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(Issue Story)Hartford's Hockey Stick Stands
Candlestands made in Connecticut and elsewhere in America for many decades spanning the 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries commonly had a central turned column, or standard, to which a top was fastened with a cleat and three legs attached at the base (fig. 3).
Figure 3. Candlestand, Windsor ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Route 32 Auctions Buys Showtime Auctions
For the second time in less than a year, Kevin and Jill Parker, owners of Route 32 Auctions in Crawfordsville, Indiana, have expanded their business. In June they purchased Showtime Auctions of Ann Arbor, Michigan. They had previously acquired the Boone County Treasure Hunt (which includes the Indy Antique Advertising ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Appeals Court Reinstates Art Defamation Lawsuit
On May 22 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling and reinstated an art defamation lawsuit filed by Gerald Peters Gallery and Gerald Peters against Peter Stremmel, Stremmel Galleries, Mike Overby, and Coeur D'Alene Art Auction of Nevada. "We conclude that the district court erred in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Speaking Walls and Well-Mannered Dogs
A Book Review
The history, design, production, and architectural application of wallpaper to interiors has interested me since childhood. Early on, I focused my attention on the 19th-century French panoramic papers that appeared around 1800 and were inspired by mural paintings, tapestries, Chinese painted wallpapers, English wallpapers depicting fine art and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, September 2020
Letter from London
by Ian McKay,
Astrolabes and Venus, handbags, timekeepers and beekeepers, along with Medusa the Gorgon and an unusual mirror all feature in this month's "Letter," as do complex and costly automata. There is also an old tablet that bears the name of a Sumerian brewery worker-thought to be ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native American Art
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
by Alice Kaufman
Photos courtesy Bonhams
What were the results of the August 31 Native American art auction at Bonhams in Los Angeles? According to department director Ingmars Lindbergs, "Very good. Extremely good." That translated to $107 million in sales, $110,000 over the low estimate for the sale.
Lindbergs is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Delaware Antiques Show Goes Virtual and Winterthur Terminates 27 Staff
"When the members of Winterthur's Collectors Circle, many of them big buyers, said they would not travel to attend the Delaware Antiques Show, and the caterer said we had to serve box suppers, and the lender to the loan show backed out, we knew we were in trouble. Then forty-nine ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Art and Decorative Rarities
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries is up and running full steam ahead, bucking the headwinds of the COVID-bedeviled economy. Thomaston Place put up its usual upscale summer auction on August 29 and 30 this year, with a sale top-heavy with major ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Auction
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia
Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates held its summer Americana auction at the firm's gallery in Mt. Crawford, Virginia, August 27, 28, and 29. The three sessions combined to offer more than 1700 lots from multiple consignors and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Farrin Back in Full Gear
Farrin's Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine
As best we can define "normal" these days, business at Rusty Farrin's auction company in Randolph, Maine, is back to normal, as long as everyone understands that normal now means wearing a mask and keeping 6' apart. But there is a sad change evident. His August ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fiddlers at the Fairgrounds Show Sold
In February 2020 the long-running Fiddlers antiques show made a major move east to the new Expo Center at Nashville's Fairgrounds, as reviewed in the June 2020 issue of M.A.D. Now that transformation has been followed by another big change announced by show owner Doug Supinger on the website: "Doug ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with James R. Boening
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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(Issue Story)Bill du Pont: Impassioned Collector and Connoisseur
William "Bill" Kemble du Pont, impassioned and very private collector of American antiques, died tragically in a tractor accident on July 4, leaving the Delaware Valley antiques world without its number one supporter. Over more than six decades, du Pont bought antiques from a battalion of dealers, collectors, and auctioneers ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gamage Has the Ball and It's Second Down and Ten from the Fifty
Bruce Gamage, Jr. Antiques, Rockland, Maine
For Bruce Gamage, it was second down and ten from the 50-yard line. But the next play didn't happen until five months later. His last planned auction had been set for the middle of March. In the Rockland, Maine, Elks Lodge, the tables were all ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Welcome Respite
Shortly after arriving at the Deerfield Fairgrounds for Gurley Antique Shows' annual event, part of Antiques Week in New Hampshire, happening live, I was speaking with Timothy Libby, husband of co-promoter Rachel Gurley.
