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(Auction)Thalhimer and Zelle Estates
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
In order to avoid low attendance at a Sunday sale, Brunk Auctions scheduled its spring catalog sale for Thursday evening, Friday evening, and all day Saturday, May 12-14. It was an experiment that left out-of-towners with an entire day to kill in North ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Tenth Annual Ohio Valley Session
Garth's Auctions, Delaware, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth's Auctions
Smalls dominated at Garth's Auctions on May 14 in Delaware, Ohio. Little things, big interest. Glass and pottery, especially stoneware, had some of the greatest impact. They didn't claim the top price of the day but consistently bobbed among the best.
The morning started with ... (Read More)
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(Show)Pure and Simple Antique Show and Sale
Kokomo, Indiana
A reverse-painted window, offered during the Pure and Simple Antique Show and Sale on May 14 in Kokomo, Indiana, summed up in four words what promoters Mike and Marti Korba have essentially been saying for seven years. Lettered on the glass pane was this message: "Come In / Convince ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Paintings and Sculpture at Skinner
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner
A mere fragment took top honors at Skinner's May 13 auction when it sold for $92,250 (includes buyer's premium). It was an early 20th-century 221/4" x 151/2" oil on canvas study of water, a fragment that had been relined and had some retouching and some ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Nancy Druckman Leaves Sotheby's
Nancy Druckman, who had worked at Sotheby's for 43 years as an expert in American folk art, has left to form her own art advisory service. In 2015 she retired as senior vice president for American folk art but stayed on as a consultant for the January 2016 sales of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Wallace Nutting Blacksmith Photograph Sells for $4180
Shoeing the Gray Mare, a rare Wallace Nutting hand-colored photo, sold for $4180 (includes buyer's premium) at Michael Ivankovich's auction on May 13 in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. The 101/2" x 121/2" framed 1905-10 photograph features a blacksmith shoeing a white horse outside a barn and is signed "Compliments of Wallace ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Smartphone Security
Computer Column #329
John P. Reid, jreid@dca.net
Security for smartphones and other mobile devices is more challenging than desktop computer security.
Smartphones are computers with more computing power and memory than the desktop computers of 25 years ago. They are subject to the same kinds of invasion as desktop computers, but their interface ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Arizona Man Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
On March 18 in Phoenix, Arizona, 54-year-old Gerardo Alonzo Avila was sentenced to one year in prison after he pleaded guilty to one count of insurance fraud, a felony. Avila had filed a claim with his insurance company, Liberty Mutual, stating that his home in Maricopa, Arizona, had been burglarized ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Christie's Shutters Three East Coast Offices
Christie's is rebalancing its support hubs. The auction house is closing three regional offices-Boston, Philadelphia, and Palm Beach, Florida-and increasing its presence and investment in the West, Southwest, and Midwest.
According to a spokesman for the auction house, "As part of our regular business practice, Christie's continually evaluates its existing business ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Lucy Trask Barnard and Her Rugs
For more than a half-century, hooked rug enthusiasts have puzzled over the whereabouts of the fourth hooked rug offered to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1961 by Albert Root Jr., great-grandson of Lucy Trask Barnard of Dixfield, Maine.
Correspondence between Root and the New York-based museum, dated January 2, 1961, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Art Authenticators Protected in New York Bill
Authenticity, attribution, and authorship of works of fine art are the subject of New York state legislation intended to enhance protections for art authenticators in the visual arts community. According to the bill, authenticators "shall include, but not be limited to, authors of catalogues raisonne or other scholarly texts in ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Last Spring Masters
New York City
New York City bid adieu in early May to Spring Masters while putting out a welcome mat for TEFAF New York. The fair will reappear at the Park Avenue Armory October 22-26 and again May 4-9, 2017, as part of a new venture between Michael Plummer and Jeff ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Liz Sterling Heads American Paintings at Sotheby's
Some of Sotheby's offices, left empty after 80 staffers took the generous buyout offers designed to cut costs, are being filled by enthusiastic specialists who switched allegiance from Christie's to Sotheby's. Liz Sterling, who began working at Sotheby's a month ago, is one of them.
