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(Auction)Silver and Modern Pottery Draw Bidders
Andrews & Andrews, Northport, Maine
On a frosty February 8 the Blue Goose Center in Northport, Maine, was full of browsers, bidders, and buyers. The occasion was an approximately 300-lot auction conducted by Daniel and Elsie Andrews, longtime Maine auctioneers who call their business Andrews & Andrews. Elsie serves as vice-chair ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Canadiana in Demand
Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd., New Hamburg, Ontario
Photos courtesy Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd.
All prices in U.S. dollars
Quebec arbalete (crossbow) butternut commode, 32" x 46" x 24", with the unusual feature of a serpentine paneled door on each side and scrolled brackets on the front posts, sold for $49,656 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Boston Collects" at Doyle
Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers, Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers
Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers' February 7 "Boston Collects" auction in Boston, Massachusetts, sold fine art and decorations with connections to the Boston area by origin, creator, and collection. Silver and artwork pleased bidders enough to boost many of the lots' ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Franklin Bust Sells for $441,000
Christie's, New York City
A white Carrara marble bust of Benjamin Franklin by John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish, 1694-1770), 1757-62, inscribed on the reverse "Benjamin Franklin / Michl: Rysbrack / Sculpt:" sold with an associated later marble column for $441,000 (including buyer's premium) to an online bidder in Connecticut at Christie's sale ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)2025 Failey Grants
The Decorative Arts Trust has announced seven 2025 Dean F. Failey Grant recipients: Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, for the exhibition Silver & Ceremony from Southern Asia, 1850-1910; Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, Massachusetts, for the exhibition Body by Design: Fashionable Silhouettes; Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii, for quilt conservation; ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Collection of Patricia Scipio-Brim
Swann Auction Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Auction Galleries
Swann Auction Galleries held a single-owner estate sale on February 6 that according to the auction house achieved a sell-through rate of 98%, with only two out of the 82 lots unsold. The sale totaled $1,210,195 (includes buyers' premiums).
"Abstract Beauty: The ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hand-Me-Downs
Beneath the Surface
At the end of every year, we spend time sorting through the house, moving along things that can be used by someone else to make room for the things that are coming in the form of holiday gifts. There is a whole process of evaluating and assessing that ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Heritage Auctions Celebrates Its Most Successful Year
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, reached $1,867,023,603 in total sales in 2024, the highest ever for the 49-year-old company, the firm stated in a press release. That's almost $1 billion more than the auction house recorded only four years ago, when sales totaled $873 million.
CEO and cofounder Steve Ivy said, "While ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 71st Winter Show
New York City
For 71 years during the last ten days of January the great drill hall at the armory on Park Avenue between 66th and 67th Streets has been filled with the finest objects, paintings, books and manuscripts, textiles, and jewelry that the exhibitors can muster. This year, from January ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany Lamps Shine at Fontaine's
Fontaine's Auction Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Fontaine's Auction Gallery
If loving Tiffany lamps is your jam, one stop that needs to be added to the itinerary is Fontaine's Auction Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where numerous online events offer outstanding examples of this genre. The total for the company's two-day fine and decorative ... (Read More)
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(Show)Nameless Art + Design Show 2025
New York City
The second iteration of Nameless Art + Design Show opened the evening of January 31 and spilled into the first weekend of the month, February 1 and 2, enticing collectors and those curious to see what the event was about. The show is held in a gallery space ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Carole Carpenter Wahler Collection
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm
"It was the highest-grossing single-owner stoneware and redware auction of all time," wrote Brandt Zipp in a follow-up email after the sale of the Carole Carpenter Wahler collection. The total gross for the 302-lot sale was $1,338,810 (including buyers' premiums). All lots were sold ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 51st Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Association Winter Show & Sale
Waukesha, Wisconsin
