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(Auction)Ohio Valley and Americana Auction
This decorated stoneware churn, made in Summit County, Ohio, 1865-80, is possibly the work of William McBurney. It depicts a bird holding a banner reading "Akron Ohio" and the name "D.S. Alexander" under the rim. With some chips and cracks, it sold for $28,200.My Home by Elijah Pierce (1892-1984) of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Collector Files RICO Lawsuit against Knoedler Gallery
In February 2007, collector John D. Howard visited the Armory Show in New York City where he was shown a Willem de Kooning landscape in the booth of Knoedler & Company, New York City. Four months later, he paid $4 million for it.In a civil racketeering complaint filed in federal ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The January Americana Pier Show is No More
After a run of 20 years, the January Pier show has been canceled by Stella Show Management Company. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Swann Has Best-Ever Book Department Sale
The top lot, going in the room for $90,000 (est. $4000/6000) to a major collector of historical documents, established a new auction record price for an autograph letter signed by Jonathan Trumbull Jr., George Washington's aide-de-camp. The buyer's underbidder was another collector seated adjacent to him. "The two stared each ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine and Decorative Art Auction
Polish Sleighing Party by Jan Van Chelminski (Polish, 1851-1925), oil on canvas, signed and dated 1886, a snow scene with soldiers on horseback, 19½" x 29½", craquelure and slightly darkened varnish, $27,025.Kentucky State Agricultural Society coin silver award pitcher, marked “W. Adams” of New York, having chased and repoussé landscapes, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Indian Art
Kwakwaka'wakw ceremonial feast bowl carved of cedar to depict Dzunuk'wa, 19th century, 36½" long, $111,625. Comanche child's doll cradle, sinew-sewn hide tinted red, blue, and yellow, cast brass bells and German silver disks, wooden slats painted red and blue with brass tacks, with porcelain-faced doll with cloth body, fourth quarter of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rhinebeck Antiques Fair: July Show Canceled and Fall Date Changed
by Fran KramerAt press time, Rhinebeck Antiques Fair manager Bruce Garrett said that the dates for the October 2012 show have "a 99.9% chance" to be changed from the Columbus Day weekend dates of October 6 and 7 to October 13 and 14. The show's Web site indicates the "new ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)MESDA Journal Moves On Line
The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) is releasing its Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts in a new on-line format. The Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts was established in 1975 as a print publication and over the years has published seminal articles in the field, providing an ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)California Resale Royalty Act Ruled Unconstitutional
by Daniel GrantThe California Resale Royalty Act (CRRA), which requires the payment to artists of 5% of the profit when their work is sold on the secondary market and either the seller resides in California or the sale takes place in California, was passed in 1976. CRRA was struck down ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Whitaker Couture Auction Filmed by Bravo
Estimated at $800/1200, the Chinese embroidered throne cover, 18th or 19th century, sold for $33,600. The 41½" x 51½" yellow-gold silk tapestry was elaborately embroidered with a gold dragon in couched metallic threads surrounded by cloud bands and Buddhist symbols enclosed by a border of chrysanthemums within couched gold thread, ... (Read More)
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