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(Young Collectors)A Fundamental Question
The Young Collector
Is there anything more exhausting than a small child who wants to know the why of everything? And to answer is just a trap! We all know that nothing good comes of answering "Why?" because it's just followed by another one. It is unending. Kid questions are unending ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Owners, New Era for Bowmanville
Bowmanville Antiques and Folk Art Sale, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
An interesting trend showed itself in high contrast in this year's Bowmanville Antiques and Folk Art Sale, held in Bowmanville, Ontario, at the G.B. Rickard Recreation Centre on Easter weekend, April 19 and 20.
Let's call it "Third Age" Canadiana.
The "First Age" would ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, May 2019
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and website for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Focused Photography Market Makes its Choices
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
Swann Galleries' April 18 auction of classic and contemporary photographs in New York City lived up to its name with a wide array of offerings, from Eadweard Muybridge to Edward S. Curtis to Edward Weston to Edward Ruscha. I could go on with ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Latin American Imprints, Including Poet-Nun's Songbook, Lead Printed and Manuscript Sale
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
Swann's printed and manuscript Americana department set several price records on April 16 in the auction house's New York City gallery. On its way to doing so, the department posted its third straight sale that finished over $1 million (including buyers' premiums). The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Color Is One Key to Success
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Department director Scot Levitt believes that color was the key to success at the April 16 Bonhams auction of California and Western paintings and sculpture in Los Angeles. "The compositions filled with bright color sold exceptionally well, while the more monochromatic or muted ones did ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Asa Munger Clock Case Mystery
Swann Galleries, New York City
Swann's keyword alert system flagged "clock" for me in the description of lot 150 of this Americana sale. According to Swann's Rick Stattler, it was lucky for me that he happened to mention clock cases in his description of this 1826-54 handwritten account book kept by ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Garden Furniture & Antiques Fair
Bronx, New York
The Garden Furniture & Antiques Fair at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), April 11-14, smelled great and looked great, and exhibitors' booths were put together with tender, loving care.
Pretty in pink could have been the theme for the fair. Pale pink cherry blossoms were everywhere, while bright ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Prototype Coke Bottle
A rare Coca-Cola prototype bottle sold for $110,700 (includes buyer's premium) and was the top lot at Morphy Auctions' April 12-14 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Revolutionary Engraving Leads at Potomack
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company's spring auction consisted of just over 1400 lots, offered in five parts over three days. First, a three-session sale was held at the firm's galleries in Alexandria, Virginia, on April 13. That sale was divided among European and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Unique and Fresh Jewelry
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Leslie Hindman
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, held its auction of important jewelry and timepieces on April 10. I had a conversation about the sale and the jewelry market with Katie Guilbault, senior specialist, and Jamie Henderson, specialist, afterward. Guilbault reiterated what we'd talked about when ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Fresh Show Overlooking the Hudson River
Antiques on the Hudson at Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, New York
What better venue can an antiques event have than a location that is historical, easy to reach, with great views of one of the world's most famous rivers and mountains, and a house museum filled with period antiques that was hosting a ... (Read More)
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(Show)Sale This Way
The Collector's Eye, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The arrow sign was about as simple as they come. Wooden and with black letters on a white ground, it read "Sale This Way." The sign, part of a wide mix of merchandise at The Collector's Eye on April 7 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was ... (Read More)
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(Show)Destination Weekend at Oglebay Institute's 65th Annual Antiques Show & Sale
Wheeling, West Virginia
Now in its 65th year, the Oglebay Institute's Antiques Show & Sale at Oglebay Resort in Wheeling, West Virginia, is not just an event that offers fantastic antique and vintage items; it is a destination weekend on many levels. Held the first weekend in April, this year April ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Bit of the Divine in the Midwest
Midwest Antique & Art Show, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
If a single item could sum up the Midwest Antique & Art Show held April 7 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a reasonable choice would have been a bootjack offered by Tom van Deest of Cedar Rapids. To use an old adage, "The devil ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany Name Is Golden at Art + Design Auction
Treadway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Treadway Gallery
A Tiffany Studios Daffodil table lamp sold for $46,875 (including buyer's premium) to lead the Art + Design auction held by Treadway Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 7. Throughout the sale, Tiffany lamps once again proved to be in demand. Buyers were also ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historical Documents and Art Highlight Sale
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred's
Eldred's kicked off its spring sale held April 5 and 6 with a rich selection of nearly 200 historical and political artifacts and ephemera from two large collections from Rhode Island relating to the Baylies family, merchants of South Dighton, Massachusetts. Bidders were eager and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African American Fine Art at Swann
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
Swann Galleries, New York City, has been offering African American fine art twice a year in dedicated auctions for the past 11 years. The spring auction on April 4, which began at 2 p.m., as is the house tradition, included 175 lots of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bonhams Raises Buyer's Premium
On March 4 Bonhams raised its buyer's premium. The new rates are 27.5% on the first $3000 of the hammer price; 25% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of $3000 up to and including $400,000; 20% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of $400,000 up to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Reproduction
On February 17, just a month after she had shepherded a successful Outsider art sale at Christie's, Cara Zimmerman gave birth to Alexander Dylan Forsyth, 6 lbs. 7 oz. and 19 inches long. Mother and father could not be happier, she wrote in an e-mail.
