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Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
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Heritage Auctions’ May 12 sale of American art offered a small but thoughtfully curated selection of masterworks that resulted in total sales of more than $6.1 million.
“Diverse Visions: Important Works by American Masters”featured works by notable American artists and by lesser-known artists and rising ... (Read More)
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Rago Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey
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The 20th-century and modern design sales May 11 and 12 at Rago Auctions were big ones—more than 800 lots of art pottery, 20th-century furniture, studio ceramics, and glass crossed the block in two days and brought more than $5 million. New collectors ... (Read More)
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The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, New York, will now be known as Munson. Officials have also announced a master plan to redesign its 10-acre, 25-building campus in downtown Utica.
Currently known as PrattMWP, the college of art and design at Munson will become Pratt Munson starting with the incoming class ... (Read More)
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Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer’s premium when charged. We’re always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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Beneath the Surface
Little in the auction world has changed more than the “back room.” Regardless of what it was called, most auction houses used to have either sales or portions of sales where the uncataloged, the odds and ends, ended up.
Auctioneers have lots of euphemisms for this material—cleanout lots, box ... (Read More)
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Doyle, New York City
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A small pack of dog and sporting art aficionados were in the salesroom for Doyle’s May 10 New York City auction “Dogs in Art & Sporting Art.” Held in the back of Doyle’s exhibition space on East 87th Street, the live sale offered 154 lots ... (Read More)
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On March 6 Miami art dealer Eduardo Ulises Martinez was sentenced to 51 months in prison for illegally smuggling sculptures containing ivory and for obstructing justice. Martinez is president of Art Master Collection Corp. and specializes in selling Art Nouveau and Art Deco art.
After a seven-day trial, a federal jury ... (Read More)
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A Southern Star by by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
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Bonhams Skinner’s May 9 Americana sale in the Marlborough, Massachusetts, gallery brought 74 lots of historical and aesthetic interest to the market. The highlight was a southern walnut Chippendale desk-and-bookcase that left its estimate in the dust when it sold for $277,575 (including buyer’s ... (Read More)
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Active Interest Media (AIM), owner of Antique Trader, has acquired the assets of Kovels, Inc. According to AIM, the “collaboration of Antique Trader and Kovels will serve as an invaluable, go-to resource for hobbyists and collectors,” featuring an online price guide with over 1 million prices, a full-color monthly newsletter, ... (Read More)
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Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
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There has been an ownership change at Grogan & Company in Boston. The company has been sold to Georgina Winthrop, who is now president and fine art director. Founder Michael B. Grogan has assumed the role of chief auctioneer. The new president ... (Read More)
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