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(Fragment)Collector and His Nonprofit Foundation Tangle in Court with Gallery Dealers---Again
by Clayton PenningtonA voracious collector who bought over $11 million worth of art claims he was “overcharged” by 30% and is bringing the matter to court. Collector Richard C. McKenzie Jr. of Greenwich, Connecticut, and the foundation he established and fully funds, Seven Bridges Foundation, Inc., filed suit in federal ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Cheryl and Paul Scott Sale
The gilt copper and zinc lyre-form bannerette weathervane, 59¼" long, was the second lot in the Scotts' collection and carried a $3000/5000 estimate, but the phones quickly pushed it to $10,073. Paul Scott said that he'd given Stephen Fletcher provenances for the pieces, thinking it would lighten up the sale. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Autumn Auction of 20th- and 21st-Century Design
Frederick Hurten Rhead’s 20¾" square four-part tile panel with a peacock is one of two such panels that were a gift from Rhead to his friend, and Weller Pottery colleague, Levi Burgess for his Zanesville, Ohio, house. They were installed facing each other. This one was removed from the house ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historic Firearms and Early Militaria
Krupp 5CM 50 mm mountain howitzer, 29½" rifled barrel with front sight, metal carriage with iron-banded and wood-spoke wheels, accompanied by tools, trail handle, 24 brass shell casings in a Krupp box, 30-plus projectiles, and a mold for projectiles, $34,500.
Cased Webley-Fosbery target revolver, .455 Eley caliber, 7½" barrel, marked "Webley-Fosbery" ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Giant Opening Night
This circa 1920 wood weathervane of a dog resting on a shotgun, with untouched, original paint, from American Garage, Los Angeles, cost $13,500. Michael Ogle said business was “really good.”
These late 19th-century Odd Fellows badges cost $2400 for the group at Galen Lowe Art and Antiques, Seattle.
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(Book Review)A Book Review: Inventing the Modern World
by Lita Solis-CohenInventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939by Jason T. Busch and Catherine L. FutterCarnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, in association with Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc., New York City, 2012, 304 pages, softbound, $45.World's fairs—there were 92 ... (Read More)
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(Show)Labor Day Weekend Show in York
This unusual pair of Amish repurposed lift-top cigar boxes with paint decoration attributed to Leah Zook Lapp, dated 1942, was $780 from Alice and Art Booth of Wayne, New Jersey.Stephen-Douglas Antiques, Rockingham, Vermont, offered this early appliqué rug for $9500.York, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassThe 159th Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Lee B. Anderson Sale
Meeting between General Clive and the Nawab Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey illustrates the dominance of the British East India Company in South Asia for a century. It relates to a series of four decorative canvases painted in 1762 by Francis Hayman for the Rotunda of Vauxhall Gardens. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Amorsolo and “Exceptional” Paintings Top Cobb Sale
This 16" x 19" oil on canvas by Filipino artist Fernando Amorsolo, signed and dated “F. Amorsolo/ Manila 1941,” sold for $29,900.
Oil on canvas horse portrait by Richard Stone Reeves of the racehorse Exceptional, sold for $10,350. Charlie Cobb noted, “This was one of his earlier paintings.”
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(Auction)Cleveland Connection Attracts Collectors
Clyde Singer (1908-1999), The Old Swimming Hole, 1937, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, 46" x 40¼", very good condition, $27,140. Exhibited: Clyde Singer’s America, Canton (Ohio) Museum of Art and Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, 2008-09; Illusions of Eden: Visions of the Heartland, Columbus ... (Read More)
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