Originally published in the April 2019 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Another Slice of the Loaf
In a world where transactional costs are coming down thanks to technology, four big auction houses-Sotheby's, Christie's, Phillips, and Bonhams-have all "adjusted" their buyer's premium, making it even costlier for buyers to acquire art and antiques via auction.
None have crossed the 25% line, except for Bonhams, which now charges 27.5% ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Frenzy for Fresh to the Market
Fresh-to-the-market antiques seem as desirable to collectors as fresh-to-the-market corn on the cob, tomatoes, or other vegetables at a farmer's stand. Dealers talk up pieces in their shops and show booths as untouched by the eyes of collectors. Entire shows take pride in antiques that have not been shopped around. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gun Trek: The Next Generation
Poulin Antiques and Auctions Inc., Fairfield, Maine
Photos courtesy Poulin Antiques and Auctions Inc.
After James Julia sold his business, the gavel lay dormant at the Julia auction facility in Fairfield, Maine. But not for long. Poulin Antiques and Auctions Inc., begun over 30 years ago by Steve and Jeannine Poulin, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Contents of the Stephen Daniels House
Kaminski Auctions, Beverly, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Kaminski Auctions. All prices include the buyer's premium.
The Stephen Daniels house, built in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1667, and modified over the centuries, was the source of antiques featured in the first day of Kaminski Auctions' two-day sale held March 30 and 31 in the Beverly, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Big Cupboard and Door Latch Combine for Over Twenty Grand
Hap Moore, York, Maine
At Hap Moore's March 30 auction in York, Maine, a large red cupboard was expected to do very well, and it didn't disappoint. But it was a 16" iron door latch that rose from obscurity to finish near the top.
The star of the show was a New ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, April 2019
One Last Look at the Old Year and Old Masters
Illustrated and/or featured here, though in some instances only briefly identified, is a selection of some of the old masters that caught my eye in end-of-season picture sales in London. I started out with rather more, but in order to wrap ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Green Book Sets Record at Printed and Manuscript African Americana Sale
Swann Galleries, New York City Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
Swann Galleries sold a copy of a 1958 edition of The Negro Travelers' Green Book for $27,500 (including buyer's premium) on March 28 at its annual printed and manuscript African Americana sale in New York City. The price is a new record ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Thirty-Seven Old Judge Cabinet Baseball Cards Bring $431,000
The North Fork Collection of N173 Old Judge cabinet baseball cards from 1888-37 in all, sold as individual lots-brought a combined $431,000 (with buyers' premiums) at a March 28 auction conducted by Weiss Auctions in Lynbrook, New York. The 500-lot auction grossed a little less than $750,000.
The top lot of ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)What's New in Word Processors
Computer Column #363
The computer has become a most important tool for writers. Those who write on a computer word processor may not know how difficult writing was on a typewriter. Four decades ago, I wrote by typewriter an article for a camping magazine on forest fires. In those days, manuscripts ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Art of Being Irrational
The Young Collector
We all like to think we are rational human beings, that we have it together and see the world as it is. After all, the world is a safer place if we are able to predict our own reactions and choices, and all the more so if we ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Elverson Antique Show & Sale
Elverson, Pennsylvania
Elverson is a borough that measures one square mile in the northwestern corner of Chester County, Pennsylvania. Twice a year for half a century, the Elverson Antique Show & Sale has brought collectors to this small town whose historical district has been on the national register since 1993.
