The Art Newspaper

JANUARY 7, 2025

The potential sale raises questions around how to value the prestigious and unique art brand

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Sale 312

Maine Antique Digest

MARCH 12, 2025

Pook & Pooks January 16 and 17 sale with nearly 1000 lots avoided going head to head with Americana Week in the Big Apple. The sale was posted before Christmas, and printed catalogs, now a rarity, were mailed and available Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.

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Sale Rarity Prints 214

Maine Antique Digest

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The three-day sale in the East Dennis, Massachusetts, gallery July 24-26, “American Art & The Summer Sale,” brought notable collections replete with notable antiques to market. Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts Photos courtesy Eldred’s It was a busy summer at Eldred’s on Cape Cod, but the trip there is always worthwhile.

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Sale Collectibles 211

The Art Newspaper

JANUARY 23, 2025

Overall sales fell by 23% compared to 2023, though the private division grew

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The Art Newspaper

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Kicking off November's marquee evening sales, the house brought in a total of $268.6m from 49 lots

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Sale Collectibles 299

Maine Antique Digest

MAY 13, 2024

Doyle, New York City Photos courtesy Doyle Only at Doyle on Manhattan’s Upper East Side can you buy a sterling silver child’s highchair tray, a silver dog bowl, and a silver terrapin tureen and soup bowls in an Americana sale. The April 10 sale featured paintings, prints, furniture, silver, and decorative art.

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Sale Furniture Prints Paintings 214

Maine Antique Digest

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Evans & Associates The fall Premier Americana sales at Jeffrey S. A total of 1623 lots crossed the block during the sales. Crawford, Virginia Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates were held November 21, 22, and 23 at the firms galleries in Mt. Crawford, Virginia.

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Sale 211

Maine Antique Digest

MAY 2, 2024

Freeman’s has had success with its “Collect: American Art” sales scheduled on Freeman’s | Hindman, Philadelphia Photos courtesy Freeman’s | Hindman “Collect: Americana” at Freeman’s | Hindman, Philadelphia, March 20, was pitched to those who can afford to spend a few hundred or a few thousand dollars on furniture and decorative arts.

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Sale Collectibles Furniture 214

Maine Antique Digest

JULY 15, 2024

CRN Auctions’ April 21 sale in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, gallery drew on several area collections, including that of Alan A. Varteresian (1934-2023) of Boston, who seldom missed a CRN sale. CRN Auctions, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts Photos courtesy CRN Auctions, Inc.

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Sale Collectibles 208

Maine Antique Digest

MAY 21, 2024

Swann Galleries, New York City Photos courtesy Swann Galleries For its April 4 sale of African American art, Swann Galleries offered 239 lots of paintings, watercolors, prints, photography, and sculpture and featured a special evening session called “Art for Life” of contemporary works sold to benefit the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation.

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Sale Watercolors Photography Sculpture 214

Maine Antique Digest

JUNE 7, 2024

Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts Photographs courtesy Eldred’s Eldred’s brought several fine collections to market at its February 27 and 28 marine sale in East Dennis, Massachusetts.

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Sale Collectibles 211

Maine Antique Digest

MARCH 24, 2025

Sothebys, New York City Photos courtesy Sothebys Sothebys held its Art of the Americas sale featuring the American West January 24 in two sessions. The sale was part of the auction houses Visions of America weeklong event. Overall, the two sessions totaled $8,716,620. The first session offered 48 lots and had an

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Sale Auction House 173

Maine Antique Digest

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Nye & Company Auctioneers, Bloomfield, New Jersey Photos courtesy Nye & Company Auctioneers There seemed to be more three-day Americana sales in the fall of 2024 than ever before. Some auctioneers have been offering small focused sales, while others have posted as many as 1500 lots and taken three days to sell

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Sale 208

Maine Antique Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Copley Fine Art Auctions, Pembroke, Massachusetts Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions Premier collections from across the country drove the action at Copley Fine Art Auctions’ July 11 and 12 sale, which was livestreamed from the Hingham, Massachusetts, offices.

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Sale Fine Art Collectibles 189

Maine Antique Digest

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries On November 8, 9, and 10 auctioneer Kaja Veilleux and his team at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries held a three-day sale in Thomaston, Maine, offering the buying public a large variety of goods in 1475 lots.

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Sale 208

The Art Newspaper

JUNE 6, 2024

The reduction, which comes into effect next year, meets long-standing demands from German dealers

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Sale 354

Maine Antique Digest

AUGUST 6, 2024

The catalog for the sale of Barry D. Hogan’s collection is the most recent addition to a long shelf of catalogs for single-owner estate sales of mostly Pennsylvania folk art and what used to be called “country furniture” that the Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.

