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(Fragment)New Antiques Show in Frederick, Maryland
The Early Settlers Antique Show will debut on Saturday, June 5, at the Great Frederick Fairgrounds in Frederick, Maryland. The one-day show, promoted by Jill Peterson and Christina Hummel, will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The show will occupy two temperature-controlled buildings with dealers from 19 states. Food ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Cole Collection Surpasses $2.5 Million
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
Marklin cars and locomotives set the tone during the very successful May 21 and 22 selling of the collection of Paul Cole (1931-2020). The sale total topped the $2.5 million mark (with buyers' premiums), showing that interest in rare, wonderful toys continues.
Bertoia defined ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, June 2021
Karl Bodmer, Hotokaneheh, Piegan Blackfoot Man, 1833, watercolor and graphite on paper. Collection of Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska.Gift of the Enron Art Foundation, 1986.
-Through July 25 -New York City
Karl Bodmer: North American Portraits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art depicts Native North Americans through watercolors created in the 1830s ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Brooks Cigar-Store Indian Sells for $61,500
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook
The Americana and international sale at Pook & Pook on May 21 in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, had a few predictable high prices for works long off the market, some household gear estimated at a few hundred dollars that brought several thousand, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two Online Sales at Skinner
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner, Inc.
Skinner's quarterly paintings auction was bifurcated, with the sale of American and European works of art taking place online on May 21 and paintings, sculpture, and works of art on paper sold online from May 11 through May 20. That format is in place ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fairfield Porter Tops American Paintings Sale
Bonhams, New York City
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Bonhams held its American art sale on Thursday, May 20 at its customary 4 p.m. time slot. Christie's and Sotheby's sales were held Tuesday and Wednesday of that week, respectively, and the Just Off Madison gallery walking event and an abbreviated online American Art Fair, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Nine Pieces of Revere Silver Sold at Heritage Auctions
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Paul Revere Jr. was best known for his midnight ride on April 18, 1775, to warn the Colonial militia that British troops were coming, ahead of the battles of Lexington and Concord that marked the beginning of the American Revolution.
Revere might be most remembered ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Freeman's Sale Feeds Hungry Buyers
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Freeman's
Freeman's jewelry and watches auction on May 19 contained antique and contemporary jewelry, including a large group from the collection of a prominent Philadelphia woman. Virginia Salem, vice president, head of jewelry and watches, said the group "was exciting to work with. We had sold ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art at Sotheby's
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
Sotheby's midweek sale of American art on May 19 saw a handful of bidders in the salesroom for the category's first live sale in over a year. The auction house offered 61 lots, several of which came from the Newark Museum of Art, Newark, New ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Burma Ruby Brings Hindman Record of $287,500
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Hindman Auctions
Hindman's May 18 spring jewelry auction contained many fine pieces of antique jewelry that brought solid prices. Much of it was from the collection of Carol Spector of Chicago, Illinois. Sally Klarr, Hindman's director and senior specialist for jewelry and timepieces, said in an ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art, Including the Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason Collection
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
Christie's held two auctions back to back on the morning of May 18-"Fields of Vision: The Private Collection of Artists Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason" and its customary spring American art sale. By the early afternoon the auction house's sales totaled $17,146,125 (including buyers' premiums).
Down ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Springfield Extravaganza
Springfield, Ohio
This is a story about tiara-wearing twins and the family's third sister, an ordinary gal who isn't necessarily thought of in terms of glitter and glamour, but who's a great person in her own way. At least, that's the way Jon Jenkins sees it.
Jenkins promotes the Springfield Antique Show ... (Read More)
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(Show)Virginia Pickers Antiques & Collectables Show Continues to Grow
Glen Allen, Virginia
The sixth edition of the Virginia Pickers Antiques & Collectables Show was held May 14 and 15 at Gilman's Farm in Glen Allen, Virginia. In its brief history, the Pickers show has steadily worked to define itself within the antiques and collectibles world of central Virginia and the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Featuring Ohio Valley Items
Garth's Auctions, Columbus, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth's Auctions
In the company's first sale with floor bidding since the start of the pandemic, Garth's Auctions opened the doors of the Municipal Light Plant on May 15 for an event concentrating on Americana and featuring items from the Ohio Valley. The top lot, a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)$62,500 Lincoln Platter Tops Huston Collection Sale
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Some old political buttons purchased for him by his father sparked Tom Charles Huston's interest in historic political memorabilia. That gift turned a young man into one of the most enthusiastic collectors of political campaign items.