The Elverson ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Connecticut Spring Show
Hartford, Connecticut
When the Connecticut Spring Show sets up in the sun-filled 1909 state arsenal and armory in Hartford, Connecticut, the soft colors and textures of the art and antiques on view blaze in the light. Dealers and collectors know that exhibitors bring their best, and the show is a highlight ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Two Houdon Portrait Busts Bring $1.475 Million
On July 2, 1778, the night of Jean Jacques Rousseau's death at Ermenonville, the manor of Marquis Rene-Louis de Girardin near Paris, the marquis sent a letter to Jean Antoine Houdon asking the sculptor to come to Ermenonville and make a mask of the dead man's face to preserve his ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, April 2019
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and website for ... (Read More)
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(Show)Raleigh in the Spring: Rugs and Other Essentials
Raleigh Antiques Extravaganza, Raleigh, North Carolina
On opening day at the Raleigh Antiques Extravaganza, it took less than five minutes for red sold tickets to sprout on three items in the booth of John Cooper of Antiques & Folk Art at Wilmington, Wake Forest, North Carolina. His display was the first ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Alaska Dealer Indicted
On March 21 Lee John Screnock, 58, of Anchorage, Alaska, was charged with one count of misrepresentation of Indian-produced goods and products and two counts alleging violations of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
According to the indictment, Screnock allegedly offered goods and falsely suggested that they were Indian produced, an Indian ... (Read More)
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(Auction)50 Years in the Making: The Blue Glass Collection of Dr. Charles and Jane Aprill
Norman C. Heckler & Company, Woodstock Valley, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Norman C. Heckler & Company
If ever a collection was begun in the purest of ways, the collection of Dr. Charles and Jane Aprill of antique glass and bottles would surely be the poster child. The first part of their collection ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Record Broken for Sculthorpe Painting
On March 20 at Alderfer Auction, Hatfield, Pennsylvania, a watercolor by Chester County, Pennsylvania, artist Peter Sculthorpe (b. 1948), Winter in Berks County, sold to an absentee bidder for a record-breaking $33,000 (includes buyer's premium). The 32" x 62" painting was estimated at $5000/8000.
The previous record for a Sculthorpe work ... (Read More)
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(Show)Chester County Historical Society Antiques & Art Show
Exton, Pennsylvania
"Antiques and Art Show Today" read the sign at the entrance to the Church Farm School announcing the 37th annual Chester County Historical Society Antiques & Art Show. These days many antiques dealers offer paintings along with furniture and decorations, so shows in the city and the country have ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fred Giampietro's Second Fine Art and Estates Auction
New Haven Auctions, New Haven, Connecticut
Photos courtesy New Haven Auctions
Fred Giampietro has gone back to his roots. The New Haven, Connecticut, gallerist put together his first auction of 2019 on Sunday, March 17, with bidding available in the salesroom of his off-site location on Peck Street, as well as through ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Strong Showing for Bird Haven
Laughlin Auctions, Inc., Edinburg, Virginia
Laughlin Auctions, Inc., headquartered in Woodstock, Virginia, held its 32nd annual spring sale at the firm's galleries in nearby Edinburg on March 16. Laughlin auctions are always large, with auctioneers utilizing three galleries simultaneously. This sale was no exception. While there were no blockbuster or record-setting ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Swan Decoy Tops Country Americana Sale
Garth's Auctions, Columbus, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth's
Sometimes it's not the top lot that makes the most significant statement. When Garth's Auctions held a sale of country Americana on March 15 in Columbus, Ohio, it was a lesser piece of furniture that stuck in the mind of Jeff Jeffers, Garth's principal auctioneer ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Updates: Skinner and Fortuna
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Skinner and Fortuna
Two jewelry auctions in one week in March, one online-only at Skinner in Boston and the other at Fortuna in New York City in a newly established monthly live auction format, represent the ways auction houses are tailoring sales to satisfy the needs ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Editorial: Shine on the Apple
Editorial, March 2019
Americana Week in New York City has undergone a discernable shift, more noticeable this year than ever before.
