The room was full for a recent American art auction at Heritage Auctions in Dallas. The evening brought paintings from the Jean and Graham Devoe Williford Charitable Trust. Together with the morning session, which offered works from Lexington Trust of Los Angeles, the sale brought in more than $5 million. It was the collection of … Continue reading Williford Collection Hightlights from Heritage Auction
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Tower Antiques Show, 2010
The Tower Building in Dallas’s Fair Park seems a good location for an antique show. Home to nine museums, six performance facilities, a lagoon, and the largest Ferris wheel in North America. Many of the buildings on the complex were constructed for the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936 which drew over six million visitors. Most … Continue reading Tower Antiques Show, 2010
The Indeterminate – Part 2
Part 1 is here. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Even though the market prices of American paintings have gone record high in the past decades, the American Barbizon school nowadays is less known in public and claims little spotlights in the major auction houses. Between the grand panoramic rendering of Hudson River School and exciting, bright-toned eye-candy of American … Continue reading The Indeterminate – Part 2
Urban Art & Antiques 