Huston decided to sell some of his treasures through ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany Lamp Brings $3.74 Million in Record-Breaking Auction
Rago Arts and Auction, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago Arts and Auction
In June 2019 when auctioneers Richard Wright of Chicago and David Rago of Lambertville, New Jersey, announced plans to merge, they said they saw it as an opportunity for growth. Two years later growth is evident. Their two-day sale ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bidding Overseas? Be Aware of a "Bid Limit"
Barbara Israel of Katonah, New York, a dealer in garden antiques, had her sights set on a carved marble figure by Pietro Tenerani (Italian, 1789-1869) up for auction at Sworders in England on March 30. Psyche in a Faint, 1860, about 45" high, was estimated at GBP5000/8000 (approximately $6875/11,000 U.S.).
"It ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Circa 1736 Silk Robe Sells for $15,000
Augusta Auction Company, Bellows Falls, Vermont
Photos courtesy Augusta Auction Company
A circa 1736 open robe of Spitalfields silk and "rare exuberant design," the top seller in Augusta Auction Company's May 12 online sale of vintage and couture clothing, fashion accessories, historical textiles, and other items, is going home-or close to it.
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(Fragment)Under New Ownership, Bath Antique Sale Scheduled to Resume in October
The Bath Antique Sale is scheduled to resume on Sunday, October 10, at the Bath Middle School in Bath, Maine. The show is now owned by Joshua and Rachel Gurley of Gurley Antique Shows.
"I've turned it over to them. They approached me, and I decided it was time," said Paul ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Colescott Record Smashed
In Sotheby's contemporary art evening auction on May 12 in New York City, held a week before the American art auction, Robert Colescott's George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware River: Page from an American History Textbook sold to the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art for $15,315,900 (includes buyer's premium). The ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Realm of Rejected Values and Bad Behavior by Collectors (and Others)
It is comforting to think of collecting American antiques as a world of virtuous people. The courage and passion inherent in collecting bring a smile to my face. As a former academic I cherish the learning that takes place for any serious collector-learning history, learning what characteristics make a piece ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, May 2021
No real preamble for this month's Letter, just an expression of gratitude for the fact that though I continue to dip into provincial sales for my selections, the sort of London sales that this column thrives on have at last begun to make their way back into contention and selection.
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(Issue Story)New Tech for Old Stuff
The Young Collector
Much of the news of late in the art world has been about the sale of NFTs-or non-fungible tokens. If you are like us, you may have been struggling to understand this. (Or trying to ignore it entirely. We have gone back and forth on this a lot.) ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Record for Hockney's Celia
Hilliard & Co., Madison, Virginia
A Record for Hockney's Celia
by Walter C. Newman
Photos courtesy Hilliard & Co.
In its relatively brief seven-year history, Hilliard & Co. in Madison, Virginia, has built a well-deserved reputation as an auction firm that the industry must keep an eye on. Andre and Nicholas Hilliard along ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fishersville Doesn't Miss a Step
Fishersville Antiques Expo, Fishersville, Virginia
Following a one-year pandemic-induced hiatus, the 66th semiannual antiques show in Fishersville, Virginia, opened for business May 7 and 8 at the Augusta Expoland. Formerly known as the Shenandoah Antiques Expo and newly branded as the Fishersville Antiques Expo, the show has long been one of ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2021 Antique Garden Furniture Fair
Bronx, New York
Computer screens were awash with greenery during the online New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) Antique Garden Furniture Fair and accompanying plant auction, held April 29 through May 7, a yearly springtime event coveted by weekend gardeners, landscape designers, horticulturists, and garden ornament enthusiasts.
Jeffrey Tillou Antiques, Litchfield, Connecticut, sold ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Leyendecker Smashes Record at $4.12 Million
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
After a brisk bidding session on May 7 at Heritage Auctions, with multiple bidders jockeying to buy a painting by illustrator Joseph Christian "J.C." Leyendecker, the piece sold for an astonishing $4.12 million (with buyer's premium), shattering the previous auction record for a work ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Deaccessioned Work Sells for $2.8 Million
On October 21, 2020, the Greenville County Museum Commission, the governing body of the Greenville County Museum of Art (GCMA), Greenville, South Carolina, approved the deaccession of the museum's Alma Thomas painting Flower Garden.
