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(Auction)Three-Day Sale on the Coast of Maine
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
On November 8, 9, and 10 auctioneer Kaja Veilleux and his team at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries held a three-day sale in Thomaston, Maine, offering the buying public a large variety of goods in 1475 lots.
Thomaston's sales are old-school marathon ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Country Spirit Antique Show
Arcola, Illinois
Two days after the U.S. general election and its bruising presidential race, a yard sign on Illinois 133 still stood. Lost in the flat farmland of the Midwest, it offered a different perspective on the times: "Jesus 2024 / Our Only Hope."
Pardon this rabbit trail for a minute. In ... (Read More)
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(Show)Rural Life Antique Show
Tuscola, Illinois
Rural Life Antique Show featured 24 dealers at two locations in Tuscola, Illinois, November 8 and 9. The show was once again part of Antiques Week in Central Illinois, which by the numbers breaks down to two days, three towns, and four shows in seven venues.
Deborah Fisher of Lebanon, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Homesteaders Antiques & Folk Art Show
Arthur, Illinois
There is no sense hedging around the elephant that was in the room at Homesteaders Antiques & Folk Art Show, held November 8 and 9 in the Arthur Sale Barn in Arthur, Illinois. Simply put, the show's dealer count was down significantly. Promoter Terry Whaley knew it. Buyers could ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Gathering on the Prairie
Arthur, Illinois
Sunrise on November 9 in central Illinois came with a vivid wash of colors-blue, red, orange, yellow, and purple, one tumbling after another on a playground of clouds. It seemed a perfectly delightful omen.
That same morning saw the opening of A Gathering on the Prairie, the fourth and final ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bonhams in New York City to Move
Bonhams will relocate its New York City headquarters from 580 Madison Avenue to Steinway Hall at 111 West 57th Street by late 2025. Steinway Hall was designed in 1925 by New York City architects Warren & Wetmore. The new U.S. flagship will feature an 80' glass atrium, four levels of ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Gift of Friendship
A Book Review
This children's book is based on the true story of a little girl's friendship with an injured Confederate soldier recuperating in her family's house during the Civil War. Set in Culpeper, Virginia, in 1862, Sophia's Gift tells the story of how the Strauss family struggles to survive as ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Met Unveils a New Tiffany Window
With new stories, new narratives, and new objects, American art, history, and culture at the Metropolitan Museum, New York City, is "at its best!" declared Max Hollein, the Met's Marina Kellen French Director and chief executive officer, to a lively crowd of donors, collectors, dealers, and curators who gathered in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Beware the Undead
Did you know that not a small number of people consider antiques to be "creepy?" They do! "Dead people's stuff." Old houses with creaky floors, beds people probably died in, blanket chests that held trousseaus for ghostly brides, samplers and quilts made by the "dead" hands of women who died ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Guilty Plea Expected in Art Theft
An Ohio man has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge for trafficking a stolen Andy Warhol print worth at least $175,000.
Brian Alec Light, 58, of Hudson, Ohio, formerly a resident of downtown Los Angeles, is expected to plead guilty to one count of interstate transportation of stolen ... (Read More)
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(Show)November Edition of Midwest Holiday Antique Show Shines Brightly
Canfield, Ohio
For many "the holidays" refers to the time between Thanksgiving and the end of the year. For collectors of any and all things holiday, that time period is way too limiting. Christmas and Hanukkah, yes, but also New Year's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving-any day when ... (Read More)
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(Auction)$2.9 Million in Two Days
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Grogan & Company
The gallery at Grogan & Company in Boston for the November 2 and 3 sales was ablaze with color and sparkle from the objects on view: fine art and jewels. The auctions, with live, online, and telephone bidding, brought energetic competition. Each ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory
New York City
The Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) opened The Art Show, its annual event, at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City one week before Election Day. The mood inside the cavernous space was buoyant, and primary colors of reds and blues were seen in many of ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Digs but Old and Wonderful Things Highlight Elverson Show
Elverson Antique Show & Sale, Honey Brook, Pennsylvania
Greg K. Kramer & Co., Robesonia, Pennsylvania, offered this portrait by a Reading folk artist of Samuel Reber sitting in a yellow Windsor chair for $1975. The man sits under a tree and a bright blue sky and has a pocket watch ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana and Political "Signature" Auction
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Important historical artifacts that help tell the story of America's past sold for substantial prices at Heritage Auctions' November 1 and 2 Americana and political "Signature" auction. The auction included items dating from the Revolutionary War to the presidency of Donald Trump. Many of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Art Dealer Sentenced to Over Five Years for Defrauding Clients
Wendy Halstead Beard, 59, of Birmingham, Michigan, was sentenced on September 11 to five years and three months in prison for wire fraud.
