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(Fragment)Conroy Sentenced Again, Escapes Further Jail Time
by David HewettOn March 17 former auctioneer Tim Conroy, who pleaded guilty in March 2010 to stealing from his Onondaga County clients, escaped further jail time by making restitution of over $3000 to one of them.The 48-year-old Elbridge, New York, man received a sentence of five years' probation from state ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Alexander Gallery Moves--To Two Places
The Alexander Gallery has moved, after almost 40 years on Madison Avenue in New York City. The executive office is now located at 115 East 72nd Street near Park Avenue, and the interim exhibition space is off Madison Avenue at 34 East 68th Street.According to the firm, plans to move ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Twelve-Tune Clock Sells for $74,750
Photos courtesy Hudson Valley Auctioneers.by Lita Solis-CohenAt an estate sale at Hudson Valley Auctioneers in Beacon, New York, on Monday night, February 28, a bidding battle erupted between John Delaney Jr. of West Townsend, Massachusetts, and James Price of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, when a musical clock made by Frederick Heisely in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"Paint, Pattern & People" Has Opened at Winterthur
Chest-over-drawers, Lancaster County, 1783, walnut, hard pine, sulfur, brass, and iron, 29" x 54" x 26". Inlaid in sulfur on a board beneath the till covering a secret drawer compartment: "ANNO 1783." Inscribed on underside of lid in graphite: "D.W. Dietrich 1876." Feet replaced (no evidence of ball feet); proper ... (Read More)
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(Auction)20th-Century Decorative Arts and Design Auction
A pair of wrought-iron and leather consoles in the style of Jean-Michel Frank, circa 1945, executed by Comte, Buenos Aires, each 29 5/8" high x 39 1/8" wide x 10 5/8" deep, with the Comte metal label and stamped "4755," sold on the phone for $40,000 (est. $10,000/15,000).Christie's, New York ... (Read More)
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(Show)It's All in the (Hand)Bag at the Miami National Antiques Show
Rosemary Krieger, president of Dolphin Promotions.Meet Marco Astrologo, purveyor of Louis Vuitton. This Philadelphia dealer said he has the largest collection of vintage Vuitton trunks and suitcases in the U.S. He was wearing a Vuitton vest made for him from old fabric off a clothes bag.When you think of Miami ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ken Farmer Winter Catalog Sale
The Wilton dollhouse and its furnishings were offered during the first day of the Farmer sale. The extremely detailed replica did not sell during the sale but did find a home in the weeks following the sale. It brought $2070 (est. $1000/10,000).The catalog noted that this single-drawer worktable originated in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Malcolm Forbes Maritime and Nautical Auction
Listed in the sale addendum as "winner of the toy fair, Paris, ca 1910," this windup chain-driven amphibious car called L'Amphibio brought $23,700 on the phone.This model is of a ship with a history. It was an early steam-powered passenger liner built in 1907 that served in the First World ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art of the 20th Century
Wharton Esherick oak, leather, and wrought-iron armchair, 1939, carved "Wharton Esherick MCMXXXIX, to the Pecks, Chick-Jean," 401/2" x 23" x 23". Estimated at $25,000/35,000, it sold for $100,650 to a collector on the phone.George Nakashima American black walnut and pandanus cloth cabinet on custom base, 1960's, marked with client's name ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts
The dynamic Russian bronze by Vasily Grachev (1831-1905) was the top lot in the sale. It went at $31,720 to a Moscow collector. Hindman photo.Obviously, this is the Handel lamp department. Right to left, the paneled glass table lamp went at $1830; the leaded floral, $3172; the leaded wide shade ... (Read More)
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