The deaccession and subsequent sale were in keeping with the policy of the museum, the American Alliance ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer's premium when charged. We're always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of the Niall Smith Collection
Stair Galleries, Hudson, New York
Photos courtesy Stair Galleries
In the pause after the bidding for two Regency giltwood and ebonized convex mirrors ratcheted up to $24,000 ($30,720 with buyer's premium)-making it the top sale at Stair Galleries' online auction on May 6-there was not a sound. No audible exhale of excitement. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Legal Battle for Morphy and Julia
In November 2019 Morphy Auctions LLC filed a lawsuit in the Chancery Court in Delaware against James D. Julia, Inc., and James Julia, the former Maine auctioneer. The suit alleged that Julia violated terms of the agreement reached over the 2017 sale of Julia's assets (see M.A.D., February 2020). That ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)LiveAuctioneers Suspends Montreal Auction House
On March 9 the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC), a nonprofit human rights organization based in Toronto committed to countering racism and anti-Semitism, issued a press release calling for Madison's Historical, a Montreal auction house, to "immediately remove disturbing Holocaust and Nazi relics-including a used Zyklon ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Barbara Israel
Photos by Bree Moon
We are all spending much more time now in our houses and apartments because of COVID-19. Because we all might enjoy staring at someone else's walls for a change, this column gives our readers an idea of what some of their colleagues, fellow collectors, and other readers ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hopper, Rosseau, and Jacobsen Pace Doyle Auction
Doyle New York, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle New York
Doyle New York presented its May 5 auction in New York City as a sale of American paintings, furniture, and decorative arts, but American paintings captured the lion's share of the big numbers. It was an impressive sale, given that only ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Spring Antiques at Rhinebeck to Return; Tickets Must Be Purchased Online
The Spring Antiques at Rhinebeck Productions, will open to the public on Saturday, May 29, and Sunday, May 30, on the show's traditional Memorial Day weekend dates.
According to Frank Gaglio, the Dutchess County Fairgrounds will again host this event in three spacious and well-ventilated buildings that will adhere to all ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Humane: An Online and In-store Show
Old as Adam, Providence, Rhode Island
Photos courtesy Old as Adam
Some objects in Adam Irish's latest collection, Humane: Objects of Kindness & Cruelty, need little elaboration.
There's a painted pine and tin bird feeder in the form of a black cat with yellow eyes and white whiskers, inviting birds to sample seeds ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American and European Art
Hindman Auctions, Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Hindman Auctions
As one of three spring fine art sales by Hindman Auctions in Chicago held on sequential days, an American and European art sale on May 3 achieved remarkable success. Realizing $3.2 million (with buyers' premiums) for 136 lots, the American and European segment stood ... (Read More)
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(Auction)There's a Lot of "HOPE" for Gamage
Bruce Gamage Jr. Antiques, Rockland, Maine
Bruce Gamage's May 3 auction in Rockland, Maine, was only his second auction since the start of the pandemic shutdown. Last time around, in March 2020, he was all set to go when the shutdown forced him to cancel everything literally at the very last ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Folk Portraits Fly in Boston
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Grogan & Company
The spring sale at Grogan & Company, held on May 2 in the Boston gallery, was as colorful as a spring sale should be. It began at 11 a.m. and was still going strong at something after 9 p.m., by which time ... (Read More)
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(Show)Tri-State Antique Market
Lawrenceburg, Indiana
In its 36th year, the Tri-State Antique Market has become a summer staple for regional buyers and sellers. Held the first Sunday of the month, May through October, the show has 250 spaces scattered throughout the Dearborn County Fairgrounds in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, using one fully enclosed building, several open-sided ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rare Delft Charger Leads the Charge
Hap Moore Antiques Auctions, York, Maine
At Hap Moore's offering in York, Maine, on May 1, the period furniture was handsome and colorful. But prices were kept in check by some refinishing and some later paint additions. Nevertheless, a few items from the smaller lots rose to the fore.
The English delft ... (Read More)
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(Show)Cheers to Antiques at the Tavern
Antiques at the Tavern, Hanover, Virginia
The third installment of Antiques at the Tavern was held April 30 and May 1 on the grounds of Hanover Tavern, Hanover, Virginia. The show is sponsored by the Hanover Tavern Foundation, the not-for-profit organization that oversees operation of the tavern and all of its ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Records for a Heron and a Fish Decoy
Guyette & Deeter, St. Michaels, Maryland
First, we start with good news. Next, we'll move on to even greater news.
