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Maison Odiot-inspired silver and quality French antiques coming to Akiba August 6
Twenty lots by Maison Odiot, including 20th-century copies of some of the Paris atelier’s most famous works, will appear at Akiba Galleries on Tuesday, August 6. They carry estimates ranging ...
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Furnaces Ornament leads our five auction highlights
Occasionally the workshops of Louis Comfort Tiffany would incorporate old and exotic works of art into its productions. A good example is this 10in (25cm) ornament that incorporates an 18th- ...
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Gold ring with carnelian intaglio carved by Nathaniel Merchant leads our five auction highlights
This gold-mounted carnelian intaglio ring depicting classical profiles of Cupid and Psyche embracing is signed in mirror image capitals for Nathaniel Marchant (1739-1816). Prolific in both Italy and England, he ...
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Paul Stankard elevates the humble glass paperweight to poetry
Paul Stankard’s (b. 1943-) path into studio glass was unusual in that he originally trained to make laboratory glass. He worked as a scientific glassblower for nine years before ...
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Purvis Young's Angels Free Us Estimated $10,000 - $30,000
DANIA BEACH, Fla. – Just months after achieving a massive new auction record for Purvis Young (1943-2010), Akiba Galleries is offering another large-scale work by the African American Outsider artist. The ...