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Insights on Auction Sales: A Transformer and a Stamp Collection

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at Castle Auctions. Castle Auctions , a respected auction house based in Cyprus, recently held a sale featuring 376 items that totaled $23,587.37. While similar examples often bring in several thousand dollars at major auction houses, this one sold for just $556.11, making it a potential bargain.

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11 Different Ways to Achieve 700 USPAP-Compliant Appraisal Hours

International Society of Appraisers

If you work as an auction specialist , you can support your Appraisal Services department with client appraisals. If your auction house doesn’t have an Appraisal Services department, consider proposing one!) You might also offer clients insurance appraisals for newly acquired items. Research time counts.

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Insights on Auction Sales: A Corvette, Rare Titanic Postcard

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Also included in the Vogt sale were two paintings by French artist Edouard Cortes, a rare sight in a South Texas auction, though not entirely unprecedented—Vogt has sold a dozen Cortes works in the past six years. Four examples were featured in this auction alone, ranging in price from $17,000 to $25,000.

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Insights on Auction Sales: Howard Pyle Painting, Pokémon Cards

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Etched with the artist’s signature “Simen” and bearing the Baccarat backstamp, this limited edition piece is reportedly one of only twelve made, according to Replacements.com , making it even rarer than the auction house initially let on. Measuring 11″ x 8.5″

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Insights on Auction Sales: David Hockney Lithograph, Bobby Orr Jersey

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Another busy day in our roundup begins in the UK at Dawson’s auction house , where the fine art category featured a standout: a David Hockney Paper Pools piece. This cheerful color lithograph, numbered 101/1000 and signed by the artist, came bound as a single-page book complete with its original slipcase. at Dawsons.

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Insights on Auction Sales: Michael Jordan, Oushak Rug

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Yes, that’s the real name of the auction house. The piece, featuring the two artists nude and seated in balance like human scales, radiates a joyful, free-spirited energy emblematic of the late 1960s. It sold for $28,800, a testament to the enduring cultural impact of Smith and Mapplethorpe’s artistic and personal partnership.

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Comment | Artnet sale underscores its impact on the industry—and its limitations in today's landscape

The Art Newspaper

The combination of new money being made in financial services, its taste for the artists of the day and the availability of information that made art look like it could behave like stocks and shares created the ‘art as an investment’ craze that has pretty much dominated this century. Yet Artnet’s transparency was also welcome.

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