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Partner Steve Fletcher with a Fine and Rare Chippendale Carved Mahogany Reverse Serpentine Bureau, coastal Massachusetts, c. 1760-80. Sold for $291,000

Connoisseurs Collections from Across the United States Reach a Wide Bidder Base - $4.6m Week for Skinner

Skinner, Inc. / December 2nd, 2019

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Late 19th Century oil on canvas painting by the Dutch realist painter Anton (Anthonij) Mauve (1838-1888), of sheep in a landscape setting, signed, framed and dated 1875 (est. $10,000-$20,000).

Figural landscape by Anton Mauve (Dutch, 1838-1888) will be auctioned December 7th

Ancient Resource Auctions / November 21st, 2019

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Pam Stone stands next to this rare and massive 104-drawer apothecary library card filing cabinet ($400-800) with hand dovetailing and porcelain knobs, which stands over 72 inches tall.

Americana, Midcentury, Art, Antiques At Benefit Shop Foundation Auction Nov. 20

Benefit Shop Foundation, Inc. / November 11th, 2019

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Bob Kramer Steel and Meteorite Chef’s Knife

With Record Prices, Anthony Bourdain Auction Rings Up an Astounding $1,846,575

/ November 5th, 2019

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Edouard Duval-Carrié (b. 1954). Soucouyant #4, 2017. Mixed media on aluminum. Diameter: 96 in. Courtesy of the artist.

Brown Arts Initiative and The Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice present Edouard Duval-Carrié Exhibition on view through Dec. 13

Brown Arts Initiative / October 23rd, 2019

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Bronze figure of Harpokrates – the Greek god of silence, secrets and confidentiality – wearing a Hem Hem crown and side-lock, 6 ½ inches tall on an antique wooden base (est. $700-$1,000).

Ancient Resource Auctions will hold an online-only Holiday Antiquities Discovery Sale, November 16th

Ancient Resource Auctions / October 31st, 2019

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This oversized African carved wood mask ($300/1,500) from the Bobo in Burkina Faso or the Fang peoples in Cameroon has etched motifs of varying animals, 49 by 16 ¼ by 11 inches.

Benefit Shop Foundation Inc. Auction Will Span Time, World On Oct. 23

Benefit Shop Foundation, Inc. / October 9th, 2019

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Caleb Anderson, Drake/Anderson

The New Connoisseurs: Collecting With Personal Style A Panel Discussion with Leading Design and Style Influencers at the AADLA Fine Art & Antiques Show on Saturday, November 2

/ October 3rd, 2019

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Greek terracotta relief scene from the 5th century BC, depicting two women seated on ornate chairs and facing each other, in conversation as they spin a fiber into yarn (est. $8,000-$12,000).

Ancient Resource Auctions' online Fall Exceptional Antiquities Sale is slated for October 19th

Ancient Resource Auctions / October 3rd, 2019

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Juan Simón Gutiérrez (Medina-Sidonia 1643 – 1718 Seville) The Child Virgin Spinning (La Virgen niña hilando) Oil on canvas 30 ¼ x 22 ¾ inches (76.8 x 57.7 cm.)

4th Edition of October Art Week Announces Stellar Line-up of Blue-chip Galleries on New York’s Upper East Side

/ October 1st, 2019

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Dale Chihuly (American, b.1941) Monumental Carmine Macchia with Navy Lip Wrap, series M, 2000. Provenance: Chihuly Studio. Size: 21” x 28” x 33” Est. $15,000-$25,000

Works by Dale Chihuly, Clementine Hunter, Purvis Young, many others are in Material Culture's Art360 auction, Oct. 13

Material Culture / October 2nd, 2019

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One of five posters to be featured at the PPJC climate march on 9/20

Art makes a bid to help save the climate

/ September 19th, 2019

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Etruscan bronze figure of Herakles (circa 3rd-2nd Century BC), 4 ½ inches tall and mounted on an old wood base. Facial details are nicely preserved and the piece has a nice, even brown patina.

Ancient Resource Auctions' Sept. 7th online-only auction is packed with rare, authentic antiquities

Ancient Resource Auctions / August 28th, 2019

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Egyptian panel from the lid of a sarcophagus, dating to the Late Period (circa 664-332 BC), 33 ½ inches long, formerly in the collection of the late actor Larry Hagman (est. $12,000-$20,000).

Ancient Resource Auctions' August 3rd online auction features antiquities, ethnographic items, fossils

Ancient Resource Auctions / July 24th, 2019

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Expressionist painting by Hunt Slonem (N.Y./Me./La., b. 1951), titled White Sulphur and depicting white butterflies over a powder blue background, artist signed ($10,000).

Chinese vases, Coca-Cola items and a Hunt Slonem painting lead the way at Bruneau's July 13 auction

Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers / July 23rd, 2019

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