Beard was sentenced before United States District Judge Judith E. Levy in Ann Arbor. Beard's sentencing follows her guilty plea to one count of wire fraud arising from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mount Vernon Pastel Leads at Potomack
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The October 29 and 30 auctions at The Potomack Company included American fine and decorative arts as well as American historical and political material. The sales were conducted online from the firm's Alexandria, Virginia, galleries.
While there was a wide assortment of lots ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Cahoon Museum Names Leeann Ream as Curator
Leeann Ream is the new curator at the Cahoon Museum of American Art in Cotuit, Massachusetts.
"We are so happy to have Leeann join us in this important position," said Cahoon Museum executive director and CEO Sarah Johnson. "Her deep knowledge and love of American art, as well as her experience ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, November 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)The Collection of Charlie Huntress
Gurley Antiques Gallery, Limington, Maine
Photos courtesy Gurley Antiques Gallery
On Monday, October 28, Rachel and Joshua Gurley, the brother-and-sister team best known for producing a large slate of antiques shows, offered the collection of collector Charlie Huntress via LiveAuctioneers. The sale was held entirely online in a timed format.
It was a ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Very Busy Day at Mid Atlantic Antique & Garden Festival
Poolesville, Maryland
The weekend of October 26 and 27 marked the fifth installment of the show now known as the Mid Atlantic Antique & Garden Festival, hosted at Joy and Jon Siegel's Aix La Chapelle Farm outside of Poolesville, Maryland. This edition showcased both the show's expansion and a subtle rebranding ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Part Two of the John Long Estate
Hilliard & Co., Madison, Virginia
Photos courtesy Hilliard & Co.
Hilliard & Co.'s fall 2024 auctions consisted of two sales: a general "Eclectic" sale on October 19 and the second part of the estate of dealer, collector, and interior designer John Long (1932-2023) one week later on October 26. It's safe to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Freeman's | Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Freeman's | Hindman
Almanac having five pages of handwritten journal entries by the Reverend Samuel Kirkland (1741-1808), the accounts spanning a period likely beginning in 1803 and concluding in March 1804 and including details of Kirkland's work with Oneida Indians, $28,575 (est. $600/800).
An 1803 almanac ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Karen DiSaia
"Stuff talks to me," said Karen DiSaia. The former rug dealer and longtime show manager has worn a couple of hats in the art and antiques arena. She and her husband, Ralph, who died in 2019, had a "ham and egg" partnership, melding their fortes into seamless productions and selling ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings, Prints, Silver, and Decorative Arts
Doyle, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle
Doyle's sale of American paintings, furniture, silver, and decorative arts in New York City October 23 and 24 was a good barometer for the state of the market for mid-level Americana. This market is driven by private buyers bidding online for paintings, furniture, silver, and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)IFAR Winding Down
On September 27 the International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR) announced it was "winding down operations" after 55 years of championing the principles of authenticity and ethical ownership in the art world.
According to a press release, "The change in leadership at the beginning of the year presented a vital opportunity ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Shannon's Sets New Record
Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut, established a new auction record for artist Alfred T. Bricher (1837-1908) on October 24. Morning at Narragansett-The Turn of the Tide sold for $337,500 (includes buyer's premium); the estimate was $150,000/200,000. It had previously sold as Ebb Tide for $7000 on January 26, 1972, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, November 2024
Helen Lonetree, sewing basket, circa 1975. -Through November 10 -West Bend, Wisconsin
Weaving a Legacy: Ho-Chunk Black Ash Basketry at the Museum of Wisconsin Art features 200 baskets by more than 40 Ho-Chunk basket makers from the mid-1800s to the present. Taking inspiration from the indigenous tradition of hand-woven twill and ... (Read More)
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(Show)San Francisco Fall Show: Art | Antiques | Design
San Francisco, California
The San Francisco Fall Show: Art | Antiques | Design has become a mostly paintings and photography show. Neither English and Continental antique furniture specialist Daniel Stein ("just taking it easier these days") nor mid-century modern maven Michael De Angelis (a date conflict) had booths this year. In ... (Read More)
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(Show)Connecticut River Valley Antiques & Historic Homes Show
Haddam, Connecticut
The 2024 Connecticut River Valley Antiques & Historic Homes Show came alive again October 19 and 20 with a new twist. Some 30 dealers were front and center, while the concurrent historic homes show curated for owners of old homes featured craftspeople skilled in working on historic properties. The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)East Coast Antiques Sell at CRN Auctions
CRN Auctions, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy CRN Auctions, Inc.
