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Joyce Armistead Booth (Mrs. Mordecai Booth) by William Dering (active 1734/1735-1755), oil on canvas, Williamsburg, Virginia, ca. 1745. Gift of Julia Miles Brock, Edward Taliaferro Miles and Georginana Serpell Miles in memory of their mother, Alice Taliaferro Miles, 2018-165, A&B

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Receives Rare Painting from the Subject's Descendants by 18th-Century Virginia Artist

/ July 2nd, 2018

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Arturo Pacheco Altamirano (1903-1978)

Lots To Discover in Clarke Auction's June 25 Storage Sale

Clarke Auction / June 19th, 2018

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Charles Sorlier limited edition color lithograph (#69/75) on Arches paper of an artwork after Marc Chagall (1887-1985), titled Roses et Mimosas (est. $10,000-$20,000).

Signed prints after Chagall, Picasso and other artists are just part of Ahlers & Ogletree's June 24th auction

Ahlers & Ogletree / June 15th, 2018

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St. Demetrius at Mt. Athos_Courtesy Museum of Russian Icons

Museum of Russian Icons presents Icons from the Hellenic World: The Tiliakos Collection

Museum of Russian Icons / June 12th, 2018

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Babe Ruth, Lefty O'Doul, Lefty Grove and others Signed Baseball (1927-1930)

A Signed Babe Ruth Baseball Featured in Witherell’s  Mantuary Online Auction Just Before Father’s Day

Witherells / May 30th, 2018

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Lot 337: John James Audubon, Fish Hawk, Plate 81, hand-colored aquatint and engraved plate from Birds of America, London, 1830. Estimate $30,000 to $50,000.

From the Shoreline of Manhattan to the Island of California: Maps & Atlases at Swann Galleries June 7

Swann Galleries / May 22nd, 2018

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Lot 183: Charles Schulz, Do you like Beethoven?, ink and graphite, signed and inscribed, for Peanuts, 1970. Estimate $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann Galleries’ Illustration Sensation Features Addams, Schulz

Swann Galleries / May 17th, 2018

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Lot 19: Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, Parts I & II, first separate edition, first state, Philadelphia, 1776-77. Sold April 12, 2018 for $50,000.

Swann’s $1M Americana Auction Continues Upward Trend

Swann Galleries / April 17th, 2018

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Lot 19: Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, Parts I & II, first separate edition, first state, Philadelphia, 1776-77. Estimate $50,000 to $75,000.

Paine’s American Crisis Leads Swann Americana Auction

Swann Galleries / March 21st, 2018

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"Resurgence" by Carol McCord

Contemporary Art Gallery Online Announces an International Call for Artists to Participate in the Sixth Annual “Water/Seascapes” Competition & Exhibition.

/ May 25th, 2018

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Back in 1966-67, the “Souper” dress, inspired by the famous Soup Can art series by Andy Warhol, married art and advertising when paper dresses were in vogue. If one mailed in two labels from Campbell’s soup cans to the company along with $1, this dress was their reward.

Benefit Shop Foundation Auction Goes From Soup (Can) To Nuts May 16

Benefit Shop Foundation, Inc. / May 7th, 2018

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A trapunto white work so-called 'bridal' quilt of extraordinary workmanship

Still Need a Gift for Harry and Meghan?

/ May 7th, 2018

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Am West Hill with frame

Witherell’s American West at Auction has a newly discovered Thomas Hill painting of Yosemite Valley, a Grace Hudson and an Horatio Nelson Poole live and online.

Witherell's / May 3rd, 2018

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Oil on Masonite painting by Rhoda Brady Stokes (La., 1901-1988), titled Cotton Wagon Going Into the Barn, signed and dated (est. $1,500-$2,500).

Artworks by Rhoda Stokes, Pal Fried, Marietta Berman, others in Crescent City's May 19-20 Estates Auction

Crescent City Auction Gallery / May 3rd, 2018

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A rare early folky oil on canvas, signed Charles Fazzino, 1983, set an auction record price for the artist at $5,715.

Benefit Shop Auction Sets A High For A Folky Fazzino

Benefit Shop Foundation, Inc. / May 1st, 2018

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