A year and a half ago, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)May Auction in New Orleans: Estates Span Time and Space
Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, Louisiana
Photos courtesy Neal Auction Company
Estates provide the lifeblood of regional sales, and the Neal Auction Company has flourished in a region with a perpetual flow of high quality offerings. While some sources produce material of local interest, southern consignors have formed diverse collections that keep ... (Read More)
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(Show)Gold Rush and Beyond
Old West Show, Grass Valley, California
Old West Show producer Brian Witherell called the 2016 Old West Show, held May 6 and 7 in Grass Valley, California, "a transition year. We promised not to fix it because it wasn't broke, but we did decide to start transitioning now because we had ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Animals and Art at Daniel Buck
Daniel Buck Auctions, Lisbon Falls, Maine
Daniel Buck is a relative newcomer on the New England auction scene. He's completed a dozen or so auctions from his Lisbon Falls, Maine, hall, and his two-day sale on May 6 and 7 brought forth a strange but potent mix of art, antiques, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native American and Ethnographic Art Auction
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner, Inc.
Skinner's Boston gallery was abuzz during the preview for its May 6 auction of American Indian and ethnographic art. The talk was about the catalog cover lot: a rare Blackfeet chief's shirt and leggings. The shirt, from the 1830s, was made from two sinew-sewn ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Strawbery Banke Acquires Federal Sideboard with New Hampshire Provenance
Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has acquired an 1800-10 Sheraton inlaid mahogany sideboard that once belonged to the Stearns family of Durham, New Hampshire. The sideboard was donated to Strawbery Banke by Elisabeth Sturges.
"This sideboard is an unusual and important example of Portsmouth-made furniture, not only for ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received, May 2016
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or online orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or a mail-order house is the place to look.
Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection by Estill Curtis Pennington ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Lever Monhegan Scene Is Top Lot at Barridoff
Barridoff Galleries, Portland, Maine
Photos courtesy Barridoff Galleries
Barridoff Galleries, Portland, Maine, held its biannual fine art auction on May 5 in the Abromson Center on the campus of the University of Southern Maine in Portland. The approximately 291 lots brought in a total of $570,510, but that number is expected to ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Government's Art Tab
Editorial
On March 21 Congressman Jason Chaffetz of Utah, chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, instructed Denise Roth, administrator of the General Services Administration, that she had two weeks to provide the committee with a staggering amount of information.
Chaffetz, a member of the Tea Party, wants to know ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)A Job Worth Doing
The Young Collector
In Hollie's first post-college job, she was a collection agent in a large urban area. She was not of the kind who works in a call center but of the variety who walks up to the apartment door and says, "I need to get $53 today or we're ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Impressionist and Modern Art
Doyle New York, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle
A sale of European and American Impressionist and modern art was held at Doyle New York on May 3. Overall the sale totaled $2,174,563; 88% of the lots sold. American art sales contributed $1,148,188 to the total, with 85% sold by lot. Lots ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Chait Pleads Guilty in Federal Court
Joseph Chait, 38, the senior auction administrator of a gallery and auction house located in Beverly Hills, California, pleaded guilty on March 9 in federal court in New York City to two counts related to wildlife trafficking.
He was charged with conspiring to smuggle wildlife products made from rhinoceros horn, elephant ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, May 2016
Ian McKay,
Madame Would Look Enchanting in This!
Dating from around 1765, this elegant lady wearing a robe a la francaise of silk and metallic wrapped thread would appear to be the only recorded surviving life-size French mannequin de mode of the period.
Wearing as accessories a blonde wig, pearl earrings, a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Jewelry Highlights at Freeman's and Andrews & Andrews
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Freeman's held its regular jewelry auction on May 2 and its estate jewelry auction in the new "Jewelry & Silver at 1808" format on July 21. The May sale included higher-end jewelry and timepieces; the July sale had about 100 lots of more affordable jewelry. The auctions ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antique City Show Makes Major Changes
The Antique City Show is making some major changes including dates, location, and prices.
Holiday Promotions, the new owner of the show, is moving it to the Allentown (Pennsylvania) Fairgrounds with new dates, June 18 and 19. For the last four years, the show has been in April at Lehigh University ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Greater York Antiques Show
York, Pennsylvania
At what show can you find a $35 fly swatter, a $120,000 folk art bird tree, a $16,800 stoneware butter churn (made by Hamilton of Greensboro, Pennsylvania), a $45,000 Bill Traylor gouache on paper, and a 3" high Steiff black cat for $175?