Collectors and dealers know they can rely on CRN Auctions in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the esoteric. The October 20 auction brought to market antiques, art, and objects ranging from Colonial to mid- and late 20th century.
The auction house delivered a cache of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Braford Collection: Part One
Wooten & Wooten Auctions, Camden, South Carolina
Photos courtesy Wooten & Wooten Auctions
A popular place for antiques in Natural Bridge, Virginia, was Antiques by Braford, the shop of Peg (1924-2023) and Lloyd Braford (1926-1994). Now closed, the shop specialized in paintings, choice 18th- and 19th-century furniture, bronzes, and "accessories for the ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Show with a Heart
The Greater Rochester Antiques Show, Henrietta, New York
As I write this at home after spending hours walking through the second day of the Greater Rochester Antiques Show on October 19 (the first day is just setup, and I walked then as well), I am looking for adjectives to describe why ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"American Atmosphere": A Private Collection at Christie's
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
Holding no American art sales in the fall, Christie's filled the void by offering its audience an online-only auction of 62 lots from a single-owner private collection.
The sale, titled "American Atmosphere: An Important Private Collection," ran from September 27 to October 18 after an exhibition ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Season of Bath Antique Sale Launches
Bath, Maine
On October 13 Gurley Antique Shows started another season of the Bath Antique Sale held at the middle school in Bath, Maine. It is a series of seven shows-one each month all the way to April.
These short-and-sweet shows are win-wins all the way around. It's inexpensive to get in-the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Inaugural Vose | Barridoff American Fine Art Auction
Vose Galleries and Barridoff Auctions, Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Vose Galleries and Barridoff Auctions
Venerable Vose Galleries, founded in 1841, and the half-century-old Barridoff Auctions of South Portland, Maine, joined forces October 13 for their inaugural "Vose | Barridoff American Fine Art Auction." After years of professional affiliation, it seemed only natural ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Beautiful Fall Day at Fishersville
Fishersville Antiques Expo, Fishersville, Virginia
The 73rd edition of the Fishersville Antiques Expo was held October 11 and 12 at the Augusta Expo Center in Fishersville, Virginia. This marks the show's 38th year.
We have frequently reported about the wide variety of antiques, collectibles, and interesting one-of-a-kind items that are available at ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Schutte Collection at New England Auctions
New England Auctions, Branford, Connecticut
Photos courtesy New England Auctions
New England Auctions' October 10 and 11 auction in Branford, Connecticut, brought to market the compelling six-decade early Americana collection of Thomas F. and Tess L. Schutte. The couple gathered their expansive collection meticulously, with a focus on New England and Pennsylvania ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Cartographic Treasures
Old World Auctions, Richmond, Virginia
Photos courtesy Old World Auctions
As Old World Auctions' 200th sale approached, Eliane and Jon Dotson decided to make it a special auction. Old World Auctions' sales of maps and related cartographic materials customarily offer 700-plus lots. Instead of a large celebratory sale, this special auction featured ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Liverant to Receive ADA Award of Merit
On Friday, November 15, at 6 p.m., the Antiques Dealers' Association of America, Inc. (ADA) will honor Arthur Liverant of Nathan Liverant and Son Antiques, Colchester, Connecticut, as the recipient of the 2024 ADA Award of Merit. The award is presented in recognition of his enduring passion for the field ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, October 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)Modern Design Auction
Rago Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago Auctions
To begin the fall season, Rago/Wright, auctioneers of modern and contemporary art and design, added a pop culture auction brand, Landry Pop Auctions, which on October 8 hosted "Icon and Heroes," a sale of comics, trading cards, and video games. Other focused sales ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Flea Market in Brooklyn
Joining its long-running flea markets in Dumbo and Chelsea, Brooklyn Flea is returning to North Brooklyn with BQ Flea, a new neighborhood market under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) for four Sundays in October-October 6, 13, 20, and 27-from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
With the goal of bridging four adjacent North ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Southern Pottery and Rustic Antiques at Ledbetter
Ledbetter Folk Art Auction Gallery, Gibsonville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Ledbetter Folk Art Auction Gallery
Until March 2025 all sales at Ledbetter Folk Art Auction Gallery will be online. The issue is inventory or rather overabundant inventory. Space previously reserved for seating is now a warehouse for multiple large collections. Phone and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African American Art Auction
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
Now in its 17th year, Swann Galleries' African American art department sold $3,154,557 worth of art that spanned 100 years in its October 3 sale. The department offered landscapes, still-life paintings, abstractions, drawings, sculpture, prints, and works in mixed media. Of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Cabinet of Morbid Curiosities: The Richard Harris Collection
Potter & Potter Auctions, Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Potter & Potter Auctions
"He was an eclectic collector who had a lot of stuff." The comment came from Aron Packer, the director and specialist of fine and Outsider art for Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago, as he commented on the person ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Naked Night at the Museum
Among the holdings of the Dorset Museum & Art Gallery in Dorchester, England, is a large collection of natural history. On September 17, it also had an au naturel collection-members of the British Naturists Society.
