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(Show)PAD New York 2011
New York City dealer Todd Merrill used Beth Katleman's Folly as wallpaper for his stand filled with Paul Evans sideboards, chairs by Yard Sale Project, England, and a black walnut cupboard by Michael Coffey priced at $165,000. Katleman exhibited Folly at the Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Lalique Frosted Glass Fox Stars at Wiederseim Sale
The rare frosted glass René Lalique figure of a prowling fox with a long tail sold for $204,750 to a private collector from the U.K. bidding by phone, underbid by another private collector from the U.K. also bidding by phone.This circa 1800 gilt-decorated three-part mirror with three original églomisé panels ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bonhams Sale Kicks Off American Paintings Week
Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1858-1924), Park along the Shore, oil on canvas, 20¼" x 24 3/8", signed "Prendergast/ CP" in the hand of his brother Charles Prendergast on the lower right, $206,500 (est. $150,000/250,000) to a collector in the salesroom.Harry Herman Roseland (1866-1950), The Lucky Card, oil on canvas, 10" x ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings Sale
John La Farge (1835-1910), Red Hollyhocks, circa 1863, encaustic on panel, 37¾" x 20¼", inscribed "John La Farge" on the reverse, $1,874,500 (est. $500,000/ 700,000) on the phone to a private collector. La Farge did at least three versions of hollyhocks on wood panels and continued to paint watercolors of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early 20th-Century and Modern Auction
Johnny Swing (b. 1961) created this Nickel Couch of approximately 7000 nickels and stainless steel (and thousands of welds) in 2003. It is number five of a proposed edition of 25 and was purchased from the artist. It has a metal tag reading "5.5404 KKW Johnny Swing, LHR." The 31" ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Second Cache of Coca-Cola Memorabilia Headed to Auction
The circa 1896 Coca-Cola cameo paper sign, 40" x 30", printed by J. Ottmann Litho. Co., New York, sold for $123,900 at the September 17 and 18, 2011, sale. It had been professionally restored.The biggest and oldest items from the Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia will be sold March 24 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Historical Society Receives Gift of Brunner Records
by Karl H. PassThe Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley, located at 237 West Main Street in Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, has received a donation of daybooks kept by pioneering antiques dealer Hattie Brunner. Gifted by descendant Raymond Brunner, the ledgers record her sales from 1929 through 1976, according to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Art Dealer Faces Criminal Charges
Manhattan art dealer Robert Scott Cook was charged on January 26 with defrauding one of his clients out of more than $4 million worth of art, including works by Pablo Picasso, Édouard Manet, Henri Matisse, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Antique Toys, Automata, and Americana
Fishing lure trade sign, full-bodied, painted wood, fish with open mouth, glass eyes, and metal fins, detailed incised carving, defined mouth, tail, and neck area, allover speckled surface, offered with early hanging stanchion with wrought-iron chains, 38" long, some wear and cracks to glass, $19,550 (est. $1500/2500) on the phone. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)What Happened in New York City during the Americana Week Auctions?
Document cabinet signed by John Townsend, consigned by the Chipstone Foundation to benefit its acquisition funds, sold to dealer Bill Samaha for $3,442,500 at Christie's. Christie's photo.Mary Antrim's 1807 sampler, sold for $1,070,500 to Woodbury, Connecticut, dealer David Schorsch at Sotheby's Betty Ring auction. Sotheby's photo.Early Connecticut carved and painted ... (Read More)
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