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(Fragment)Economists Weigh In on the Art Market
by Daniel GrantThe news from the art trade has been grim the past year. Many art galleries around the United States have closed their doors, and major and regional fine arts auction houses have watched sales revenues and prices go down and the percentage of unsold lots go up. Fewer ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"American Pickers" Coming to Television
A U.S. television network is producing a new series following the world of antiques picking, and the producers are looking for stories."[The network] is hitting the road this fall on the search to feature barns across America loaded with golden antique goods from days gone by. We want to hear ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Summer Ceramics Sale Marks Firm's 14th Auction
The sale’s first lot was this rare 6½" high stoneware flask with flattened sides and incised bird and floral decoration (est. $15,000/25,000). In mint condition and attributed to the Webster family of Hartford, Connecticut, it sold for $40,250 to Virginia dealer Marshall Goodman in the salesroom, underbid by a private ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Price Collection Revisited
This country formal single-door linen press, circa 1840, demanded a full-page color illustration on plate 525 of Howard Pain’s The Heritage of Upper Canadian Furniture. A quote from this book gives some background information about this piece. “The addition of a set of drawers to the traditional press form
dates ... (Read More)
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(Auction)June Decorative and Fine Arts Auction
George W. Sotter (1879-1953), Mill Road at Night, a signed 22" x 26" oil on canvas in its original carved gilt frame, $96,000. Two years ago it would have sold forbetween $150,000 and $225,000, commented a dealer after the sale.Snow Scene, Center Bridge, Pennsylvania by Edward Willis Redfield (1869-1965), a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historical Americana
A rarity was the Confederate first national flag, probably the headquarters flag of General Gustavus Smith in Virginia in 1861, handsewn cotton with 11 stars, 52" x 118", heading and about 2" of the leading edge of the flag torn away, tear and scattered holes, some toning and soiling, $35,250.Dakota ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Giampietro Added to Philadelphia Show
by Lita Solis-CohenContracts have been mailed for the April 2010 Philadelphia Antiques Show. Dealers have been informed that Fred and Kathryn Giampietro of New Haven, Connecticut, will be the only dealers new to the show. Manager Josh Wainright said, "I view this addition as positive symbiosis. Fred and Kathy will ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Indicted Over Sale of Stolen Picasso
An indictment was unsealed in early August that charged Marcus Patmon, 38, of Miami, Florida, with wire fraud in the attempted sale of Le Repas Frugal, a stolen Pablo Picasso etching. The indictment charged that Patmon devised a scheme to defraud a victim by falsely claiming to be the true ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hidden Mother Lodes at the Motherhouse
Ettore Roesler Franz (1845-1907) watercolor, $10,925.Maine auctioneer Kaja Veilleux took home this oil on canvas with a spectacular giltwood and gesso frame for $9200. Most people assumed he was bidding on the strength of the monumental frame, but Veilleux insisted there was considerable value to the painting as well. Later ... (Read More)
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(Show)Wells Show: Rain and Economy Dampen Gate and Sales, but Dealers Remain Upbeat
The grounds of Laudholm Farm allow for easy setup for dealers. Here some exhibitors with their own tents set up against the preserved buildings.“We’re trying to promote the glass revival,” commented a first-timer at this show, Sandy Gnidziejko of Little River Antiques, Biddeford, Maine. She said she’d done “quite well” ... (Read More)
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