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(Auction)Downeast Art & Antiques Show
Blue Hill, Maine
The Downeast Art & Antiques Show has returned to its roots. It was held August 15-17, which included the Thursday preview cocktail party, at George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill, Maine, where the show first took place in 1948. Acknowledging a one-year COVID-19 interruption, the show still lays ... (Read More)
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(Show)In the Shadow of Jonathan Fisher and E. B. White
Jonathan Fisher House Antiques Show, Blue Hill, Maine
The Jonathan Fisher House Antiques Show in Blue Hill, Maine, held this year at the Blue Hill Fairgrounds on August 17, is a pleasant "down home" counterpart to the more elegant and upscale show going on at the same time a couple of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Adams Photograph Tops Maine Auction
Barridoff Auctions, South Portland, Maine
Photos courtesy Barridoff Auctions
For its summer sale Barridoff Auctions pitches a large white tent on the lawn right outside of its South Portland, Maine, facility. The outside venue makes the sale seem festive, even though the crowd would have easily fit into Barridoff's building. On August ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Ricky Jay Collection: Part III
Potter & Potter Auctions, Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Potter & Potter Auctions
Many a seasoned collector or reader knows that sometimes life brings a full-circle event. For those who have not had the experience, that's when an earlier happening or impression loops and relates to or ties to a later experience or ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Timekeeper and a Remarkable Scientific Instrument
Several months ago I traveled to see a William Claggett clock at Delaney Antique Clocks in West Townsend, Massachusetts. While there I was afforded the opportunity to see a tall-case clock inscribed "Joseph Pope / Boston." The magnificence before me was overwhelming. The beautiful mahogany case, the brass-fluted columns, and ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Maine Antiques Dealers Association Show
Coastal Maine Antiques Show, Waldoboro, Maine
The Coastal Maine Antiques Show, the annual summer show presented by the Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA), is holding its own. This year it was presented at the Medomak Middle School in Waldoboro, Maine, on August 14. John and Elizabeth DeSimone are the nominal show ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Charges Filed in Ivory Case
On June 14 Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. announced the indictments of Yincheng Wu, Grace Hu, and Merces Gallery LLC for illegally selling thousands of dollars' worth of illegal elephant ivory through online auctions.
Wu, Hu, and Merces Gallery LLC are each charged in a New York State Supreme ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"Antique Shop Bandit" Arrested
In June detectives with the Albuquerque, New Mexico, Police Department's Burglary Unit arrested and charged David Johnson, 55, who is on the department's top ten burglary offender list for serial burglaries throughout the city. Police have dubbed him the "antique shop bandit."
Businesses targeted include Old Town Antiques, U Neek Findings, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Farnsworth's Internship Program to Address Lack of Diversity
The Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine, has launched its inaugural Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Institute for Museum Studies internship program. This initiative offers rising undergraduate sophomores and juniors an opportunity to immerse themselves in the world of museum curation, engagement, and operations while creating new pathways for young ... (Read More)
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(Show)Cashiers Squelches Presidential Election Year Jinx
Cashiers Antique Show, Cashiers, North Carolina
Photos by Donna Prunkl
Tropical Storm Debby threatened but did not deter dealers or buyers from attending the 46th annual Cashiers Antique Show, held August 9-11. The storm was at its worst in North Carolina on the show's setup day but not in the western mountains, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Cited for Antique Revolver in Carry-on Bag
A Middletown, Pennsylvania, man was cited by police June 9 at the Philadelphia International Airport after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected an antique revolver among the man's carry-on items at a security checkpoint. The old revolver was sitting among some clothing and was not loaded.
