(Auction)
Bonhams, Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Swann Galleries, New York City
I could have stayed home in Massachusetts. Like many, if not most, auction previewers and buyers these days, I could have looked and watched online. I would have saved eight hours of driving, 15 miles of walking, money spent on a hotel, ... (Read More)
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A museum dedicated to dogs will open soon in North Adams, Massachusetts, only blocks from the country’s largest contemporary art museum, MASS MoCA. The Museum of Dog (MOD) will feature a private collection of dog-inspired paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, and accessories.
The 8000-square-foot historic space, at the merging point of Union ... (Read More)
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Antique Jewelry & Gemology
A roundup of auction results from sales held at the end of 2017 brings highlights, prices realized for rare antique pieces, and trends that have endured this past year.
Grogan & Co.
First up was Grogan & Company’s 30th anniversary auction in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 5, 2017, (covered ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
More than 100 people filled the seats in the salesroom and stood at the back for Freeman’s sale of American art on December 3, 2017. Thirty-one of them were successful, and they went home with paintings by Pennsylvania Impressionists, an Andrew Wyeth letter with a watercolor ... (Read More)
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Greenwich, Connecticut
The Greenwich Winter Antiques Show is one event under the aegis of Antiquarius, a suite of events held every December to benefit the Greenwich Historical Society. Its tag line is “Celebrate the Holidays in High Style,” and a house tour, the antiques show, and a holiday boutique are traditions ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Skinner, Inc. Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner, Inc.
American Indian and ethnographic art attracted bidders on December 2, 2017, to Skinner’s Boston gallery, where bidders came and went according to the kind of objects on the block. The highlight was a 19th-century anthropomorphic figure of a lizard man that brought $43,050 (includes ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy John McInnis Auctioneers
An unexpected trove of Andy Warhol material took an unexpected turn at John McInnis Auctioneers’ December 1 and 2, 2017, sale in its Amesbury, Massachusetts, gallery. After lifelong Amesbury resident Harriett Woodsom Gould died at age 94 in November 2016, her family ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Leland Little Auctions, Hillsborough, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Leland Little Auctions
Two and a half weeks before the December 2, 2017, catalog sale, Leland Little’s online catalog arrived in 20,000 electronic mailboxes. The curious scrolled down the opening page and found a large green button urging them to “Bid Now.” Six days ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maine
Not surprisingly, the name Louis Comfort Tiffany dominated the James D. Julia lamp, glass, and jewelry auction on December 1, 2017, in Fairfield, Maine. About 60 Tiffany lamps and chandeliers came up, led by a trio of lamps that topped the sale at $84,700 apiece ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)
Computer Column #348
John P. Reid, [email protected]
Hackers recently made major information data breaches at large corporations (www.identityforce.com/blog/2017-data-breaches). Small businesses are not immune. Antiques malls often have computer point-of-sale, inventory, and dealer payment systems that are hackable. Sure, the local antiques mall is not as tempting a target as Equifax or the ... (Read More)
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