All of it was at the Mitchell ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Folk Art Blossoms in the Spring
Slotin Folk Art, Buford, Georgia
Photos courtesy Slotin Folk Art
The Slotin Folk Art auction in April is almost a spring folk art ritual. These sales are always animated and informal. The April 30 and May 1 event was particularly lighthearted and had many in-house active bidders. In addition to the on-site ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Nostalgia at Noon in Ramseur
C & A Antique Auction, Ramseur, North Carolina
Photos courtesy C & A Auction
On May 1 auctioneer Carson Cockman presented bidders with two distinct versions of the past. For those who valued their early adulthood and had deeper pockets, there was period tobacco, coffee, and petrol-related merchandise. Those enamored with childhood ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Nautical Antiques Auction
Boston Harbor Auctions, Quincy, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Boston Harbor Auctions
The Lannan Ship Model Gallery, the host of the Boston Harbor Auctions sale held on April 30, was created in 1967 in Quincy, Massachusetts, by Joseph G. Lannan Jr. (1926-2011) in the basement of his home. Lannan, a graduate of Massachusetts Maritime ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Record Price for Single Firearm
Rock Island Auction Company set a record price for a single firearm at auction when a Winchester Model 1866 sporting rifle and a gold-plated pocket watch, both previously owned by the man credited with the surrender of Geronimo, sold together for $1,265,000 (with buyer's premium) on April 30 in Rock ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rift between the Appraisal Institute and The Appraisal Foundation
Quickie valuations, such as those done at on-the-spot fund-raising events, can leave an erroneous impression about what makes a credible appraisal, such as the kind that squares a donor with the Internal Revenue Service, an heir with a probate court, or a client with an insurance company. Similarly, some people ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Four or One? Clocks and Watches at Skinner
Skinner Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner
A Tornek-Rayville TR-900 dive watch was the top lot, by far, at the sale on April 29 at Skinner in Marlborough, Massachusetts. For its price of $113,775 (includes buyer's premium), someone could have taken home all four of the next-highest lots with money left over. ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Detour on the Barbecue Trail
Liberty Antiques Festival, Liberty, North Carolina
A traditional measure of success for an antiques show is the number of big-ticket items sold. In the South, we like to include the barbecue factor in our success calculations.
Here's an example. On Friday, April 29, the first day of the two-day Liberty Antiques Festival ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)John Gould of Yorktown Heights, New York
In the Trade
Discussing how hard it is to sell antique furniture today at almost any price, John Gould quoted a friend, who said, "You see this really good furniture selling for really cheap prices, and it's still not cheap enough."
John Gould in his workshop.
That's why Gould's small barn, which used ... (Read More)
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(Show)The NYBG Antique Garden Furniture Fair
New York Botanical Garden Antique Garden Furniture Fair, Bronx, New York
The 25th anniversary of the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG)'s Antique Garden Furniture Fair was a blooming success from the April 28 opening through May 1. Bringing the outdoors inside was achieved by filling a 10,000-square-foot tent with flowering plants, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)1stdibs Causes Controversy
1stdibs, an online global marketplace (www.1stdibs.com) that over the last 15 years has helped legions of dealers sell art, antiques, vintage fashion, and jewelry to designers, collectors, curators, and others, has been the focus of a month-long protest by dealers from New York to California. It stems from an e-mail ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)The Art of American Still Life
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(Auction)Historic Firearms and Early Militaria
Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan's
Well before the catalog was printed and the online listings were posted, Jack Lewis, director of historic firearms and early militaria at Cowan's Auctions, knew the April 26 and 27 sale was going to be special. That event, held at Cowan's gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Hampshire Antiques Week Pickers Market Show Canceled
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
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)Buy a Real Weathervane so the Owners Can Buy a Fake One
The Concord Scout House (CSH) in the middle of Concord, Massachusetts, was built out of an old barn in 1932 for the local Girl Scout troop, and it's been the site of dances and concerts ever since. Before there was a Concord Scout House, there was a barn, and on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Variety and Surprises
Farmer Auctions, Salem, Virginia
Photos courtesy Farmer Auctions
Farmer Auctions held its spring catalog auction on April 23 at its gallery in Salem, Virginia. The sale offered a good mix of categories and generated several pleasant surprises.
