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Quiet Morning, Real Numbers: The Armory Show Settles Into Its New Calendar

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The fair's move to a late-September date brought a calmer start to opening day this year, with none of the rush that once defined the morning hours. Dealers were not complaining. By the time the week wrapped, sales across the floor ranged from a few thousand dollars for smaller works to well into six figures for the strongest pieces on view. For a fair now finding its footing in a new slot on the calendar, steady business looks like its own kind of success.

With reporting from ARTnews.

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