The British Naturists Society hosted a private event at the museum that allowed its members to ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Please Read Carefully
Beneath the Surface
Life gets incrementally easier with kids. It is like the reverse of that apocryphal boiling frog story: things getting ever-so-slowly better-instead of worse-until one day you suddenly notice that they are better. (Yeah, yeah, don't write to tell us how it's going to start getting worse again now ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Elevated Art and 20th-Century Design
Toomey & Co., Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Toomey & Co. To grasp the impact of a two-layered sale held at Toomey & Co. in Chicago on October 1, one must first understand "the network." Ergo, a brief tutorial is in order.
This particular network is a relatively new business entity that links ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Joel White
Joel White is a third-generation Mainer and antiques dealer who now lives in an 1830s brick farmhouse located on the same road in Waldoboro, Maine, where he grew up. "There used to be a brick factory down the road, and the clay for the brick came from the pond," he ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Massachusetts Sale Lights Up to $6.5 Million Total
The September 28 and 29 auction at Fontaine's Auction Gallery totaled just over $6.5 million from 1000 lots, according to the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, auction house. Tiffany Studios lighting and decorative arts objects dominated the sale, but there were other high-profile objects, called "unusual and exceptional" by the auction house. Three ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"We the People": The U.S. Constitution and Articles of Confederation at Brunk Auctions
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
Record-breaking rainstorms followed by Hurricane Helene forced the delay of the planned September 28 sale of a rare copy of the 1787 United States Constitution at Brunk Auctions. Flooding in Asheville, North Carolina, and throughout western North Carolina destroyed entire towns and disrupted ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Sale of Jay R. Moyer's Estate
Hess Auction Group, Manheim, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Hess Auction Group
On September 28, the day after Pook & Pook in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, finished selling 1500 lots of mostly Pennsylvania antiques used by generations of Pennsylvania Germans, Hess Auctions in Manheim, Lancaster County, a little more than 50 miles up the road, offered ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fall Antiques and Art Auction with Gunn Textile Collection
Meander Auctions, Whipple, Ohio
Photos courtesy Meander Auctions
Meander Auctions held its fall antiques and art auction September 28 at the company's gallery in Whipple, Ohio. Top lots ranged from Clyde Singer paintings to Blenko glass. The most notable inclusion, however, was the first part of the lifetime collection of Dr. Virginia ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Maine Scene Tops Dallas Auction
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Paintings of scenic New England landscapes and seascapes by renowned American artists dominated Heritage Auctions' September 27 sale of American art, confirming that the market for this genre of art remains strong.
The "American Art Within Reach Showcase Auction" was highlighted by works of late ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Will Coffeepot and Rare Fraktur Lead Americana Sale
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.
On September 27 the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high, and Wall Street's three main indexes posted weekly gains. On that same day, the last of Pook and Pook's three-day sale in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, some blue-chip Americana ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)MADA Helps Restore Painting
On July 31 the Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA) presented a check for $1000 to the Lincoln County (Maine) Historical Association to help fund the recent restoration of a circa 1840 landscape painting by artist and explorer Henry Cheever Pratt (1803-1880).
The check was presented at the Pownalborough Court House in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Thomas Jefferson's Furniture
A Book Review
Since 1993 American Furniture,edited by Luke Beckerdite and published by the Chipstone Foundation in Milwaukee, has presented new research by leading scholars in the field on furniture history, technology, conservation, and connoisseurship of furniture made or used in America from the 17th century to today.