One was an ephemera archive involving a construction project that never came to fruition. In February ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Buyers' Market for Americana
Pook & Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook
Pook & Pook's Americana sale on April 23 was open for preview during the weekend of the Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show, and some of those on the Pennsylvania turnpike en route to the show stopped off in Downingtown to have a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)North American Decoys at Auction
Guyette & Deeter, St. Charles, Illinois
The 31st Guyette & Deeter spring auction, held April 21 and 22 in St. Charles, Illinois, was notable for several reasons. To begin, the annual event is one of the larger sales held by the decoy auction firm. This year more than 600 lots were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Silver Sells
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
Collectors of American silver can find silver for sale at Christie's at least three times a year. Generally Colonial and Federal silver and 19th- and 20th-century silver works by Tiffany and Gorham appear in Americana sales catalogs in January and sometimes in September. For more ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Furniture, Decorative Arts, and Silver
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, Illinois
We've already written here about the cornucopia of variety available in a Leslie Hindman auction. Based in Chicago with regional satellites in Denver, Milwaukee, Naples and Palm Beach, Florida, and St. Louis, the house has widespread contacts. To all that, add international bidders and previews held ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Interesting Couture Labels on Vintage Fashions
Augusta Auctions, New York City
Photos courtesy Augusta Auctions
A sprinkling of couture labels by lesser-known fashion designers, as opposed to well-known and revered designers, were seen on vintage clothing at an auction of couture and vintage fashion, historic textiles, and fashion accessories held by Augusta Auctions at Landmark on the Park, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture and Decorative Arts
Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman's
A consignment of furnishings collected by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association brought national attention to Freeman's April 19 sale in Philadelphia. The furniture had helped fill up the empty rooms of George and Martha Washington's plantation house with antiques from every state in the Union. The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historical Documents Sale Highlights Reagan's 50-Year Correspondence with a Fan
Profiles in History, Calabasas, California
Photos courtesy Profiles in History
An archive of over 350 candid photographs of Ronald Reagan, the majority unpublished, along with 128 letters by him dating from the 1940s through the mid-1990s, as well as much, much more, sold to an unidentified institution for $120,000 (including buyer's premium) ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Skirmish Breaks Out over Civil War Coat
A Confederate coat, made of homemade blue jeans on a hand loom by a blind seamstress, is the subject of a lawsuit between a collector and a museum.
Collector Joe Fitzgerald of Huntsville, Alabama, a civilian aide to the secretary of the United States Army, bought the coat at the Mid-South ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Stickley Chest Tops Auction
Bruce Gamage, Jr., Antiques, Rockland, Maine
Every antiques auction, whether it's a $10 million barnburner or a $10,000 snoozer, has points of interest that can be learned and stored for future use. No records were set at Bruce Gamage's April 18 offering in Rockland, Maine, but it did bring forth some ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show 2016
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show was up and running April 14 through 17 and much improved after two years of rehabilitation. Show managers Diana Bittel and Karen and Ralph DiSaia were the doctors in charge of this fund-raiser for Penn Medicine, and they prescribed a new regimen that ... (Read More)
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(Show)Chicago Botanic Garden Antiques, Garden & Design Show
Glencoe, Illinois
The Chicago Botanic Garden was the site of two very different events in April. Both were newsworthy, but they could not have been more unlike. One, the 16th Chicago Botanic Garden Antiques, Garden & Design Show, held April 15-17, was an eagerly anticipated and always gorgeous annual event. The ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Local Buyers and Good Karma at Rago, and Strong Designer Brooch Sales at Heritage
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Rago Arts and Auctions and Heritage Auctions
There was strength in the private buying pool and an 88% sell-through rate at Rago Arts and Auctions' April 17 fine jewelry and unreserved jewelry sales in Lambertville, New Jersey, according to Sarah Churgin, head of the jewelry department. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Wilton Spring Antiques Show
Wilton, Connecticut
The Wilton Spring Antiques Show, held April 16 and 17, faced two hurdles it had trouble overcoming, yet "it's still a viable show," said manager Frank Gaglio of Barn Star Productions.