You've got to love a show that makes a big deal about honoring local traditions. In the case of the 51st Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Association (WADA) Winter Antiques Show & Sale, held January 31 and February 1, bragging rights extend beyond a traditional Northwoods fish fry supper on opening ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Original 184th Semi-Annual York Antiques Show & Sale
York, Pennsylvania
On January 31 and February 1 the York Fairgrounds Convention & Expo Center in York, Pennsylvania, opened with a rush of eager buyers looking for the best in Americana and folk art. The Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show & Sale is attended by people from multiple nearby states because ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Americana Week" Auction
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Bonhams Skinner
The Bonhams Skinner "Americana Week" auction on January 31 was held live in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and online, tying into the annual Americana Week in New York City. Some 219 lots of antiques crossed the block, giving old and new collectors a shot at ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Colin Stair
Photos by Sean Cochran, Stair Galleries
Colin Stair of Stair Galleries literally grew up in the business of art and antiques. His great-grandfather, who was an architect, and his grandfather established Stair & Co. in Mayfair, London, branching out in the 1950s and 1960s to five other locations. "They had a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sandy Smith's Collection
Stair Galleries, Hudson, New York
Photos courtesy Stair Galleries
The January 30 sale of art and antiques from the estate of show promoter Sanford "Sandy" Smith (1939-2024) brought a total of $604,648.88 (including buyers' premiums) for 160 lots of folk art, figural shooting gallery targets, marine paintings, bronze sculptures, Grenfell hooked rugs, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sotheby's Downsizes and Changes Fees
On December 12, just after M.A.D. went to press and reported on the upcoming January Americana sales in New York City, which for half a century have been the barometer of this segment of the marketplace, Sotheby's announced it had laid off more than 100 staff members around the globe, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Back to the Future
Editorial, February 2025
That didn't last long. On February 1, 2024, Sotheby's announced a new commission structure that would go into effect on May 20, 2024. The convoluted buyer's premium would be reduced to 20% of the hammer price up to and including $6 million. Beyond $6 million, the buyer's premium ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, February 2025
Edgar Miller (1899-1993), Celotex Building Products, printed program cover for The Architects Ball, 1938. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Paul and Janis Miller, 2013.71.107a.
-Through February 23 -Chicago, Illinois
Edgar Miller: Anti-Modern, 1917-1967 at the DePaul Art Museum presents the artist as a multifaceted creative practitioner. He was an architect, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of the Millhiser Collection
Freeman's | Hindman, New York City
Photos courtesy Freeman's | Hindman
Freeman's | Hindman sold 26 lots that included American furniture, needlework, a set of four Georgian silver candlesticks, and three Oriental rugs in 39 minutes on January 27 at the New York City gallery at 32 East 67th Street.
The collection sent ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Bern Antique Show & Sale
New Bern, North Carolina
Twenty-three vendors including 15 returnees populated The Maola at Riverside in New Bern, North Carolina, January 23-26. As with the 37 previous annual shows, this show's proceeds benefited the New Bern Preservation Foundation.
Two days before opening day, a storm left 4" of snow on the town. Downtown ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Outsider Art Sale at Christie's
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
The 2025 edition of Christie's Outsider art auction moved to Americana Week and was first up during the schedule of auctions held January 22-26 in New York City during bitter cold temperatures.
Offering 145 lots, including property from the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and the Robert M. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Sotheby's
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
Sotheby's live sale of Americana on Saturday, January 25, brought $4,517,280 (with buyers' premiums) for 94 of the 132 lots offered and was 71% sold by lot. When it began at 10 a.m., nearly 50 people were in the salesroom, but the crowd had dwindled ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Signature Quilt Returns Home
On January 25 Dana Auctions LLC, Princeton, New Jersey, sold an 80" x 84" Pennsylvania signature quilt in the Star of Bethlehem pattern for $6150 (includes buyer's premium). The estimate for the quilt, dated March 1913, was $300/600.
The textile was crafted by the Zwingli Y. P. Society of Christ Reformed ... (Read More)
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(Auction)$8.4 Million Americana Auction
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
Christie's January 24 Americana sale in New York City brought an impressive $8,476,042 and was 84% sold by lot. The firm attributed its success to the fact that one in four buyers was new to Christie's, and 10% of them were millennials.
