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(Show)Antiques in Alexandria
Aileen Minor of Centreville, Maryland, asked $8900 for a pair of limestone whippets and $950 for the pair of oval granite urns. The weathered cast stone figure of Napoleon came from a North Shore Massachusetts estate ($2500). The 46" high 19th-century pedestal with a weathered sundial in the center of ... (Read More)
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(Show)Despite Losses, Heart of Country Beats On
Heart of Country is in the capable hands of the next generation. Front, from left: Susan Kramer Hunkins and daughter Sarah Jane Hunkins, who helped with communications and was a panelist at the “Speaking from the Heart” roundtable discussion. Back, from left: Stephen Hunkins Jr., who handled “everything from ticketing ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rare Film Sells at African-Americana Sale
More than five hours of original 16-millimeter moving pictures sold to a dealer for $57,600 (est. $40,000/60,000). Swann’s Wyatt Day said he knows of “no comparable film record ofthis size and scope” showing what life was like for working-class, middle-class, and wealthy African-Americans during the period of economic prosperity in ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Problems and Opportunity
by Steve ProffittHave you ever considered auctioneering school? Maybe you should.A sure sign the economy is in steep decline is the significant increase in requests for jobs and job leads I'm experiencing. Recently, a friend asked me to advise a young lawyer who had been laid off by a firm ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Conquistadors and Cowboys Sell at Swann
A partial copy of Tercero Cathecismo y Exposicionde la Doctrina Christiana, por Sermones, published in Lima in 1585, sold for $28,800 (est. $5000/7500). According to the catalog notes, it was either the third or fourth book published on the continent and was printed on the same press as the first ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Solid Americana Sale with a Few Surprises
Few knew what to make of this pleasing harbor scene placed early in the two-day sale. It was signed “B. Calixto 1888” and was 16½" x 27½". Eldred’s gave it a modest $350/450 estimate. When calls started to come in for condition reports, and customers from Brazil started to stack ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Auction Legislation in New York
by Betty FloodSeveral versions of proposed legislation concerning auctions have been introduced in the New York state legislature since 1993, but during this particular legislative session more focus has been on the arts, perhaps because of the economic situation throughout the country.New York state law does not currently mandate the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Royka Sells Artist Bernard Corey's Estate
Sarah’s Road, a 10" x 16" oil on board, fetched $2478. The view is a place in Sutton, Massachusetts, that “doesn’t exist anymore,” said Michael Graves. “It’s probably been gone for twenty years. That was an old road that dead-ended at an old swamp. It’s paved now, of course, and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Wary Exhibitors "Keep on Keeping on" at Spring Hartford Show
Brian Cullity of Sagamore, Massachusetts,formerly a museum curator, delights at sometimes showing unusual material. The maple and birch chest of unusual form is a very shapely piece and priced enticingly low at $1850. On it Cullity placed some neat miniature Sandwich glass decanters, priced from $695 to $850.The lighting was ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: It Is Easy Being Green
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondKermit the Frog was right. It's not easy being green, at least not initially. "Initially" is where we think the antiques business is stuck at the moment. We all hear about it a lot, talk about it a little, and do about it ... (Read More)
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