When TSA officers detected the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Annual Show Is an Annual Blowout
The New Hampshire Antiques Show, Manchester, New Hampshire
"It's all 100% fresh." That's how Waynesboro, Virginia, dealer Christopher Evans described his and his wife's booth shortly before the 67th annual New Hampshire Antiques Show opened to the public in Manchester on Thursday, August 8. That freshness paid off. Evans said, "It ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in Manchester: The Collector's Fair 2024
Manchester, New Hampshire
On Wednesday, August 7, at 10 a.m. Karen DiSaia of DiSaia Management opened the doors to Antiques in Manchester: The Collector's Fair, the large two-day 60-dealer show in the Sullivan Arena on the campus of St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. It's a glittering and vibrant marketplace, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Eldred's Summer Marine Sale
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred's
Good collections mean good auctions, and Eldred's marine sale August 8 and 9 in the East Dennis, Massachusetts, gallery was replete with both. A Long Island collection of 50 lots, mostly exceptional scrimshaw, led the first day. Objects from the Hellman whaling and whalecraft collection ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Going to the Dogs
Beneath the Surface
Back in 2017, in "What We Did on Our Summer Vacation," we talked about a trip to Dish Camp in Historic Eastfield Village when Andrew was invited to speak on the broad topic of Ohio pottery. Back then, the kids were just six and four, so most of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California and Western Art Auction
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
"We had our percentage of unsolds," said department director Scot Levitt about the results of the August 6 California and Western art auction at Bonhams, Los Angeles, California. "But good items did well," Levitt continued. "Bischoff, Guy Rose, Joseph Kleitsch, all helpful."
Why the lower-than-usual total ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Americana Celebration Show: Red, White, and Blue but Mainly Red
Concord, New Hampshire
Ever enter a large store with red sale tickets on the merchandise and on the walls? You think, "Oh, they are going out of business."
On August 6, inside the Douglas Everett Arena in Concord, New Hampshire, from 8 a.m. to 3 pm, all the red sold tickets ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2024 Deerfield Antique Show: The Big Little Show
Deerfield, New Hampshire
The Deerfield Antique Show, held at the sprawling Deerfield Fairgrounds in Deerfield, New Hampshire, is the second show to open during New Hampshire Antiques Week. It was held this year on Monday, August 5. With 85 dealers, it's the largest show of the week. "It's a big little ... (Read More)
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(Show)A New Beginning
Granite State Antique Show, Milford, New Hampshire
For many years the Milford Antiques Show held early on Sunday mornings was also the warm-up show for the annual New Hampshire Antiques Week shows in Manchester and Concord. The show was held for decades, most recently in a country club tennis building, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of Saturday Evening Girls Pottery
Everything But The House
Photos courtesy Everything But The House
When a small vase by the Saturday Evening Girls (SEG) was purchased for 75 cents around 1910, the buyer likely just wanted something utilitarian and attractive. Now, buyers are likely collectors who are compelled by the pottery's back story as much as ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Summer Americana at Casco Bay
Casco Bay Auctions, Freeport, Maine
Photos courtesy Casco Bay Auctions
More than one top-estimated lot went unsold at the Casco Bay Auctions sale August 3 in Freeport, Maine, but there were also more than enough lots that crept up from low-estimate obscurity to beat the point spread and make up the difference.
Contemporary ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Haradin Family Collection Finishes Just Shy of $4 Million
RSL Auction Company, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey
Photos courtesy RSL Auction Company
The term legacy beautifully explains the Haradin family collection, a stunning array of vintage toys and banks sold on August 3 at RSL Auction Company, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey.
This richly historical archive of banks and toys was truly a family ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Alasdair Nichol
Ask a busy person, the saying goes. Alasdair Nichol, auctioneer, executive vice president, and deputy chairman of the auction house Freeman's | Hindman, artist, bon vivant, father of three, does more in a week than many folks do in a season.