The newly discovered ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art of the Americas Sale
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
Sotheby's held its "Art of the Americas" sale featuring the American West January 24 in two sessions. The sale was part of the auction house's "Visions of America" weeklong event. Overall, the two sessions totaled $8,716,620. The first session offered 48 lots and had an ... (Read More)
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(Auction)19th-Century American and Western Art
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
Christie's January 23 afternoon sale of 19th-century American and Western art sale offered 123 lots. The auction totaled $12,472,442 (including buyers' premiums) and had an 85% sell-through rate. It followed the morning auction, "American Sublime: Property from an Important Private Collection." With the two sales ... (Read More)
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(Auction)New England Art Paces Sale by PLD Auctions
PLD Auctions, Mechanic Falls, Maine
PLD Auctions, Inc., was formed years ago from the demise of the Cyr Auction Company. Three of the former Cyr employees, Pamela LaBonte, Louis Black, and David Kimball, picked up the pieces and formed their own auction company, combining their first initials as the new company ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"American Sublime": A Private Collection at Christie's
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
Twelve Christie's specialists were on the phones taking bids for "American Sublime: Property from an Important Private Collection" on the morning of Thursday, January 23. The 43-lot sale, consigned by an anonymous collector with whom some of the American art dealers sitting in the saleroom ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Olde Hope's Party before The Winter Show
New York City
For the last five years, Patrick Bell and Edwin Hild of Olde Hope have hosted a cocktail party at their New York City gallery at 115 East 72nd Street on the Wednesday of Americana Week. This year it fell on January 22. New Yorkers and collectors in town ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Winter Antiques and Art Auction
Meander Auctions, Whipple, Ohio
Photos courtesy Meander Auctions
Paintings by Ohio artist Clyde Singer (1908-1999) brought the two highest prices during the winter antiques and art sale held by Meander Auctions in Whipple, Ohio, January 18. Also topping the charts were a political-based ambrotype from the mid-19th century, appropriate two months after ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sale at Pook & Pook
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.
Pook & Pook's January 16 and 17 sale with nearly 1000 lots avoided going head to head with Americana Week in the Big Apple. The sale was posted before Christmas, and printed catalogs, now a rarity, were mailed and available ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Recovered Tiffany Window Returned to Museum
The Worcester Art Museum, through the work of the Art Loss Register (ALR), has secured the return of a Tiffany Studios stained-glass window to the museum in Worcester, Massachusetts.
In 1975 the Mount Vernon Congregational Church in Boston, Massachusetts, presented the Worcester Art Museum with a gift consisting of two sets ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Story Time
Beneath the Surface
Our children have reached the age where they find us "cringe." (That is what they call "embarrassing" these days. A key way to be cringe is to use their slang against them. You get bonus points if you do it on purpose, and you level up if you ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Online-Only Sale of the Estate of Craig Fisher
Davies Auctions, Brookston, Indiana
Photos courtesy Davies Auctions
Two-piece stepback cupboard in cherry with original red paint, Indiana, circa 1850, 86" high x 531/2" wide, $32,200 (est. $4000/8000). The cupboard had sold at auction in 2002 for $40,000.
A two-piece stepback cupboard in cherry with old red paint sold for $32,200 (includes buyer's ... (Read More)
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(Show)"Preserving the Future of Our Past"
Washington Winter Show, Washington, D.C.
The 70th edition of the Washington Winter Show was held January 9-12 at the Katzen Arts Center on the campus of American University in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1954 as the Washington Antiques Show and in the ensuing years having been held at several locations in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Historic New England Awards Preservation Grants
Each year Historic New England awards a Herbert and Louise Whitney Fund Community Preservation Grant to a small or medium-size heritage preservation organization in each New England state. The grants support projects that save and expand the stories shared in New England communities. In 2024 Historic New England awarded grants ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, January 2025
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)Two-Day Sale at New England Auctions
New England Auctions, Branford, Connecticut
Photos courtesy New England Auctions
The first day of the two-day sale held by Fred Giampietro's New England Auctions January 8 and 9 in the Branford, Connecticut, gallery, featured material from Ron and Penny Dionne, Allan and Kendra Daniel, and a Stonington, Connecticut, estate. On day two ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Ron and Joyce Bassin
Having recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary, Ron and Joyce Bassin of A Bird in Hand Antiques, Florham Park, New Jersey, are still on the road having fun. They exhibit at nine shows a year, from Washington, D.C., to York, Pennsylvania (two times a year); Thomasville, Georgia; Charleston, South Carolina; ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Three-Day Auction and an Expensive Bullet Hole
John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy John McInnis Auctioneers
How often does a bullet hole turn up at auction? Ask John McInnis. The January 3, 4, and 5 sales at John McInnis Auctioneers, held live in the Amesbury, Massachusetts, gallery, featured a clapboard with a historical bullet hole that sold for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Drayton Hall Preservation Trust Wins Award
The Decorative Arts Trust has awarded the 2024 Prize for Excellence and Innovation to Drayton Hall Preservation Trust in Charleston, South Carolina, for projects to include the conservation of the plaster ceiling in the house's great hall, the investigation of the plaster ceiling in the drawing room, and digital and ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Unnamed Figures
A Book Review
Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North corrects the view that slavery and anti-black racism is just a "southern issue." The book accompanied the exhibition of the same name that opened to much acclaim at the American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) in New York ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Americana Week in New York City
For 70 years collectors, curators, and the curious have made a pilgrimage to New York City in cold January to feast their eyes and learn all they can about the finest furniture, silver, paintings, ceramics, and folk art that money can buy exhibited at The Winter Show at the Park ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sandy's Stuff to Sell
Stair Galleries will auction the collection of Sanford L. "Sandy" Smith on Thursday, January 30-online and in its galleries at 549 Warren Street, Hudson, New York.
