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(Auction)Brady Camera and Kennedy Rocker Take Top Bids in Americana Auction
Documented as the last rocker President Kennedy sat in (at the Rice Hotel in Houston the day before his assassination), this straight-back wooden rocking chair sold for $65,725.This early 1860's Mathew Brady wet plate studio camera, mounted on an 11" x 15" base rail, sold for $65,725. This historic camera ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Lawsuit Filed over Sale of Lichtenstein's "Girl in Mirror"
by Daniel GrantJan Cowles, the art collecting mother of one-time Artforum publisher and former Manhattan gallery owner Charles Cowles, has sued New York City's Gagosian Gallery for selling a 1964 enamel on metal painting by Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein from her collection without her consent and for considerably less than ... (Read More)
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(Auction)J.P. Richardson Estate Makes for an Unusual Sale in Unusual Ways
The 2¼" high x 2¼" diameter firkin in green paint, signed "RH" for Reuben Hersey and "1859," opened at $3000 and sold for $10,530. It has other pencil inscriptions, but the maker, color, date, and condition make it outstanding.The miniature (1¾" high x 2¼" diameter) tub in red finish, stamped ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Book Review---Thomas Rowlandson: Pleasures and Pursuits in Georgian England
by Lita Solis-CohenThomas Rowlandson: Pleasures and Pursuits in Georgian Englandby Patricia Phagan, with essays by Vic Gatrell and Amelia RauserThe Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, in association with D Giles Limited, London, 2011, 184 pages, hardbound, $59.95 plus S/H from ACC Distribution, (www.accdistribution.com/us) or (212) 645-1111."The talent to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Four Artists in Search of Found Objects
John Sideli in his studio in Wiscasset, Maine. Photo by Michael Fredericks.
John Sideli, Planter of Seeds, 23" x 20" x 13", $6500.
John Sideli, Trio, 39" x 20" x 13¾", $6500.
Rick Zonghi at NK Gallery, Boston, with Easy Rider, wood and metal, 18¼" x 13¾", $2400.
Rick Zonghi, Measuring Time, wood, metal, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)'Twas Inspired and Delightful l
Ready to roar and looking positively kingly, this large (45" long) Steiff mohair lion was lounging prominently in the booth of Seattle area dealers Marian and Phil Lanahan of Shades of the Past. They sell at local shows, and the lion once belonged to their son. It is in mint ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fall Americana Sale
The high lot of the Evans sale was this Virginia Chippendale walnut corner chair that dates from the second half of the 18th century and is attributed to an unidentified maker in Isle of Wight County in southeastern Virginia. The chair features a broad D-shaped arm rail with rounded out-turned ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)David Horst to Head Americana Division at Morphy Auctions
Pennsylvania antiques dealer David Horst has joined Morphy Auctions as chief consultant to the company's Americana department. Horst will handle consignments and cataloging of all Americana and folk art auctioned by Morphy's, while retaining his presence as a dealer on the antiques show circuit.Originally from Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Horst, 39, earned ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Book Review: A Kind of Archeology
by Lita Solis-CohenA Kind of Archeology: Collecting American Folk Art, 1876-1976by Elizabeth StillingerUniversity of Massachusetts Press, 2011, 464 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from University of Massachusetts Press, (www.umass.edu/umpress) or (800) 537-5487.Fifteen years in the making, this sequel to The Antiquers, Stillinger's 1980 landmark exploration of pioneer collectors of American ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: New York Minutes
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondFrantic has a sound. At 1:30 in the morning, it sounds like a baby with teething-related night terrors. At 4:30 in the morning, it sounds like a spouse who has overslept and is about to miss his flight to New York City for Americana Week. ... (Read More)
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