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December 22, 2020By Laura Beach HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. – The mid-Twentieth Century is memorable for the debut of new museums devoted to the American arts, from Old Sturbridge Village in 1946 to the Museum of Early Southern...
December 22, 2020Review by Rick Russack, Photos Courtesy Weschler’s ROCKVILLE, MD. – Weschler’s may be the oldest family-owned auction house in the United States. The company, which was started in 1890...
December 22, 2020Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Ledbetter Folk & Americana Auction GIBSONVILLE, N.C. – There are key moments in a person’s life that only reveal their importance long after the dust...
December 22, 2020By Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy The Auction Houses NEWTOWN, CONN. – With the year wrapping up and year-end sales bringing down a final gavel on 2020, ’tis the season for Antiques...
December 22, 2020Notable sales found in our January 1, 2021 issue include high-value lots from well-known artists. The drawings Charles Schulz made for “The Peanuts Album” finished just south of $300,000 at Heritage...
December 22, 2020I was at an antiques show a few years ago when a dealer grinned widely as I approached. “Hey, come here, I want to show you something,” he said, as he turned to a highboy and pulled out a folk...
December 22, 2020Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Photos Courtesy Litchfield Auctions LITCHFIELD, CONN. – Two days of sales, December 8-9, at Litchfield Auctions kicked off with nearly 450 lots from the Chestnut Hill,...
December 22, 2020Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Photos Courtesy Carlsen Gallery, Inc. FREEHOLD, N.Y. – The December 13 sale at Carlsen Gallery, Inc., featured 399 lots, was nearly 98 percent sold and achieved a total...
December 22, 2020ST LOUIS, MO. – Topping the 329-lot “Historic Saint Louis & Mississippi River Valley Auction” conducted by Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers on December 12 was “Midsummer...
December 22, 2020NEW YORK CITY – An auction record for Ansel Adams was set at Sotheby’s on December 14 when a mural-sized print of “The Grand Tetons and The Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming”...
December 22, 2020DETROIT, MICH. – A geometric acrylic on canvas work by Al Held (American, 1928-2005) bested its $40,000 high estimate when it sold for $152,500 in DuMouchelles’ December 17-18 auction. The hard...
December 22, 2020MARLBOROUGH, MASS. – “Study for White Letter,” a woven textile in hand-spun wool with a four-sided selvage finish by Sheila Hicks (b 1934) sold at the top of Skinner’s Twentieth...
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