The sales at the auction houses are no longer strictly Americana; the Winter Show, sans the word "antiques," has fewer Americana dealers; and the only satellite show still standing-The Art, Design ... (Read More)
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(Show)Show Benefiting Kerr Memorial Museum Shines in 15th Year
Oakmont Antique Show, Oakmont, Pennsylvania
The 15th annual Oakmont Antique Show was held Saturday and Sunday, March 9 and 10, with a preview party held on Friday night, at the Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, and though the dealers are only 25 strong; there is nothing "only" about this show-be ... (Read More)
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(Show)53rd Tolland Antiques Show
Tolland Antiques Show, Tolland, Connecticut
An antiques show that has endured for 53 years is remarkable these days. Such is the case for the Tolland Antiques Show, a smallish show with 40 or so dealers from around the Northeast who bring their best quality American antiques. Dealers and show attendees alike ... (Read More)
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(Show)Short, Sweet, and Snowy March Sale
Bath Antique Sale, Bath, Maine
Paul Fuller's Bath Antique Sale, held one Sunday a month in Bath, Maine, from November through April (but not February), is an unjuried come-as-you-are affair. At the March 10 show, some dealers brought A-game material, but there is plenty of room for B- and C-game merch ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 62nd CSADA Spring Fox Valley Antiques Show
St. Charles, Illinois
When a show reaches a milestone of 60-plus years, one has to wonder how long the success will last. We're happy to report that the 62nd spring show of the Chicago Suburban Antiques Dealers Association (CSADA) on March 9 and 10 with 55 dealers from 15 states was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art and Design Auction
Toomey & Co., Oak Park, Illinois
How can one follow a hit with another success? That's the conundrum staff at Toomey & Co. faced after the huge hit of their new "Tradition and Innovation" sale in December 2018.
So when CEO and second-generation gallery head Lucy Toomey told us, "March sales are ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Invaluable and Mearto Partner Up to Offer Online Appraisals
Invaluable, an online marketplace for fine art, antiques, and collectibles, has entered into a partnership with Mearto, an online appraisal service. Scott Miles of Invaluable said in a press release that "the partnership will provide a convenient, sought-after service for Invaluable customers who are increasingly interested in both buying and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Christie's Raises Buyer's Premium
As of February 1, Christie's has changed its buyer's premium. The new fees the auction house charges buyers for all categories except wine are 25% up to $300,000, 20% from $300,001 to $4,000,000, and 13.5% at $4,000,001 and above. The previous buyer's premium fee schedule was 25% up to $250,000, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Man Arrested on Burglary Charges
New York State Police arrested Clifford R. Williams, 56, of Selden, New York, for second-degree burglary, a Class C felony. Williams is accused of unlawfully entering a relative's residence in the town of Eaton through a window and taking several antique items from within the home.
Williams was arraigned and remanded ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Hazelton Named LiveAuctioneers Advisory Board Chairman
Brook Hazelton has been appointed to LiveAuctioneers' newly created position of advisory board chairman, heading the soon-to-be-launched auctioneer and dealer panel.
Brook Hazelton, newly appointed advisory board chairman at LiveAuctioneers, will head the company's auctioneer and dealer panel. Photo by Mark Seliger.
Hazelton served as Christie's president for North and South America ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Granite State Book Fair Changes Hands
Richard Mori of Richard Mori Books, Franklin, New Hampshire, is the new owner and promoter of the Granite State Book and Ephemera Fair. The fair has been produced by Marvin Getman for the past five years.
"The show has traditionally had fifty or sixty dealers. It's going to take some work ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
A $3.34 million sale of American art took place at Sotheby's on March 6, a few days after the close of the Art Dealers Association of America Art Show.
Not a dealer was in sight at the start of the 10 a.m. sale, but several had ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ivory Lawsuit Dismissed
On February 1 U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield dismissed a lawsuit by two antiques dealers' trade groups challenging a 2014 law making it a felony to trade ivory in New York.
In an eight-page opinion, the judge ruled that the Art and Antique Dealers League of America and the National Art ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Beach to Receive ADA Award of Merit
In 2019, the finial is being awarded to a keeper of the flame.
The Antiques Dealers' Association of America's annual Award of Merit, represented by a presentation flame finial award, will be given to journalist and author Laura Beach at a ceremony on April 26 in Philadelphia.