Smith was a collector and entrepreneur who created some of New York's most prestigious art fairs, supporting areas of the market that were of particular ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Marketing
A collector of American antiques is probably so used to it she doesn't even question anymore. It is as common as iron, oxygen, or helium in the physical world. I speak of marketing-advertisements in trade publications, use of social media including videos of show booths, email blasts to lists of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A Valuable Resource
A Book Review
"Welcome to this hobby!" write lightning rod ball collectors Phil Steiner and Randy Parish. "You now begin an endless treasure hunt that nearly no other antiquer you talk to possesses any knowledge of."
With that cautionary warning, this book opens with an index of abbreviations used throughout its pages, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Editorial, January 2025
Old Wine, New Bottle
It's an old scam but with a new twist.
On December 6 Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced that his office had successfully disrupted a cryptocurrency scam that was targeting artists. An 85-year-old Brooklyn artist was scammed out of his life savings. The investigation traced the money he ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Record Price for Beer Can
On December 22 a Brown Derby flat-top instructional beer can sold for $93,600 (includes buyer's premium) at an auction conducted by Morean Auctions, Brimfield, Massachusetts. That price establishes a new auction record price for a beer can. The estimate was $40,000/60,000. The can came from a private collection.
The auction listing ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, January 2025
Parcheesi board, late 19th century, 171/2" x 163/4", paint on wood. Collection of Doranna and Bruce Wendel. Photograph by Bruce C. Read.
-Through January 26 -New York City
Playing with Design: Gameboards, Art, and Culture at the American Folk Art Museum features over 100 game boards, including early examples of Parcheesi, checkers, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California and Western Art
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Megan Gallagher, the cataloger for Bonhams' California and Western art department and a Los Angeles resident, told M.A.D. that although she lives in an evacuation warning zone for the recent fires, she is OK. "Everyone we checked in on got out, even if they had ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tiffany Watch Given to Titanic Hero Brings Record Price
On December 18 Tiffany & Co. announced it had acquired a historical 1912 pocket watch at an auction conducted by Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd. in Devizes, England. The company paid GBP1,568,000 ($1.97 million), making the 18k gold pocket watch the highest-valued piece of Titanic memorabilia ever sold.
The Tiffany & ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Sentenced for Stealing Historical Society Documents
Brian Anthony D'Ambrosio, 50, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, was sentenced December 16 to six months in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, and fined $4000. D'Ambrosio pleaded guilty in July to theft of major artwork. He admitted stealing 100-year-old items, including letters by the wife ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany at Auction
Sotheby's and Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's and Christie's
After the sale of the Danner memorial window for $12,480,000 (see sidebar) during Sotheby's evening auction of modern art on November 18, which set a new auction record for Tiffany Studios, more than $20 million was spent in December on three ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)AAAWT and Thomas Collaborate on Stoneware Sale
Antique Associates at West Townsend has entered into a partnership with author and researcher Justin W. Thomas to sell the Ed Stenger collection of American stoneware.
The collection consists of 40 pieces, most of which were manufactured in the American Northeast in the 18th and 19th centuries. Makers include Thomas Commeraw ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Redfield Painting Brings $196,800
Alderfer Auction, Hatfield, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Alderfer Auction
Edward Willis Redfield (1869-1965), Brookville, oil on canvas, 26" x 32" (sight size), signed lower right, sold to a collector for $196,800 (est. $150,000/200,000). There are two letters on the back. A handwritten one from Redfield discusses the titles and prices of three of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native American Art at Bonhams
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
First, the Los Angeles fires. After packing up his house, four children, and many, many pets of various species, Bonhams' Native American art specialist Ingmars Lindbergs, his family, and his house have survived the L.A. fires. So far. "A dealer's house was spared in Altadena," ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Arrested for Larceny During Tropical Storm Helene
Asheville (North Carolina) Police Department detectives have arrested and charged a man for looting a business in West Asheville following Tropical Storm Helene.
