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(Fragment)Philadelphia Stool Sells for $5.2 Million
At Sotheby?s sale of the Americana collection of Rear Admiral Edward P. Moore and Barbara Bingham Moore in New York City on September 26, a carved walnut compass-seat stool, Philadelphia, circa 1750, brought a whopping $5,234,500 (includes buyer's premium). The estimate for the rare object was $200,000/500,000.
The buyer was dealer ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Biddle-Drinker Family Highboy Brings $1,082,500
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(Feature)Hurricane Ike: 2 Shows Canceled, But Texas Auction and Round Top Shows Still On
Hurricane Ike Updates
The Houston Antiques Dealers Association show, scheduled for September 19-21, has been canceled because of Hurricane Ike.
The Theta Charity Antiques Show, scheduled for September 18-21, has also been canceled.
A statement on the HADA Web site reads, "The Mayor has this morning cancelled all events in the George ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Collector's Find: The Lost Shakespeare
The Collector's FindThe Lost Shakespeareby Ben MijuskovicPart I Approximately four and a half decades ago, museum curators, specializing in American Victorian furniture and the decorative arts, initiated a surge in research activity focusing on furniture pieces and decorative objects made between the 1840's and the 1890's in the United States, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Uncle Tom's to Introduce On-Line Auctions
Uncle Tom's to Introduce On-Line AuctionsOn November 1, Uncle Tom's Antiques, based in Spotsylvania, Virginia, will debut a new on-line auction service (www.ut1859auctions.com). UT1859 Auctions will offer a venue for dealers to auction merchandise and to set up on-line stores in an easy-to-use format. There will be a charge of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Dog Portrait and Crowell Black Duck Lead $3.2 Million Sale
Copley Fine Art Auctions, LLC, Plymouth, MassachusettsDog Portrait and Crowell Black Duck Lead $3.2 Million Sale by Jeanne SchintoA world auction price record was set for Edmund H. Osthaus when his outstanding portrait of a pointer with a quail in its mouth was sold at Stephen B. O'Brien Jr.'s third ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Manhattan Media Merges with Wendy Show Management
by Lita Solis-CohenAfter denying rumors that Westchester Enterprises, the management company for Wendy Show Management, was for sale, the company announced on August 7 that it has merged with Manhattan Media, publishers of Avenue magazine. Wendy Show Management, the longest-established management company for art and antiques shows in the U.S., ... (Read More)
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(Feature)No Peace with "Peaceable Kingdom" for Sotheby's
by David HewettOn September 2, Sotheby's Inc. filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, against Halsey Minor, the California founder of CNET Network, which was bought by CBS this year for a reported $1.8 billion, for failure to make payment for three paintings.One, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Who Owns the Artworks of Martin Ramirez?
Who Owns the Artworks of Martín Ramírez?by Clayton PenningtonA legal battle between the heirs of Martín Ramírez (1895-1963), who spent most of his adult life committed to California psychiatric hospitals, and a retired therapist, who acquired 17 Ramírez artworks over 45 years ago, is being fought in courts on both ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)York Antiques Gallery Sold
York Antiques Gallery SoldConstance Greer, the owner of the York Antiques Gallery in York, Maine, has sold all the assets of the business to a new entity, The York Antiques Gallery, LLC, which is owned by two local York residents, Daniel J. Hartigan and Mark E. Toney. Greer and the ... (Read More)
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