Last year Beckerdite announced ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Objects from Thornside Sold
Stair Galleries, Hudson, New York
Photos courtesy Stair Galleries
The "Design from 1860 to 1910" sale that took place at Stair Galleries in Hudson, New York, on September 26 counted bold-faced consignors evocative of Big Oil (Ann and Gordon Getty) and Park Avenue (Jordan Saunders).
Also on the block were the contents of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)West Coast Bitters Bottle Tops Heckler Sale
Norman C. Heckler & Company, Woodstock Valley, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Norman C. Heckler & Company
Norman C. Heckler & Company once again hosted a minimalist online-only event resulting in not-so-minimalist final sale prices. The September 25 auction of early American glass, fine tableware, historical flasks, and bottles offered up a mere 31 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Dangerous Sentry
Working with an old safe might be unsafe.
On August 28 the Tiffin (Ohio) Police Department took a report from a local citizen who had purchased an old safe and found inside it sealed vials with a liquid in them. Not knowing what they could be, he brought them to the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Sale of Richard Wattenmaker's Collection
Freeman's | Hindman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman's | Hindman
Freeman's | Hindman in Philadelphia kicked off the fall season Sunday, September 22, with a single-owner sale of American and European art, American furniture, fraktur, pottery, and the art of the blacksmith, most of it French wrought iron, from the collection of ... (Read More)
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(Show)Show in the Eye of the Storm
Springfield Extravaganza, Springfield, Ohio
When the Springfield Antique Show & Flea Market held the fall installment of its semiannual Springfield Extravaganza September 20-22, it was, as much as possible, business as usual. Lots of dealers. Great merchandise. Strong interest from buyers. In another way, however, it wasn't a normal weekend ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two Sales Combine for $3.7 Million at Cottone Auctions
Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York
Photos courtesy Cottone Auctions
Two days in late September grabbed the attention of collectors seeking fine lamps, fine glass, fine art-fine everything-when Cottone Auctions presented the collection of Dr. Martin May (September 20) and a fine art and antiques event (September 21).
Friday, September 20, was a special ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Furniture Leads Rachel Davis Fine Arts Event
Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio
Photos courtesy Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio, is known for selling works of art and prints with an Ohio connection. Art pottery, Outsider art, sterling silver, and art glass are also often sold. But the September 21 online fine and decorative ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Eclectic, Esoteric, and Entrancing Offerings
Bray & Co., Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Bray & Co.
Bray & Co., held its September 21 auction in the gallery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where myriad objects reflective of auctioneer Derin Bray's esoteric interests came to market from various New England collections. The company specializes in folk art, craftsmanship, history, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, October 2024
Joe Mallard, Kind of Blue. The quilt pays homage to the jazz great Miles Davis.
-Through November 12 -Paducah, Kentucky
Joe Mallard: Threading His Grandmother's Needles at the National Quilt Museum celebrates Mallard's unique quilts that are composed of tens of thousands of tiny, colorful hand-tied knots and stitches. Mallard learned needlecraft ... (Read More)
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(Show)Carved Confections and Painted Pieces Thrill Visitors at York Show
Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
Bright sunshine guided cars to southeastern Pennsylvania to attend the Original 183rd Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale as the doors opened on Friday, September 20, at 10 a.m. Melvin L. Arion's two-day show at the York Expo Center drew a crowd ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Barn Find Leads at Laughlin
Laughlin Auctions, Edinburg, Virginia
Photos courtesy Laughlin Auctions
Laughlin Auctions of Edinburg, Virginia, held its annual fall auction September 12 through 18 using HiBid's online platform. A total of 944 lots were offered. From the moment the sale went live online, there was no doubt which lot would lead the way. It ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Big Sale with Some Big Prices
Nye & Company Auctioneers, Bloomfield, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Nye & Company Auctioneers
There seemed to be more three-day Americana sales in the fall of 2024 than ever before. Some auctioneers have been offering small focused sales, while others have posted as many as 1500 lots and taken three days to sell ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rago Art Pottery
Rago, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago
Collectors of art pottery collect it as art. Prices are often much higher than most Arts and Crafts furniture. At Rago's September 12 auction of American and European art pottery in Lambertville, New Jersey, 14 of the 121 lots offered sold for five figures, and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Mexico Man Admits Theft from Historical Society
On July 9 Brian Anthony D'Ambrosio, 49, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court to the theft of major artwork. He faces a maximum of ten years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release.