I told Libby that on my way driving to the show, I noticed the first yellow "Antiques Show" ... (Read More)
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(Show)Country Farm Antiques Show
Casey, Illinois
They needed this. Everyone did. After the stay-at-home orders, social distancing, and lack of time with family and friends. After the loss of income due to multi-state shutdowns. After the absence of in-person, hands-on, face-to-face opportunities to shop. After any sense of just being able to get out and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)North American Decoys at Auction
Guyette & Deeter, Inc., St. Michaels, Maryland
Photos courtesy Guyette & Deeter, Inc.
Good collectors make for good collections, and good collections make for good auctions. Such was the combination at Guyette & Deeter's August 21 and 22 absentee and online decoy auction that brought $4 million (with buyers' premiums). The auction ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Baltimore Show Rescheduled to 2021
The 2020 Baltimore Art, Antique & Jewelry Show, postponed from August to November, has now officially been rescheduled to 2021. The original event was rescheduled following the City of Baltimore's executive order to cancel public events through August 30. However, recent updates from government officials regarding the use of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Novel Approach to the Novel Virus Problem
Barridoff Galleries, South Portland, Maine
Photos courtesy Barridoff Galleries
Here's an idea that falls right into the "Why didn't anyone else think of this?" category. On August 15 Barridoff Galleries held its latest art auction in South Portland, Maine. To encourage absentee bidding in this "Age of COVID," the buyer's premium was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)George Nakashima Furniture Sells Well in Virginia
Cox & Graves Auction Co., Fredericksburg, Virginia
George Nakashima Furniture Sells Well in Virginia
by Walter C. Newman
Photos courtesy Cox & Graves Auction Co.
A group of six pieces of furniture crafted at the Nakashima studios in New Hope, Pennsylvania, recently came to auction in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The pieces were offered by the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skinner Americana
Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner
Skinner's annual August Americana auction, held online August 3-13, included over 600 lots from multiple consignors. A Boston-area collection gathered carefully in the 1960s and 1970s from the best dealers of the day was the source of many of the highly desired lots. Stephen Fletcher, head ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Eldred's Summer Marine Auction
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred's
Every seat beneath the tent on the terrace was occupied for Eldred's August 13 marine sale in East Dennis, Massachusetts. While seating was spaced to allow for social distancing, it still meant that 40 or so hardy souls were on site for bidding. And bid ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Kolar Collection at Skinner
Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner
John Kolar coauthored Weathervanes: Three Centuries of a Pennsylvania Folk Art Tradition with Jennifer Royer, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Online Americana, Fine Art, and Marine Auction Tops $1.5 Million
Rafael Osona Auctions, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Rafael Osona Auctions
Rafael Osona Auctions, Nantucket, Massachusetts, held an Americana, fine art, and marine sale on Saturday, August 8, and Sunday, August 9. The auction was conducted totally online and included the estate of Linda Loring of Boston and Nantucket, and other private collectors. ... (Read More)
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(Show)Treasures at a Click
MidWeek Online Antiques Fair
Treasures at a click-but you might need a "treasure map" to find them.
Frank Gaglio of Barn Star Productions used the Ruby Lane platform (www.rubylane.com) for his two-part Antiques at Rhinebeck show in May and June, and then he chose it again for his Midweek Online Antiques Fair ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Annual NHADA Show Online
New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association
By noon on opening day, Thursday, August 6, there were plenty of sales at the 63rd annual New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association show. No one got up at 4 a.m. to stand in line, no tickets were sold, but in the first hour 40,000 single views ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in Manchester Online
Antiques in Manchester: The Collector's Fair
In the decade before the COVID-19 pandemic, Antiques in Manchester: The Collector's Fair filled the ice rink at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, in August, opening a day before the long-running New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association show and closing the following day. It ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California Paintings Bring Strong Prices
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Scot Levitt, Bonhams' vice president and director of California and Western art, began a discussion of the August 4 Los Angeles auction with statistics: hammer sales totaled $2.2 million, and 138 lots sold. The sale was 92% sold by value and 85% by lot. "We ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Socially Distant Deerfield Antique Show
Deerfield, New Hampshire
Spirits hung over the Deerfield Fairgrounds in Deerfield, New Hampshire, on Sunday, August 2.
