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Dealers, pickers, and auctioneers often spend many hours rifling through all sorts of stuff, looking for salable antiques and possibly a diamond in the rough. They should take proper precautions-there's some dangerous stuff out there.
On January 5, the Oroville, California, Police Department responded to a call regarding a possibly explosive ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Sotheby's, New York City
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Saturday, January 20, was Americana day at Sotheby's in New York City. The 71 lots offered in a live morning sale were sold in an hour and a half. The total was $3,383,153; total estimates were $2,904,000/4,573,000, and the sale was 77% sold by lot. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Sotheby's, New York City
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Cotton album quilt, Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1847, with many names and initials of makers, including Mary W. Paul, B. Kinsey, Jannette Russell, Sarah Osgood Read, M. Bailey, Elisabeth Wherritt, MD Lane, M. Bayless, Martha R. Smith, and Margaritte, 9'7" x 9'7", in fine condition, sold ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Sotheby's, New York City
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As part of Americana Week, Sotheby's offered 37 lots of Hudson River school paintings, with works from the Maryann and Al Friedman collection, in an online-only sale from January 11 to January 20.
The sale totaled $1,608,455. Ten of the 37 lots were offered without a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Christie's, New York City
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The January Americana Week sales in New York City have been called the Super Bowl for American antiques. Sotheby's and Christie's have been the perennial opposing rivals. In recent years, some strong competition has come from regional teams in another league.
The Super Bowl analogy doesn't ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Sotheby's, New York City
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As part of Sotheby's "Visions of America" sales in January, billed as "a new celebration of American craftsmanship and culture," the auction house offered 74 lots of paintings in its "Art of America" sale on the afternoon of January 19 in New York City. The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Sotheby's, New York City
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The single-owner sale January 19 of the contents of the house at Bar Cross Ranch contributed $4,000,390 to Sotheby's January "Visions of America" total. All but three of the 58 lots sold, which is 95% sold by lot. Total estimates were $2,384,600/3,541,900.
The collection was from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
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Gorgeous, glistening glass in vibrant blue, yellow, orange, and green illuminated the catalog cover and auction results of Pook & Pook, Inc.'s "Americana & International" auction, which took place January 18 and 19 in person in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, and online ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Sotheby's, New York City
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A small selection of Native American art on view at Sotheby's was offered online at 3 p.m. on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Christie's, New York City
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Christie's sale of 19th-century American and Western art in New York City, now in its third edition positioned during Americana Week, showed solid results. The 10 a.m. sale on Thursday, January 18, presented 100 lots. One lot, Cardplay at the Camp by Eastman Johnson, was ... (Read More)
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