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L.T. Auctions, St. George, Maine
Lawrence Trueman has been in the auction business for a long time, operating L.T. Auctions since 1988. He and his wife, Diana, have settled in St. George, Maine, where they purchased the Echo Hill function hall, and that’s where the hammer comes down now.
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Swann Galleries, New York City
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A manuscript book of furniture designs and other details by an early 18th-century Philadelphia joiner was sold in New York City at Swann’s printed and manuscript Americana sale on September 17. Ledgers, yes. There are numbers of those by furniture makers of the ... (Read More)
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Mike Clum Auctions, Rushville, Ohio
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When the collection of the late Katie and Dennis Spann of Knoxville, Tennessee, was offered by Mike Clum Auctions on September 17 outside of Rushville, Ohio, the sale drew a full house of buyers who were attracted by the strong mix of ... (Read More)
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Swann Galleries, New York City
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Forty-four artworks from the personal collec-tion of Maya Angelou (1928-2014), poet, playwright, autobiographer, essayist, and performing artist, were auctioned before a joyful, jam-packed audience at Swann Galleries in New York City on September 15 for a total of nearly $1.3 million. Fourteen of the ... (Read More)
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Go, Dutton, and that Right Speedily.
The Encounter on Freshwater Cliff
It’s a bizarre tale involving a one-time child actor, a reality television producer, a fictitious trip in a Bentley to a stolen goods warehouse, a Texas police officer who nearly recovered millions in stolen art, and possibly a five-figure reward.
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Bonhams, San Francisco, California
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The empty spaces in the parking lot at Bonhams were the first clue about the possible success of the September 14 American Indian art auction of the collection of Mario Luraschi that was due to start in ten minutes. Inside the San Francisco salesroom, there ... (Read More)
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CRN Auctions, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Buyers packed the salesroom for the September 13 sale at CRN Auctions in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The audience was active and plentiful, and the phones were abuzz, as were absentee bids. Auctioneer Carl R. Nordblom told M.A.D. that Internet buying accounted for around 36% of sales.
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Charlton Hall Auctioneers, West Columbia, South Carolina
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Those who stayed for the entire two days, September 11 and 12, at Charlton Hall Auctioneers received a catalog for “International Antiques” and another for “Style + Design” lots. Most lots in the style and design catalog were estimated at under ... (Read More)
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Treadway Toomey Auctions, Oak Park, Illinois
Carefully built collections made the day for the September 12 sale at Treadway Toomey Auctions, Oak Park, Illinois. According to house specialists, interest generated by the dispersal of those collections resulted in a strikingly high sell-through rate. Fine art specialist Joe Stanfield called the sell-through ... (Read More)
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A partial view of the Salmagundi Club of New York City on lower Fifth Avenue. As with many buildings in Manhattan, scaffolding hides part of the structure.
Club president Robert W. Pillsbury, known as “one of the left-handed Bobs,” is shown preparing his copper plate to be printed on one of ... (Read More)
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