The first was the spirit of the past and the familiar. Gurley Antique Shows mounted a live one-day open-air antiques show, an event that was ubiquitous BC-Before COVID. The traditional, throwback antiques show, one easily ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Summer Sale on the Cape
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred's
When the green and white tent goes up each year around Memorial Day on the terrace at Eldred's in East Dennis, Massachusetts, it signifies that summer and summer auctions have begun. Barring weather interference, it remains in place through mid-September. Summer sales are a fine ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Pook Firearms, Militaria, and Ephemera
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.
Auctioneers sell whatever comes their way. It was firearms, militaria, and ephemera at Pook & Pook on July 30, including a mix of autograph material from the estate of the much-loved manuscripts dealer Joseph Rubinfine (1938-2019), who produced scholarly catalogs ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sales of Modern Design
Sotheby's, New York City, and Phillips, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's and Phillips
While New York City seemed like a ghost town this summer, with galleries and antiques shops closed, online design sales were heartily embraced at Sotheby's on July 30 and at Phillips on July 29, and records tumbled.
Sotheby's
Sotheby's ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Overhead Premium Fee at Sotheby's
Sotheby's will implement a new fee as of August 1. Called an "overhead premium," it will be payable by all auction buyers in the house's global salesrooms and online sales. The fee, which will be 1% of the hammer price plus any applicable local taxes, "is an allocation of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Grueby Vase Brings $431,250 at Record-Setting Design Auction
Two collectors bidding by phone for a Grueby vase with a butterscotch glaze set a new record for Grueby pottery, $431,250 (includes buyer's premium), after a 45-minute bidding battle on July 30 at Sotheby's. The price far exceeded the vase's $7000/9000 estimate.
Grueby vase, $431,250. Photo courtesy Sotheby's.
The 63/4" high vase ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Unique Compilation of Consigned Jewelry
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Doyle New York
Doyle New York has continued to hold its full calendar of jewelry auctions during the pandemic-some online only, and some live but without participants in the salesroom. Its July 29 live fine jewelry auction included "a wide array of stylish designs ranging from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hybrid Sale of American Art
Bonhams, New York City
Photos courtesy Bonhams
An online sale offering 68 lots of American art was held at Bonhams New York on the afternoon of July 29 in what the auctioneer described as a "hybrid sale behind closed doors." Bids were taken from the phones, online, and from absentee participants, with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sign of the Times
A hand-painted sign by Ken Manko of Manko Antiques & American Folk Art in Moody, Maine, lays out the rules for shopping in the barn during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Originally published in the August 2020 issue of Maine Antique Digest. (c) 2020 Maine Antique Digest ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)An Updated Guide to Fraktur Artists
A Book Review
Corinne Earnest (1942-2016) called her life's work Papers for Birth Dayes, the term used to describe fraktur in the estate of prolific fraktur artist Friederich Krebs, whose juvenile son's upbringing was entrusted to the Earnests' direct ancestor David Ernst after Krebs's death in 1815. Russell Earnest points out ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Take a (Different) Seat
The Young Collector
We have a large window in the eat-in area of our kitchen that overlooks the driveway, which is surrounded by a head-high concrete retaining wall. A seat here offers a vantage point for watching the kids play and interact, and Hollie was doing just that this spring when ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rub-a-Dub-Dub, One Man in a Tub, Wyoming Bound
Wooten & Wooten, Camden, South Carolina
Photos courtesy Wooten & Wooten
The 2020 coronavirus pandemic has shifted the bidding landscape for at least one South Carolina auctioneer. "I may not go back to live sales," said Jeremy Wooten of Wooten & Wooten a few weeks before his 371-lot July 25 sale. "The ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Virtual Newport Show
The Newport Show: Antiques, Art and Exquisite Objects
The 2020 edition of The Newport Show: Antiques, Art and Exquisite Objects, normally held during one of the busiest summer weekends for the resort town of Newport, Rhode Island, shifted to an online format that lasted for seven days. Now in its 14th ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Decoy and a Wildlife Painting Make Auction Records
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Hingham, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
One of the most eagerly awaited summer sales is Copley Fine Art Auctions' annual summer sporting sale, which is a reliable draw for collectors from all points to the Plymouth, Massachusetts, harbor. The COVID-19 pandemic dictated a very different event ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Deerfield Show Will Go On
Amid the wreckage COVID-19 has wrought on Antiques Week in New Hampshire in August, there's one lone exception: Gurley Antique Shows' one-day show in Deerfield. The show, typically a kickoff event for the week, will be the only live Antiques Week show for 2020.
