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(Issue Story)Crossing the T's and Dotting the I's
Editorial
While on a cruise in 1999, Mattie King and her husband (now deceased) went to an auction conducted by Park West Galleries, Inc. They bought a complete set of Salvador Dalí’s Divine Comedy prints, spending $165,000. The set came with a certificate of authenticity and appraisals.
Ten years passed and King ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Stages of an Antiques Collector's Life--A Curious Journey
Some people never lose their innocence to passion. Sometimes collecting antiques never gets into one’s blood. Not all collectors reach the final stage of their journey; people stop at different way stations to full-blown accumulating insanity. For others, collecting antiques can be a life journey. Like those fabulous characters in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California and Western Paintings Auction Brings Highest Total in 16 Years
Old Coast Road, 30" x 36", by William Wendt (1865-1946), which had a two-page spread in the catalog and was pictured on the back cover as well, broke the million-dollar mark, selling for $1,565,000 (est. $400,000/600,000). This painting was on the cover of Plein Air Painters of California: The Southland ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Insurance for Conceptual Art
Crystal & Company has partnered with AIG Private Client Group to create a new insurance solution for collectors with conceptual art collections, according to a press release.
Conceptual art, the company said, is focused more on the idea being expressed, while the form and material are secondary. A certificate is provided ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Show in Ridgewood, New Jersey
Debbie Turi is managing the first annual Art & Antiques Show at the Ridgewood Woman’s Club in Ridgewood, New Jersey, on June 6 and 7. Turi has previously teamed up with Brad Reh to run a couple of shows: the Art, Design, and Antiques Show at Wallace Hall during Americana ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Kennedy Blanket Brings $14,400
This navy-blue lap robe embroidered with the presidential seal, one of two from the presidential limousine of President John F. Kennedy, sold to a Texas museum for $14,400. McInnis photo.
This Federal period portrait miniature of a gentleman, 3" x 2¼", in a 14k gold frame in the original presentation case ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Unusual Mix of American, Continental, and Asian Objects
This riverine landscape by French artist Charles François Daubigny (1817-1878) came from a New Jersey collection and sold for $38,400. The painting retained a paper label of the Parisian gilder and framer on the back. CRN Auctions photo.
A Connecticut collection of Latin American items was also the source of this ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Folk Art Auction Tops $1 Million
Martin Ramirez (1895-1963), Caballero, graphite on paper, 25" x 23½", $44,400.
The single lot by Minnie Evans (1892-1987) sold for $30,000. From the artist’s personal collection, it had been displayed in the 1986 exhibition Heavenly Visions: The Art of Minnie Evans at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh. The exhibit ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Antique Garden Furniture Fair
Cherry Gallery, Damariscotta, Maine, had a welcoming booth.
A new paint collection, inspired by the New York Botanical Garden, was introduced at the Antique Garden Furniture Fair. The NYBG partnered with paint manufacturer Prestige; purchases of the paint, available on Amazon.com, support the garden.
Francis J. Purcell displayed lanterns, carriage lamps, Art ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Metro Show Canceled for 2016
For the last four years, on the first weekend of Americana Week in New York City in January, the Art Fair Company has promoted the Metro Show (renamed this year Metro Curates) at the Metropolitan Pavilion at 125 West 18th Street in Chelsea. In a letter to exhibitors in mid-March, ... (Read More)
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