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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, October 2023
Eadweard Muybridge, Antigua, Ruins of the Church of El Carmen, Destroyed by Earthquake, 1774, 1875-77, 11" x 14". Olana State Historic Site, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, OL.1981.398.1.
—Through October 29 —Hudson, New York
Terraforming: Olana’s Historic Photography Collection Unearthed at the Olana State Historic Site focuses ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early 20th-Century and Modern Design
Rago/Wright, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago/Wright
Rago/Wright held a one-day streamlined sale September 21 in Lambertville, New Jersey, that began at 11 a.m. with 109 lots of early 20th-century art pottery and Arts and Crafts decorations. They were followed at 1 p.m. by 152 lots of 20th-century design, beginning with works ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Fall Gathering on the Homestead Antique Show
Trafalgar, Indiana
Rows of round hay bales line the edge of a pasture a stone’s throw from a small log cabin on the 400-acre farm of Ed and Teresa Waltz of rural Trafalgar, Indiana. Across the yard sits a two-story brick house built in 1862, with a massive gingko tree, large ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Battersea Adapts and Moves Ahead
Battersea Foundation, Petersburg, Virginia
Is it possible for success to present problems? For many years, the energies of the Battersea Foundation have focused on the systematic restoration of the historic Petersburg, Virginia, residence and its grounds. Those energies, including various antiques-related events, have borne fruit, and now the foundation must grapple ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, September 2023
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer’s premium when charged. We’re always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Friedlander Collection
Caza Sikes, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Caza Sikes
A collection of 20th-century art compiled by two generations of a family in Cincinnati, Ohio, beginning in the 1950s was sold by Caza Sikes September 14 in Cincinnati. Highlighting the auction was Erwartender (Expectant Man) by Paul Klee (Swiss, 1879-1940), which realized $450,000 (including ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dealer Pleads Guilty
On July 13 a Birmingham, Michigan, art dealer agreed to plead guilty to defrauding more than ten customers who had entrusted her with the sale of their art, worth over $1.5 million, according to United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
Wendy Halstead Beard, 58, pleaded guilty to one count of wire ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Nye Gets $10,625 for Grand Harmonicon
The most unusual item in the September 13 sale at Nye & Co., Bloomfield, New Jersey, was a Grand Harmonicon labeled by Francis Hopkinson Smith of Baltimore. It sold for $10,625 (includes buyer’s premium), well above the $3000/5000 estimate.
Smith (1792-1872) was living in Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia, in 1825 when ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Exploring the World of Old Maps
Old World Auctions, Henrico, Virginia
Photos courtesy Old World Auctions
The high lot of the sale was this 1718 map of Louisiana and the Mississippi Valley. As with most of the early maps, there are some inaccuracies; however, the significance of this map is that it displays the first known reference to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)$650,000 Artwork Leads to Lawsuit
On July 17 London’s Maddox Fine Art Ltd. filed a suit in federal court in Florida claiming it had been duped into buying a $650,000 Keith Haring painting the gallery alleges is fake. The gallery says Ghada Dergham of Tequesta, Florida, has refused to issue a refund.
Dergham, a “well-known private ... (Read More)
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