For example, the week M.A.D. had the opportunity to hang ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Stair Americana
Stair Galleries, Hudson, New York
Photos courtesy Stair Galleries
Stair Galleries, Hudson, New York, holds its annual Americana sale early every August so that dealers can stock up for the summer shows in Manchester, New Hampshire. This year on August 1 Stair offered 287 lots of paintings, furniture, silver, Chinese export porcelain, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Center for Preservation of Paint Decorated Walls Receives Grant
The Center for Painted Wall Preservation (CPWP) has received a grant from the American Folk Art Society. The funds will be used to launch the Digital Archives in the fall of 2024 and the Virtual Museum soon thereafter.
The Digital Archives will show photographs of 19th-century paint-decorated walls photographed in situ, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Ceramics in America 2023
A Book Review
After more than 20 years as editor of Ceramics in America, Robert Hunter has passed the torch to Ronald W. Fuchs II, who will continue to bring us the latest research by scholars engaged in the study of ceramics made and used in America.
The cover story for the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Folk Art Collection of Lisa Whittington
William Smith Auctions, Plainfield, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy William Smith Auctions
William Smith Auctions' single-owner estate auction July 31 held live in the Plainfield, New Hampshire, gallery brought to market the tightly curated folk art collection of Elizabeth "Lisa" Greeley Whittington of Roxboro, North Carolina. The over 400-lot sale attracted a larger ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Robin Starr Is New General Manager of Bonhams Skinner
Robin Starr has been appointed general manager of Bonhams Skinner. In her new role, effective immediately, Starr will be responsible for overseeing the overall performance and operations of Skinner across its two salesrooms in Marlborough and Boston, Massachusetts.
Starr has been an integral part of Skinner since 1987. Most recently she ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Maine Summer Show Debuts
Bath Antique Sale, Bath, Maine
"This is going to work." A confident Joshua Gurley said that shortly before he and his sister Rachel opened the doors to a new one-day summer show-the Bath Antique Sale on Sunday, July 28, in the gymnasium of Morse High School in Bath, Maine.
The facility was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Western and American Art Auction Surpasses $17.5 Million
Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Reno, Nevada
Photos courtesy Coeur d'Alene Art Auction
Setting the standard once again for Western art at auction, Coeur d'Alene Art Auction surpassed the $17.5 million mark during its July 27 event in Reno, Nevada. More than 404 lots crossed the block. Multiple auction records for artists ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decoys and Folk Art at Auction
Guyette & Deeter, Inc., Easton, Maryland
Photos courtesy Guyette & Deeter, Inc.
Collections often provide the most desirable lots at auction, and Guyette & Deeter, Inc., presented several examples of those at its two-day auction of 530-plus lots held July 26 and 27 in Easton, Maryland. The collections included those of Alan ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, August 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)Crocker Farm Holds 20th-Anniversary Sale
Crocker Farm, Inc., Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm, Inc.
"We were really happy with the sale, the quality throughout, and the diversity. I think it bore out in the total," remarked Mark Zipp of Crocker Farm, Inc., following the family operation's summer 2024 sale marking the 20th anniversary of the company. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Eldred's Summer Sale
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred's
It was a busy summer at Eldred's on Cape Cod, but the trip there is always worthwhile. The three-day sale in the East Dennis, Massachusetts, gallery July 24-26, "American Art & The Summer Sale," brought notable collections replete with notable antiques to market. A North ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Canadian French Regime Armchair Identified
The Collector's Find
An armchair that sold at the auction of the Kindig collection at Pook & Pook, Inc., February 8 for $27,500, well over its $1500/2000 estimate, that was cataloged as a "New York or New England painted white pine William and Mary wainscot armchair" has been correctly identified. It ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Roosevelt's Stolen Watch Recovered
When a Florida auctioneer was asked to auction a pocket watch from the late 1800s, his research led him to believe that he might be holding a piece of U.S. presidential history.
The auctioneer realized that the watch might have belonged to Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Bonhams Does the Right Thing
It took some pressure, but auction house titan Bonhams did the right thing recently when it waived the buyer's premium for lots sold benefitting a worthy charity-the Teenage Cancer Trust.