Officers responded to the 600 block of Patton Avenue in West Asheville around 7:44 p.m. on September 28 to investigate the breaking and entering of a business. When ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Jensen Collection Hammered Down in New York City
Freeman's | Hindman, New York City
Photos courtesy Freeman's | Hindman
"Design for Living: A Private Collection of Georg Jensen Silver" was held at Freeman's | Hindman, New York City, two weeks before Christmas Day. The sale of 99 lots on December 11, ranging from small-scale objects to large-scale candelabras made by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early 20th-Century Design
Toomey & Co., Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Toomey & Co.
"Save the best for last." That familiar blast from the past should resonate with readers who recall a childhood where adults kept them from a wanted treat with an admonition that the best comes after the rest.
If that resonates, you will understand ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tennessee State Museum Acquires 1844 Sampler
The Tennessee State Museum has announced it has acquired a sampler by Mary Grimmett of Lewis County, Tennessee. The signed and dated 1844 silk on linen sampler was sold by Case Auctions July 6 for $1830 (est. $1000/1200).
The 93/4" x 101/4" (sight size) needlework features two baskets of fruit, a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Watch Dealer Pleads Guilty in $5.6 Million Fraud
Anthony Farrer, 36, formerly of downtown Los Angeles, pleaded guilty October 11 to one count of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud. He has been in federal custody since November 2023.
Farrar ran a Beverly Hills, California, luxury watch consignment business and was known as "The Timepiece Gentleman." He ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Last True Clipper
A Book Review
Clipper ships were built for speed. Getting from here to there was often more important than the cargo itself. Indeed, the word clipper comes from "clip," a sailing term that means utilizing the available wind to get as much speed as possible. As the title of the book ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Reeling in the Big Ones
Morphy Auctions, Denver, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Morphy Auctions
Casting a line, waiting in anticipation, seeing the line go taut, battling the beast, and hopefully landing the catch: the allure of fishing is undeniable. There are many avid fishing enthusiasts. Those taking the next step of acquiring the history behind this sport-whether bamboo ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionism
Freeman's | Hindman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman's | Hindman
The December 8 American art and Pennsylvania Impressionism sale at Freeman's | Hindman in Philadelphia gave a good reading on the state of that marketplace. Consigned artworks were largely fresh to market. Many had been acquired directly from the artist or art ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A McHugh Ring, a Virginia Crock, and More at Mebane
Mebane Antique Auction Gallery, Mebane, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Mebane Antique Auction Gallery
The two lots that produced the most excitement and the highest prices at Mebane Antique Auction Gallery's Americana and Continental antiques sale December 6 and 7 in Mebane, North Carolina, came with dramatically different histories. Their selling prices, though, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)From Taino Objects to Rock-and-Roll Posters
Marion Antique Auctions, Marion, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Marion Antique Auctions
Marion Antique Auctions' December 7 sale in the Marion, Massachusetts, gallery attracted plenty of bidders for the eclectic sale, which spanned from pre-Columbian Taino objects to rock-and-roll posters. The consignments came from a variety of New England estates and collections.
The sale started ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Art of Living
Beneath the Surface
We had a beautiful fall here, despite persistent drought, and as the seasons start to change, the magazines in our mailbox start to fill up with articles with suggestions for day trips: "Fifteen Fantastic Day Trips from Columbus" or "See Ohio's Best with Our One-Tank Trips!" We are ... (Read More)
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(Show)Third Time's a Charm for Open House and Show
Hartford House Holiday Open House & Antique Show, Burghill, Ohio
Steve Sherhag of Canfield, Ohio, is a force to be reckoned with. Being idle is just not in the guy's DNA. When he's not out buying antiques for his business, Early American Antiques, or managing antiques shows in Ohio, you might ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Potholders Sell for $43,050
Briggs Auction, Inc., Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Briggs Auction
Four framed needlework potholders estimated at $200/400 sold for $43,050 (with buyer's premium) at Briggs Auction's online-only sale December 6 in Garnet Valley, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
These are not your ordinary potholders. According to A Winterthur Guide to American Needlework (1976) by Susan ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, December 2024
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)Historical Beauty Contest Costume Sells
Augusta Auctions, Bellows Falls, Vermont
Photos courtesy Augusta Auctions
One of hundreds of young women plucked from obscurity in New York in 1919 to compete in a first-of-its-kind beauty pageant, Edith Hyde shimmied her way to the title in an Egyptian-inspired harem costume with-gasp-pantaloons described as diaphanous.
