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(Show)The Boston International Fine Art Show
Boston, Massachusetts
Now a mature 21, the Boston International Fine Art Show (BIFAS) had a decidedly upbeat feel for the October 19-22, 2017, event at the Boston Center for the Arts. The 2016 event fell just before the election, and certain pre-election jitters hung over the Cyclorama. This time was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fall Collectors' Sale at Farmer Auctions
Farmer Auctions, Salem, Virginia
Photos courtesy Farmer Auctions
Farmer Auctions held its fall collectors’ auction on October 21, 2017, at the firm’s Salem, Virginia, gallery. The sale offered a wide variety and an excellent selection of lots from within the expected categories of antiques and collectibles. From a sheer volume standpoint, the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Cleveland Connections Featured at Fall Sale
Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio
Photo courtesy Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Fine art featuring works of the Cleveland School of Art or pieces with a Cleveland connection have become Rachel Davis Fine Arts’ go-to setup. And why not? Located in Cleveland, Ohio, Rachel Davis knows the history of the area and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Inaugural Auction of the David and Janice Frent Collection Sees $911,538
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
One down, seven to go. “This was a very successful sale by any measure—number of views, number of new bidders, number of telephone bidders, you name it,” stated Tom Slater, director of Americana auctions for Heritage Auctions, in reference to the company’s Dallas, Texas, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sammons Indicted
On October 20 Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. announced that art broker Timothy Sammons, 61, had been indicted for stealing millions of dollars through a scheme involving the sale of valuable artwork. The New York State Supreme Court indictment charged Sammons with grand larceny in the first and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine and Decorative Arts Auction, Featuring Americana
Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan’s Auctions
The Kentucky Chippendale secretary desk and bookcase recently sold by Cowan’s Auctions in Cincinnati, Ohio, for nearly half a million dollars offers a glimpse into the narrow yet highly competitive market for the best furniture from the Bluegrass State. Offered during Cowan’s October 20 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Photos and Photo Books, Art and Storytelling
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Auction Galleries
“To collect photographs is to collect the world.” Susan Sontag, On Photography (1977)
"Art & Storytelling” was the title Swann photography department head Daile Kaplan gave to the sale of photos and photo books that took place in the auction house’s New York ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Schofield Collection of Political Memorabilia
Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc., East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred’s
All prices include buyer’s premium
By the time Daniel C. Schofield’s collection of political broadsides and other memorabilia came to auction at Eldred’s auction gallery in East Dennis, Massachusetts, on October 18, the staff had come to refer to the late collector ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Furniture, Decorative Arts, and Silver
Leslie Hindman, Chicago, Illinois
Leslie Hindman’s furniture, decorative arts, and silver auction held October 16 and 17, 2017, offered everything from a 135-lot collection of thimbles to a pair of small ship’s cannons, that had been fired from the Eiffel Tower to signal daily openings and closings of the 1889 World’s ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Take Your Time
Editorial
A local downtown parking space is worth $25,000 a year in local sales dollars, according to the organization Maine Preservation. Parking spaces in Wiscasset, Maine—and those five-figure sales dollars—are scheduled to be eliminated if the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) gets its way.
Maine Preservation, founded in 1972 to promote and ... (Read More)
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