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(Auction)A South Carolina Weekend of Continental and Americana
The sale’s top lot at $155,250 was Allegory of War, an unframed oil on canvas by Louis Jean François Lagrenée.Fishing Fleet off the Coast, signed lower right “H.M. Mesdag, 1896” for Hendrik-Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915), 19½" x 28 3/8", sold for $48,300 to a private collector from Switzerland.This eight-gallon jar, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Maine Auctioneer Declares Bankruptcy
by David HewettOn March 5, an event that a host of unpaid consignors and dealers predicted would happen came to pass. James Douglas Cyr of Gray, Maine, declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Maine. (The filing was for him only, not his wife.) The filing was ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Judith and James Milne Close Gallery but Remain in Business
Judith and James Milne have announced they are closing their New York City gallery. In a letter to M.A.D., they write:"We are closing our gallery on 74th Street in Manhattan where we have shown country furniture, folk art, accessories, and antique garden furniture for over 30 years. Before that we ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African-Americana: Black Boy Scouts, Ink Spots, and Other "Heroes of the Colored Race"
This 21½" x 14" black-and-white poster—one of the originals carried by striking sanitation workers who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis in 1968—sold for $40,800 (est. $8000/12,000). It came to the sale from a Missouri-based collector, active in the civil rights movement, who bought it at an auction ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Ownership and Venue for Eastern National Antiques Show and Sale
Jim and Patti Chambers of Allentown, Pennsylvania, have acquired ownership of the Eastern National Antiques Show and Sale after having managed the show for the past 15 years. For 55 years, this major show has been held twice annually at the State Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It will ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spink Gets $8 Million-Plus for "Once-in-a-Lifetime" Risvold Collection
Those stamped marks and written directions on the front of this folded letter mean a lot to a postal history detective. The letter, carefully conserved with the missing paper pieces added and splits repaired with silk, may not seem extraordinary, but it is a very rare item. Written in 1772, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Partnership Formed to Sell Modern and Contemporary Ceramics
by Don JohnsonOne thing leads to another. In a way, it was Anna pigs that led to Cowan's plans for a semiannual auction of modern and contemporary ceramics. The new venture brings together Wes Cowan, president and principal auctioneer of Cowan's, and Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio of Clark ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Salander Admits Guilt, Will Go to Prison--Losses Astronomical
by David HewettOn March 18, a shaky Lawrence "Larry" Salander stood up in a New York City courtroom and admitted what everyone already knew: the 60-year-old art dealer had committed grand larceny on a grand scale. He pleaded guilty to 29 criminal counts in a plea bargain that will see ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Collection of Benjamin F. Edwards III
The rare pair of Verte-Imari candelabra, circa 1725, 15 1/8" high, sold for $242,500 (est. $80,000/120,000) to London dealer Michael Cohen of Cohen & Cohen. The form is modeled after European silver candlesticks. They were probably made for a highly placed East India Company director or investor.George II silver cake ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Three Indicted in Fake Clementine Hunter Paintings Case
William Toye and Beryl Ann Toye of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Robert E. Lucky Jr. of New Orleans have been indicted by a federal grand jury for selling paintings falsely attributed to Clementine Hunter. The three were named in a four-count indictment handed up on February 24 in United States ... (Read More)
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