According to a July 7 report in The Guardian, art dealer John Brandler inquired about 12 lots in the "Anything But ... (Read More)
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(Show)Camden-Rockport Antiques Show
Rockport, Maine
The climate may be changing, but coolness prevailed at the annual Camden-Rockport Antiques Show. I arrived about 15 minutes after the opening time of the first day of the Goosefare Antiques & Promotions show, held for the second time at its new location in Rockport, Maine, at the Midcoast ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Summer Antiques and Art Auction
Meander Auctions, Whipple, Ohio
Photos courtesy Meander Auctions
Meander Auctions held its summer antiques and art sale at its gallery in Whipple, Ohio, July 20. "Overall, we were quite pleased," said auctioneer Andrew Richmond. Spurred by bidding on two online platforms, the sale topped its cumulative high estimate and had a sell-through ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, August 2024
Frank Stewart, Radio Players Series (or The Bus), 1978, gelatin silver print, 14" x 11". Collection of Sing Lathan and Bining Taylor.
-Through September 22 -Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
Frank Stewart's Nexus: An American Photographer's Journey, 1960s to the Present at the Brandywine Museum of Art traces the half-century of Frank Stewart's work ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Concord Museum Awarded $5 Million Grant
Concord Museum, Concord, Massachusetts, has received a $5 million grant from an anonymous donor. This grant will provide critical support to the museum as it continues to preserve and share Concord's story for generations to come.
The grant will enable the museum to establish an endowed curatorship that honors curator David ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Decorative Arts Trust Awards Research Grants
The Decorative Arts Trust has awarded research grants to 14 graduate students.
The recipient of the Marie Zimmermann Grant, generously sponsored by the Marie and John Zimmermann Fund, is Lauren Lovings-Gomez from Rice University.
The recipient of the DARTS Grant, generously sponsored by the Decorative Arts Society of Orange County, is Danielle ... (Read More)
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(Show)Pure Country Antique Show
Chrisman, Illinois
The story goes something like this. In 2021 Jill Mattingly decided to use her event venue, Bloomfield Barn near Chrisman, Illinois, to host a weekend sale of antiques. Simple concept. Minimal dealers. "It would just be us and a couple of friends," she said. And then, well, it wasn't. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Sporting Sale
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Pembroke, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
Premier collections from across the country drove the action at Copley Fine Art Auctions' July 11 and 12 sale, which was livestreamed from the Hingham, Massachusetts, offices. Birds by Massachusetts's dean of decoys, Anthony Elmer Crowell (1862-1952), numbered 44 and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Summer Show in Maine
Gurley Antique Shows will debut the new Summer Bath Antique Sale on Sunday, July 28, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the newly built gymnasium at Morse High School in Bath, Maine.
"The high school is a state-of-the-art facility with great lighting, ample parking, easy access, and air-conditioning. It is located ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Eli Wilner Announces Matching Grants for Small Institutions
Eli Wilner & Company, New York City, best known for having framed Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and completing 28 projects for the White House, has announced that funding is available to cover part of the cost of framing projects for small ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Winterthur Acquires Rare Painting of Free Black Woman
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library has acquired an 1857 oil painting depicting an identifiable free black member of the regional Baltimore community, according to a press release.