"The Socially Distant Deerfield," joked Rachel Gurley ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, August 2020
Things have begun to look much better on the U.K. auction front, even if it is not yet possible to attend auctions in person. This month's selection includes quite a few body parts, principally Roman or Indian, as well as several foxhounds, some cute gogottes, and even a fearless vegetarian ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Madison-Bouckville Antique Week Canceled
The Madison-Bouckville Promotions board of directors has announced that the August 10-16 event has been canceled. "After discussion with multiple local and state officials it has been determined it would be unsafe to hold an event of this magnitude at this time," a statement reads. Madison-Bouckville Antique Week comprises 14 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Making Up the Difference
On May 18, 2017, New York art dealer Anatole Shagalov, whose business is Nature Morte LLC, was the winning bidder at a Sotheby's sale for an untitled work by Keith Haring (1958-1990). The hammer price was $5,600,000, and the buyer's premium added another $937,500 for a total of $6,537,500.
Shagalov never ... (Read More)
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(Show)Hanover Tavern Show Succeeds in the Face of Adversity
Antiques at the Tavern, Hanover, Virginia
The second annual Antiques at the Tavern show had been originally scheduled for the weekend of May 1-3. No surprise-it was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The good news is that the show was held as rescheduled for July 17-19 at the historic Hanover ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Thomaston Embraces the "New Normal"
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
The English language is a constantly evolving system. Meanings change from year to year, and sometimes from month to month. What "gay" meant in the 1940s is not what it means today. The word "awful" used to mean something that ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Gemma Sudlow
We are all spending much more time now in our houses and apartments because of COVID-19. To give our readers an idea of what some of their colleagues, fellow collectors, and other readers surround themselves with in their abodes-on the walls, floors, or ceilings-we have introduced this new column, "Hanging ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antiques Week in New Hampshire Online
Three Antiques Week shows have moved this year to an online format. Barn Star Productions will present the Midweek Online Antiques Fair from 8 a.m. on Wednesday, August 5, through midnight on Friday, August 7. The show will be hosted on Ruby Lane (www.rubylane.com). Frank Gaglio of Barn Star Productions ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Shaker Sewing Table Shakes Up Auction
Morphy Auctions, Denver, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Morphy Auctions
It wasn't until near the very end of Morphy Auctions' two-day fine arts sale in Denver, Pennsylvania, on July 14 and 15 that its highest price was recorded. In a sale replete with five-figure lamps, sculptures, and jewelry, it was a single piece of ... (Read More)
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(Show)Springfield Extravaganza
Springfield Antique Show and Flea Market, Springfield, Ohio
On the opening day of the Springfield Antique Show and Flea Market's three-day Extravaganza, rescheduled to July 10-12 on the Clark County Fairgrounds in Springfield, Ohio, dealer Web Wilson had something special to share. As he disappeared behind his booth and into his ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Buyers Near and Far Bid Up Case's Two-Day Sale
Case Antiques, Inc., Auctions & Appraisals, Knoxville, Tennessee
Photos courtesy Case Antiques, Inc.
Case Antiques, Knoxville, Tennessee, traditionally offers major auctions in January and July. In this unusual year they were divided into what might be called "before" and "after" sales. Both were in the firm's new two-day format with Saturday and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Moyer Collection Sale
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook
Dennis Moyer began spending his weekly allowance at farm sales when he was eight years old. Once a rite of passage in the Pennsylvania Dutch country, farm sales are now rare occurrences. Fifty years ago when Dennis Moyer and his wife, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)NAADAA Online Antique, Art & Jewelry Show
The National Antique & Art Dealers Association of America
Online antiques shows have been one way dealers have kept in touch with their audience since so many in-person shows have ceased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Incollect, the online selling platform run by Antiques & Fine Art publisher John Smiroldo, hosted an ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Why the Pandemic Gives Me Hope for the Antiques Trade
In the era of COVID-19, all the tried-and-trues, safe bets, proven models, and longstanding traditions in the antiques trade are suddenly impractical, unfeasible, or irrelevant. A business dependent on large groups of people gathering in close quarters to handle and exchange objects seems like an absurd and irretrievable fantasy of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Baltimore Show Pushed to November
According to the Palm Beach Show Group, the Baltimore Art, Antique & Jewelry Show, originally slated for late summer, has been rescheduled for November 12-15.
