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(Auction)Modern American Art, Including the Ted Shen Collection
Christie’s, New York City
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Christie’s tried a new strategy by holding a dedicated modern American art sale, and the results were positive.
At 10 a.m. on April 21, 26 lots of masterworks from the collection of musical theater composer and philanthropist Ted Shen were offered, and the results gave the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Wolf Family’s Jewelry Collection
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
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The April 20 sale of exceptional jewels from the Wolf family collection at Sotheby’s in New York City was a highly anticipated event. The presale buzz beckoned to us, including an episode of “Frank’s Files” by Frank Everett of Sotheby’s. “Frank’s Files: The Wolf Collection,” ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana and British Ceramics at Auction
New England Auctions, Branford, Connecticut
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The Americana collection of Jeannine K. Dobbs and the estate of Jonathan Shaw Rickard came up for auction April 20 at Fred Giampietro’s New England Auctions, formerly New Haven Auctions, in Branford, Connecticut. The sale ran to 445 lots, 261 from the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Wolf Family Collection: “Forging America”
Sotheby’s, New York City
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In just three days at Sotheby’s sales of the collections of Erving and Joyce “Joy” Wolf, the market absorbed more than 100 pieces of American sculpture spanning more than 100 years, beginning in the Neoclassical period and continuing into the Beaux Arts tradition at the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Wolf Family Collection: “Glorious America”
Sotheby’s, New York City
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The April 20 sale titled “Glorious America” that started at 4 p.m. at Sotheby’s in New York City offered 54 lots of mostly paintings and sculpture from the collection of Erving and Joyce “Joy” Wolf. All but two lots sold, a 96.3% sell-through rate, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Wolf Family Collection: “Modern America”
Sotheby’s, New York City
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Erving and Joy Wolf’s son Daniel was responsible for their interest in photography and in furniture and lighting designed by Greene & Greene and Frank Lloyd Wright. As passionate a collector as his parents, Daniel Wolf died of a heart attack in January 2021 at ... (Read More)
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(Auction) The Wolf Family Collection: “Exceptional Jewels”
Sotheby’s, New York City
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“Exceptional Jewels,” the 10 a.m. auction on April 20 at Sotheby’s in New York City of jewelry from the collection of Erving and Joyce “Joy” Wolf, added $8,042,656 to Sotheby’s Wolf sales total. The auction brought the most of any of the live daytime ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Wolf Family Collection: “The Spirit of America”
Sotheby’s, New York City
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Sotheby’s called the collections that filled the sumptuous Fifth Avenue apartment in New York City of Erving Wolf (1926-2018) and his wife, Joyce “Joy” (1927-2022), “the most important collection of American paintings, sculpture, furniture, and design of this generation.” They offered the Wolfs’ collection April ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Collection Proceeds Go to Local 4-H
Photos courtesy Iroquois Auctions
The mocha and spatterware collection of Carl and Janie Hinkle of Truxton, New York, was sold April 14 and 15 at Iroquois Auctions in West Monroe, New York. Carl (1935-2021) founded Atlantic Inland, a home inspection company, and Janie (1934-2015) was a schoolteacher.
A top price for mocha ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spring Splendor
Marion Antique Auctions, Marion, Massachusetts
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“Spring Splendor” it was. Marion Antique Auctions, Marion, Massachusetts, often gives its sales a name. The April 15 auction was a respite from winter in New England, and bidders showed up to bid—as did online and telephone buyers.
The auction began with paintings, ... (Read More)
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