In this group portrait, Vermont-born painter Thomas Waterman Wood (1823-1903) documented an important moment in history just before the American Civil War when the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, July 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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(Fragment)Case Auctions Sets Record for Tennessee Artist
Paintings from estates and a southern museum were the star lots at Case Auctions' July 6 and 7 sale in Knoxville, Tennessee. The 1086-lot sale also featured American and European art and antiques, including collections from two prominent southern families: the Pinckneys of Charleston, South Carolina, and the Rogers family ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pewter Collectors Club
The Pewter Collectors Club of America (PCCA) held its annual meeting at the Marriott Courtyard in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, May 10 and 11. After the board met to discuss the business of the club, president Eric Lanka made a presentation titled "Introduction to Pewter," which was open to the public and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Mixing It Up
Beneath the Surface
Not too long ago, a friend tagged us in a post on Facebook. It is so nice when your friends think of you, isn't it? They see a beautiful old house filled with antiques, a quirky set of built-in bookshelves, or a trendy new mystery TV show, think ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Classic American Art for Young Collectors, Decorators, and Dealers
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
At Heritage Auctions' July 2 "Art Within Reach" showcase auction, classic American art, highlighted by late 19th- and early 20th-century New England landscape paintings, stirred competition among bidders over works that haven't been available on the market in many years
The "Art Within Reach" auctions ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Art Dealer Found Guilty of Embezzlement
Art dealer Douglas J. Chrismas, 80, of Los Angeles, was found guilty by a jury May 31 of embezzling more than $260,000 from the bankruptcy estate of Ace Gallery Los Angeles, an art gallery located in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles, while acting as the estate's trustee and custodian. Chrismas ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Three Days and $1.2 Million Later
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
There was no printed catalog for Thomaston Place Auction Galleries' three-day auction June 28-30 in Thomaston, Maine. The decision to go with only an online catalog elicited complaints from some viewers. But it's hard to argue with success. The three-day ... (Read More)
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(Show)Wells Antiques Show & Sale
Wells, Maine
Now in its 23rd year, the Wells Antiques Show & Sale is held at the historic Laudholm Farm in Wells, Maine, on the last Sunday in June. Managed and organized by John and Elizabeth DeSimone, principals of Goosefare Antiques & Promotions, the show has had a higher gate each ... (Read More)
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(Show)The National Insulator Association Show
Elkhart, Indiana
The National Insulator Association (NIA) held its 55th national show June 28-30 in Elkhart, Indiana. The event featured about 100 tables of goods, mostly insulators but also a variety of go-withs, from advertising items to household glassware made by companies that also produced insulators. About 30 states were ... (Read More)
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(Show)Locust Grove Antiques Market
Louisville, Kentucky
The Locust Grove Antiques Market featured about 60 dealers during its summer edition, held June 30 in Louisville, Kentucky. Eric Lausch, in his second year managing the semiannual show, put together a slightly stronger event than last year, having a solid mix of veteran dealers paired with those new ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Steve Slotin
Stopping at a drugstore for a Coke float some 30 years ago contributed to altering Georgia-born-and-bred Steve Slotin's course in life. "There were face jugs in the cabinet by Lanier Meaders, who lived down the street. I thought I knew everything about the South-I knew every swimming hole, the best ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Weathervane Recovered 40 Years after Theft
An antique copper weathervane stolen from a Vermont railway station 40 years ago is now back in the Green Mountain State.
The 1910 steam locomotive and coal tender weathervane was atop the White River Junction Station in Hartford, Vermont, until its theft on November 3, 1983 (see M.A.D., January 1984, p. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Founding Documents of the U.S., Books, and Other Treasures
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
The broadside-formatted printing by John Holt of the Declaration of Independence on the entirety of the third page of the July 11, 1776, issue of the New-York Journal; or, The General Advertiser, Number 1749, sold on the phone for $3,360,000 (est. $2,500,000/5,000,000). It was underbid ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Outsider, Folk, Contemporary, and Fine Art Sale
Potter & Potter Auctions, Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Potter & Potter Auctions
During a summer marked by expansion, consolidation, a move, and new partnerships announced by several auction houses in Chicago, one city-bound house held its ground.
While others had collectors gobsmacked with each announcement of sometimes incongruous hookups, Chicago's Potter & Potter ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Like No Other
The world of art and antiques got a little smaller when news of the death of Sanford L. Smith was revealed by the New York Times on May 26.
Smith, known to most everybody as Sandy, was more than a show promoter. He was champion of the industry.
