(Auction)
Wright, Chicago, Illinoisby Danielle ArnetWright auctions always hold a few surprises, but Richard Wright outdid himself with the December 9 and 11, 2007, two-session sale. It began with an entire Gio Ponti modular hotel room for the 9th Triennale of Milan in 1951, which sold for $324,000 (including buyer's premium). ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)
Auction Law and EthicsThe Buck Stops Hereby Steve ProffittSometimes an unusual combination of words becomes a memorable idiom"bite the bullet," "close, but no cigar," "dead as a door nail," "pig in a poke," "raining cats and dogs," and "the whole ball of wax" are examples. I'm going to give you ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Charlton Hall Galleries, Inc., Columbia, South Carolinaby Pete PrunklOver his lifetime, journalist and businessman August Kohn (1868-1930) acquired maps, pamphlets, and books related to his beloved South Carolina. His vast collection descended to his daughter, Helen Kohn Hennig (1896-1961). A writer like her father, she treasured and expanded the collection. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
by David HewettEarl Davis, the son of prominent American artist Stuart Davis, filed a complaint in federal court on February 1, 2008, charging Lawrence and Julie Salander with fraud, embezzlement, larceny, theft and conversion, false pretenses, and willful and malicious injury. Davis charged that the value of the paintings both ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, Louisianaby Karla Klein AlbertsonNeal Alford, president and chief auctioneer of the Neal Auction Company in New Orleans, Louisiana, has a favorite saying, "You'll rue the day!" which he throws at the ladies and gentlemen of the audience when they fail to bid and buy the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
Waddington's, Toronto, Ontarioby John NorrisAll prices in Canadian fundsIrony of ironies. In June 2007, when the Canadian dollar was creeping up to almost par with the U.S. dollar, Toronto Inuit art dealer Joseph McLeod complained, "The Americans have slammed on the brakes. No one is buying the piddly three-hundred-dollar things."McLeod ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
On January 15 a federal grand jury handed up a 36-count indictment against Marilyn S. Malatare, 57, and Colette J. Malatare, 29, mother and daughter, both of Yakima, Washington.The indictment alleges that Marilyn Malatare, curator and program manager of the Yakama Nation Museum, and Colette Malatare stole various Indian artifacts ... (Read More)
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