After selling fine and notable American waterfowl decoys and sporting collectibles each spring in St. Charles, Illinois, for more than a decade, and with COVID-19 driving the most recent two spring sales ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Simpler Thyme Antique Show
Muncie, Indiana
A Simpler Thyme Antique Show went through several modifications before opening on May 1 in Muncie, Indiana. For about 15 years, the event had been held in Noblesville, Indiana, roughly an hour away. In addition to the new location, there was a change of promoters and, most significantly, there ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rare Hank Williams Poster Sells for $150,000
A restored window card poster for a 1953 Hank Williams show that never happened sold on May 1 for $150,000 (includes buyer's premium) at Heritage Auctions, setting a world record for the most expensive concert poster ever sold at auction. (In April 2020 a Beatles poster for an August 23, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 59th Philadelphia Show
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The 59th Philadelphia Show, April 23-30, a benefit for the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA), was virtual for a second year. It may have been the last of the all-virtual antiques shows; it will be live on the East Terrace of the museum April 28-May 1, 2022, if all ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Marine Sale
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred's
Maritime art and artifacts in Eldred's April 29 and 30 marine sale were drawn mainly from area collections and estates. One exception was objects from California collector Richard Kelton, who had filled six spacious apartments in Marina del Rey with his prodigious collections before he ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Online Sales Are the New Normal
Davies Auctions, Brookston, Indiana
Photos courtesy Davies Auctions
Davies Auctions is doing something different these days, having switched exclusively to online sales with Internet and absentee bidding but no live audience. It started because of the coronavirus pandemic, but it's likely to continue indefinitely, according to owner Doug Davies. Since moving to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tabard Inn Library Bookcase Sells
An unusual Arts and Crafts-style revolving bookcase sold for GBP3380 ($4653) by English auction house Sworders in a sale held March 30 and 31. Made ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Kurau Family Offers Zamoiski Collection
William R. & Teresa F. Kurau, Lampeter, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy William R. & Teresa F. Kurau
What does a dealer do when asked to disperse one of the very best collections ever put together in his special field? An auction would be a landmark sale, a rite of passage, and its printed ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The John "J.D." Querry Estate Sale
Claystrong Enterprises, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Claystrong Enterprises
Clayton Armstrong of Claystrong Enterprises, based in Fort Loudon, Pennsylvania, held a two-day sale for the estate of John Querry on April 29 and 30. The Martinsburg, Pennsylvania, collector and dealer, who went by "J.D.," passed away on June 17, 2020, and had amassed ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Still Lifes and Works by Women Artists
Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Shannon's
Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers' April 29 auction delivered a sold-through rate just shy of 90% and established three record auction prices for the fine art that crossed the block-remotely. A bank of 20 phone bidders joined with robust online action to bring a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany and More at Heritage Auctions
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Stunning pieces of fine decorative art glass, highlighted by the superb craftsmanship of Tiffany Studios, crossed the auction block at Heritage Auctions' April 29 sale of Tiffany, Lalique, and art glass. The auction also included Art Nouveau and Art Deco works.
Enthusiastic bidders helped drive ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Judge Rules Union League Club Not Required to Sell Monet
On March 17 Judge Neil H. Cohen of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, ruled that the Union League Club of Chicago was not required to sell Pommiers en fleurs (Apple Trees in Blossom), an 1872 oil on canvas by Claude Monet (1840-1926). (See M.A.D., March 2021, p. 125.) ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)FBI Offers Reward for Information Regarding Stolen National Treasures
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the recovery of national treasures stolen 43 years ago from the Truman Presidential Library & Museum in Independence, Missouri.
Display of weapons before the 1978 theft.
On March 24, 1978, around 6:30 a.m. a car pulled up near ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Freeman's
Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman's
Benjamin Franklin wrote to his daughter, Sarah Franklin Bache, on June 3, 1779, "...The clay medallion of me you say you gave to Mr. Hopkinson was the first of the kind made in France. A variety of others have been made since of different sizes; some ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)New Straw for the Camel's Back
New York State Senator Robert Jackson wants to create an art education fund to provide assistance for art education and art supplies at the kindergarten through 12th-grade levels at public schools in New York. It's a worthwhile goal, but how it would be funded brings it to our attention.