The government alleged in court documents that D'Ambrosio, a journalist ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, September 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)Two American Art Auctions
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Bonhams Skinner
Bonhams Skinner often features smaller live sales of around 80 lots that are supported by larger online sales. Nineteenth-century and early 20th-century American art sold September 10 at the Marlborough, Massachusetts, gallery while a ten-day online-only American art sale of 107 lots ran from ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)What Price History?
The ink and wash sketch The Destruction of the Bastille on a sheet of laid paper, 13 1/8" x 203/4", inscribed at the top "From the M. de Lafayette to General Washington" and signed at the bottom by the artist, Etienne-Louis-Denis Cathala, "Cathala Architecte Inspecteur de la Bastille fait le ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Timekeeper Edward Duffield
A Book Review
Bob Frishman's book about Edward Duffield, the man who engraved his name and the name of his city on the dials of 60 surviving tall-case clocks, one bracket clock, two uncased movements, seven surveying compasses, and a sundial, is not the story of a leather-apron artisan. Duffield was ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Parker-French Antique Center Changes Hands
For only the third time in its 48-year history, Parker-French Antique Center, Northwood, New Hampshire, has new owners. In early July, Richard Bojko and John Mullen announced the sale of their group shop to dealers Jerry and Joanne Perry of Chester, New Hampshire. "Twenty-six years is plenty. It's time for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of the Estate of Janice and David Brumagen
Caswell Prewitt Auctions, Mount Sterling, Kentucky
Photos courtesy Caswell Prewitt Auctions
An abstract painting took the top price during a sale conducted by Caswell Prewitt Auctions September 8 in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, but much of the attention during the day focused on southern furniture, stoneware, and timepieces. The auction consisted largely of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Christmas in July
Beneath the Surface
We have taken you with us countless places over the past too-many-to-count-without-feeling-old years. To museums and museum storage, to antiques shows and antiques malls, into the seats at an auction and through the online bidding platforms that run them, and on road trips that resemble a National Lampoon ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sold at Horst
Horst Auctioneers, Ephrata, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Horst Auctioneers
More than 100 collectors and dealers previewed Horst Auctioneers' sale in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, on Friday, September 6, and stayed to bid when the sale began at 2 p.m. Most of them returned at 9 a.m. on Saturday morning, September 7, for the rest of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)September Splendor Sale
Marion Antique Auctions, Marion, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Marion Antique Auctions
Called "September Splendor," the September 7 Marion Antique Auctions' sale drew a decent crowd, not at all unusual for Marion. The complimentary grilled hot dogs didn't hurt-no one had to leave the premises for lunch. Dallas Washington has supplied food at Marion ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Collectors Win at Southern Pottery & Folk Art Extravaganza
Cagle Auction Co., Bogart, Georgia
Photos courtesy Cagle Auction Co.
Although outstanding material always comes to its block, Cagle Auction Company's pottery sales are still under the radar. This has resulted in significant examples being purchased by astute collectors at great prices.
The September 7 sale in Bogart, Georgia, featured a number of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Strawbery Banke Museum Becomes First Smithsonian Affiliate in New Hampshire
Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has announced its new designation as a Smithsonian Affiliate. This prestigious recognition makes Strawbery Banke the first Smithsonian Affiliate in the state of New Hampshire, joining a network of more than 200 affiliates in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Panama.
As a Smithsonian Affiliate, Strawbery ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Cleaned-Up Nymph Goes Nuts
Nymph Drinking from a Shell, also known as Girl Drinking from a Shell, a rare large 1915 bronze sculpture by Edward McCartan (1879-1947), sold at the September 5 sale at Cordier Auctions in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for $148,000 (includes buyer's premium), well above the $50,000/100,000 estimate.
$148,800.