He loved the stuff, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Bonhams Skinner
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Bonhams Skinner
Bonhams Skinner's summer Americana auction, online June 15-25, spotlighted the collections of Boston dealer Stephen Score (1944-2023), whose eye for the extraordinary guided him. He was a collector's collector, buying objects he would want to live with. He valued objects for their color, form, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, July 2024
Sherron Francis (b. 1940), Strawberry 5, 1977, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 561/2" x 22", signed, titled, and dated on the reverse.
-Through June 8 -New York City
Sherron Francis: Splash of Serenity, Paintings 1973-77 at the Lincoln Glenn Gallery is the first exhibition in 44 years dedicated to the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sugar Bowl Tops Americana Auction
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia
Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
The most recent series of "Premier Americana" sales from Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia, was held June 19-22. A total of 2202 lots crossed the block during four marathon sessions: day one was 18th- ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Online Shaker Sale
Willis Henry Auctions, Inc., Duxbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Willis Henry Auctions, Inc.
The June 22 online sale held by Willis Henry Auctions, Inc., included Shaker material from some early collections-ones formed way back when. The collections included those of Faith and Edward Deming Andrews, Ed Clerk, the inimitable Kitty Haas, June Sprigg, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fraktur, Family, and Fantastic Finds at Elverson Show
Elverson Antique Show & Sale, Elverson, Pennsylvania
The spring 2024 Elverson Antique Show & Sale opened on Saturday, June 15, among the rolling hills of Pennsylvania Dutch country. After relocating last fall to the Twin Valley Elementary School, the show was back at the high school where it's been for many ... (Read More)
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(Show)Walker Homestead's Day in the Sun
Walker Homestead's Antiques & Primitive Goods Show, Brookfield, Massachusetts
The lanes and lawns of the Walker Homestead in Brookfield, Massachusetts, were filled with antiques and primitives dealers on June 15 for the 15th spring Walker Homestead's Antiques & Primitive Goods Show. The event, on a picture-perfect day, attracted a steady crowd ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Karp Garden Auction
Main Auction Galleries, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Main Auction Galleries
The garden collection of Beth and J. Louis Karp, put together over more than three decades at their home in Indian Hill, Ohio, was sold June 15 in Cincinnati by Main Auction Galleries, which is owned by the Karp family. The sale ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native American Art Auction
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
It did fine," said department director Ingmars Lindbergs about the June 13 Bonhams Native American art auction in Los Angeles. "We had a great selection of material," he added, which included "a great early jewelry collection."
Lindbergs was also "surprised at how less robust" the beadwork ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Weinblatt Ceases Exhibiting at Shows
Victor Weinblatt, a specialist in American folk signage, will no longer be exhibiting at shows. According to a press release, "While we no longer will be doing shows, we will actively and enthusiastically maintain our gallery by appointment in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Our Instagram account (@victor_weinblatt), created last winter, is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Witherell Expands
Brian and Donna Witherell of Witherell Luxury Asset Auctioneers & Appraisers, based in Sacramento, California, have launched a satellite auction company, the Wine Country Consignment Center in Windsor, California. The expansion is a return to the company's roots. Witherell was founded 55 years ago in Healdsburg and relocated to Sacramento ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A History of Tiffany Lamps
A Book Review
Scores of books have been written about the designs of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) and his famed studio. This book takes a decidedly technical approach. The author's perspective comes from a career working with opalescent glass, and here he explains in detail the evolution of Tiffany Studios over ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Art Forgery Trial Finds Business Owners Liable for $50K Fake
On April 22 two Denver District Court employees gently placed a large painting against a wall in the fourth-floor courtroom of Judge Jon Olafson, where it remained all week.
According to a signature in one of its corners, the depiction of a Mexican valley was painted in 1894 by Jose Maria ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Connecticut Dealer Pleads Guilty
William Dawson, 52, of Connecticut pleaded guilty April 24 to fraudulently obtaining more than 100 gold coins and then transporting them outside of Massachusetts.