Sen. Jackson ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Annual Spring Sale at Tremont Auctions
Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Tremont Auctions
Fine art, jewelry, and late 19th-century silver topped the action at Tremont Auctions' annual spring auction, held online on April 25 from the Sudbury, Massachusetts, gallery.
Dans le Jardin (above) by Vietnamese artist Le Pho (1907-2001), an oil on fine linen canvas or silk mounted ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spring Masterpiece Sale Tops $1.36 Million
Slotin Folk Art Auction, Buford, Georgia
Photos courtesy Slotin Folk Art Auction
Representing masterpieces by some of the biggest names in the self-taught art arena, Slotin Folk Art Auction continues to make waves. "It was another record-breaking auction for us," responded Steve Slotin, co-owner and operator of Slotin Folk Art Auction with ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Newman Collection of Games and Puzzles
Pook & Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook and Pook
A game by its very nature is competitive, and so was the sale of 272 board games and puzzles from the legendary collection of more than 850 that Bud and Judy Newman put together over a period of 45 years.
Bud Newman ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African American Art Sale Totals $3.9 Million
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
Swann Galleries' African American art department had its second-largest-grossing sale on April 22. Offering 220 lots, the sale totaled $3,985,760 (with buyers' premiums) and had a sell-through rate of 91%, with 200 lots sold. Auction records were made for 13 artists, according to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Declaration Sells for $930,000 and Solves Old Mystery
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
Christie's printed and manuscript Americana sale, held online April 8-22, was a small one with some big prices. The sale with no printed catalog was offered with "rolling closings" and brought $2,102,500 (including buyers' premiums) for 46 of the 53 lots offered; that is 87% ... (Read More)
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(Auction)$3.7 Million Sale of Fresh-to-Market California Art
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
The secret to the success of the April 20 Bonhams auction of California art in Los Angeles is not really a secret but a tried-and-true formula: quality material, much of which was fresh to the market.
Many of those fresh paintings came from the John Janneck ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Canadiana and Folk Art: The Marty Osler Collection
Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd., New Hamburg, Ontario
Photos courtesy Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd.
"Let's put it this way," said Ethan Miller, co-owner of Miller & Miller Auctions. "In all the auctions we've had, you get a sense of when the community is excited about a collection, and this was just ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Books and Manuscripts Blowout
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
Printed and manuscript Americana from the estate of Ira and Barbara Lipman offered in 557 lots in three sessions at Sotheby's, April 13 and 14, brought an impressive $12,396,132 (including buyers' premiums), well over the presale estimates of $735,000/10,600,000 (figured without buyers' premiums). The sale, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bunker Hill Visitor Logs Sold
Three logbooks, long missing from the Bunker Hill Museum, Charlestown, Massachusetts, raced past the $7500/8000 estimate to sell for $21,250 (includes buyer's premium) at University Archives, Wilton, Connecticut, on April 14.
The logbooks contain the signatures of over 40,000 visitors to the Bunker Hill Monument during the Civil War, between 1860 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Color, Form, and Surface Prevail
Skinner, Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner, Inc.
Eighteenth-century color, form, and surface prevailed in Skinner's Americana sale that ran online from April 1 to 12. Two Connecticut collections of early New England objects and 18th-century furniture plus textiles, furniture, and decorative arts deaccessioned from Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, Massachusetts, gave bidders much ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Country Antiques and Accessories
Flying Pig Auctions, Westmoreland, New Hampshire
Country Antiques and Accessories
"The sale was great!" said Roxanne Reuling of Flying Pig Auctions after the sale on April 12 in Westmoreland, New Hampshire. The 399-lot sale was primarily focused on American country antiques and appropriate accessories. An antique Oriental rug, 10'5" x 13'10", estimated ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sevatson and Foley Collections Anchor Sale
New Haven Auctions, Branford, Connecticut
Photos courtesy New Haven Auctions
New Haven Auctions' April 10 and 11 two-day sale, in the new gallery in Branford, Connecticut, offered two premier folk-art collections on day one. They were the collection of Maine dealer Robert Foley and the estate of Nancy Sevatson (1933-2020), who had ... (Read More)
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(Show)Midwest Antique & Art Show
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
There were stories to be told at the Midwest Antique & Art Show, held on April 11 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Stories of how a dog crate connected to a once-in-a-generation movie. Of a painting and the celebrity who once owned it. Of people, perseverance, and a shift ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Collector's Eye
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Not long into the spring edition of The Collector's Eye, a general-line antiques show held at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on April 11, a couple stood near an open bay that separates the event from the Midwest Antique & Art Show. The sibling events sidle against ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Chippendale Side Chairs Bring $33,210
A pair of 18th-century Philadelphia Chippendale mahogany side chairs sold for $33,210 (includes buyer's premium) in an online-only auction held on April 10 by Neue Auctions in Beachwood, Ohio.
