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After a lapse of several years, the Decorative Arts Society (DAS) is reestablishing the Charles F. Montgomery Award and Prize for excellence in decorative arts scholarship, honoring the pioneering work of connoisseur, collector, antiques dealer, author, and teacher Charles F. Montgomery (1910-1978). Entries are now open, and the deadline for ... (Read More)
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Vocational Awe by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond
Beneath the Surface
One of the challenges of self-employment is that there are very few “lines” in our lives that divide our days into sections. This is especially true since we opened an auction house, but it is true of being self-employed in any way these days. There are for many ... (Read More)
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On February 1 Sotheby’s announced a dramatic change to both its buying and selling commissions. On May 20 the buyer’s premium will be 20% of the hammer price up to and including $6 million. Beyond $6 million, the buyer’s premium drops to 10%.
The previous buyer’s premium was 26% up to ... (Read More)
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“I just love that highboy! Look at the (portrait) bust. Oh, the lines! Oh, the legs! The curves. Original surface.” The very language of antiques collecting seems oddly like that of romance (OK, maybe not “original surface”). Marvelous objects entice, ensorcell, enchant, enrapture.
Hardened collectors can be reluctant romancers, yet they ... (Read More)
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The recent announcement by Sotheby’s that the firm is overhauling its buyer’s premium and seller’s commission is welcome news (see page 28). For the first time in years, an auction house hasn’t tried to increase profits by digging even deeper into the pockets of buyers.
Beginning in May, Sotheby’s will charge ... (Read More)
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Sheridan Loyd grew up in St. Joseph, Missouri, with parents who collected 18th- and 19th-century Chinese furniture and decorative arts. When she was a child, “they would drag me to auctions,” she recalled.
She has fond memories about that time and reminisced about one auctioneer who would keep a box of ... (Read More)
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Grant Wood (1891-1942), March, 1939, lithograph on deckled white wove paper, 12½" x 15¾" (sheet size). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rothschild, 1978.67.1.
—Through April 23 —Rockland, Maine
Prints for the People: Associated American Artists at the Farnsworth Art Museum explores the transformation of modern print collecting in the United ... (Read More)
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At the end of 2023, Margaret “Margi” Hofer left the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library, completing a 30-year career at the institution. Hofer joined the society in 1993 and rose to become vice president (later senior vice president) and museum director in 2015.
“Margi has been instrumental in the evolution ... (Read More)
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The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to announce that the 2024 Dean F. Failey Grant recipients are the Andrew Jackson Foundation in Nashville, Tennessee; Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania; Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pennsylvania; Museo de las Americas, Denver, Colorado; Newport Historical Society, Newport, Rhode Island; and ... (Read More)
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The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company’s most recent suite of online-only sales ran from February 6 to 9 out of the firm’s Alexandria, Virginia, gallery. More than 970 lots were offered in five broad categories: 20th- and 21st-century fine art (February 6); American, English, and ... (Read More)
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