The warm, sunny weekend along with area schools being on spring break accounted for the show's low attendance, Gaglio ... (Read More)
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(Auction)South Shore Treasures
Willis Henry Auctions, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Karel and Willis Henry of Willis Henry Auctions, Marshfield, Massachusetts, routinely offer their estate-sale bidders fresh South Shore material, mostly from longtime collections. One such collection was that of Oscar Karl Hollander Jr. and Lois Hollander of West Falmouth, Massachusetts. The Hollanders collected widely and unerringly. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Art Antiques & Jewelry Show Relocates to Pier 94
The Palm Beach Show Group (PBSG) will relocate its New York City Art Antiques & Jewelry Show to Pier 94 this year, taking over the dates that became available when U.S. Antique Shows, a division of Emerald Expositions, canceled its November 2016 Pier Show (see M.A.D., March, p. 11-A). Opening ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California Fine Art
Bonhams, Los Angeles and San Francisco
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Specialist Scot Levitt called his auction on April 12 and 13 in Los Angeles (simulcast in San Francisco) of California and Western paintings and sculpture "extremely successful. We had our best sell-through rate in many years, with all but twelve paintings sold out ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Caren Historical Documents Sale
Bonhams, New York City
Photos courtesy Bonhams
"Treasures from the Caren Archive II: How History Unfolds on Paper" was the title of an auction at Bonhams, New York City, on April 11 that again sold documents, letters, and newspapers that tell stories from American history, from the 16th century to the computer ... (Read More)
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(Show)AD 20/21
Boston, Massachusetts
The ninth AD 20/21, the annual Boston design show, held April 7-10, was set up under the steel and glass dome of the Cyclorama building at the Boston Center for the Arts. Forty-three dealers in antiques, art, and design filled booths in the 1884 brick building for the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Washington Memorial Embroidery Leads Potomack Auction
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company held its spring catalog auction on April 9 at its gallery in Alexandria, Virginia, and offered a mix of categories of Americana, Asian, and Continental antiques and fine art. For a second consecutive sale, old masters paintings were among ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Houdiniana and Lewis Davenport Collection
Potter & Potter Auctions, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Potter & Potter
The April 9 Potter & Potter auction in Chicago drew worldwide interest because of a long-lost typed manuscript attributed to magician Harry Houdini and dark fantasy writer H.P. Lovecraft. Two other pieces, a so-called mystery clock by Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Greene Line of Toy Trains and Accessories Highballs It to $1.19 Million
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
"Be wise. Accessorize," a catchy advertising slogan of a prominent jewelry firm, might well serve as a mantra for Bertoia Auctions' sale in Vineland, New Jersey, on April 9 of the trains, rolling stock, and railside accessories from the Jerry and Nina Greene ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)"Exotic Woods, Masterful Makers"
Winterthur, Delaware
"Exotic Woods, Masterful Makers: Tropical Hardwoods and the Luxury Furniture Trade, 1600-1850," the 2016 Sewell C. Biggs Winterthur Furniture Forum, held April 7-9, brought 160 collectors, curators, conservators, and craftsmen to all or part of three days of lectures, demonstrations, workshops, and a visit to a lumberyard to learn ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Indian and Western Art
Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan's
A Lakota triple-bladed war club sold for $96,000 (includes buyer's premium) and was the highlight of the American Indian and Western art sale held by Cowan's Auctions in Cincinnati on April 8. The price was significantly under the estimate of $150,000/250,000.
From the collection of James ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Samuel Yellin Sample Grille Section Donated to George Eastman Museum
The George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York, has been given the sample grille section created in 1924 by Samuel Yellin for the George Eastman residence. This donation is from Yellin's granddaughter, Clare Yellin.
Photo courtesy George Eastman Museum.
The museum's campus includes Eastman's Colonial Revival mansion. Rochester architects Edward S. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Norman Lewis's Star Continues to Shine at African American Fine Art Sale
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann
Swann's African American fine art sale on April 7 proved the continuing star power of Norman Lewis. The auction house offered seven works by the 20th-century New York Abstract Expressionist, and all sold remarkably well, often many times over estimate. These works included the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Carole Conn, Connecticut Country Antiques, Litchfield, Connecticut
In the Trade
During her long managerial career, Carole Conn worked for corporate giants such as General Foods, St. Regis Paper, General Electric, and Pitney Bowes. She was CEO of three companies and was on the boards of seven publicly traded firms in the United Kingdom and the United States. It ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings, Furniture, and Decorative Arts
Doyle New York, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle New York
Doyle's salesroom on East 87th Street in New York City was filled almost to capacity when the auctioneer began the spring sale of American paintings, furniture, and decorative arts on Wednesday, April 6.
By noon, all but ten of the 117 lots ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Chris Jussel Joins Invaluable as Advisor
Chris Jussel, the original host of the PBS television series Antiques Roadshow, has joined Invaluable, an online marketplace for fine art, antiques, and collectibles, as an advisor to the company.
