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(Show)Antiques At The Tavern Continues to Shine
Hanover, Virginia
Hanover Tavern Foundation presented its annual antiques show at the historic tavern in Hanover, Virginia, May 3-5. Dubbed Antiques At The Tavern, the event has quickly grown into one of the mid-Atlantic’s destination events. Although the show is small, with space for only 20 dealers, the foundation’s executive director, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Single-Owner Sale Is a Winner
Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts
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This watercolor of a Bermuda cottage, 13¾" x 19¾", by Boston artist Henry Webster Rice (1853-1934) was a highlight of the images of the island. It sold for $2074 (est. $1000/1500).
A single-owner collection of fine arts at Tremont Auctions’ May 5 auction in the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)“Spring Extravaganza” Sale at Marion
Marion Antique Auctions, Marion, Massachusetts
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Marion Antique Auctions held its “Spring Extravaganza” sale May 4 in the Marion, Massachusetts, gallery. The sale was live, with about 60 bidders in the room at various times. Staff were on the phones and executing left and online bids. Collections from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Exceptional Art in Remarkable Condition
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
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Grogan & Company’s May 4 fine art sale in its Beacon Hill gallery in Boston was an especially pretty sale with especially disparate offerings. President and fine art director Georgina C. Winthrop told M.A.D. that the results were a 92% sold rate ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana and the Ohio Valley Auction
Amelia Jeffers, Delaware, Ohio
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A two-day sale of Americana, which included a revival of the Ohio Valley session previously held by Garth’s Auctions, was conducted by Amelia Jeffers May 3 and 4 at The Barn at Stratford, Delaware, Ohio. Having nearly 1000 lots, the auction realized $912,000, according ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Looted Artifacts Discovered and Returned to Okinawa
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Cleaning out the personal effects of a loved one after their passing almost always results in finding some sort of treasure. For most folks, it’s a personal treasure. For one family in Massachusetts, the treasure was international and cultural in nature.
While cleaning out their father’s estate, the family—who ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Art Sale at Shannon’s
Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut
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Three lots sold at $100,000 (including buyer’s premium) and over, and many other lots brought multiples of their estimates at Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers’ May 2 auction in the Milford, Connecticut, gallery, making for a $2.5 million sale. The auction ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art
Bonhams, New York City
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Bonhams offered 90 lots at its spring American art sale in New York City May 1. The sale totaled $4,201,008 (with buyers’ premiums), and the sell-through rate was 80.85%.
The top-selling lot of the sale was New Mexico Recollection No. 8 byMarsden Hartley (1877-1943), which sold ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Weekday Online Sales and Live Gala Previews
Leland Little Auctions, Hillsborough, North Carolina
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For auctioneer Leland Little, the days of large in-house audiences at weekend sales are over. His auctions now are smaller, weekday online affairs. Large gatherings in his gallery are for community events, lectures, and previews of upcoming sales.
In keeping with that ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Francis Crespo
If there were a congeniality award for folk-art and antiques dealers, Francis Crespo of Francis Crespo Folk Art & Antiques, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, would certainly be in the running.
“Those who are passionate do well,” stated the affable dealer, who travels to and exhibits at between 18 and 22 shows a year. ... (Read More)
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