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(Issue Story)Ivory Ban's Effects on Collectors, Museums, Musicians, and the Art Trade
In response to concerns that poaching of African elephants is rapidly driving the species to extinction, the U.S. federal government tightened restrictions on the import, export, transfer, and sale of African elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn.1 The revised restrictions followed on President Obama’s July 2013 executive order committing the U.S. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Wall-Apelt Oriental Art Collection
This approximately 66" tall carved and lacquered wood statue of the Vairocana Buddha led the auction at $379,200. It had sold at Christie’s in New York City in September 2004 for $65,725.
It’s always interesting when an item with an insignificant estimate comes alive and heads out of sight. Here we ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Brazelton Lots Spice Up Northeast Auctions Sale
This oval “lover’s eye” miniature watercolor on ivory, set within a seed pearl and enamel border and mounted on a ring, went to a persistent phone bidder for $7680 (est. $500/800). Northeast Auctions photo.
This 19th-century eight-panel screen, in two parts, is covered in French scenic wallpaper depicting “The Passage ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and Web site ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Record Price for a Bear Trap
Martin J. Donnelly holds the No. 6 Blake, Lamb & Company bear trap during the auction on March 21 in Indianapolis. At 44" long, it was the largest trap the company offered.
The holy grail of traps is the Blake, Lamb & Company No. 6 bear trap, of which only one ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Loving Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein, The Valve, 1954, signed lower left, oil on canvas, 20" x 16", $188,800 (est. $20,000/40,000). “This painting is going to a private collection in Manhattan,” Davis stated.
Roy Lichtenstein, Indian with Pipe, 1953, signed upper right, oil on canvas, 14" x 12", $70,800 (est. $20,000/30,000). “All of the Lichtenstein ... (Read More)
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(Auction)New Orleans Auction Galleries: March Estate Sale First in Spacious New Home
New Orleans Auction Galleries’ new quarters are in a historic foundry building at 333 St. Joseph Street. The first floor with large windows is used for the main exhibition and auction space as well as staff offices. The refurbished second floor has ample room for storage, and the recently added ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Brilliant Colors and Crisp Molds Drive Heckler & Company's Event
Having both an eagle and a sunburst, this historical flask (GII-7) in a medium bluish aquamarine and boasting a well-defined mold impression sold for $14,040 (est. $4000/8000).
The selling point for this “G.W. Stone’s / Liquid / Cathartic & / Family Physic / Lowell Mass” medicine bottle was the fact that ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Record Price for Holly Amber Toothpick Holder
Made by Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Company, Greentown, Indiana, this Holly Amber pedestal toothpick holder sold for a record price of $14,850. Photo courtesy Mike Clum Auctions.
A Holly Amber pedestal toothpick holder made by Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Company, Greentown, Indiana, sold for a record price of $14,850 (includes buyer’s ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A $37 Picasso
An original painting by Pablo Picasso, La Coiffeuse (The Hairdresser), was shipped to the United States in a FedEx package that declared it as an “art craft toy” worth only $37. Discovered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, it was subsequently seized by Homeland Security Investigations.
On February 26, U.S. attorney ... (Read More)
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