"Following the City of Baltimore's Executive Order update to cancel public events through August 30th, arrangements were secured with the Baltimore Convention Center to move the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Burton Antiques Market Rescheduled to July 18
The Burton Antiques Market will return to the Geauga County Fairgrounds in Burton, Ohio, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)As a Collector, What I Will Never Take for Granted Again
Thornton Wilder's quintessentially American play Our Town, first presented in 1938, depicts an American small town in New England, Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, in the early 20th century and the daily lives of its residents. The play is powerful and earned Wilder a Pulitzer Prize for drama. In Our Town, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Old-Fashioned Good Vibes
William A. Smith, Inc., Plainfield, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy William A. Smith, Inc.
Yes, Virginia, the spirit of the antiques business is alive and well, at least it was on a warm July 1, a Wednesday, in the tiny New Hampshire village of Plainfield, where Bill Smith and Ken Labnon shared the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Scam Artist with Fake Check Hits Virginia Shop
"On Friday morning, right when we opened, a nicely dressed gentleman came in," said Jay Gates of the events on May 8 at his shop, Gates Antiques in Midlothian, Virginia. "He was African American, probably 6'1", 6'2", well built, early mid-50s-built like a former football player.
"We had a lovely thirty-minute ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ammi Phillips Volumes Updated
In the year that has passed since David Allaway published My People: The Works of Ammi Phillips, free to all online via ISSUU (https://issuu.com/n2xb), he has made some changes. The book is a lot bigger. He has added more biographical information to Volume I and revised the pictorial layout in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Goosefare Show Cancellations
According to & Promotions, the John DeSimone 20th Wofells Goosefare Antiques Show Antiques scheduled for June 28 at Laudholm Farm in Wells, Maine; the 40th Camden-Rockport Historical Society Antiques Show, scheduled for July 25 and 26 at the Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport, Maine; and the 52nd New ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Banks Sale in Asheville in September
William Nathaniel Banks's collection of Federal and Classical furniture, lighting, 19th-century American paintings, and the accoutrements of gracious living that filled the Gordon-Banks house in Newnan, Georgia, some 40 miles southwest of Atlanta, will be sold at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, on September 12. The collection was assembled ... (Read More)
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(Auction)There Is No Substitute for Americana
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia
Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
In unsettled times it is said that we instinctively return to that which is both familiar and secure. And in these times of uncertainty it is not surprising that we enthusiastically return to Americana. If the 38th ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Daniel Buck Has a Prior Engagement
Daniel Buck Auctions, Lisbon Falls, Maine
Daniel Buck's June 27 auction in Lisbon Falls, Maine, was one of those sales that could be divided neatly into two parts. Part A, the Prior-Hamblen school painting, and Part B, everything else. There were lots of good buys in art, furniture, folk art, and ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)We Don't Know
The Young Collector
Humans are really bad at not knowing exactly what to do. We are pretty sure that at the current moment none of you needs us to provide examples of this. To be fair, many of us do not like to be told what to do either, thus condemning ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, July 2020
Though it is good to see just how many sales have now been scheduled in London and around the country, albeit still online or with only limited access, it proved a little frustrating to realise that the real pick-up would begin just a couple of days after my copy deadline ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art at Sotheby's
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
Sotheby's American art sale at the end of June was smaller than usual and tightly edited. Offering 48 lots, the online June 26 sale totaled $9,103,750 with a sell-through rate of 75%. Three lots featured in the catalog were withdrawn before the sale. Of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historical Ephemera and Photography, Including African Americana
Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan's Auctions
A slight bit of rebranding was in play during the June 26 sale held by Cowan's Auctions. That event, billed as "American Historical Ephemera and Photography," followed sales in prior years that went under the guise of "Historical Americana" and "American History." Potato. Potahto. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)How to Lose $20 Million in Less Than a Minute
In March 2018 Christie's agreed to sell the Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) painting known as Le Marin (The Sailor) on behalf of Sierra Fine Art LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Christie's acquired the painting and planned to sell it at a May 15 auction at its New York City gallery that year.