Since the judges of the contest, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Americana Insights
A Book Review
That old and variously attributed aphorism "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" applies to Americana Insights, the journal focused on "traditional Americana and folk art." Now edited by Lisa Minardi, the successor to the founding editor Robert Shaw (1951-2023), the second hardbound edition is, like the first, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Arrest Warrant Issued
An arrest warrant was issued October 24 for Edward Goldsmith for failing to appear in the Southern Berkshire District Court of Massachusetts for an arraignment that day. Goldsmith is facing a charge of larceny by check under $1200. A criminal complaint was issued September 24.
According to Paul Kleinwald of Paul ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Short, Sweet, and Profitable
Thanksgiving Sunday Antique Show, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Born into the antiques business, Joshua Gurley and Rachel Gurley Libby are second-generation show promoters and dealers. Their Thanksgiving Sunday Antique Show, held December 1 at the Royal Plaza Trade Center in Marlborough, Massachusetts, attracted dealers and buyers of Christmas antiques in addition to the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Annual Thanksgiving Weekend Americana Auction
Amelia Jeffers, Auctioneer & Appraiser, Delaware, Ohio
Photos courtesy Amelia Jeffers, Auctioneer & Appraiser
The Thanksgiving weekend auction held by Amelia Jeffers at The Barn at Stratford (the old Garth's Auction Barn) in Delaware, Ohio, November 29 and 30 grossed more than $1.4 million (including buyers' premiums). "It's unbelievable to me," said ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Editorial, December 2024
Consumers in the United States spent approximately $1.1 trillion buying Christmas gifts in 2023, with the average American spending over $1000 for gifts during the holidays. Those are big numbers.
An excellent gift should be personal, and that's why I find the practice of giving gift cards, the most popular gift ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, December 2024
Berthe Morisot (French, 1841-1895), The Harbor at Cherbourg (Le Port de Lorient), 1871, pencil and watercolor. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 2012.66.
-Through January 1, 2025 -Richmond, Virginia
Experimental Lines: Impressionist and Postimpressionist Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon at the ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Exciting and Affordable Retrofits for the Home
A Book Review
In Everyday Antiques author Katherine Sorrell shows the reader how to integrate priceless antiques, sentimental hand-me-downs, treasured heirlooms, and downright unusual pieces to transform the rooms in your house from stuffy/expected into eye-popping/unexpected. It's not about being stylish; it's about style, and anyone can achieve the warmth that ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Historical Scale Sells for $60,250
A large, 155-year-old balance scale that weighed hundreds of millions of dollars in gold and silver in the 19th century at the Carson City, Nevada, Mint, including bullion from the legendary Comstock Lode, was sold for $60,250 (includes buyer's premium) in an auction conducted by Holabird Western Americana Collections on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Strong Americana Sales at Evans
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia
Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
The fall "Premier Americana" sales at Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates were held November 21, 22, and 23 at the firm's galleries in Mt. Crawford, Virginia. A total of 1623 lots crossed the block during the sales. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bertoia's Two-Day Event Tops $2.4 Million
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
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Bertoia Auctions' November 22 and 23 auction included the Bradley Kaplan Lionel train collection, the complete Bill Becker Issmayer train collection, the Bob Vicic and the Willett still bank collections, cast-iron toys from Ron Sieling, Rick Ralston, and Cantey Johnson, plus rare doorstops, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Meander Auctions Closes Out 2024 with Successful Sale
Meander Auctions, Whipple, Ohio
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The holidays came early for Meander Auctions, Whipple, Ohio. Its final event of 2024 was one of its best and a wonderful way to finish off the year. Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond took a leap of faith, opening their own auction gallery less ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Artwork and Lamps Shine at Cottone Event
Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York
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Count on Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York, to bring a wide swath of desirable items to auction every single time. An interesting mix of contemporary art, gorgeous lamps, timeless timepieces, desirable furniture, and eclectic smalls was offered during the November 21 and 22 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rare Sampler Tops Americana Auction
Freeman's | Hindman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Freeman's annual fall Americana sale is always scheduled for the week after the Delaware Antiques Show, the leading conclave for this segment of the marketplace. Dealers stop to preview on their way to set up or rush over to have a look ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art with Works from the Collection of Linda L. Bean
Bonhams, New York City
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Bonhams held its American art sale the week before Thanksgiving, as is its custom. A selection of works from the estate of Linda L. Bean (1941-2024), granddaughter of the founder of L.L. Bean, was offered, including paintings by the Wyeth family of artists.
