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(Auction)A Dragonfly, a Kas, and a Freak Show Sign
Carlsen Gallery, Inc., Freehold, New York
Photos courtesy Carlsen Gallery, Inc.
He waves a turned-wood gavel at employees and guests. He calls out mounting bids, “nine hundred, ten hundred, eleven hundred.” He remembers when he could sell linen-press brasses for more than he’s likely to get for the whole piece today.
Russell Carlsen ... (Read More)
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(Show)Strong Sales for Single-Day Show
A Gathering on the Prairie, Arthur, Illinois
The fall edition of A Gathering on the Prairie was held March 2 at the Otto Center in Arthur, Illinois. The show featured 57 dealers.
As the only single-day event during the semiannual Antiques Week in Central Illinois, which features three shows (four in the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Country Antiques, Primitives, and Americana
Country Spirit Antique Show, Arcola, Illinois
The spring edition of the Country Spirit Antique Show was held March 1 and 2 in Arcola, Illinois. The show featured 50 dealers from 19 states and was part of the semiannual Antiques Week in Central Illinois, which offers three shows (four in the fall) ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rate Changes at Sotheby’s
On February 1 Sotheby’s announced a dramatic change to both its buying and selling commissions. On May 20 the buyer’s premium will be 20% of the hammer price up to and including $6 million. Beyond $6 million, the buyer’s premium drops to 10%.
The previous buyer’s premium was 26% up to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Outsider Art Auction
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
Christie’s annual Outsider art auction, held March 1 to coincide with the Outsider Art Fair (OAF), was a rambunctious affair filled with giddy anticipation. The salesroom was almost at capacity as collectors filed in and embraced or nodded hellos to their fellow collectors. It is ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Seduction and the Casting of Spells
“I just love that highboy! Look at the (portrait) bust. Oh, the lines! Oh, the legs! The curves. Original surface.” The very language of antiques collecting seems oddly like that of romance (OK, maybe not “original surface”). Marvelous objects entice, ensorcell, enchant, enrapture.
Hardened collectors can be reluctant romancers, yet they ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Bonhams Skinner
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Bonhams Skinner’s online Americana auction held February 19-29 presented bidders with an eclectic array of antiques, most with deep historical interest.
Glass was offered from the collection of scholar and collector Dorothy-Lee Jones Ward (1927-2022), founder of the Jones Gallery of Glass and Ceramics at Douglas Hill in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Welcome Change
The recent announcement by Sotheby’s that the firm is overhauling its buyer’s premium and seller’s commission is welcome news (see page 28). For the first time in years, an auction house hasn’t tried to increase profits by digging even deeper into the pockets of buyers.
Beginning in May, Sotheby’s will charge ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Marine Sale at Eldred’s
Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photographs courtesy Eldred’s
Eldred’s brought several fine collections to market at its February 27 and 28 marine sale in East Dennis, Massachusetts. The two-day event kicked off with a backstaff quadrant once owned by Benno Brenninkmeyer (1940-2012), whose collection was sold in a marine auction at Eldred’s in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Sheridan Loyd
Sheridan Loyd grew up in St. Joseph, Missouri, with parents who collected 18th- and 19th-century Chinese furniture and decorative arts. When she was a child, “they would drag me to auctions,” she recalled.
She has fond memories about that time and reminisced about one auctioneer who would keep a box of ... (Read More)
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