburg, Virginia. As expected, the main sales floor was loaded with a wide variety of offerings, and because Laughlin does not offer online bidding, there was a very ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Catesby Engravings in “Fabulous” Condition Sell at Auction
Garth’s Auctions, Delaware, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth’s Auctions
Two hand-colored engravings by English naturalist Mark Catesby (1683-1749), estimated conservatively at $250/500, raised a few eyebrows when they realized $7080 for the pair (including buyer’s premium) to become the top lot of the day during a sale of American and Continental fine and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Margaret Bourke-White Images Found in Cleveland Bring Top Dollar
Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio
Photos courtesy Rachel Davis Fine Arts
The year was 1994, and Rachel Davis of Rachel Davis Fine Arts had one of those experiences auctioneers dream about. The daughter-in-law of a Cleveland artist and photographer had been going through items she had inherited from her father-in-law and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Downer and Stinson of Tremont Auctions Dissolve Partnership
Brett Downer and Doug Stinson, the two principals of Tremont Auctions of Newton, Massachusetts, have agreed to a parting of the ways. The partnership was dissolved on January 15, as the two longtime antiques dealers and auctioneers are going in different directions.
Brett Downer (left) and Doug Stinson during a June ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Robert Cheney’s Dream Job
When Robert Cheney was six years old, he made his first visit to the rural homestead in Grafton, Massachusetts, where members of the famed Willard family first began making clocks. Privately owned and seriously run down, the home and workshop were endangered. Robert’s father, clockmaker Bradford W. Cheney, was hoping ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Norman and Mary Gronning, Shaftsbury, Vermont
In the Trade
For more than half a century, Norman and Mary Gronning have been selling period American antiques. They’ve developed an inventory that is both broad and deep. They sell formal, high country, and painted furniture from the 17th through the early 19th centuries, along with paintings, folk art, metalwork, ... (Read More)
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