Jussel will assist Invaluable with expanding the company's network of auction houses and dealers. He will also act as a brand ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Check Those Loan Agreements
Editorial
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation dodged a bullet when the Supreme Court of Alabama issued a ruling on February 12, shutting down a retrial of a case the foundation had already prevailed in. At issue was American furniture, possibly owned by Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, that ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Leslie Hindman Auctioneers' April Sale Brings $4.6 Million
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Leslie Hindman
Alexander Eblen, director of jewelry at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, said that its April 3 and 4 jewelry sale in Chicago was "overall one of the top three sales we've ever held. It was a really, really good success. We had a ninety-one percent sell-through ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Susquehanna Antique Company Expands to Two New Galleries
Washington, D.C., dealer David Friedman has expanded his business, Susquehanna Antique Company, to two new locations. Established in 1913, the Susquehanna Antique Company now has two new galleries, one based in Asheville, North Carolina, and the other in Alexandria, Virginia, with 18th- to early 20th-century American and European antiques and ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2016 Chester County Antiques Show
Malvern, Pennsylvania
For 34 years, the Chester County Historical Society Antiques Show in April (this year April 1-3) has been a major fund-raiser for the museum and library devoted to the preservation of local history. Its fine collection has brought collectors and students of Americana through its doors.
The historical society is ... (Read More)
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(Show)Bedford Spring Antiques Show
Katonah, New York
A well-edited antiques show was held on the verdant campus of the Harvey School in Katonah, New York, the first weekend in April (1-3).
A benefit for St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in nearby Bedford, the show opened with a champagne preview party on Friday night. A few of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Stair Sells Some 19th-Century Winners
Stair Galleries, Hudson, New York
Photos courtesy Stair Galleries
On April 2, Stair Galleries, Hudson, New York, sold the collection of Judith Hollander (1941-2013) of Mount Kisco, New York. The sale was titled "Principles of Design: The Collection of Judith Hollander, with Selected Additions."
Hollander's interests in 19th-century furniture and decorative arts ranged ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Spring Show in Monroe
Monroe Antique Show and Sale, Monroe, Washington
While spring was taking its time across much of the country, the Pacific Northwest was blessed with a perfect spring day for the opening of the Monroe Antique Show and Sale, held April 2 and 3 at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, Washington. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Philadelphia Museum of Art Announces Curatorial Promotions and Appointment
In February the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) announced that Jennifer Thompson has been promoted to head the museum's department of European paintings, succeeding Joseph J. Rishel, who retired in 2015 and is now serving as curator emeritus. Jessica Todd Smith, currently chief curator of American art at the Huntington ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Jason Busch Is New Director of Decorative Arts at Sotheby's
Jason Busch is leaving his post as deputy director for curatorial affairs and museum programs at the Saint Louis Art Museum to become the new director of decorative arts at Sotheby's in New York City.
"My move from the Saint Louis Art Museum is bittersweet. I feel privileged to have contributed ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Black History Matters: 20th Anniversary of African Americana Sales
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann
"Rather astoundingly, this is our twentieth sale," Nicholas D. Lowry, president of Swann Galleries, said as he prepared to open the firm's annual auction of printed and manuscript African Americana on March 31 in New York City. The first sale had taken place in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Riddell Table Returns to Rosedown after 60 Years
Louisiana author Harnett T. Kane (1910-1984) in his entertaining 1945 volume Plantation Parade: The Grand Manner in Louisiana accurately called Rosedown Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana, "a gem in a polished setting." Since 2000 the property has been a State Historic Site, and, obviously, the 28 lots with Rosedown provenance ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Original Miami Beach Antique Show to Relocate
The Original Miami Beach Antique Show is moving in 2017. U.S. Antique Shows announced that because of the impending closure of the Miami Beach Convention Center for renovations, the show will be held at the Miami-Dade County Fair Expo Center, February 10-13, 2017.
"After extensive research of existing and proposed venues ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dealer Pleads Guilty in Wildlife Case
On February 17 antiques dealer Ferdinand E. Krizan, 77, of Franklinville, New York, pleaded guilty to trafficking in prohibited wildlife.
