(Auction Law and Ethics)
by Steve Proffitt>A young friend ready to fly the nest with a new bachelor's degree sent me a joke about a college graduate's first job interview. Near the end of the meeting, the hiring manager asked, "What starting salary are you thinking about?"The young man confidently replied, "Something around $125,000 ... (Read More)
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(Show)
The booth of Center Street Studio, Milton Village, Massachusetts, on gala night. Nine Black Poppies by Richard Ryan (b. 1950) is partially seen at right, blocked by the couple standing near the daffodils on the table. A woodcut printed on natural Kozo paper, it measures 54" x 40" (image), 60" ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
The unique sailor-made straight edge in whalebone with relief-carved decorations and an inscription dated 1833 and ascribing it to a sealer in a cave on Cape Pillar in Tierra del Fuego sold for $8050.There was a lot of speculation on this unsigned marine painting. Might it be a Clement Drew ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)
by Daniel GrantEnding a six-year-old saga, the Tennessee Supreme Court refused an appeal from the state attorney general to overturn an appellate court ruling that would permit Nashville-based Fisk University to sell to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, a 50% stake in a 101-piece art ... (Read More)
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(Feature)
by Ian McKay, [email protected] very rare Chelsea white porcelain head of a child that I previewed and illustrated in the April issue failed to sell on the day, but as promised, this month's "Letter" does contains some fine Meissen and Capodimonte pieces from the Barilla collection.It also includes relics and ... (Read More)
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Part of a stack of early blanket chests offered by Michael Rainey Antiques, Beaufort, South Carolina. At the top is an English miniature secretary, circa 1880, marked $1750. Next down is an Athens, Georgia, 1800's pine chest priced at $1200 that sold. This chest was lined with early Athens, Georgia, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
"Reverie" from 1897, one of Alphonse Mucha's most popular designs, exists in several variations, and as the catalog states, "Champenois capitalized on its popularity and sold it to many different clients, always imprinting the new firm's name on the image." This variant sans text was sold by La Plume to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)
by Daniel GrantThe stakes increased for Sotheby's and artist Cady Noland with an amended lawsuit filed on April 9 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York by Manhattan art dealer Marc Jancou, seeking $58 million in damages, resulting from the auction house's withdrawal of a screen print ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)
by Lita Solis-CohenCeramics in America 2011Edited by Robert HunterChipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England, 2011, 220 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from University Press of New England, (800) 421-1561 or (www.upne.com)Some scholarly journals are hard to get through; this one is hard to put down. It is ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondWe used to joke that we were going to have T-shirts made that said, "Auction Work: It's Not Just a Way of Life, It's a Life Sentence." Coming up on the end of our first decade in the business, we don't find that to be ... (Read More)
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