According to Cordier, the life-size ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Divorcing Our Collections
I am standing in line at an antiques show, and the conversation fascinates me. As is typical, the average age of those in the queue is probably 65 or higher, and the talk turns to divesting collections. One collector is adamant that she wants top dollar for what she has ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Independence Seaport Museum Gifts Portrait to Andalusia Historic House
Museum deaccessions usually appear at auctions, and museums rarely just give a work of art to another museum. The Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia did just that. Portrait of Miss Adele Sigoigne, painted around 1815 by Bass Otis, commissioned by Adele Sigoigne's friends Jane and Nicholas Biddle, has been on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Summer Antiques and Americana Sale
Hess Auction Group, Manheim, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Hess Auction Group
Hess Auction Group in Manheim, Pennsylvania, known for its sales of real estate and farm and commercial equipment, continued the long tradition of sales of antiques at 768 Graystone Road in Manheim when it acquired Conestoga Auction Company in 2014. Conestoga's former ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)ADQ to Acquire Minority Stake in Sotheby's
ADQ, an Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company, has agreed to acquire a minority interest in Sotheby's. Under the terms of the agreement, ADQ will acquire newly issued Sotheby's shares to reduce leverage and support the company's growth and innovation plans. Patrick Drahi, who acquired Sotheby's in 2019, will also ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Howard Parzow
Country store and drugstore signs from the late 1800s to the early 1900s float Howard Parzow's boat, along with Corvettes from 1967, especially those painted "marina blue." He is a proud collector of both genres and has been doing so for over 50 years.
To know Howard Parzow is to appreciate ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Feedsacks
Dana Auctions, Princeton, New Jersey
The stories are legend: a dress flies up to reveal the Gold Bond logo, the flour tagline "sweet and pure," or the weight "98 lbs. net." Repurposing feedsacks into underwear or other clothing was a desperate measure in desperate times.
What was surely one of the first ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Threads of History
A Book Review
This book is the catalog for an exhibition of quilts, clothing, needlework, fashion, fancy work, and plain sewing at the DAR Museum at the headquarters of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington, D.C. The museum's large collection is on display along with modern examples ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fall Rhinebeck Show Canceled
On July 25 Frank Gaglio of Barn Star Productions announced the cancellation of the Fall Antiques at Rhinebeck antiques show scheduled for Columbus Day Weekend, October 12 and 13, at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, New York.
"The Fall Rhinebeck is a sister event to the spring show which occurs ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Prancing Steed Leads the Parade at Poulin
Poulin Antiques & Auctions, Fairfield, Maine
Poulin Antiques & Auctions, Inc., Fairfield, Maine, has secured a reputation as one of the nation's top firearms and militaria auction companies. With company president Nick Poulin at the helm and with his uncle James D. Julia back in semi-harness as auctioneer, advisor, and consultant, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Third Building
For years the shows that make up Antiques Week in New Hampshire have been viewed as a bellwether for the health and vitality of the antiques markets, especially Americana. The peaks and valleys of the events have provided indicators.
It would have been perfectly reasonable for some to view this year's ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Maine Focus in a Maine Auction
Bruce Gamage, Jr., Antiques, Rockland, Maine
Photos courtesy Bruce Gamage, Jr., Antiques
Bruce Gamage's auctions in Rockland, Maine, are often seasoned with items relating to Maine's prominent artists. So it was with his August 26 auction, liberally spiced with lots pertaining to Andrew Wyeth, Marsden Hartley, and Robert Indiana.
This letter from Andrew ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Oh, Yes, the Rembrandt...and Was There Anything Else at the Auction?
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
This was one of those kinds of auctions that could be neatly divided neatly into two halves: first, the Rembrandt painting, and second, everything else. On the second day of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries' summer sale held August 23-25 in Thomaston, Maine, lot number 2363 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)More Historical Political Americana from the J. Doyle DeWitt Collection
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Items from the earliest periods in American presidential history through the 20th century were auctioned off at Heritage Auctions' most recent Americana and political "Showcase" auction. The Dallas-based auction house sold 491 lots of the 502 offered at the August 24 auction, which included ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Thomaston Place Brings in $1.41 Million for Rembrandt
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
On August 24, the second day of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries' three-day summer sale in Thomaston, Maine, lot number 2363 was an unsigned painting listed as Portrait of a Girl after Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). The 201/2" x 161/2" (sight size) oil on ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, September 2024
Maker unknown, China, deep flaring bowl on wooden stand, 19th century, blown and carved purple glass and carved wood. Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York. Gift of Mr. Howard C. Hollis. 64.62.
-Through October 27 -Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Fragile Beauty: Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass at The Clark Art Institute ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Traveling in the Talbot Time Machine
Charles M. Talbot Associates, Turner, Maine
Hey, anybody want to take a trip back to the 19th century? Or at least back to the mid-20th century? Just step into the Talbot time machine. That's what it feels like to attend a Charles M. Talbot Associates auction in Turner, Maine, such as ... (Read More)
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