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Sale Collectibles Furniture 195

Maine Antique Digest

JULY 9, 2024

Leland Little Auctions, Hillsborough, North Carolina Photos courtesy Leland Little Auctions For auctioneer Leland Little, the days of large in-house audiences at weekend sales are over. Large gatherings in his gallery are for community events, lectures, and previews of upcoming sales. In keeping with that

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Sale 195

The Art Newspaper

MARCH 31, 2025

Both auctions represent significant decreases from previous sales seasons, but strong sell-through rates and increased bidding from mainland China indicate signs of recovery

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Sale Drawings 196

Maine Antique Digest

JUNE 3, 2024

It was not a sale of high-powered artworks—only 15 lots sold Barridoff Auctions, South Portland, Maine Photos courtesy Barridoff Auctions On Saturday, April 13, Barridoff Auctions, South Portland, Maine, offered 280 lots of paintings, prints, and photographs to what nowadays would be considered a large crowd of retail buyers and the trade.

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Sale Prints Paintings 195

Maine Antique Digest

JULY 30, 2024

million sale. 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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Fine Art Sale 189

The Art Newspaper

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Against a background of a gloomy economic and political outlook, most dealers reported brisk business as the fair opened

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Sale 327

Maine Antique Digest

JANUARY 13, 2025

Tiffany Studios lighting and decorative arts objects dominated the sale, but there were other high-profile objects, called unusual and exceptional by the auction house. The September 28 and 29 auction at Fontaines Auction Gallery totaled just over $6.5 million from 1000 lots, according to the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, auction house.

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Auction House Sale 204

The Art Newspaper

JUNE 17, 2024

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has charged the owners of Merces Gallery with selling prohibited animal products online

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Auction House Sale 363

The Art Newspaper

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

They might not be hailed by the critics, but the likes of Opera and Halcyon are forging ahead

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Sale 357

The Art Newspaper

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In a subdued market, the season’s most promising auctions are of estates

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Sale Collectibles Auction House 340

The Art Newspaper

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Nine bidders competed for the 15th century painting of a Virgin and child at Sotheby's, while Zoffany, Tiepolo and Van Dyck topped auctions at Bonhams and Christie's

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Sale Paintings 335

The Art Newspaper

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The lower-priced sector is also the fastest growing, doubling over the past decade

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Sale 316

The Art Newspaper

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The gallery folded earlier this year and is in the process of dispersing its art inventory

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Sale 299

Maine Antique Digest

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Bath, Maine On October 13 Gurley Antique Shows started another season of the Bath Antique Sale held at the middle school in Bath, Maine. It is a series of seven shows—one each month all the way to April. These short-and-sweet shows are win-wins all the way around. It’s inexpensive to get in—the

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Sale 189

Maine Antique Digest

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The June 22 online sale held by Willis Henry Auctions, Inc., Willis Henry Auctions, Inc., Duxbury, Massachusetts Photos courtesy Willis Henry Auctions, Inc. included Shaker material from some early collections—ones formed way back when.

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Sale Material Collectibles 162

The Art Newspaper

DECEMBER 4, 2024

David Hammons, Robert Rauschenberg and Yayoi Kusama works lead seven-figure opening day deals

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Sale 315

Maine Antique Digest

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Wells, Maine Now in its 23rd year, the Wells Antiques Show & Sale is held at the historic Laudholm Farm in Wells, Maine, on the last Sunday in June. Managed and organized by John and Elizabeth DeSimone, principals of Goosefare Antiques & Promotions, the show has had a higher gate each

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Sale 162

The Art Newspaper

MAY 15, 2024

The results were led by Monet's 'Meules à Giverny' and Leonora Carrington's record-breaking 'Les Distractions de Dagobert'

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Sale 352

Maine Antique Digest

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Freeman’s | Hindman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Photos courtesy Freeman’s | Hindman Freeman’s | Hindman in Philadelphia kicked off the fall season Sunday, September 22, with a single-owner sale of American and European art, American furniture, fraktur, pottery, and the art of the blacksmith, most of it French wrought iron, from the collection of

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Sale Collectibles Furniture 173

The Art Newspaper

JUNE 12, 2024

Insiders say that today’s market is “hard to describe, very hard to decipher”

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Sale 336

The Art Newspaper

JUNE 12, 2024

Dealers at Basel's emerging art fair voice concerns about slow start

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Sale 328