According to the United States Attorney for Western New York, on November 6, 2013, Krizan, owner of Fred's Antiques, purchased two elephant tusks from an auction house in Montreal, Quebec, for ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Producing Posters
Computer Column #328
John P. Reid, jreid@dca.net
Posters are useful for publicizing an antiques show, shop, or special event. Poster design skills can be used in other ways. A book or catalog cover is a poster inviting a look at the inside. Printed ads are much like posters. Slide presentations are ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Harvard Sues Elmore, Gets Injunction Stopping Sales of Book
It's David versus Goliath.
A lawsuit filed in federal court in New Mexico in June 2015 pits Harvard University, which has about a $37 billion endowment, against Steve Elmore, an antiques dealer who patched together $36,000 to self-publish a book. The suit may hinge on the definition of the word "manuscript."
A ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Bowmanville Show, a Canadian Easter Tradition
Bowmanville Antiques & Folk Art Show, Bowmanville, Ontario
All prices given in Canadian dollars
Tied as it is to Easter every year, the Bowmanville (Ontario) Antiques & Folk Art Show can land on the calendar just about anywhere in March or April. Naturally, there's a religious rationale for this meandering holiday, but ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Chain of Thought
The Young Collector
We are a household obsessed with the food chain. Much of the conversation around the breakfast table involves predator and prey, from krill to squid to sperm whales (in the knowledge food chain, dinosaurs have apparently fallen prey to marine life), with discussions about who eats whom and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Hesse Galleries Discontinues Auctions
Hesse Galleries in Otego, New York, announced on February 17 that the firm's February 25 auction would be its last.
"After enjoying many wonderful years conducting auctions and developing friendships, we will be closing down our auction business following the February 25, 2016, auction," an e-mail read. "Buzz [Hesse] plans during ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)R.J. Horner Table Sells for $8360
Baldini Auction Company, LLC, Nashville, Tennessee, recently sold an R.J. Horner table for $8360 (includes buyer's premium). The successful bidder was auctioneer Mark Reynolds of Bloomington, Illinois, who had seen the table advertised online. He drove approximately 400 miles-to Nashville from Bloomington-to pick up the table. "I'm going to keep ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Freeman's Sold
Freeman's, America's oldest auction house, has new owners. Samuel M. "Beau" Freeman II announced on March 10 that the controlling interest in the auction house that has been in the Freeman family for 210 years has been sold to the management team of Hanna Dougher, chief operating officer; Alasdair Nichol, ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received, April 2016
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or online orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or a mail-order house is the place to look.
British Ceramics 1675-1825 by Brian D. Gallagher (The Mint Museum, in association ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"Boston Globe" Antiques Columnist Virginia Bohlin to Receive Award
Virginia Bohlin, recently retired Boston Globe columnist on antiques, will receive a lifetime achievement award at the gala preview for the ninth annual AD20/21: Art & Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries & Boston Print Fair in Boston. The gala preview is Thursday, April 7, 5:30 to 9 p.m.
Past ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, April 2016
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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(Issue Story)Letter from London, April 2016
Ian McKay,
Watches and clocks are a noticeably prominent feature of this month's "Letter," which also includes a carved wooden portrait of poor King John, fine examples of early English oak furniture, a lovely Dutch pomander, and a rare Mannerist picture frame. A wooden artist's model, a 16th-century dish by ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Victor and Joan Johnson to Receive 2016 ADA Award of Merit
On Friday, April 15, at 8 p.m., the Antiques Dealers' Association of America, Inc. (ADA) will present the 2016 ADA Award of Merit to collectors Victor and Joan Johnson of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The ADA's annual award recognizes those who have made outstanding contributions to the fields of American fine and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Freeman's Inaugural 20th-Century Design Sale
Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman's
Tim Andreadis, head of 20th-century design at Freeman's for the last three years, held his inaugural Art + Design sale on March 20. Works by George Nakashima, Wharton Esherick, and Paul Evans used to be sold in the annual Pennsylvania sale at Freeman's. From now on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Jewelry from Cahners-Kaplan Highlights Boston Auction
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Lucy P. Grogan, vice president and gallery director of Grogan & Company, was instrumental in bringing to market fine jewelry from the estate of Boston collector and major philanthropist Helene Rabb Cahners-Kaplan (d. 2012). Cahners-Kaplan, gifted with an impeccable eye, was a benefactor of many Boston ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Alamance County, N.C., Redware Jar Sells for $28,750
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm
I've never been a fan of the term "fresh to the market"; however, it does apply to the material brought to the market by the Zipp family of Crocker Farm. Material long off the open market from all over the country surfaces at Crocker ... (Read More)
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