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(Auction)American Art Auction
Christie's, New York City
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Christie's held its fall American art auction on November 20, 2018, one week after "An American Place," its sale of the Barney Ebsworth collection, which set a record for an American art auction. The November 20 morning auction offered 71 lots that totaled $26,491,500 (with ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Pepsi" Rolex Leads at Potomack
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
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The Potomack Company rounded out its 2018 live auction season in three sessions held November 17 and 19. Two of the sessions were live gallery sales, both conducted on November 17, and there was an online-only auction on November 19.
Vintage Rolex collectors ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California Paintings and Sculpture
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
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"We did reasonably well," said Scot Levitt, describing the results of Bonhams' November 19, 2018, California paintings and sculpture auction, held in Los Angeles and simulcast in San Francisco, that totaled $2.5 million. "The sale was heavy on nineteenth-century material, for which the market has ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Flag Day Tops American Art Auction
Bonhams, New York City
Photos courtesy Bonhams
A 70-lot sale of American art was offered at Bonhams in New York City on November 19, 2018. The sale totaled $2,440,750 with a sell-through rate of 77%.
There were a dozen or so attendees at the sale, which was held on the second floor of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)20th-Century Art and Design
Treadway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
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A painting by Gertrude Abercrombie (1909-1977) sold for an auction record at $149,000 (including buyer's premium) during the 20th-century art and design sale held by Treadway Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 18, 2018. The work, Night Arrives, was a 20" x 26" oil ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Louisiana Purchase Auction: An Annual Celebration of Regional Culture
Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Louisiana Purchase Auction: An Annual Celebration of Regional Culture
by Karla Klein Albertson
Photos courtesy Neal Auction Company
Neal Auction Company's annual Louisiana Purchase Auction, held most recently November 16-18, 2018, is the main event on the firm's sales schedule. Themes that appeared in the September event ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Maritime and More
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred's
Desirable scrimshaw and other maritime objects, along with some fine examples of early American furniture, brought bidders to Eldred's auctions November 15-17, 2018, in the East Dennis, Massachusetts, gallery. Some furniture showed a decided uptick. Three substantial catalogs were published for the sales.
From the collection ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art
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(Auction)American History
Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan's Auctions
Two unpublished ninth-plate daguerreotypes-one of noted Texas politician Sam Houston (1793-1863), the other of his third wife, Margaret Lea Houston (1819-1867)-sold for $39,600 the pair (including buyer's premium) to highlight the American history sale held by Cowan's Auctions in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 16, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Record for Looking Glass at Freeman's
Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Discoveries of 18th-century Philadelphia furniture still turn up at Freeman's from time to time. A 681/2" high looking glass, topped by its original and nearly intact carved phoenix and with carved garlands in perfect condition, was the talk of the American furniture world when it appeared ... (Read More)
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