Enter ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Reid Dunavant
We are all spending much more time now in our houses and apartments because of COVID-19. To give our readers an idea of what some of their colleagues, fellow collectors, and other readers surround themselves with in their abodes-on the walls, floors, or ceilings-we have introduced this new column-"Hanging with..."-because ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antiques Week in New Hampshire
Antiques dealers and collectors are a stalwart bunch whose ability to overcome obstacles of every sort is stunning. The antiques world has overcome the vicissitudes of weather, will, and law and order. Now the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a new kind of challenge, and the antiques world has responded.
Auctions and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Books, Artifacts, and Ephemera from the Hopkinson Family
William Bunch Auctions and Appraisals, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Bunch Auctions
A red, white, and blue designating flag from the 2nd Army Corps of the Potomac engaged in repulsing Confederate Major General George Pickett's charge at Battle of Gettysburg, a book of Virgil's poems from the renowned Baskerville press given by ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Core Collections and an Abundance of Antique Jewelry
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Skinner, Inc.
Skinner's June 23 sale of important jewelry was characteristically filled with antiques, well attended (virtually), and exciting to watch online. We've been reporting that the jewelry auction market has been holding steady and even gaining steam since the beginning of the pandemic. When I ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Editorial: Positive News
There's some promising news regarding the resumption of the business of antiques. While most shows are still shut down for the foreseeable future, there are signs of life to be seen, albeit under different circumstances.
On May 15 and 16, the fourth Virginia Pickers Antiques and Collectables Show was held in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Humler & Nolan's Final Auction
Humler & Nolan, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Humler & Nolan
This was it. When Humler & Nolan held its last auction, Rookwood XXX, an absentee/online-only sale conducted from Cincinnati and delayed to June 20 and 21 because of the coronavirus pandemic, it was truly the company's last auction. The firm surprised clients ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Work in Progress: Rhinebeck Online
Barn Star's Antiques at Rhinebeck/RubyLane.com
How do you buy and sell at an antiques show if you cannot physically walk through, have conversations with exhibitors and patrons, touch and hold objects, and, above all, take in the ambience and excitement? How about an online show run by the Internet platform Ruby ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Confederate Flag Leads the Charge at Poulin's
Poulin Antiques and Auctions, Inc., Fairfield, Maine
Photos courtesy Poulin Antiques and Auctions
The Civil War came to life again at Poulin Antiques and Auctions' three-day offering from June 19 to 21 in Fairfield, Maine. But along with some major six-figure firearms, it was items of wool, cotton, and silk, rather than ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art Pottery at Rago
Rago Arts and Auction Center, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago Arts and Auction Center
David Rago said his sale of art pottery on Saturday, June 20, was one of his very best ever. He offered some of the finest works of the period, fresh to market, much of it off the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Strong Prices at Pook and Pook
Pook and Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook and Pook
Bidders seemed hungry to bid at Pook and Pook's Americana sale on June 20. It was the first sale with a catalog since the COVID-19 pandemic caused Pook in March to cancel all live sales. There were just 35 bidders in reserved ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Salmagundi Club Online Auction
Salmagundi Club, New York City
Photos courtesy Salmagundi Club
The Salmagundi Club, founded in 1871, held an online auction on June 19 offering submissions from its members and some works from the archives to raise funds for its operating budget.
The event, usually held twice a year at the club's lower Fifth Avenue ... (Read More)
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(Auction)First Newspaper Printing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" Sells for $325,000
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
Music figured in the top lots at Christie's books and manuscripts sale online June 2 through 18. The first printing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" in a newspaper sold for $325,000 (includes buyer's premium), and the same price was paid for the original artwork for the ... (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)American Paintings and Pennsylvania Impressionism
Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman's
Freeman's American art and Pennsylvania Impressionists sale on June 14 had been postponed a week from June 7 because of Black Lives Matter protests and a curfew in Philadelphia. Bidders convened virtually on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon and bought 70 of the 74 lots offered for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Online Sale Brings Great Results
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Grogan & Company
What does it mean when an auction house's first online sale in its 33 years is its best ever? That's what happened at Grogan & Company when the June 14 auction in the Boston gallery brought an impressive total of close to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rodrigue Collection Stars in an Art-Focused Sale
Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, Louisiana
Photos courtesy Neal Auction Company
Neal Auction Company sales are traditionally strong in works by southern regional artists, and for many years the principal name to conjure with has been George Rodrigue (1944-2013) of "Blue Dog" fame. This year's summer estates auction, held June 12-14, included ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Virus- and Anxiety-Delayed North Carolina Debut
Ledbetter Auctions, Gibsonville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Ledbetter Auctions
After buying full-page ads in Maine Antique Digest over three consecutive months-one announcing a sale followed by two COVID-19 delays-Matt Ledbetter of Ledbetter Auctions finally had his day on the podium. On June 13 in tiny Gibsonville, North Carolina, the 38-year-old first-time auctioneer ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Bit of Normalcy Returns
A Country Gathering, Elizabethtown, Indiana
A few years ago, an article about an antiques show I had covered drew the ire of the promoter. A bit of flavor woven into the story, detailing the rural setting and an overnight storm, was seen as negative coverage. The promoter took an "if you ... (Read More)
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(Auction)New Platform Hosts Early Summer Sale
Arader Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Arader Galleries
Graham Arader launched his own auction platform in time for his early summer sale on June 13, offering potential bidders a $100 credit for registering with the new platform or $250 if a buyer asked for the money to go a charity. Of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Lamp Base Brings $50,150
William A. Smith, Inc., Plainfield, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy William A. Smith, Inc.
