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(Issue Story)Eldred’s Offers Affordable Antique Jewelry and More in January Sale
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Eldred’s
Eldred’s Auctioneers of East Dennis, on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, held its antiques and accessories sale on January 19 and 20, offering 152 lots of jewelry that achieved good results and had “a very low pass rate,” according to Leah Kingman, the specialist who cataloged ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Washington and Wady Top Christie’s Americana Auction
Christie’s, New York City
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Americana sales in January have been called the barometer of the market for at least five decades. “As goes January, so goes the market” is the mantra. Collectors and dealers who make this market buy what speaks to them and ignore what they deem over-restored, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Outsider Art at Christie’s
Christie’s, New York City
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When a double-sided Henry Darger watercolor and collage sells for $60,000 more than the highest-priced piece of furniture during Americana Week in New York City, people take notice.
This double-sided work by Henry Darger (1892-1973), 93 At Jennie Richee, are chaced for long distance by Glandelinians with blood hounds. / 95 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rago Design and Unreserved Sales
Rago Arts & Auction Center, Lambertville, New JerseyPhotos courtesy Rago Arts & Auction Center
Rago Arts & Auction Center holds weekend design auctions three times a year, in January, June, and September, offering over 1000 lots in three days. The sales include lots from the entire 20th century, beginning with Arts ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Marchant Material Buoys China Trade Sale
Christie’s, New York City
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Christie’s began its January Americana sales with a January 18 session of 206 lots of Chinese export art, of which 100 were consigned by the London firm Marchant. In September of last year Christie’s offered close to 50 bronzes, jades, and ceramics in a single-owner ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Printed and Manuscript Americana
Sotheby’s, New York City
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A broadside of the Declaration of Independence printed in Salem, Massachusetts, on July 17, 1776, by Ezekiel Russell sold for $1,185,000 (includes buyer’s premium) to a private collector at Sotheby’s January 17 sale of printed and manuscript Americana including cartography.
The well-preserved broadside was from an ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 46th Annual Hudson Antique Show: Snow Was a Blow or Maybe Not
Richfield, Ohio
Strong snowstorms offset with 50-degree days equal winter 2018 in Ohio to date. A week before the highly anticipated 46th annual Hudson Antique Show, which is held the second Saturday and Sunday in January (this year January 13 and 14) saw a big storm, offset with a huge melt.
And ... (Read More)
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(Show)Celebrating the Charm of Chinoiserie
Washington Winter Show, Washington, D.C.
The annual Washington Winter Show has consistently grown each year as a midwinter destination for collectors, dealers, designers, and antiques enthusiasts. The 2018 event was held January 12-14. This year marked the 63rd edition of the show and its eighth year at the Katzen Arts Center ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Traylor’s Two Pigs Brings $37,200
CRN Auctions, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy CRN Auctions, Inc.
As auction staff broke out more chairs at CRN Auctions’ January 14 standing-room-only sale in Cambridge, Massachusetts, auctioneer Carl R. Nordblom said he and he alone had moved the Patriots game to the previous day to accommodate everyone. The extra chairs filled ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Carousel Horse Outdistances the Field at Laughlin
Laughlin Auctions, Inc., Edinburg, Virginia
Photos courtesy Laughlin Auctions, Inc.
Laughlin Auctions, Inc. held its annual winter auction at the firm’s facilities in Edinburg, Virginia, on January 13. We have come to expect a broad array of offerings at Laughlin Auctions, and this sale did not disappoint. As noted in previous reports, ... (Read More)
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