$33,210.
The chairs, ex-Joe Kindig Jr., had sold at Garth's on March 26, 1988, for $80,000 (at that time, Garth's did not charge ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Control Issues
The Young Collector
Pandemic lifestyle grates on a person. Of course, at this point in winter, everything grates on a person, and as the anniversary of a year in shutdown rolls around for many of us, it grates all the more.
Many aspects of this are, as the kids would often say ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, April 2021
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer's premium when charged. We're always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Lost and Found: Copley Portraits Reunited
If a longtime trustee had not asked Tom Denenberg, director of the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont, to take a look at a Modernist painting illustrated in Sotheby's online catalog for a December 11, 2020, American art sale, he might not have known that John Singleton Copley's portrait of Mrs. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spring Sale on the Cape
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred's
Called "The Spring Sale," the April 1 and 2 auction at Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts, was online, culled from an array of Massachusetts-area estates and collections. Estimates seemed of little importance as items passed from one estate or collection to another collection. The auction offered ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Pleads Guilty in Warhol Scam
Brian R. Walshe, 46, of Lynn, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court on April 1 in connection with taking and attempting to sell on eBay two Andy Warhol paintings.
Walshe pleaded guilty to one count each of wire fraud, interstate transportation for a scheme to defraud, possession of converted goods, and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Saint Louis Art Museum Buys David Drake Ceramic Jar
The Saint Louis Art Museum has acquired a ceramic vessel signed and dated by the enslaved ceramicist David Drake (c. 1801-1870s). The museum purchased the work in December for $155,000 from dealer Robert Hunter of Yorktown, Virginia.
Jar by David Drake (c. 1801-after 1870), dated June 6, 1857, alkaline-glazed stoneware; ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, April 2021
While business appears to have been quite brisk in New York and other U.S. locations in 2021, the major London salerooms, as is generally the case, have been rather slow getting into "New Year" gear.
From those sales that had taken place before my copy deadline was reached, I have selected ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Keno Sues for Payment
On February 4 Keno, Inc., the New York City company owned by Leigh Keno, filed a motion for summary judgment against Grace Lu of Great Neck, New York. Keno claims it is owed $133,450.
The case, filed in Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, alleges ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tiffany Pond Lily Table Lamp Brings $138,000
Cottone Auctions' March 27 sale in Geneseo, New York, brought in $1.6 million for just over 200 lots.
The top lot was a rare Tiffany Studios Pond Lily lamp from a Winter Park, Florida, collection that sold for $138,000 (includes buyer's premium) via absentee bid.
Tiffany Studios Pond Lily table lamp, $138,000.
Sold ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Graham C. Boettcher
We are all spending much more time now in our houses and apartments because of COVID-19. Because we all might enjoy staring at someone else's walls for a change, this column gives our readers an idea of what some of their colleagues, fellow collectors, and other readers surround themselves with ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ossorio's Garden Welcomes Spring at Potomack
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia, kicked off spring 2021 with a series of four online-only auctions over a three-day period, March 23-25. The four sales were loosely targeted, consisting of jewelry and Asian works of art, followed by modern art, then English ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)An Abundance of Antique Jewelry and Bidders
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Skinner, Inc.
Skinner, Inc., Boston, held a "Fine Jewelry Collections" online sale from March 16 through 24. It contained the abundance of antique jewelry that Skinner has a history of offering in its auctions, at more modest prices than the jewelry in its live "Important Jewelry" ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Art and Antiques in Time of Crisis: The Metropolitan Fair of 1864
Like many in the art and antiques field, I have been stuck at home, with daily business largely at a standstill. I've used part of the time to fine-tune a manuscript written in 2019 for the Frick Center for the History of Collecting about the remarkable New York City dry ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Conditions of Sale
When an auction is advertised as having "No Buyer's Premium," it doesn't necessarily mean there will not be other charges.