The November 19 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Johnson Portrait Brings $165,600
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
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Scottish/American joiner John Shearer made this serpentine walnut slant-lid desk for Samuel Luckett, an influential Loudoun County, Virginia, planter, and inscribed a plaque above an interior drawer "For Sam'l Luckett ~ / 1810." When Luckett died in 1824, his inventory included a secretary ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Massachusetts Silver Threepence from 1652 Brings $2.52 Million
A small silver coin about the size of a nickel, struck in Boston in 1652, set a world record price on November 18 in an auction conducted by Stack's Bowers Galleries, Costa Mesa, California. Selling for $2,520,000 (includes buyer's premium), the piece surpassed by nearly $2 million the previous world ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2024 Delaware Antiques Show
Wilmington, Delaware
For 61 years, collectors have counted on the Delaware Antiques Show as a major source for fine American antiques. The November 15-17 edition of the show did not disappoint. There were fresh finds, some memorable works were back on the market after a generation in private collections, and some ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Dealer's Stock Adds to Auction
Ivy Auctions, Laurens, South Carolina
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In December 2022 Nancy Roth, a longtime antiques dealer, locked the door on her well-stocked shop in Laurens, South Carolina, grabbed her purse and little else, and moved to Ohio. Ivy Auctions, Inc., has been selling her primitives, country art, and other valuables ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Eugene and Vera Charles Estate Highlights Americana Auction
Hess Auction Group, Manheim, Pennsylvania
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The cream rises. The sale at Hess Auction Group in Manheim, Pennsylvania, on November 16 is a good example. The consignments from the estate of Eugene and Vera Charles, collectors known for their good taste and insistence on good condition, provoked bidding ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Stetzenmeyer Lion Crock Roars to $36,000
Crocker Farm, Inc., Sparks, Maryland
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The Zipps of Crocker Farm held their third sale of 2024 from November 6 to 15, with the call-back session on November 16. The 490-lot auction grossed $719,460 (including buyers' premiums). The printed catalog had 348 lots, and there were 458 registered ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Keramics and Rookwood
Toomey & Co., Chicago, Illinois
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No one can accuse Riley Humler of playing loose and flowery with a descriptive term. When the Cincinnati-based art pottery specialist was asked to describe the November 15 online sale by Chicago auction house Toomey & Co. titled "Keramics & Rookwood: American ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American and Illustration Art, Including Works Sold by the Boy Scouts of America
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
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Twenty-five of the most iconic original paintings created for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) by some of America's most beloved illustrators highlighted Heritage Auctions' November 15 American art auction.
These works are part of the collection of the Scouting Settlement Trust, which was established ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Silver Sells at Heritage
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions An exquisite selection of fine silver pieces ranging across centuries, from an extremely old and rare drinking cup to a stunning contemporary tea set, crossed the auction block at Heritage Auctions' November 13 sale of fine silver and objects of vertu.
The auction featured ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Kovels' Research Library Goes to Cleveland Museum
The research collection of Ralph (1920-2008) and Terry Kovel has been donated to the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA). For more than six decades, the Kovels have been experts in the field of antiques and collectibles, amassing a library and archive consisting of more than 15,000 volumes and 50 linear ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Appeals Court Upholds New York's Ivory Law but Strikes Down Display Provision
On November 13, in a 2-1 decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld New York's tough ivory law, but the court did strike down the display provision.
The court ruled on the appeal filed by the Art and Antique Dealers League of America, Inc. (AADLA) v. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Vermont Man Arrested for Painting Theft
On September 29 at approximately 3:51 p.m., Vermont State Police received a report of a theft from Sir Richards Antiques and Fine Art Center in Waterbury. It was reported that a painting valued at $2495 was stolen.
Employees were able to provide surveillance video and images of the suspect and a ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Delightful Day at the McLean Antiques Show
McLean, Virginia
The 48th annual McLean Antiques Show was held November 9 and 10 at the McLean, Virginia, Community Center. Produced and managed for the 16th year by Dordy Fontinel Show Management, Inc., the show assembled 34 dealers, including several members of the Art Deco Society of Washington. The show seems ... (Read More)
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