Beach specializes in writing about ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Bulk E-mail
Computer Column #362
This sort of thing happens often. A member of a group sends an informative e-mail to other members of the group in a single message with multiple addressees. Within days, weeks, or months, the addressees begin to receive spam-ads for cigar cutters or mail-order spouses, or fake messages ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Art Show
New York City
The Art Show, an annual event that features 72 member dealers whose proposals are reviewed and selected by their peers, offers its audience a more curatorial approach than other art fairs. The show, which is hosted by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA), was held February 27 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Thomaston Place Late Winter Auction
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
At the three-day auction at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Thomaston Maine, March 1-3, nearly 1300 lots came on the block. The top estimates in the catalog showed nothing over $20,000, but a handful of items rose from relative obscurity, including one rock star that ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skinner Americana
Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner
Skinner's Americana sale on March 2 celebrated the historical with objects as documents. Material relating to George Washington, for example, was highly desirable, and buyers bid accordingly. It wasn't just the portraits and documents for sale; two porcelain objects were also historical.
This portrait by Sheldon Peck (1797-1868) ... (Read More)
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(Show)Buyers Spell Success for Country Spirit Show
Country Spirit Antique Show, Arcola, Illinois
In 1886 Alonzo Smith, a carpenter and pattern maker from Milwaukee, patented an educational toy he referred to as simply a spelling board. The device consisted of a wooden surface with letters that traveled freely around two concentric ovals that intersected a horizontal row. The ... (Read More)
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(Show)Americana Abounds at Rural Life Show
Rural Life Antique Show, Tuscola, Illinois
Two months before the spring edition of the Rural Life Antique Show, held March 1 and 2 in Tuscola, Illinois, promoter Donna Kidwell did something that shouldn't surprise the people who know her. She bought a building in town.
It wasn't just any structure. The cinder-block ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Family Gathering
A Gathering on the Prairie, Arthur, Illinois
Shortly after dawn outside of Arthur, Illinois, on March 2, a small flock of red-winged blackbirds perched in a dormant tree isolated in a field. From a distance, they could more readily be heard than seen, silhouetted against the morning sky like black leaves ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)R.O. Schmitt Changes Name
Auction house R.O. Schmitt Fine Arts LLC, Windham, New Hampshire, which for 40 years has specialized in antique clocks, watches, mechanical music, and scientific instruments, is changing its name. On February 19 the firm will become Schmitt Horan & Co.
As part of the change, there will also be a new ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Cabot Mill Antiques Passes One Million per Annum Sales Milestone
Cabot Mill Antiques in Brunswick, Maine, surpassed one million dollars in sales per annum on Saturday, December 22, 2018. Customers Mary and Brion Controvillas of Maine bought an oval walnut marble-top Victorian-style side table that put Cabot Mill Antiques over the million-dollar mark.
Deborah Stufflebeam, manager of Cabot Mill Antiques, said, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, March 2019
Letter from London
There are still a number of fine old masters lining up for a place in next month's "Letter," but other than that, this month's selection pretty much wraps up the old year for me.
Sales in the new year tend to get into their stride much later in London ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Family Record by the Virginia Record Book Artist Sells in Ohio
Mike Clum Auctions, Inc., Rushville, Ohio
Mike Clum of Rushville, Ohio, has been auctioneering for 50 years. He started as a teenager and has called thousands of sales, specializing in antiques and collectibles.
Sometimes the sales include hundreds of toothpick holders or thousands of salt and pepper shakers. Or, as on the ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Ode to Joy
The Young Collector
Winter, for many people, is binge weather. There's no yardwork to be done on Saturday, nowhere to go when it is snowy and dark, so it is the perfect time to settle in and watch enough hours of television that Netflix becomes concerned and asks if you are ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Drexel Plans to Rescue Philadelphia History
Who says no one is interested in history? Four hundred people gathered on February 27 at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia at a meeting organized by the board of trustees of the Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent to learn how Drexel University plans to rescue the failed Atwater ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Nursing Madonna Sells for $2,470,000
At Freeman's in Philadelphia on February 27, 18 phone bidders competed with bidders online and in the salesroom for a late 15th-century Netherlandish Nursing Madonna painting attributed to the Master of the Embroidered Foliage. It sold for $2,470,000 (includes buyer's premium).