A regional auction house touts that it doesn't charge a buyer's premium, which is an attractive incentive to bid in these days when the buyer's premium is pushing ever closer to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dover Antiques and Vintage Market-New Name and New Day of the Week
Gurley Antique Shows has scheduled its Dover Antiques and Vintage Market at the Dover Elks Lodge, 282 Durham Road, Dover, New Hampshire, for three Saturdays-April 24, May 22, and June 19-with more dates to follow. These shows will be outdoors from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be 50-plus ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Four Nakashima Lots Sold
Cox & Graves Auction Co., Fredericksburg, Virginia
Photos courtesy Cox & Graves Auction Co.
Readers may recall a report published on the M.A.D. website, "George Nakashima Furniture Sells Well in Virginia." The story covered an August 7-17, 2020, sale consisting of six pieces of furniture from the studios of the legendary New ... (Read More)
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(Auction)McInnis Finds the "Way"
John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy John McInnis Auctioneers
John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts, is making the best of a bad situation and finding the silver lining in the COVID-19-produced cloud. Even though the auction house carefully limited in-person attendance to 25 or fewer at its March 20 sale, phone, absentee, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)50-Year Railroadiana Collection
Soulis Auctions, Lone Jack, Missouri
Photos courtesy Soulis Auctions
Soulis Auctions of Lone Jack, Missouri, sold the 50-year railroadiana collection of Steve "Packrat" Cregut on March 20. Promoted as having "A Collection of the Best Lanterns Ever Offered at Auction," the sale featured about 250 lots that grossed $313,196 (including buyers' premiums). ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Jewelry Auctions Thriving after Year of Uncharted Territory
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Fortuna Auction
All prices include the buyer's premium.
Fortuna Auction in New York City has been holding live jewelry and watch sales without in-house audience participation about every 45 days since the beginning of the pandemic. Its March 19, 2020, sale, just days after New York City ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sold at Garth's
Garth's Auctions, Columbus, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth's Auctions
A Hepplewhite sugar chest was the top lot during the Americana sale held by Garth's Auctions of Columbus, Ohio, on March 19, selling for $11,250 (includes buyer's premium) against an estimate of $3000/5000. Dating to the first quarter of the 19th century and likely ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 64th Annual Spring Fox Valley Show-Online
Spring Fox Valley Antiques Show
All right everybody-let's dance! Readers may be familiar with the twist, the frug, the jitterbug, tap, the lindy, break dancing, and more recently flossing. Newly emerging is the Melbourne shuffle. But we want to tell you that just recently we spotted a new move: the pounce. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Casco Bay Hits Two Five-Figure Prices
Casco Bay Auctions, Freeport, Maine
March 13 marked the fourth auction at the new location of the nascent Casco Bay Auctions in Freeport, Maine, with auctioneer and owner Andrew Davis at the helm. After five months at the new site, Davis's plan is to mount an auction once a month for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts
Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan's Auctions
When Cowan's Auctions of Cincinnati, Ohio, held a two-day sale of American furniture, folk art, and decorative arts on March 9 and 10, the top lots served as a snapshot of the market for Americana, while the sale as a whole offered a panoramic ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Market for Historical American Art: The Inside Story
A Book Review
The inside story of the workings of the market for historical American art is told by 30 curators, scholars, dealers, art advisors, and auctioneers who make this segment of the art world happen. The book's general editor, collector Stephen M. Sessler, felt the need to publish what he ... (Read More)
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(Show)Celebrating Its 50th Year and a New Location
Hudson Antique Show, Canfield, Ohio
The pandemic that started in 2020 caused all Ohio antiques shows to go on hiatus for a solid year. Those who attend such events often wondered during these past months, "Will it ever be the same again?" The Hudson Antique Show, held March 6 and 7, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)March Madness Sale
Carlsen Gallery, Freehold, New York
Photos courtesy Carlsen Gallery
"The phones were jammed all day," said a happy Russ Carlsen in a post-sale chat. "The sale was well attended on the Internet." Some of the material Carlsen auctioned off at his March 7 Internet and phone sale had been the property of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Schroeder Collection of Toys and Banks Tops $3 Million
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
Bertoia Auctions' spring signature auction March 5 and 6 celebrated the collection of Aaron and Abby Schroeder, arguably one of the greatest toy and bank collections ever assembled. The weekend before, Morphy Auctions sold the superlative Bob and Judy Brady collection of toys ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, March 2021
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer's premium when charged. We're always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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