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Julian Stanczak (b. 1928), Black Daisy, 1969, acrylic on canvas, 34½" x 28", $44,250. See the story for more information about Stanczak.Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983), Jitterbug, aluminum sculpture, 8½" high, signed, edition of 150, very good condition, $3422.Aaron H. Gorson (1872-1933), Steel Mills on a River, signed "A.H. Gorson" lower right, ... (Read More)
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Relief carving of the goddess Minerva by Bozanico, inscribed on the reverse, Continental, under glass, 19¾" x 15½", $58,750.The Birds of America: From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories by John James Audubon (1785-1851), seven-volume set, New York and Philadelphia, Roe Lockwood & Son, 1860, royal octavo, ... (Read More)
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During Memorial Day weekend 2011, Cincinnati, Ohio, landlord Jamie Hein banned a young African-American girl who was visiting her father from swimming in the pool at the duplex Hein owns. According to a complaint filed with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission (OCRC), Hein claimed that the girl used chemicals in ... (Read More)
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Approaching the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, visitors immediately perceive the unity of art, architecture, and nature. At the center of the circle stands Yield, a 2011 sculpture of polished stainless steel by Roxy Paine (b. 1966). At its base grow native Arkansas blue stem grasses.The curving concrete walls ... (Read More)
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by Ian McKay, [email protected] emperor Qianlong is said to have been very taken with this form of Buddhist alms bowl when visiting a temple at Jiannan in 1758 (on one of his "Southern Grand Tours") and to have subsequently requested, or perhaps ordered, that examples of such bowls be carved ... (Read More)
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An important full-size standing redhead drake by A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) of East Harwich, Massachusetts, sold for $241,500 (est. $140,000/160,000) to a buyer in the South. "It's a beautiful piece of art," stated one collector. It had near-mint original paint and very fine detail and had Crowell's oval brand on ... (Read More)
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by Lita Solis-CohenStuart Feld of Hirschl & Adler Galleries imparted his passion for the furniture of Duncan Phyfe to his daughter, Elizabeth, and together they have put together a selling exhibition, The World of Duncan Phyfe, at their stunning new galleries on the fourth floor of the Crown Building at ... (Read More)
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Jewett-Berdan Antiques, Newcastle, Maine, asked $5500 for the architectural blanket chest with scalloping in original green paint decoration. The large wooden hatbox with freehand decoration was $2800.The Norwoods' Spirit of America wanted $995 for this cast-iron stove plate with door from the Oley Furnace.This brightly colored 20th-century hooked rug framed ... (Read More)
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Platinum and diamond ring. It has one octagonal step-cut diamond of approximately 10.56 carats and two baguette-cut diamonds of approximately 0.30 carat total and it weighs 3.50 dwt. The ring was accompanied by a GIA diamond grading certificate stating, "color: G, clarity: VS2, polish: good, symmetry: fair, fluorescence: none." Drawing ... (Read More)
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Arizona Twilight by Dale Nichols (1904-1995), a 30" x 40" oil on canvas, brought $72,000 (est. $30,000/50,000). Shannon's had previously sold it for $50,400 in October 2007.Greenwood Lake, a 12" x 20" oil on canvas painted in 1873 by Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900), was the sale's top lot at $252,000 ... (Read More)
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