Probably painted in Brussels by a group of artists, it ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Martell & Suffin Antiques, Woodbury, Connecticut
In the Trade
Years ago, when Manhattan real estate prices weren't quite as absurd as they are now, there was a thriving wholesale antiques district on Broadway below 14th Street. These shops were not for the faint of heart. They were for pros. They catered to the decorator market. You didn't ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Gurley Antique Shows Adds Date for Boxborough Series
Gurley Antique Shows Adds Date for Boxborough Series
Joshua and Rachel Gurley of Gurley Antique Shows will be adding a fall date to their Boxborough, Massachusetts, show series at the Boxboro Regency Hotel. The new date will be September 22. It will be followed by October 27 and January 5 and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Faker Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
Harold Gordon, 69, of Templeton, Massachusetts, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Connecticut on January 29 to one count of wire fraud.
As first reported in Maine Antique Digest, Gordon was the maker of a fake Civil War secretary that was sold by ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sotheby's Raises Buyer's Premium
On February 25 the buyer's premium rates at Sotheby's changed. For New York auctions (excluding wine auctions), the new rates are 25% on the hammer price up to and including $400,000; 20% on the hammer price in excess of $400,000 up to and including $4,000,000; and 13.9% on the portion ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Empire Chest Surprises at Hilliard
Hilliard & Co. Auctioneers, Madison, Virginia
Photos courtesy Hilliard & Co. Auctioneers
Nine months ago we visited our first Hilliard & Co. auction at its salesrooms in Madison, Virginia. We visited again for Hilliard's February 23 sale. Over the intervening time, there has been positive growth at the firm. My only significant ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Great Little Americana Show in Georgia
Madison Antiques Show and Sale, Madison, Georgia
The 18th annual Madison Antiques Show and Sale at the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, Georgia, was held February 21 through 23. Since it is always a good Americana sale, one might wonder, "Can Madison get any better?" It did.
The show continues to stay true ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine and Decorative Art, Including Americana
Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan's Auctions
For the third time in less than five months, Cowan's Auctions has sold an Andrew Clemens (1857-1894) sand bottle for a six-figure price.
The most recent sale came during an auction of fine and decorative art on February 23 in Cincinnati. The bottle featured a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, March 2019
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and website for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Flying Pig Antiques Opens in New Hampshire
Connecticut antiques dealer Ian McKelvey and Massachusetts antiques dealers Kris and Paul Casucci have again joined forces to create a new venture, Flying Pig Antiques in Westmoreland, New Hampshire.
After extensive renovations, the shop will feature over 40 antiques dealers from New England and New York in booths and cases throughout ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Photography Sale: "The Whole World in Our Heads"
Swann Auction Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Auction Galleries
A literal panoply of photographic objects was on offer in the New York City auction rooms of Swann Auction Galleries on February 21. They ranged from single works by masters such as Dorothea Lange to vernacular photography, i.e., from such classic ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Jewelry Sale Brings In Over $2 Million
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Moderately estimated jewelry was sold in Doyle New York's two recent sales-a February 19 auction of 850 lots of jewelry, watches, and gold coins, in addition to contents of abandoned safe deposit boxes by order of Bank of America, and a February 20 fine jewelry sale.
All 199 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bartlam Tea Bowl and Saucer Sell for $65,500
A previously unrecorded American porcelain tea bowl and saucer attributed to the John Bartlam manufactory in Cain Hoy, South Carolina, 1765-69, sold after the auction for $65,500, its reserve price, at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury, Wiltshire, U.K., on February 19. The buyer was London dealer Roderick Jellicoe, who has ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Marin Show 2019
American Indian Art Show/Marin, San Rafael, California
The February 16 and 17 American Indian Art Show/Marin was a first for producer Kim Martindale-he wasn't there. Felled by pneumonia, he spent the show in the hotel across the footbridge, in bed. How did the show do without him? "Fantastic," he said. "Perhaps ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decoy Hunting Brings $2.4 Million at Copley's Winter Sale
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Charleston, South Carolina
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
"Everybody loves a beautifully carved and painted bird," stated Stephen O'Brien, owner and auctioneer of Copley Fine Art Auctions LLC, Boston, Massachusetts. This was in response to the question "Why?" Why with all the genres of collecting that exist, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques Lovers Gather on Valentine's Day
Heart of Tennessee Antique Show, Lebanon, Tennessee
The business of selling antiques is equal parts acquisition and presentation, and closing the deal is the satisfying bow on top. These days, dealers have access to more avenues of presentation. They may run a virtual store online as well as a brick-and-mortar shop, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Nashville Show by Jenkins: Change Is in the Air
Nashville, Tennessee
When visitors to the Nashville Show this year bought tickets at the front door, the first thing they saw was an artist's rendering of what the new exposition buildings at the Nashville Fairgrounds will look like when collectors return in 2020. Construction is already underway, and modern techniques can ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Hudson Valley Cupboard Sells for $46,000
A mid-18th-century Hudson Valley stepback cupboard, found in a Dutch stone house in Ulster County, New York sold at Hyde Park Country Auctions, in Poughkeepsie, New York, on February 16 for $46,000 (includes buyer's premium).
