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(Auction)$212,500 Tiffany Lamp Tops Sale
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
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A Tiffany Studios leaded-glass table lamp with an Arrowroot shade atop a rare Cattailbase outperformed its estimate to sell for $212,500 (with buyer’s premium) at Heritage Auctions’ “Pursuit of Beauty” auction January 26 in Dallas.
The auction brought together Art Deco and Art Nouveau art ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)20th Century Cincinnati Show under New Ownership
On February 25 and 26, 20th Century Cincinnati will return to the Sharonville Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Now in its 28th year, the 20th Century Cincinnati show is under new ownership by sisters and entrepreneurs Jess and Jenni Button.
Show founder Bruce Metzger was already producing and managing a schedule ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Family Affair at Art Auction
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
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Bonhams Skinner sold American art in its compact, short, and sweet 75-lot auction January 25 in the Marlborough, Massachusetts, gallery. Work by some previously lesser-known artists came to market and did well. Some hardy souls were present in the gallery, while many others took ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Cohen and Cohen’s $1.7 Million Sale
Bonhams, New York City
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U.K. dealers Michael and Ewa Cohen are known for selling the finest and rarest Chinese export porcelain to collectors and museums in all parts of the world, often from well-designed stands at top antiques fairs. They kept a selection of works in a New York ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Helen Allen, Executive Director, The Winter Show
As a third-generation native New Yorker, Helen Allen had the Metropolitan Museum of Art as her Upper East Side neighborhood playground.
In fact, when she went for interviews for admittance to kindergarten and was asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, she would matter-of-factly answer, “Director of my ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Important Americana
Sotheby’s, New York City
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Mrs. J. Insley Blair’s Philadelphia walnut scroll-top high chest of drawers, circa 1760, attributed to Henry Clifton and Thomas Carteret, with carving attributed to someone dealers call “Spike” because of the shape of his leaves, has a crusty old finish and its original cartouche, urn-and-flame ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Online Americana Sale Brings $1.1 Million
Sotheby’s, New York City
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Sotheby’s had so much Americana to sell in January that the last 305 lots were offered online only on Monday afternoon, January 23, beginning at noon and ending at 5 p.m. All the lots were on view for inspection at 1334 York Avenue, and 224 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Olde Hope’s Americana Exhibition in New York City
Olde Hope is hosting an exhibition, Recent Arrivals featuring Highlights from an Important 30-year Pennsylvania Collection, in its New York City gallery until April 1.
The Pennsylvania collection was started over 30 years ago by Susan Fetterolf and her husband, Jeff Gorrin, while living in New York City. Their early collecting ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Folky Stand Brings $11,500
Farrin’s Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine
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A two-day sale held January 21 and 22 at Farrin’s Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine, brought a huge crowd, according to auctioneer Rusty Farrin. The sale on the first day was topped by a paint-decorated one-drawer stand, probably from Maine, said Farrin, that ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Don’t Trust, Always Verify
The crooks are sophisticated, and in 2020 they managed to snare two high-powered businesses, leading to losses and now court battles.
A London insurer is suing online auction platform Invaluable, which has, in turn, filed suit against Sotheby’s.
According to the lawsuit by underwriters at Lloyd’s of London filed in August 2022, ... (Read More)
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