"It was a terrific sale. We have attracted many new customers, and our regular customers are still very active, as well as phone, absentee, and Internet customers," said Lori Vallari, a principal at William A. Smith, Inc., in Plainfield, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Alamo Artifacts and Pennsylvania Prizes
Burley Auction Gallery, New Braunfels, Texas
Photos courtesy Burley Auction Gallery
A large and impressive collection of Texas and other American historical artifacts, memorabilia, armaments, furniture, and pottery was sold on June 6 at a Texas Hill Country auction house.
The 445 items that crossed the block at the Burley Auction Gallery in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Christie's Settles with Manhattan DA in Tax Case
Christie's has resolved an investigation by the Manhattan district attorney into violations of New York state tax laws. The auction house was accused of failing to register to collect and failing to collect New York and local sales tax between 2013 and 2017.
In the agreement, Christie's London, Christie's Private Sales, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Online African American Fine Art Auction
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
In a heavily promoted sale, New York City's Swann Galleries offered 187 lots in its African American fine art auction, held online because of the pandemic. Rescheduled to June 4 from its usual slot in early April, the sale took place during the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Cameo Glass Vase Sells for $118,750
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions, HA.com
Extraordinary pieces of decorative art glass, including some of the earliest and rarest examples of American craftsmanship and British cameo glass, highlighted Heritage Auctions' June 4 sale of art glass, including Art Nouveau and Art Deco works. Bidders from the around the globe ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, June 2020
The Times, and the Auctions, They Are a Changing
Though the situation began to change in the U.K. during the latter part of April, with some salerooms beginning to find a way around the restrictions, the sudden, across-the-board cancellation of live auctions in the U.K. has had a major impact. It ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spring Sale Successfully Navigates a Different Kind of Storm
New Orleans Auction Galleries, New Orleans, Louisiana
Photos courtesy New Orleans Auction Galleries
Early in the year, followers of the sales at New Orleans Auction Galleries (NOAG) received a magnificent catalog for its regular spring estates auction scheduled for March 28 and 29. The pages documented almost 1100 lots, which were beautifully ... (Read More)
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(Auction)North American Decoys at Auction
Guyette & Deeter, St. Michaels, Maryland
Jon Deeter may have created a new paradigm for the auction world. Realizing that a pandemic launched the idea is something else.
The concept came after Guyette & Deeter, Inc., the auction house he heads with Gary Guyette, moved its established spring auction from St. Charles, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Stories of Annie Oakley and the Tomahawk
Morphy Auctions, Denver, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Morphy Auctions
Some auction catalogs never seem to lack for superlatives when describing unique, top-of-the-line historic items. Once in a great while, the superlatives don't seem adequate. That would be the case with Morphy Auctions' three-day "doubleheader" firearms auction May 27-29 in Denver, Pennsylvania. The star ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Michael Diaz-Griffith Named Executive Director of Sir John Soane's Museum Foundation
On April 21 it was announced that Michael Diaz-Griffith got the job he has prepared for all his life. Sir John Soane's Museum Foundation, the New York-based foundation that supports Sir John Soane's Museum in London, selected him as the foundation's new executive director.
Diaz-Griffith first came to the attention of ... (Read More)
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