Dawson pleaded guilty to one count of interstate transportation of property taken by fraud. U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman scheduled sentencing for June 18. Dawson ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)$100,000-Plus Book, Listed on eBay for $22,000, Leads to Arrest
A woefully underpriced rare book on eBay has led to an arrest, a charge of felony larceny, and the recovery of a rare 1855 first-edition copy of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass.
According to an April 8 police report, police officers from Brevard, North Carolina, met with three faculty members of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Roycroft Furniture Caps Americana Sale
Farrin's Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine
Usually, Farrin's Country Auctions in Randolph, Maine, caters to a loyal "down home" crowd, using only the traditional methods of in-person, telephone, and absentee bidding. But periodically Rusty Farrin puts forth a collection of upscale lots and calls in the Internet to complete the bidding options. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Eclipsed by Japanese Statue
Casco Bay Auctions, Freeport, Maine
Some fine and affordable Americana came forth at Casco Bay Auctions' presentation June 8 in Freeport, Maine, but a single Japanese Buddhist statue topped the sale by a wide margin.
Japanese Buddhist statue, Nanboku-ch? period (A.D. 1336-92), 38" tall, carved from a single block of zelkova, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Back to Our Roots Antique Show
Dayton, Ohio
The summer edition of the Back to Our Roots Antique Show, held June 8 in Dayton, Ohio, was largely the same solid show as always. And yet, it wasn't.
Three-tier bucket/crock bench with a blue, green, and red paint history, 293/4" high x 48" wide, $749; stoneware, $295 to ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Second Annual Fox Valley at the Fairgrounds Antiques Show
Wheaton, Illinois
When shows have been around as long as the twice-yearly Chicago-area Fox Valley Antiques Shows, they tend to develop a personality. For example, the live spring and fall shows sponsored and run by the Chicago Suburban Antiques Dealers Association (CSADA) ran for 48 years and 64 years, respectively, before ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, June 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)"Boston Collects" at Doyle
Doyle, Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Doyle
Still new in town, Doyle's "Boston Collects" auctions grossed nearly $1.1 million over the course of the auction house's first year in Boston. The June 7 sale in the Back Bay gallery delivered objects with Boston connections, whether it be the subject, the artist, or some ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Damon Granger Buys Indy Ad Show
Damon Granger has purchased the Indy Ad Show from Morphy Auctions. The transaction was completed in May. Partnering with Granger are his wife, Angela, and adult son Zach.
A former dealer at the semiannual Indy Antique Advertising Show (the event's former name), Granger started his own show when the Indianapolis event ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter to the Past
Beneath the Surface
A little over 20 years ago, Andrew was fresh out of graduate school and ready to launch a career in the antiques business. But the antiques job market for a guy with no experience, student loans to pay, and the ink still drying on a master's degree was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Americana Collection of Frank Gaglio
New England Auctions, Branford, Connecticut
Photos courtesy New England Auctions
What do you call an auction of 404 lots where only one lot fails to sell? Fred Giampietro of New England Auctions didn't know either. That's what happened at the June 6 auction of the collection of Frank Gaglio in the gallery ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Latest Miller's Handbook
A Book Review
Author Judith Miller (1951-2023) passed away unexpectedly before finishing the 45th-anniversary edition of Miller's Antiques Handbook & Price Guide. Her husband, John Wainwright, wrote in the introduction that "Judith's extensive knowledge of and passion for antiques still runs through the new edition." It certainly does! The more than ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Clare and Jared Edwards Collection
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) was famous for his paintings of girls-girls by a pool, in the mountains, lying on grass, standing on balconies, on a swing, leaning against a tree, and balanced on rocks. In the early 1930s he completely changed his style to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Curator of Historic Home Content Named for Connecticut Show
Rebecca Lineberry, a restorer and designer of antique homes in Connecticut, will direct content for the Haddam Historical Society's Connecticut River Valley Antiques Show and Historic Home Fair, to be held October 19 and 20 in Higganum, Connecticut.
