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Detail of Maxfield Parrish's North Wall Panel, 1918, oil on canvas, 64 x 221¼ in. Parrish panorama, W.T. Richards seascape buoy Christie's sale
ArtfixDaily Staff - May 19th, 2011 02:54
A view of Mackerel Cove at Jamestown, Rhode Island, fetched $1,650,500, triple the previous auction record for a work by 19th c. artist William Trost Richards at Christie's on Wed. The total figure of $22,193,800 for the Important American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture sale was up over 2010's results even while just 88 of 138 lots sold (64% sold by lot). The Richards seascape, dating from 1894, more than doubled its low estimate of $700,000. The oil on canvas went to Caldwell Gallery of ...

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John Fulton Folinsbee Aspire Auctions May Fine Art & Antiques Auction
Release Date: 18 May 2011
Featuring over fourteen hundred lots, Aspire Auction's May 2011 sale will run from Friday, May 20th to Saturday, May 28th. Though bidding is only done online, Aspire will host an on-site preview party at their Cleveland, Ohio-based gallery on the 20th. This event will give clients a chance to ...

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PAJAMA, Margaret French, George Tooker and Jared French, Nantucket, c.  1946 Vintage Silver print, 5 x 6 7/8 in. AN INTIMATE CIRCLE: Paul Cadmus, Jared French, Margaret French, George Platt Lynes, and George Tooker
Release Date: 18 May 2011
An Intimate Circle presents drawings and photographs by George Tooker’s close friends Paul Cadmus, Jared French, and Margaret French, as well as by George Platt Lynes, who was part of their wider circle in New York City. Complementing the memorial exhibition George Tooker: Reality Returns as a ...

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Clement Meadmore (Australian, 1929-2005) Open End, Bronze on Marble base. Gray’s May 25 art furniture auction to benefit Cleveland Play House
Release Date: 19 May 2011
CLEVELAND - Gray's Auctioneers' sale on Wednesday, May 25, will feature fine works of art, decorative arts and furniture - and many of the lots have been donated to benefit the Cleveland Play House, America's first regional theater, founded in 1915. Highlights of the 341-lot auction include a ...

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Featured Event
William McGregor Paxton A Modern Madonna THE MAY AUCTION
May 21-22, 2011
Grogan and Company
Dedham, Massachusetts
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The Manchester Pickers Market and MidWeek in Manchester Antiques Shows return to the Furniture World Design Center in August 2011. Pickers Market and Mid*Week return to Furniture World
Release Date: 18 May 2011
Barn Star Productions and Frank Gaglio are pleased to announce their two premiere antiques shows during Antiques Week in New Hampshire will be returning to the Furniture World Design Center for August 2011. The Manchester Pickers Market Antiques Show, Monday August 8, and Mid*Week in Manchester ...

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