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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Pet Peeves of an Auction-Goer
by Steve ProffittWhere has the year gone? While my watch runs the same, each year seems to pass quicker than the one before, and this year was no exception. I'm using a reader's letter to close out 2008. An advantage of writing this column is that I regularly receive interesting ... (Read More)
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(Show)After the Crash, Exhibitors at ADA Show Expected the Worst! (But Were Pleasantly Surprised!)
Deerfield, MassachusettsAfter the Crash, Exhibitors at ADA Show Expected the Worst! (But Were Pleasantly Surprised!)by David HewettKaren DiSaia is one of the hardest workingshow managers in the country and isalways there early and leaves late. WithDeerfield wrapped up, she’ll head for ashow in Minneapolis next. DiSaia andher husband, Ralph, operate ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings and Sculpture
Sotheby's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Sotheby'sSotheby's sale on September 24 of mid-priced American paintings and sculpture, held the day before its Americana sale, was a two-session event that dispersed 181 of the 271 lots offered for a total of $4,009,001, a 66.8% sold rate by lot and 76.5% ... (Read More)
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(Auction)N.C. Wyeth Illustration Leads September Art Auction
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoThis 30" x 29¼" oil on canvas by N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945) sold for $225,150. The catalog listed its title as That Endless Stream across the Dubuque Ferry Was Flowing on Ahead of Me, and the Fast-Going Part of It Was Passing Me Every Hour like ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)NYC Antiques Garage Show Stays Put
New York City's famous Antiques Garage at West 25th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues was expected to close and integrate into Hell's Kitchen Flea Market at West 39th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues by November 30. Following discussions between the Antiques Garage and representatives of the parking structure ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Art Storage Facilities Face Scrutiny
by Daniel GrantFine art storage sites, and storage facilities in general, tend to make the news only when a catastrophe strikes. Some examples include a fire that consumed hundreds of contemporary paintings and sculptures at Momart, a fine art storage company in London, in 2004; a blaze at Artex, a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Half-Million-Dollar Oil Stands Heade and Shoulders above the Rest
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maineby Mark SiscoMartin Johnson Heade oil on canvas, Roman Newsboys, $522,500.Carved folk art bookcase, decorated with marine and animal themes, $15,400.By our unofficial reckoning, about $10,000,000 worth of antiques changed hands at auctions in Maine between August 25 and 31. About 5% of that total ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Exhibition of Babar Original Illustrations and Manuscripts
by Rose SafranDrawing Babar: Early Drafts and Watercolors is the first exhibition of the Morgan Library & Museum's Babar collection, acquired in 2004. The series of images is sure to interest the many generations of adults who as children enjoyed the iconic fictional orphaned French elephant in a green suit, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Guilford Antiques Show Moves to February
Barn Star Productions manager Frank Gaglio and the Dorothy Whitfield Historic Society have announced a new date for the annual Guilford (Connecticut) Antiques Show. Saturday, February 21 and Sunday, February 22 will mark the 40th anniversary of the event benefiting the Hyland House Museum in Guilford, a museum of colonial ... (Read More)
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(Show)28th Annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show Draws a Crowd
Baltimore, Marylandby Robert KyleProspective buyers examined carved ivory figures in the booth of T.K. Asian Antiquities,Williamsburg, Virginia.Susan Lapene of M.S. Rau Antiques, New Orleans, stood next to The Pine Trees at Varengeville by Claude Monet, circa 1882. The 25¾" x 32" painting was priced at $1,280,000.Rick Griffin of Newport News, ... (Read More)
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