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Public Re-Opening of Gracie Mansion will Showcase Art Additions
ArtfixDaily / October 14th, 2015
Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the Mayor of New York City, has once again been transformed. Built in 1799, the stately Federal style mansion (East End Ave and 88th St.) underwent a $7-million restoration in 2002, and when first occupied in 2014 by Mayor Bill de ...
Digital Catalogue Raisonnes Underway for Fitz Henry Lane and Other 19th Century American Painters
New York Times / August 15th, 2015
A consortium of museums will present a new website of works by famed 19th-century marine artist Fitz Henry Lane next month. Fitzhenrylaneonline.org is one of several catalogue raisonnes, those exhaustive tomes that document an artist's oeuvre, in the works for American artists. So far, ...
Billionaire Scaife's Collection of Sailor's Valentines at Auction
Tribune Review / October 6th, 2014
Intricate 19th-century shellwork folk art from the Nantucket home of the late billionaire publisher Richard Mellon Scaife comes to auction this week.
Detroit Hit With a $4 Billion Proposal for City's Art
New York Times / August 27th, 2014
New York-based Art Capital has offered Detroit a loan of up to $4 billion in a new proposal that leaves the city's museum intact with its art used as collateral.
Titanic Mega-Lot Heads to Auction
ArtfixDaily / January 1st, 2012
As the 100th anniversary of the inaugural run and subsequent sinking of the RMS Titanic approaches, Guernsey’s auction house in New York prepares to sell off more than 5,500 items from the ill-fated ship. Part of a single collection, the huge grouping will be auctioned as one lot on April ...