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On January 18 the Eric M. Wunsch Award for Excellence in the American Arts was presented to Leroy Graves and Brock Jobe at a packed ceremony at Christie’s in New York City. The annual award was created by the Wunsch Americana Foundation to continue the legacy of renowned collector Martin ... (Read More)
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Christie’s, New York City
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A collection of 17th-century “Hatcher cargo” porcelain was the first part of Christie’s Chinese export porcelain sale on January 18 in New York City. Back in 1984, Christie’s held a landmark sale in Amsterdam that offered Chinese porcelain from a 1640s shipwreck that had been ... (Read More)
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New York City
The opening moments of the five-day New York Ceramics & Glass Fair on the fourth and fifth floors of the Bohemian National Hall at 321 East 73rd Street in New York City on Wednesday afternoon, January 18, were as competitive as at an auction. The major collectors and ... (Read More)
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Sotheby’s, New York City
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Sotheby’s successful sale of the Hamilton-Bowdoin family archive of Alexander Hamilton letters proved that Hamilton is no longer a neglected Founding Father. Ron Chernow’s prize-winning best-selling biography in 2004 put Hamilton in the light. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical Hamilton, which won 11 Tony Awards, added ... (Read More)
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She was a Chicagoan, who lived with her mother, great-grandmother, and a reddish-orange Pomeranian dog named Tiny Tim. Her name was Susan Parker, and in the spring of 1941 she developed a passion for Currier & Ives. She was ten years old.
While looking at material in an archive housed at ... (Read More)
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Washington, D.C.
The Washington Winter Show celebrated its 62nd year over the weekend of January 13-15. This marks the seventh year that the show has been held at the Katzen Arts Center on the campus of American University.
The longstanding event benefits three Washington, D.C., charitable organizations: the Founders Board of St. ... (Read More)
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Garth’s Auctions, Delaware, Ohio
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The first sale each year for Garth’s Auctions in Delaware, Ohio, tends to be not only a mixed affair but also a mouthful. Described by the company as offering “American Antiques and European & Asian Furniture & Decorative Arts,” the January 14 event included all ... (Read More)
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Historic New England has been awarded a Museums for America grant for $150,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to support a two-year project to catalog, clean, rehouse, digitize, and provide online access to the Royal Barry Wills Associates Archive.
This collection documents the history of the Boston-based ... (Read More)
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Pook & Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
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Pook & Pook held a winter sale on Friday, January 13, and luckily it did not snow. James Pook decided to sell 341 lots in one long Friday evening sale, knowing that many in the trade and some collectors were headed to ... (Read More)
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On December 9, 2016, Leon Zinder of Forest Hills, New York, was arrested and charged with selling stolen art.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement, “As alleged, Leon Zinder stole works of art worth more than $600,000 from his employer and then sought to sell them through a flea ... (Read More)
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