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(Fragment)Freeman's to Sell Works from the Lehman Brothers Collection
by Lita Solis-CohenArt owned by bankrupt companies has become a ready source of consignments for auctioneers. Auction houses began swarming around bankrupt Lehman Brothers when it was reported that the company had between 3000 and 4000 artworks on its walls. Lehman Brothers hired art consultant Kelly Wright, who advised the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Atlantique City 2010 Canceled
F+W Media has announced the cancellation of its annual Atlantique City Antiques & Collectibles Show, scheduled for March 2010 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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(Auction)Erotica Succeeds, Steinbeck Stumbles (Again)
The Pretty Women of Paris; Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults, Being a Complete Directory; or, Guide to Pleasure For Visitors to the Gay City, privately printed in Paris in 1883, sold for $2196 (est. $800/1200). It was one of 51 lots of erotica from the Harry and Virginia ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Big Bucks for Little Trucks and Cars
Clockwork mechanism Indian motorcycle toy, painted blue, with a “Say it with Flowers” decal, $63,250 (est. $50,000/ 75,000).Flat-top Arcade cab/still bank, $14,375 (est. $3000/4000).James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoIn a radical marketing move, James D. Julia has been taking an aggressive approach to gathering consignments. The main feature ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Keno Auctions
by Lita Solis-CohenLeigh Keno, New York City antiques dealer and Antiques Roadshow star, has opened an auction house."We packed up four estates in New England," said Keno on the phone announcing his new venture. "We will have our first sale in May. We are looking for space to rent for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Crime Pays
A letter written by bank robber John Dillinger sold for $60,400 (includes buyer's premium) at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago on July 28. The estimate was $4000/6000.The one-page autographed letter signed "Johnny" in pen was written on December 18, 1932, from the Crown Point, Indiana, jail to his niece, Mary ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Graham Arader Sale
This may have been the bargain of the sale. Peter Rindisbacher (1806-1834), Hunting the Bison, signed “P. Rindisbacher 1825” and inscribed on the back in another hand “Hunting the Buffalo” and “Captain R.O. Pelly, Cheltenham.” Pelly was the governor ofthe Red River Colony, near Winnipeg, in 1925. The painting is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)De Lue Exhibition
The work of Monmouth County, New Jersey, sculptor and medalist Donald De Lue will be shown in a special exhibition at the Monmouth County Historical Association's museum and library at 70 Court Street, Freehold, New Jersey, through August 15. The exhibition will feature over 40 of De Lue's medals, preliminary ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Brant Mackley Gallery Moves
The Brant Mackley Gallery, originally located in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, has moved to Hershey, Pennsylvania. The gallery is known for Native American art, folk art, and world tribal art. Owned and operated by Brant Mackley, the gallery includes work from North America, Africa, Melanesia, Easter Island, and beyond.In its new location ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair Over
by Lita Solis-CohenThe Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, the anchor of the June antiques season in London for 75 years, will no longer be continued.The announcement of its closing by the fair organizers, the British Antique Dealers' Association and the Grosvenor House fair executive committee, cited declining profit, increased ... (Read More)
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