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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Wednesday, December 29, 2010
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Art collector and financier Roy Neuberger remembered
Bloomberg - December 29th, 2010 00:12
Roy Neuberger, the legendary investor and art collector, died at age 107 in New York City on Dec. 24. As the successful cofounder of the money manager Neuberger Berman, he was able to collect a wide swath of American artists such as Milton Avery, Stuart Davis, Alexander Calder, Jackson Pollock, Georgia O'Keefe and Edward Hopper. Neuberger began collecting after reading a biography of Vincent Van Gogh. He said his life was changed by the story of how Van Gogh struggled, yet only sold a few ...
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Edmonia Lewis sculpture achieves $287,500 at auction
Antiques and the Arts - December 28th, 2010 22:57
A rare carving by Edmonia Lewis, the 1898 work "Three Native Americans in Battle," or "Indians Wrestling," soared to $287,500 at Gabriel's Auctioneers/Appraisers in Norwood, Mass., on November 29.
The 30-inch sculpture, made of white Carrara marble...
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Jewelry Dazzles at Weschler's; Australian & Indonesian Works of Art Have a Solid Performance
Release Date: 28 December 2010
On Saturday, December 4th, the Jewelry, Coins & Watches, American & European Fine Art and 20th Century Decorative Arts sessions gave a solid performance at Weschler’s, totaling over $571,000, with 84 percent sold by lot. The morning began on a high note with a selection of U.S. and ...
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Kentucky butter churn fetches auction record of $55,200
Maysville Online - December 28th, 2010 22:42
In October, Knoxville-based Case Antiques Inc., Auctions and Appraisals sold an eight gallon stoneware butter churn, made and decorated in Maysville, Kentucky, by Isaac Thomas, for $55,200, a record price for Kentucky pottery.
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Important Decoys On Offer at Copley's Winter Sale
Release Date: 15 December 2010
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – On January 17, Copley Fine Art Auctions will conduct its first Winter Sale, offering 430 lots of top-notch American paintings, decoys and related folk art. Chairman and CEO Stephen O’Brien, Jr. remarked, “We are excited about this truly exceptional grouping of antique ...
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