"The estimate was $3000/6000. The consignor would have been happy with $2000," said Dominick J. Navarra, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Glenn Bauer, Forest Murmurs, Round Top, New York
In the Trade
I have to confess that I've never paid any attention to Black Forest woodcarvings. I've been looking at antiques since 1963 when I bought my first old object (a C.F. Martin guitar that my mother wouldn't let in the house because it smelled from the mouse nest in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Claggett Clock Reunion
Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island
Back on June 5, 2015, I attended a daylong seminar, "Time Well Spent: Clockmaking in Colonial America," at the venerable Redwood Library and Athenaeum in Newport, Rhode Island. The Redwood, America's first purpose-built library, was founded in 1747 and still occupies its original but ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Dogs in Art at Doyle
Doyle, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle
Doyle's sporting art sale on February 13 coincided with the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and the opening of the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog in midtown Manhattan. The catalyst for the 238-lot sale was the collection of James W. Smith (1941-2018) of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Heritage Pulls Back The Curtain, Editorial February 2019
Private sales by auction houses remain shrouded in mystery. Heritage Auctions, based in Dallas, Texas, has recently made a move to increase transparency in the antiques market-opening up a window into private sales.
Heritage Auctions, which had $815 million in sales in 2017, has an innovative Make Offer to Owner (MOtO) ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Mid-Week in Manchester Goes to One-Day Format
In August Frank Gaglio and Barn Star Productions will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Mid-Week in Manchester Antiques Show. After a quarter century, there's a big change coming. The show will now be held on one day only, instead of two.
Dubbed "Mid-Week One-Day Antiques Fair," it will be held ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Virginia Antiques Shop Owner Guilty of Smuggling Endangered Wildlife
Antiques dealer Keith Foster, 60, of Upperville, Virginia, pleaded guilty on December 19, 2018, to violating the Lacey Act by illegally selling and transporting between $250,000 and $500,000 worth of items made from endangered species, migratory birds, and other wildlife.
Foster was the owner of The Outpost LLC, Middleburg, Virginia. The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Northeast Auctions Closes and New Firm Opens
The auction world has changed. In early January, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers from Chicago and Cowan's Auctions from Cincinnati merged into Hindman LLC (see p. 131), and Ronald Bourgeault closed Northeast Auctions in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and established Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians & Associates LLC.
Bourgeault established the new firm with his partner, James ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)James Arthur and His "Temple of Time": A Cautionary Tale for Collector-Donors
Part IV of IV
In 1925 New York University (NYU) received from private collector James Arthur (1842-1930) the gift of a horological collection consisting of clocks, watches, sundials, and other time-measuring devices, along with a library and an endowment. Today, NYU retains the library, the endowment, and about a dozen of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Sale of the L.D. Brinkman Western Art Collection
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
To L.D. "Brink" Brinkman (1929-2015), the Western artists he collected and promoted strove "to perpetuate the memory and culture of the Old West...and to ensure authentic representation of the life of the West as it was and is." He called his collection "a sample of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Burglary Suspect Arrested
On December 27, 2018, Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office deputies served a search warrant at a residence in Dunsmuir, California, after an investigation into a Christmas night commercial burglary at Harley's Antique Store identified a possible suspect in the case.
The search warrant operation netted the key suspect, Benjamin Osborn, 43, most ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Board Members for American Folk Art Museum
The board of trustees of the American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) has two new members-philanthropist and educator Joyce Berger Cowin, a former member of the AFAM board (1992-2017), and attorney and civil rights advocate Gail Wright Sirmans.
Joyce Berger Cowin.
Gail Wright Sirmans.
"Joyce Berger Cowin has been an exemplary and generous benefactor ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ancient Corn Mummy Leads at Potomack
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company opened its 2019 auction schedule with three days of sales, February 2, 5, and 6, at its galleries in Alexandria, Virginia. The February 2 sale was live, and the sales on February 5 and 6 were online only. During ... (Read More)
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