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(Fragment)Court Battle over Withdrawn Lot
One of baseball's foundational documents-once headed to the auction block-is now at the center of a lawsuit between an auction house and a 92-year-old widow. The sale was stopped, but allegedly the auction house will not release the document, claiming that it is owed for expensive but futile marketing efforts.
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(Auction)Christie's Adds $32.8 Million to American Art Total for May
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
Christie's sale of American art on May 22, held less than two weeks after its record-breaking sale of the Rockefeller collection of art of the Americas, did not disappoint. Of the 84 lots offered, 69 sold, for a sell-through rate of 82%. The sale totaled ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Lemuel Shaw and Keith Downer
The unidentified portrait of a man that hung outside the chambers of Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court intrigued many when it was retrieved from storage after the relatively recent restoration of the John Quincy Adams Courthouse in Boston. It was among a group of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Software for Antiques Shops and Malls
Computer Column #353
Software for antiques shops and malls has been a common subject of these columns over the years. Programs for dealers have a point-of-sale (POS) cash register feature and inventory recordkeeping. Those for malls or group shops accept items from more than one dealer on a single sales slip ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bombe Desk Brings $240,000
CRN Auctions, Cambridge, Massachusetts
A Chippendale mahogany bombe desk made between 1765 and 1770 was the runaway favorite at CRN Auctions' May 20 sale in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, gallery. Prospective buyers had streamed to the auction gallery to see it. Bidding on the desk, estimated at $30,000/50,000, opened at $50,000 and ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Chicago Antiques + Art + Design Show 2018
Chicago, Illinois
Here's an amazing anecdote from the second Chicago Antiques + Art + Design Show, held May 18-20. We swear that it really happened, and every word is true. This was told to us by Andrew Rowan of G. Sergeant Antiques, Woodbury, Connecticut.
Here is an accent table made from parts ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Rainy Day at Fishersville
Shenandoah Antiques Expo, Fishersville, Virginia
The 62nd Shenandoah Antiques Expo was held on the grounds of Augusta Expoland in Fishersville, Virginia, the weekend of May 18-20. The Fishersville show is organized and promoted by Heritage Promotions. Over the years we have come to know the Fishersville event as something of a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ornate Estate Pumps Up the Sale
New Orleans Auction Galleries, New Orleans, Louisiana
Photos courtesy New Orleans Auction Galleries
When the New Orleans Auction Galleries (NOAG) offers an "important estate" sale, thoughts might turn first to the contents of an antebellum plantation on the River Road or a French Quarter townhouse. Not perhaps Englewood, New Jersey, but the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Volcano of Timepieces
R.O. Schmitt Fine Arts, Manchester, New Hampshire
I thought of recent Hawaiian Big Island eruptions as, for more than 16 hours, nearly 1200 lots of clocks and watches flowed from R.O. Schmitt Fine Arts' auction in Manchester, New Hampshire. On May 19 and 20, most lots slowly streamed by like lava; ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Spring Sale at Wooten & Wooten
Wooten & Wooten, Camden, South Carolina
Photos courtesy Wooten & Wooten
On May 19, while the new Duke and Duchess of Sussex were celebrating with family and friends, auctioneer Jeremy Wooten was working. He spent six hours-10 a.m. to 4 p.m.-pushing 810 lots across the auction block. That's a sizzling 135 lots ... (Read More)
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