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(Fragment)Proposed Law Would Force Dealers to Display Metal Prices
by Betty FloodBusinesses in New York, including antiques dealers and auctioneers, that purchase gold, silver, and platinum will have to display the current prices, if legislation sponsored by New York Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow of Mount Vernon is passed. The purpose of the bill, according to Pretlow, is to make ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Volunteers Needed for Digital Archive Project
The Warren County Historical Society of Lebanon, Ohio, is actively seeking volunteer interns for its 2012 edition of its digital archive project. This is a multi-year project that, when completed, will provide an index and/or catalog of the thousands of letters, records, reports, photos, genealogy records, and other documents housed ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Early Buying Added for 2012 Indy Advertising Show
For the first time, the Indy Antique Advertising Show will open with an early-buying preview, on Friday, March 16 from 2 to 6 p.m. for $50 per person (early buyer tickets are $40 when ordered in advance before March 1).After 40 years of no early buying, B & D Promotions ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Western Art Showcased at Santa Fe Art Auction
Apsaalooka Horse Hunters, Martin Grelle (b. 1954), oil on canvas, 48" x 66", signed and dated 2008 lower right, $268,800.Studio Fireplace, Ernest L. Blumenschein (1874-1960), oil on linen, 30" x 25", signed lower left, titled and signed on reverse "Studio Fireplace Ernest Blumenschein," $476,000.Upon the Crag - Golden Eagle, 2007, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Native American Art at Bonhams
A Northwest Coast feast bowl sold for $15,000 (est. $30,000/50,000) to the European buyer.A Tlingit canoe-form bowl sold to a European buyer ("new to us, and he bought several things," Haas said) for $23,750 (est. $12,000/18,000).Bonhams, San Francisco, Californiaby Alice KaufmanPhotos courtesy BonhamsBonhams' Native American art specialist, Jim Haas, was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany and Mid-Century Modern Top 20th-Century Design Sale
Auctioneer LaGina Austin is shown at the podium with department director Jane D. Prentiss, seated. In front, the circa 1989 Ziggurat console table in tubular steel and etched glass sold for a mid-estimate $711. The two acrylic on canvas paintings by Martin Kreloff (b. 1944), Geisha and Kabuki Actor, fetched ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Buys and Dolls
Jules Steiner series B bébé doll with only inconsequential blemishes, marked in red script "Steiner B. S.G.D.G. Paris Bourgoin succ.," $21,850. Julia photo.American National fire truck pedal car with five wooden ladders, original paint, and interior dashboard, $20,125.On this Bru Bébé, marked "Bru Jne 7," the bisque forearms were appropriate ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Orientalia Still Coming on Strong
Among several Oriental items that skyrocketed was this Daoguang period (1821-50) deep bowl, 6" diameter, decorated with red and green dragons, scholar's tools, and pearls. Marked on the underside, it sold for $14,950. Thomaston Place photo.A Chinese white jade ovoid footed censer, 5" tall, with relief decorations and reticulated phoenix ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Good to Bad
by Steve ProffittThe February issue of M.A.D. contained another chapter of sad news reported by my colleague David Hewett. The story was news because it involved yet another instance of defalcation from consignors. The matter was particularly sad because the alleged wrongdoer occupied a position of trust—an auctioneer. It was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Country Auction in Maine
The background on this Maine folk art decorated box appeared to be composed of wooden matchsticks inlaid with mahogany images of diamonds, a star, two bears, and two clasped hands. It sold for $165.This oil on canvas, probably of a Gloucester or Provincetown, Massachusetts, harbor scene, was by J.J. Enwright, ... (Read More)
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