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  • Q&A: Vicki Jenssen
    December 20, 2022

    Vicki Jenssen is an art historian, retired archaeological conservator and educator, and author of The Art of Carol Janeway, a comprehensive compendium that catalogs the life and work of Carol Janeway (American, 1913-1989). Referring to Janeway merely as a “ceramicist” only touches upon the breadth of her talents which, in addition to painting, were manifold and developed throughout her career.

  • Silvermine Art Colony & Its Founding Members
    December 20, 2022

    SILVERMINE, CONN. – Comradery and a shared commitment to artistic growth and excellence were at the core of Connecticut’s three art colonies during the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries. While both the Cos Cob and Old Lyme colonies have become well known for the role they played in American Impressionism, the lesser-known Silvermine Art Colony, situated at the intersection of Wilton, Norwalk and New Canaan, had a different clientele and mission.

  • Leland Shocks With 2022 Fall Classic Auction
    December 20, 2022

    MATAWAN, N.J. — Mickey Mantle’s notorious 1972 signed and handwritten “lewd” Yankees questionnaire sold for $242,789 and a “Mean” Joe Greene Steelers game-worn jersey from the team’s 1975 Super Bowl-winning season garnered $60,043 in the Lelands 2022 Fall Classic Auction, which closed on December 10.

  • Woody Reviews Four Successful Fine Cut Glass Auctions In 2022
    December 20, 2022

    DOUGLASS, KAN. – Woody Auction specializes in Victorian and pre-1920s antiques, but the firm’s real stock in trade is fine cut glass, which it has been offering at auction for years. This point was driven home over the course of 2022, when the company conducted four major cut glass auctions that all performed well and contributed to a highly successful year overall.

  • Dragon Vase Heats Up Abell’s Larry Flynt Estate Auction
    December 20, 2022

    LOS ANGELES — On December 13, Abell Auction Company sold the first part of items from the Beverly Hills, Calif., headquarters of Larry Flynt Publications, including furniture, artwork and decorative objects. The 263-lot sale was 100 percent sold by lot and earned a total of $636,875. In first place at $40,625 was a Turn-Teplitz Bohemia “Amphora” dragon vase, which vice president Todd Schireson said was “exquisite and one of a kind.”

  • Silver & Gold At Opfer’s Annual Egg Nog Auction
    December 20, 2022

    TIDMONIUM, MD. — Richard Opfer’s Annual Egg Nog Auction set the table for holiday sales on December 15 with more than 400 lots of fine silver, jewelry, fine arts and decorative arts. A six-piece sterling silver coffee service from Kirk & Son outshined its $4/6,000 estimate at $10,455, including buyer’s premium, leading the sale with other examples of sterling and gold flatware and service ware that were prominent in the top lots.

  • Halpern Judaica Textiles Fly For Sotheby’s
    December 20, 2022

    NEW YORK CITY — On Thursday, December 15, Sotheby’s offered “The Halpern Judaica Collection: Tradition and Treasure, Part I,” 138 lots from the collection of the late Judaica collector, Abraham Halpern. Noted for its breadth and depth, the jewel of Halpern’s collection was the textiles, many of of the lots were rare survivors of which few if any other examples are known.

  • Linke Louis XVI-Style Commode Commands $96,800 At Kodner’s Auction
    December 20, 2022

    DANIA BEACH, FLA. — Known primarily for its auctions of estate, designer and antique jewelry and luxury timepieces, Kodner brought French furniture and decoration across the block for its December 15 sale.

  • Bemelmans & Addams Duke It Out For Top Spot At Swann Auction
    December 20, 2022

    NEW YORK CITY — It was the penultimate illustration in Madeline’s Christmas versus Charles Addams’ quirky “Rock Climbers” cartoon in the ring at Swann Auction Galleries’ sale of illustration art on December 15. The bout ended with both pieces landing at $37,500, including buyer’s premium. Ludwig Bemelmans’ (1898-1962) “Miss Clavel again quite well…,” 1956, from Madeline’s Christmas was first published as a special insert in the 1956 Christmas edition of McCall’s Magazine and then in its first hardcover bound edition in 1985.

  • Mission Accomplished: Two-Time Space Traveling American Flag Wins Big At Heritage
    December 20, 2022

    DALLAS — An American flag that flew on two of the most significant space missions of all time soared to $300,000 to lead Heritage Auctions’ Space Exploration Signature sale to $2,254,958 on December 15 and 16. The out-of-this-world result for the Apollo 11 and Gemini 10-flown largest size American flag, signed and certified by Michael Collins, directly from his personal collection, was six times its estimate.

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