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Stephen Fletcher, Skinner's Americana department director, with the study for The Apotheosis of Washington by Constantino Brumidi. Schinto photos.by Jeanne SchintoOn Sunday, March 4, at Skinner's Americana sale in its Boston gallery, a 35¼" diameter oil on canvas study for The Apotheosis of Washington by Constantino Brumidi (1805-1880) sold to ... (Read More)
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Photos courtesy Doyle New York.
by Lita Solis-Cohen
There is a strong market for masterpieces. At a Belle Époque auction at Doyle New York on February 8 in New York City, a carved ash, satinwood, and mahogany settee with glass ball feet, designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany and Samuel Coleman for the ... (Read More)
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by Betty FloodBusinesses in New York, including antiques dealers and auctioneers, that purchase gold, silver, and platinum will have to display the current prices, if legislation sponsored by New York Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow of Mount Vernon is passed. The purpose of the bill, according to Pretlow, is to make ... (Read More)
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The Warren County Historical Society of Lebanon, Ohio, is actively seeking volunteer interns for its 2012 edition of its digital archive project. This is a multi-year project that, when completed, will provide an index and/or catalog of the thousands of letters, records, reports, photos, genealogy records, and other documents housed ... (Read More)
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For the first time, the Indy Antique Advertising Show will open with an early-buying preview, on Friday, March 16 from 2 to 6 p.m. for $50 per person (early buyer tickets are $40 when ordered in advance before March 1).After 40 years of no early buying, B & D Promotions ... (Read More)
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Apsaalooka Horse Hunters, Martin Grelle (b. 1954), oil on canvas, 48" x 66", signed and dated 2008 lower right, $268,800.Studio Fireplace, Ernest L. Blumenschein (1874-1960), oil on linen, 30" x 25", signed lower left, titled and signed on reverse "Studio Fireplace Ernest Blumenschein," $476,000.Upon the Crag - Golden Eagle, 2007, ... (Read More)
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A Northwest Coast feast bowl sold for $15,000 (est. $30,000/50,000) to the European buyer.A Tlingit canoe-form bowl sold to a European buyer ("new to us, and he bought several things," Haas said) for $23,750 (est. $12,000/18,000).Bonhams, San Francisco, Californiaby Alice KaufmanPhotos courtesy BonhamsBonhams' Native American art specialist, Jim Haas, was ... (Read More)
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Auctioneer LaGina Austin is shown at the podium with department director Jane D. Prentiss, seated. In front, the circa 1989 Ziggurat console table in tubular steel and etched glass sold for a mid-estimate $711. The two acrylic on canvas paintings by Martin Kreloff (b. 1944), Geisha and Kabuki Actor, fetched ... (Read More)
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Jules Steiner series B bébé doll with only inconsequential blemishes, marked in red script "Steiner B. S.G.D.G. Paris Bourgoin succ.," $21,850. Julia photo.American National fire truck pedal car with five wooden ladders, original paint, and interior dashboard, $20,125.On this Bru Bébé, marked "Bru Jne 7," the bisque forearms were appropriate ... (Read More)
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Among several Oriental items that skyrocketed was this Daoguang period (1821-50) deep bowl, 6" diameter, decorated with red and green dragons, scholar's tools, and pearls. Marked on the underside, it sold for $14,950. Thomaston Place photo.A Chinese white jade ovoid footed censer, 5" tall, with relief decorations and reticulated phoenix ... (Read More)
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