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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.Augustus Saint-Gaudens in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Thayer Tolles ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California Painting Leads Shannon's $3.6 Million Fall Sale
The Terrace, Samarkand by Colin Campbell Cooper (1856-1937) sold to a California collector bidding by phone for $456,000 (est. $200,000/300,000). The 36" x 46" oil on canvas, signed and dated 1927, shows the Samarkand Persian Hotel in Santa Barbara, California. The price is a record for a California work by ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Know Thy Customer
The art and antiques industry has little hard information concerning customers. Melrose & Duddy, a show promotion company, is helping to change that. The firm, founded by Jay Melrose and Matt Duddy, produces three shows in three states. It has recently released findings of a non-scientific 20-question Internet survey of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fall Fine and Decorative Art Auction
The Unaccountable by Horace Clifford Westermann (1922-1981), 1959, mixed-media sculpture, 271/2" high, excellent condition with a few nicks to the base where the hanging building was connected, $85,187.50.Cowan's, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonPhotos courtesy Cowan'sWes Cowan didn't make it to the end of his company's fine and decorative art auction on ... (Read More)
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(Show)Finale of SoWa's First Season
Jennifer Sullivan of Studio Twenty Two deals in vintage modern furniture; she exhibited three times at the SoWa Antiques Market. "At the first one, sales exceeded my expectations," she said. "I sold four pieces and made a profit of twenty-three hundred dollars. My firstsale was a coffee table by Adrian ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Perception Is Reality
by Steve ProffittA reader contacted me about a bad auction experience that resulted in an exchange of e-mails between us. I've edited and condensed the reader's complaint, which I'm using to make an important point.-AuctionThe reader made a long trip to view several lots in an upcoming auction. He couldn't ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Map Sells for $1.15 Million in Maine
A 131/2" x 24" detailed map of the Battle of Yorktown, executed by Lieutenant Colonel Jean Baptiste Gouvion on October 29, 1781, sold at James D. Julia's auction in Fairfield, Maine, on February 5 for $1,150,000 (includes buyer's premium).
The buyer was a private collector.
The map had the original red coloring ... (Read More)
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(Show)Holiday Show Spreads a Little Cheer
Every year for this show, Beverly A. Weir-Longacre and her husband, Thomas Longacre, of Marlborough, New Hampshire, split their booth so she can devote her side to vintage Christmas items. Her booth attracted a lot of buyers who were ready to get into the holiday mood. "I have a lot ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Paintings Are Highlight of Annual Fall Estates Sale
A 30" x 24" oil on canvas American folk art portrait from the 19th century, inscribed on its back "Henrietta Josepha Myers/ AE 18 m./ J.(?) B. Gregory Artist," sold to the trade for $184,000 (est. $30,000/50,000).Phone bidders drove this 16" x 121/2" oil on panel of Venice by Rubens ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)In the Trade: Dan and Karen Olson, Newburgh, New York
Karen and Dan Olson at home with a blue New York state cupboard they bought in the 1970's.The Olsons' home, the Silas Gardner House, circa 1783. The shop is out back.The birch and white pine chair table with original red paint and a just under 50" scrubbed top is $3200. ... (Read More)
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