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(Auction)Exceptional Art in Remarkable Condition
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
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Grogan & Company's May 4 fine art sale in its Beacon Hill gallery in Boston was an especially pretty sale with especially disparate offerings. President and fine art director Georgina C. Winthrop told M.A.D. that the results were a 92% sold rate ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana and the Ohio Valley Auction
Amelia Jeffers, Delaware, Ohio
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A two-day sale of Americana, which included a revival of the Ohio Valley session previously held by Garth's Auctions, was conducted by Amelia Jeffers May 3 and 4 at The Barn at Stratford, Delaware, Ohio. Having nearly 1000 lots, the auction realized $912,000, according ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Art Sale at Shannon's
Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut
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Three lots sold at $100,000 (including buyer's premium) and over, and many other lots brought multiples of their estimates at Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers' May 2 auction in the Milford, Connecticut, gallery, making for a $2.5 million sale. The auction ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Looted Artifacts Discovered and Returned to Okinawa
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Cleaning out the personal effects of a loved one after their passing almost always results in finding some sort of treasure. For most folks, it's a personal treasure. For one family in Massachusetts, the treasure was international and cultural in nature.
While cleaning out their father's estate, the family-who ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art
Bonhams, New York City
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Bonhams offered 90 lots at its spring American art sale in New York City May 1. The sale totaled $4,201,008 (with buyers' premiums), and the sell-through rate was 80.85%.
The top-selling lot of the sale was New Mexico Recollection No. 8 byMarsden Hartley (1877-1943), which sold ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Weekday Online Sales and Live Gala Previews
Leland Little Auctions, Hillsborough, North Carolina
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For auctioneer Leland Little, the days of large in-house audiences at weekend sales are over. His auctions now are smaller, weekday online affairs. Large gatherings in his gallery are for community events, lectures, and previews of upcoming sales.
In keeping with that ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Francis Crespo
If there were a congeniality award for folk-art and antiques dealers, Francis Crespo of Francis Crespo Folk Art & Antiques, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, would certainly be in the running.
"Those who are passionate do well," stated the affable dealer, who travels to and exhibits at between 18 and 22 shows a year. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)History Lessons for Sale
Freeman's | Hindman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Americana sales at Freeman's | Hindman often provide some history lessons. The most recent yearly spring Americana sale, held April 30, the Tuesday after the Philadelphia Show, provoked active bidding on some historical relics that had remained in the family of Benjamin ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dover Show Offers Free Admission after 9 a.m.
The year's first Dover Antique Show and Vintage Market at the Dover Elks Lodge, Dover, New Hampshire, will be May 18. The show will run once a month until September. Promoted by Gurley Antiques Shows, the show now will feature free admission after 9 a.m.
According to promoters Josh and Rachel ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Changing of the Guard at Nye & Company
Nye & Company, the Bloomfield, New Jersey, auction house, has been sold. The new owner is Andrew Holter, who after eight years in the American furniture department at Christie's rejoined Nye as head of business development seven years ago, a position he held from 2004 to 2008.
"We have finished paying ... (Read More)
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