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Evans ‘Cityscape’ pieces soar at Palm Beach Modern auction
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Palm Beach Modern Auctions’ (PBMA) autumn-themed Nov. 22 sale included the most expensive grouping of furniture ever to be offered by the company. Buyers signaled their approval of the carefully curated selection with bids that set records for many specific designers and resulted in an 85 percent sell-through rate (by […]
Palm Beach Modern’s Nov. 22 auction a Who’s Who of design luminaries
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The team at Palm Beach Modern Auctions (PBMA) – south Florida’s leading specialists in modern and contemporary art and design – will welcome bidders and other interested guests to a Nov. 22 Modern Design auction of more than 400 carefully chosen lots. Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers. […]
Cordier Auctions has all that glitters in Nov. 10-11 sale
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Cordier Auctions will hold their Fall Antique & Fine Art auction Nov. 10 and 11. Highlights of the sale include paintings by Paul Feiler (German/English, b. 1918) and John Clymer (American, 1907-1989), a Chinese Qing Dynasty dragon robe and a 1925 Ford Model T pickup truck as well as 100 lots of […]
Kovels – Antiques & Collecting: Week of March 30, 2009
Getting dressed was more complicated for a well-to-do woman in the 19th century. She wore undergarments, a camisole, petticoats, a laced corset, long stockings, shoes, a dress and accessories. To help with this project, furniture designers invented the slipper chair for the bedroom. It’s a chair with short legs that put the seat about 15 […]