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Bonhams, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California
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All of the top 20 lots at Bonhams’ Los Angeles/San Francisco November 20, 2017, California and Western paintings and sculpture auction were bought by private collectors. What happened to the dealers?
Aspens, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado (40" x 30") by Colorado artist ... (Read More)
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Bonhams, New York City
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Bonhams held its American art sale on November 20, 2017, the Monday of Thanksgiving week, and a small crowd gathered on the second floor of the Madison Avenue auction house to bid on the 71 lots that were offered. The sale totaled $1,294,750, and the ... (Read More)
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Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, Louisiana
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In 2017 Neal Auction Company’s Louisiana Purchase Auction, a three-day event held November 17-19, fell on a busy weekend in New Orleans. Everyone was talking about the Thursday wedding of tennis star Serena Williams to Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian at the ... (Read More)
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Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Auctioneer and company president Kaja Veilleux floridly introduced the three-day auction at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Thomaston, Maine, as “preserving the history of mankind.” It was, perhaps, an overstatement, but not a serious one. The November 17-19, 2017, auction offered nearly 1500 lots of ... (Read More)
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Cross Gate Gallery/Keeneland, Lexington, Kentucky
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It’s a natural collaboration for Keeneland—where everyone who is anyone goes to buy the finest Thoroughbreds—and Cross Gate Gallery—where everyone who is anyone goes to purchase the finest sporting art. These Lexington, Kentucky-based businesses first teamed up in 2013 to bring to ... (Read More)
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Tremont Auctions, Newton, Massachusetts
Antiques from the estate of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, show promoter, collector, and dealer Sonia Paine, who died last summer at 95, provided several bright spots in the Tremont Auctions November 19, 2017, sale in the Newton, Massachusetts, gallery. Paine, who opened an antiques shop in 1968, was ... (Read More)
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Richmond, Indiana
For anyone driving rural back roads to the Heartland Antique Show in Richmond, Indiana, on the morning of November 18, 2017, something quickly became apparent. It was the opening day of deer season, as evidenced by an abundance of pickup trucks and SUVs edged off country roads near adjacent ... (Read More)
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The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
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The November 18, 2017, cataloged auction at The Potomack Company was held at the firm’s galleries in Alexandria, Virginia. The sale presented a mix of offerings from a broad group of categories, with a concentration of lots from an equally broad selection ... (Read More)
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Milestone Auctions, Willoughby, Ohio
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Vintage comic characters are a perennial favorite. When “the Mouse” is involved, it’s a given that interest will follow. Milestone Auctions saw this phenomenon firsthand during its “Hectic Eclectic” vintage comic character event held on November 18, 2017.
Selling were more than 500 lots of ... (Read More)
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Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Freeman’s marketing focuses on selling collections. “Not only does it create a historical record, it delivers a better financial result” is the pitch of the Philadelphia auction house. Over the last four years, Freeman’s has successfully offered large and small collections in separate catalogs. And when ... (Read More)
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