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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, December 9, 2010

An important George III gilt-lacquered brass mounted fustic, rosewood, tulipwood and marquetry commode, almost certainly by Thomas Chippendale, circa 1770, sold for £3,793,250 ($5,980,438) at Sotheby's.

Chippendale commode, Roman bust soar at auction
ArtfixDaily Staff - December 8th, 2010 21:19

Dominating auction news on Tuesday was the record-setting sale of Audubon's Birds of America which reached $11.5 million, making it the most expensive book in the world. Dec. 7 was a banner day for Sotheby's as superb pieces in other categories, offered in London and New York, also catapulted well above estimates. Notably, the serpentine-shaped Harrington Commode, dating to circa 1770 and almost certainly crafted by Thomas Chippendale, achieved a world record price for English furniture of ...

Complex Mask (Donati Studio Mask) Yup’ik; Kuskokwim Region, Alaska, circa. 1890-1905, wood, pigment, sinew, vegetal fiber, cotton thread, replaced feathers,height: 34 inches.

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Arguably the most important Native American object to be offered for sale since the 1940s will be unveiled by the Donald Ellis Gallery at the Winter Antiques Show which takes place at Park ...

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