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(Fragment)Sotheby’s Downsizes and Changes Fees
On December 12, just after M.A.D. went to press and reported on the upcoming January Americana sales in New York City, which for half a century have been the barometer of this segment of the marketplace, Sotheby’s announced it had laid off more than 100 staff members around the globe, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Back to the Future
Editorial, February 2025
That didn’t last long. On February 1, 2024, Sotheby’s announced a new commission structure that would go into effect on May 20, 2024. The convoluted buyer’s premium would be reduced to 20% of the hammer price up to and including $6 million. Beyond $6 million, the buyer’s premium ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, February 2025
Edgar Miller (1899-1993), Celotex Building Products, printed program cover for The Architects Ball, 1938. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Paul and Janis Miller, 2013.71.107a.
—Through February 23 —Chicago, Illinois
Edgar Miller: Anti-Modern, 1917-1967 at the DePaul Art Museum presents the artist as a multifaceted creative practitioner. He was an architect, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of the Millhiser Collection
Freeman’s | Hindman, New York City
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Freeman’s | Hindman sold 26 lots that included American furniture, needlework, a set of four Georgian silver candlesticks, and three Oriental rugs in 39 minutes on January 27 at the New York City gallery at 32 East 67th Street.
The collection sent ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Bern Antique Show & Sale
New Bern, North Carolina
Twenty-three vendors including 15 returnees populated The Maola at Riverside in New Bern, North Carolina, January 23-26. As with the 37 previous annual shows, this show’s proceeds benefited the New Bern Preservation Foundation.
Two days before opening day, a storm left 4" of snow on the town. Downtown ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Outsider Art Sale at Christie’s
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
The 2025 edition of Christie’s Outsider art auction moved to Americana Week and was first up during the schedule of auctions held January 22-26 in New York City during bitter cold temperatures.
Offering 145 lots, including property from the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and the Robert M. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s, New York City
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Sotheby’s live sale of Americana on Saturday, January 25, brought $4,517,280 (with buyers’ premiums) for 94 of the 132 lots offered and was 71% sold by lot. When it began at 10 a.m., nearly 50 people were in the salesroom, but the crowd had dwindled ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Signature Quilt Returns Home
On January 25 Dana Auctions LLC, Princeton, New Jersey, sold an 80" x 84" Pennsylvania signature quilt in the Star of Bethlehem pattern for $6150 (includes buyer’s premium). The estimate for the quilt, dated March 1913, was $300/600.
The textile was crafted by the Zwingli Y. P. Society of Christ Reformed ... (Read More)
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(Auction)$8.4 Million Americana Auction
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
Christie’s January 24 Americana sale in New York City brought an impressive $8,476,042 and was 84% sold by lot. The firm attributed its success to the fact that one in four buyers was new to Christie’s, and 10% of them were millennials.
The newly discovered ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art of the Americas Sale
Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s held its “Art of the Americas” sale featuring the American West January 24 in two sessions. The sale was part of the auction house’s “Visions of America” weeklong event. Overall, the two sessions totaled $8,716,620. The first session offered 48 lots and had an ... (Read More)
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