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(Auction)“Americana Week” Auction
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Bonhams Skinner
The Bonhams Skinner “Americana Week” auction on January 31 was held live in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and online, tying into the annual Americana Week in New York City. Some 219 lots of antiques crossed the block, giving old and new collectors a shot at ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Colin Stair
Photos by Sean Cochran, Stair Galleries
Colin Stair of Stair Galleries literally grew up in the business of art and antiques. His great-grandfather, who was an architect, and his grandfather established Stair & Co. in Mayfair, London, branching out in the 1950s and 1960s to five other locations. “They had a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sandy Smith’s Collection
Stair Galleries, Hudson, New York
Photos courtesy Stair Galleries
The January 30 sale of art and antiques from the estate of show promoter Sanford “Sandy” Smith (1939-2024) brought a total of $604,648.88 (including buyers’ premiums) for 160 lots of folk art, figural shooting gallery targets, marine paintings, bronze sculptures, Grenfell hooked rugs, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sotheby’s Downsizes and Changes Fees
On December 12, just after M.A.D. went to press and reported on the upcoming January Americana sales in New York City, which for half a century have been the barometer of this segment of the marketplace, Sotheby’s announced it had laid off more than 100 staff members around the globe, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Back to the Future
Editorial, February 2025
That didn’t last long. On February 1, 2024, Sotheby’s announced a new commission structure that would go into effect on May 20, 2024. The convoluted buyer’s premium would be reduced to 20% of the hammer price up to and including $6 million. Beyond $6 million, the buyer’s premium ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, February 2025
Edgar Miller (1899-1993), Celotex Building Products, printed program cover for The Architects Ball, 1938. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Paul and Janis Miller, 2013.71.107a.
—Through February 23 —Chicago, Illinois
Edgar Miller: Anti-Modern, 1917-1967 at the DePaul Art Museum presents the artist as a multifaceted creative practitioner. He was an architect, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of the Millhiser Collection
Freeman’s | Hindman, New York City
Photos courtesy Freeman’s | Hindman
Freeman’s | Hindman sold 26 lots that included American furniture, needlework, a set of four Georgian silver candlesticks, and three Oriental rugs in 39 minutes on January 27 at the New York City gallery at 32 East 67th Street.
The collection sent ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Bern Antique Show & Sale
New Bern, North Carolina
Twenty-three vendors including 15 returnees populated The Maola at Riverside in New Bern, North Carolina, January 23-26. As with the 37 previous annual shows, this show’s proceeds benefited the New Bern Preservation Foundation.
Two days before opening day, a storm left 4" of snow on the town. Downtown ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Outsider Art Sale at Christie’s
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
The 2025 edition of Christie’s Outsider art auction moved to Americana Week and was first up during the schedule of auctions held January 22-26 in New York City during bitter cold temperatures.
Offering 145 lots, including property from the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and the Robert M. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s live sale of Americana on Saturday, January 25, brought $4,517,280 (with buyers’ premiums) for 94 of the 132 lots offered and was 71% sold by lot. When it began at 10 a.m., nearly 50 people were in the salesroom, but the crowd had dwindled ... (Read More)
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