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(Auction)The "Lamb," a Rare Medal, and an Expensive Parrot
Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
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The best items performed a bit of a balancing act during the American history sale held by Cowan’s Auctions in Cincinnati on June 10.
On one side of the scale, the auction’s most anticipated lot, a presentation sword and archive of Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Ceramics in America
A Book Review
Ceramics in America, edited by Robert Hunter. The Chipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England, 2015, 216 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from University Press of New England, (800) 421-1561 or (www.upne.com).
Ceramics in America is the annual Chipstone journal intended for collectors, historical archaeologists, curators, dealers ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer-Aided Design
Computer Column #330
John P. Reid, < [email protected]>
Antiquers occasionally need drawings or plans. Instruction to a woodworker for making a replacement part for furniture restoration is one example. A three-dimensional layout for a show booth is another.
Many Tools
Computer-aided design (CAD) has been a major software tool in manufacturing and construction industries ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Picasso, Allegedly Stolen--Hidden in Plain Sight
The buyer did his homework but could end up holding the bag, a bag that costs $500,000.
On May 7, 2013, Sotheby’s offered a 14" x 7½" oil on canvas by Pablo Picasso, Tête (Portrait de Marie-Thérèse), estimated at $700,000/900,000. The catalog listed the provenance as Knoedler Gallery, Laurence Tisch, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana in Southern California
Bonhams, Los Angeles
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All prices include buyer’s premium
Brooke Sivo, who is the specialist for American furniture and decorative arts for Bonhams in Los Angeles, said he was pleased with the results from the June 7 and 8 auction, titled The Elegant Home. The auction offered “a broad spectrum of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Wyeth: The Art of Timeless Design
Sotheby’s, New York City
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Sotheby’s held a dedicated sale of just over 200 lots of 20th- and 21st-century furniture and design objects that were amassed by dealer John Birch of the store Wyeth in downtown New York City. It took place the afternoon after Sotheby’s design auction session in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native American Art at Auction
Bonhams, San Francisco
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“The market has been suffering in some areas,” said Jim Haas, the Native American art specialist at Bonhams, while discussing his June 6 and 7 auction in San Francisco. These areas he mentioned include historic pottery, weavings (“classic blankets and serapes”), and California baskets (“but not ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)A Long and Winding Road
The Young Collector
There are people you like and people you love. For people you like, you return calls, pick up their mail every now and then when they’re out of town, send them a card at the holidays, and like their photos on Facebook. For people you love, well, you ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rookwood XXVI
Humler & Nolan, Cincinnati, Ohio
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It was one of those “the water’s fine, come on in” kind of auctions when Humler & Nolan held its summer sale on June 4 and 5. In usual fashion, the company offered nearly 1500 lots in multiple sessions: keramics, art glass, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Alasdair Nichol called his June 5 American paintings sale at Freeman’s “An American Dream” and put an N.C. Wyeth picture of a happy American family on the cover. He had high hopes after his record-breaking $4 million sale in December 2015. That was when he sold ... (Read More)
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