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USArtists by Lita Solis-Cohen
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York City, offered Portrait of General Otho Holland Williams (1749-1794) by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), painted in 1782 and modified in 1788, 22¾" x 19¾", for $650,000.Jonathan Boos, New York City and Bloomfield Village, Michigan, offered Birmingham Meetinghouse by Horace Pippin (1888-1946), a 16" x ... (Read More)
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Work by Charles White (1918-1979) sold to a collector for $306,000 (est. $200,000/250,000). The drawing in Wolff crayon and charcoal on board is 44" x 28" and dates from 1953.A pair of untitled gouaches of card players by Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)panels from a folding screensold in one lot to a ... (Read More)
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Polar bear full-body taxidermy mount on an ice-form base, $7050.Monumental ship's clock, Chelsea Clock Company, Boston, early 20th century, 16" silver dial, 18¾" red brass case, $18,800.Adolph Robert Shulz (1869-1963) springtime landscape with a barn and wagon, signed, oil on canvas, 30" x 36" plus carved and painted frame, $12,925.Cased ... (Read More)
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by Lita Solis-CohenPortrait of Yarrow Mamout (Muhammad Yaro), 1819, Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), oil on canvas, 24" x 20". Philadelphia Museum of Art.The portrait of Yarrow Mamout, an African-American, painted in 1819 by Charles Willson Peale, was bought by the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) from the cash-strapped Philadelphia History ... (Read More)
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Software drawing of an antiques show floor plan. A perspective view is inset.Computer Column #276by John P. Reid, [email protected] is available for drawing floor plans of antiques shows or shops. First, some reminders on Internet privacy.-Internet FraudWe are all familiar with on-line fraud, especially in e-mail. Not a day goes ... (Read More)
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The top lot of Sotheby's September 20 auction was this circa 1928 Cartier tutti-frutti 7" long platinum, carved colored stone, diamond, and enamel bracelet. Thirteen bidders edged it to far past its $200,000/300,000 estimate, and it sold for $842,500 to the "international trade," according to a press release. With carved ... (Read More)
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The entrance to Country Living Fair saw constant traffic all three days.Cari Cucksey of HGTV's Cash & Cari (in the jacket) had her hands full at Country Living Fair in Ohio Village in Columbus in September. When she wasn't busy signing autographs (often on items people had purchased), Cucksey was ... (Read More)
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Hanover, Ontario, dealer Dieter Sebastian paid $11,550 for a rare large, round chair table with a 5' width from a Quaker settlement near Uxbridge, Ontario. It was circa 1825 and had a three-board scrub top, a stretcher-base chair on turned legs, and original red finish. Pain collection.Mike Scott was seeking ... (Read More)
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Mark Keenen pickets outside Sotheby's in New York City.by Lita Solis-CohenSotheby's art handlers, members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters 814, have been bargaining for a new contract since May. When contract talks expired on July 30, and the Teamsters threatened to strike, Sotheby's locked out the 42 art handlers ... (Read More)
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We've become accustomed to onerous secondhand dealers laws enacted by municipalities in an effort to stop trade in stolen goods. The laws, often called pawnshop laws, require extensive recordkeeping and the collecting of information about sellers. They are well intentioned but often end up sweeping antiques dealers into a nightmare ... (Read More)
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