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Sotheby's launches first fine art Sealed auction without reserve

The Art Newspaper

Success of Sealed Auctions has led to an expansion into fine art Yayoi Kusama's "Phantom Polka Dots of Fate, Ordained by Heaven, Were the Greatest Gift Ever for Me" to be sold by Sealed Auctions and on view in Sotheby’s New Bond Street Galleries.

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Acquires Philadelphia Tea Table

Maine Antique Digest

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has acquired one of the finest scalloped-top Colonial tea tables, the gift of Barbara L. and Theodore B. Made in Philadelphia around 1775, it was sold at Christie’s January 19, 2001, consigned by a descendant of Gouverneur Cadwalader, whose mother, Christine Biddle, had

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Fine Art Sale at Shannon’s

Maine Antique Digest

Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut Photos courtesy Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers Three lots sold at $100,000 (including buyer’s premium) and over, and many other lots brought multiples of their estimates at Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers’ May 2 auction in the Milford, Connecticut, gallery, making for a $2.5

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Furniture Leads Rachel Davis Fine Arts Event

Maine Antique Digest

Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio Photos courtesy Rachel Davis Fine Arts Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio, is known for selling works of art and prints with an Ohio connection. Art pottery, Outsider art, sterling silver, and art glass are also often sold.

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Troubled Brussels fine arts museums pin hopes on new director

The Art Newspaper

The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Brussels was hit by scandal last year when its longstanding director stood down following allegations of inappropriate behaviour and bad management

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Fine Art Including Sporting Art and Dogs in Art

Maine Antique Digest

Doyle, New York City Photos courtesy Doyle Doyle held its annual sale of fine art including sporting art and dogs in art live in its East 87th Street salesroom in New York City Tuesday, April 16. A handful of bidders came and went during the two-and-a-half-hour auction. The sale offered a section

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Inaugural Vose | Barridoff American Fine Art Auction

Maine Antique Digest

Vose Galleries and Barridoff Auctions, Boston, Massachusetts Photos courtesy Vose Galleries and Barridoff Auctions Venerable Vose Galleries, founded in 1841, and the half-century-old Barridoff Auctions of South Portland, Maine, joined forces October 13 for their inaugural Vose | Barridoff American Fine Art Auction.

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