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(Auction)A Bard, Ben, and a Blizzard
Sotheby's, New York City
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Sotheby's had so much to sell this January-more than 1000 lots from the Schorsch estate (see pp. 29-33-C), 96 lots of folk art from the Levins (see pp. 36-37-B), and 406 lots from various owners-that it was hard to find enough time to see it ... (Read More)
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(Show)Outsider Art Fair 2016
New York City
The Outsider Art Fair, now in its 24th year, drew thousands of people to the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City over its four-day run (January 21-24), during which the city was hit with over two feet of snow. The fair's move to a new venue had dealers ... (Read More)
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(Show)The NYC Big Flea
NYC Big Flea Antiques Market, New York City
The big snowstorm that pummeled New York City on the third weekend of January dealt a blow to the two-day NYC Big Flea Antiques Market held January 23 and 24.
Although 160 dealers had set up on Friday and the show opened for business ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Wallace Hall Art, Design & Antiques Show
New York City
New Yorkers, as well as out-of-towners who came to the Big Apple for Americana Week, got in some last-minute shopping on the first day of the show at Wallace Hall before the snowstorm closed down the city Saturday afternoon.
The 34 dealers who set up shop in the below-grade ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pop-Up Sale by Keno Auctions
With an e-mail blast Keno Auctions in New York City announced a pop-up "Boutique Winter Auction" just a week before its proposed date of Sunday, January 24, at the Keno gallery at 1 p.m. When the blizzard arrived in New York City the day before, Keno postponed the sale to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Growing Auction House Sets New Records
Case Antiques, Knoxville, Tennessee
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Put quite simply, Case Antiques in Knoxville, Tennessee, had its best sale ever on Saturday, January 23. The event went off as planned in spite of threats of snow from the giant storm marching through the state toward the East Coast. Vice president Sarah ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Levin Sale
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
The blizzard on January 23 didn't help, but it was not why the sale of the folk art collection of Stephen and Petra Levin brought $5,104,500, well below its estimate of $8,900,000/12,800,000. Just 50 of the 96 lots of American folk art found buyers; that ... (Read More)
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(Show)Maumee Valley Historical Society Antique Show
Maumee, Ohio
Talk of the trade in Ohio during early 2016 swirled around one common factor: sizable crowds at antiques shows. Dealers at Worthington and Lebanon practically gushed about the flow of buyers. They hadn't seen anything yet.
The 47th annual Maumee Valley Historical Society Antique Show, held January 23 and 24 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hadley Chest, Rich and Mellow
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
Christie's sale on January 22 in New York City, culled from various sources, was a small one but not without excitement. The offering of the oak and polychrome Hadley chest was big news. Twelve years ago John Hays, then Christie's head of American furniture, now ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Zaitz Collection
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
The collection of Max and Betty Zaitz, sold at Christie's on January 22 in New York City, showed that the market for Americana has strength when the offerings are first-rate, but the market has dropped from its peak, giving collectors a great opportunity for bargains. ... (Read More)
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