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CRN Auctions, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Eclectic is the watchword for any sale held by CRN Auctions. Principals Carl R. Nordblom and Karin J. Phillips of the Cambridge, Massachusetts, auction house really laid it on for their April 23 auction. The sale presented a wide and deep array of objects ... (Read More)
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Simple Goods, Berlin, Ohio
Simple Goods, which describes itself as an “Early Country Antiques & Primitive Goods Show,” held its spring edition April 22 near Berlin, Ohio. Specializing in country antiques with a handful of high-quality contemporary handmade items, the show featured 52 dealers in 50 booths. That’s normal. “We can’t ... (Read More)
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Earlier Times Antiques & Folk Art Show, Millersburg, Ohio
The semiannual Earlier Times Antiques & Folk Art Show held its spring edition April 21 and 22 in Millersburg, Ohio. The event featured 44 dealers in 42 booths. “That’s up a little bit, which is a good thing,” said promoter Cheryl ... (Read More)
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Whitfield Lovell (b. 1959), Kin I (Our Folks), 2008, conté crayon on paper, found paper flags, and string, 30" x 22½". Collection of Reginald and Aliya Browne. Courtesy American Federation of Arts, the artist, and DC Moore Gallery, New York.
—Through May 21 —Boca Raton, Florida
Whitfield Lovell: Passages at the Boca ... (Read More)
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Sotheby’s, New York City
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“Building America,” the Friday, April 21, afternoon sale of the collection of Erving and Joyce “Joy” Wolf at Sotheby’s in New York City, offered Americana, silver, needlework, furniture, and paintings. Some furniture, sculpture, and paintings sold above estimates, much of it to the trade, and ... (Read More)
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Sotheby’s, New York City
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Sotheby’s “Cross-Currents in America” sale April 21 in New York City dispersed most of Erving and Joyce “Joy” Wolf’s Chinese porcelain. Much of it went to Chinese buyers on the phone or online, and all but two lots sold. The 149 lots of the 151 ... (Read More)
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Christie’s, New York City
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Christie’s tried a new strategy by holding a dedicated modern American art sale, and the results were positive.
At 10 a.m. on April 21, 26 lots of masterworks from the collection of musical theater composer and philanthropist Ted Shen were offered, and the results gave the ... (Read More)
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Antique Jewelry & Gemology
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The April 20 sale of exceptional jewels from the Wolf family collection at Sotheby’s in New York City was a highly anticipated event. The presale buzz beckoned to us, including an episode of “Frank’s Files” by Frank Everett of Sotheby’s. “Frank’s Files: The Wolf Collection,” ... (Read More)
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New England Auctions, Branford, Connecticut
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The Americana collection of Jeannine K. Dobbs and the estate of Jonathan Shaw Rickard came up for auction April 20 at Fred Giampietro’s New England Auctions, formerly New Haven Auctions, in Branford, Connecticut. The sale ran to 445 lots, 261 from the ... (Read More)
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Sotheby’s, New York City
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In just three days at Sotheby’s sales of the collections of Erving and Joyce “Joy” Wolf, the market absorbed more than 100 pieces of American sculpture spanning more than 100 years, beginning in the Neoclassical period and continuing into the Beaux Arts tradition at the ... (Read More)
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