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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Monday, April 28, 2014

This Sunburst Snuff Jar, made circa 1815-1830 by the Keene Marlboro Street Glassworks in New Hampshire, sold for $57,330 in an online-only auction.

Global Online Art Sales May Double in Five Years, Study Says
ArtfixDaily Staff - April 27th, 2014 22:58

A new set of younger and first-time buyers could fuel the value of the online fine art market to $3.76 billion in the next five years from $1.57 billion in 2013, according to British insurer Hiscox.

Helen Pashgian, Untitled (detail of work in process in the artist’s studio), 2012–13, © Helen Pashgian, photo by Josh Morton

LACMA Acquires Ten Artworks During its Annual Collectors Committee Weekend, Raising More Than $4.1 Million
Release Date: 27 April 2014
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced the acquisition of ten artworks during the museum’s 29th annual Collectors Committee fundraiser. In one weekend LACMA’s Collectors Committee added diverse objects to the museum’s permanent collection, including ...

Ira Barkoff, Glowing Warm, 2008, Oil on canvas, 50 x 52 Gift of Frederic Thaler & Kathleen Mooney in memory of Seymour R. Thaler & Mildred Thaler Cohen and John Daniel Mooney

Exhibition Opens at the Mattatuck Museum Sphere of Influence: Ira Barkoff & the Washington Art Association
Release Date: 25 April 2014
Join the Mattatuck Museum for the opening reception of the exciting spring exhibition, Sphere of Influence: Ira Barkoff & the Washington Art Association, on Sunday, May 4, 2014 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. Painter Ira Barkoff has been teaching at the WAA for eighteen years, one afternoon a week for ...

Federal Satinwood and Figured Birchwood Inlaid Mahogany Secretary-Bookcase, Circa 1805 ($3,000-$5,000)

Weschler’s Spring Auction Features Property from The Textile Museum
Release Date: 25 April 2014
Furniture and decorative art from The Textile Museum will be part of Weschler’s spring auction, held on Friday, May 9, 2014. The Textile Museum is moving out of their historic Kalorama location to their new home at The George Washington University. Items to be auctioned include furnishings from ...

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	Fruitlands Museum opens 100th season Release Date: 25 April 2014 TWO NEW EXHIBITIONS OPEN: THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE: FRUITLANDS’ LIVING COLLECTION and THE EHRENKRANZ BASKET COLLECTION. (Harvard, Mass.) Fruitlands Museum opens its 100th main season with two new exhibitions–The Changing Landscape: Fruitlands’ Living Collection (on view through June 8) ... Read more

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