Lineberry, whose ongoing restoration of a 1755 Colonial-style single-family home in Higganum was ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Climax Apple Parer Sells for $7500
A Climax iron apple parer and slicer, estimated at $150/300, sold for $7500 (includes buyer's premium) in a June 5 online sale by Butterscotch Auctioneers & Appraisers, Pound Ridge, New York. The new owner of the Climax is Kieth Monnier from Sidney, Ohio, who also collects many other kitchen collectibles ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Awe
He...who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art Auction
Freeman's | Hindman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman's | Hindman
The start of Freeman's | Hindman's American art sale on Sunday, June 2, scheduled for 2 p.m., was delayed for about 20 minutes. When auctioneer Alasdair Nichol appeared at the podium, he announced that lots 17 and 26 had been withdrawn. Lot ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Penn Dry Goods Market
Pennsburg, Pennsylvania
The 11th annual Penn Dry Goods Market at the Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, May 31 and June 1, was another gathering of the clan that calls themselves the "Textilians." This group of scholars, curators, archivists, quilters, and embroiderers presented and listened to a dozen lectures about ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Heartland Antique Show
Richmond, Indiana
Six days before the Heartland Antique Show opened under new management, seasoned promoter Steve Sherhag had nearly had enough. Sherhag acquired Heartland and the Ohio Country Antiques Show in October 2023 from Jennifer Sabin. While the semiannual Ohio Country fared well the following spring under Sherhag's control, things went ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Gathering on the Olde National Road
Lewisville, Indiana
Richard McKnight, one of the co-promoters of A Gathering on the Olde National Road, had a casual assessment at the end of the antiques show, held May 31 and June 1 in Lewisville, Indiana. McKnight, who is also a dealer at the event, succinctly stated, "I'm happy with what ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Freeman's|Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Freeman's | Hindman
A whole-plate daguerreotype of San Francisco, California, was the top lot during the auction of American historical ephemera and photography held by Freeman's | Hindman May 31 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The image was also something else: a reminder of the changing nature of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rich Penn Joins Morphy Auctions
Rich Penn, an Iowa auction company CEO and antique advertising specialist, has joined Morphy Auctions in the newly created role of market development officer.
From his base in Waterloo, Iowa, Penn will work in tandem with Morphy's marketing team and will advise on the latest technological innovations for the auction process. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Show in Guilford, Connecticut
Debbie Turi of D. Turi Antique Shows has announced a new show: the Shoreline Antiques & Retro Market, to be held on the fairgrounds in Guilford, Connecticut, June 1 and 2.
According to Turi, "We are planning on a varied market with dealers showing folk art, Americana, furniture, decorator art, mid-century ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Kaleidoscope Show of Color, Energy, and Activity
Spring Rhinebeck Antiques Show, Rhinebeck, New York
Frank Gaglio's Barn Star Productions offered 125-plus dealers in three buildings at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds during the Spring Rhinebeck Antiques Show, held May 25 and 26 in historic Rhinebeck, New York. Those dealers welcomed huge crowds of toddlers, tweens, and twenty-somethings, plus longtime ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Randolph Street Market Festival
Chicago, Illinois
About the first Randolph Street Market Festival (RSM) of 2024, we have this to say: we have good news, and then there's even better news.
The first thing to understand about the two-day outdoor/indoor market-now in its 21st year and loved by design mavens, bargain hunters, connoisseurs, and seekers of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Rob Wolfe
The ability to tell stories through objects is what gets Rob Wolfe out of bed every morning. He grew up in Bettendorf, Iowa, with his older brother, Mike, who is his counterpart on the History Channel's American Pickers, soon to begin its 25th season. The Wolfe boys constructed forts in ... (Read More)
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