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(Show)2015 Salon: Art + Design
New York City
Vive le Salon! Now in its fourth year under the management of Sanford L. Smith + Associates, but no longer partnered with the Syndicat National des Antiquaires, The Salon: Art + Design opened in New York City, November 12, 2015, the night before the terrorist attack in Paris.
A ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tennessee Dealer Sentenced
Paul "Mike" Willis, the owner of Unique Antiques and Auction Gallery, Collierville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to theft of over $60,000 from a customer and was sentenced on September 1 to 90 days in jail and ordered to pay $22,000 in remaining restitution, according to Shelby County District Attorney General Amy ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)School's in Session
The Young Collector
After 120 years our house seems to have come full circle. As of this fall it is once again a schoolhouse. Nora, who just turned five, has started kindergarten at home. (Just in case the house itself wasn't evidence enough that we never do anything the easy way.) ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Callot Soeurs Orientalist Gown, a Paisley Shawl, and a Fairy Skeleton Gown Bring Top Dollar
Augusta Auctions, New York City
Photos courtesy Augusta Auctions
A labeled Callot Soeurs couture Orientalist gown brought an impressive $30,000 (includes buyer's premium) at a November 11, 2015, auction of couture and vintage fashions held by Augusta Auctions of Bellows Falls, Vermont, at its New York City venue, Landmark on the Park, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Malcolm Ivey Pleads Guilty
Malcolm Ivey, the former operator of Ivey-Selkirk Auctions and Appraisals in St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty on September 14 in St. Louis County Circuit Court to five Class C felony counts of stealing and one Class D felony count of unlawful business practices. As part of the plea agreement, Ivey ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Freeman's Pennsylvania Sale
Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman's
Freeman's scheduled its November 2015 Americana sale to coincide with the Delaware Antiques Show so that those flying in to shop and dealers trucking to and from the show could stop by and check out more than 500 lots of furniture, paintings, silver, ceramics, maps, prints, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Accidents Happen
Last year, during a flurry of assignments and looming deadlines, I returned calls or e-mails only if they seemed urgent. When the pressure died down I finally got around to amending my negligent behavior.
"What happened?" a friend familiar with my collecting penchant inquired. "I thought maybe you got crushed by ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Colorful Folk
A Book Review
A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life
by Lisa Minardi
The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc., 2015, 70 pages, softbound, $14.95 plus S/H from the Winterthur bookstore (www.winterthurstore.com) or (800) 448-3883 or (302) 888-4822.
A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Shakers in Connecticut
This past summer, the New Britain Museum of American Art (NBMAA) in New Britain, Connecticut, opened a new permanent Shaker gallery, one of only three found in U.S. art museums. The other two are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The brainchild of museum trustee ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The 2015 Delaware Show
Delaware Antiques Show, Wilmington, Delaware
The Delaware Antiques Show is not for beginners. It is the show for the true believers, who make pilgrimages to the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware, every November in search of the finest Americana, the highest quality craftsmanship and design in furniture, objects, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Des Barres Navigational Chart Sails to Victory
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
When it comes to 18th-century British maps of the American Colonies, early is not necessarily more valuable. That was clearly demonstrated when four maps deaccessioned by Colonial Williamsburg sold at Brunk Auctions' November 6-8, 2015, sale. Three predated the Revolutionary War, and one ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Holiday Sale 2015
Humler & Nolan, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Humler & Nolan
Four words: different merchandise, same story. That was largely the case during the Holiday Sale 2015 conducted by Humler & Nolan in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 7 and 8, 2015. For the most part, the best things did well, while the middle ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Best Stand Award Winners at Winter Olympia Art & Antiques Fair
Dealers, do you need some ideas about booth design? The winners of this year's British Antique Dealers' Association (BADA) Best Stand Awards at the November 2-8 Winter Olympia Fine Art & Antiques Fair have been announced. The awards are given annually in recognition of outstanding design and presentation of stands ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Nadeau's Annual Fall Auction
Nadeau's Auction Gallery, Windsor, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Nadeau's Auction Gallery
Nadeau's Auction Gallery held an antiques auction at its gallery in Windsor, Connecticut, on Saturday, November 7, 2015, and much of the material offered had been owned by Credit Suisse. The collection included striking portraits of prominent American businessmen and intellectuals of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Grant to Aid Research of Transferware Medical and Toilet Wares
The winner of the Paul and Gladys Richards Foundation Research Grant for studies in British transferware, awarded by the Transferware Collectors Club (TCC), is Richard Halliday of Market Harborough, U.K., who will research transferware medical and toilet wares, 1780-1850.
Halliday plans to produce a book that deals specifically and comprehensively with ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Time to Rethink
Auction Law & Ethics
Auctions are different-very different. Those who patronize auctions know they are nothing like going to a traditional retailer to shop. The public knows it too. So why do I make a distinction between those who go to auctions and the public? Because just as auctions and retailers ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Good Fellows: The Walpole Society
Part I of V
Photos courtesy the Walpole Society
"...an assembly of good fellows, meeting under certain conditions."
- The definition of club by Dr. Johnson (1755)
The Walpole Society-have you heard of it? Even longtime antiques aficionados may not know of this uber-exclusive club for Americana collectors, curators, scholars, house preservationists, and antiquarian ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The-Saleroom.Com and Bidsquare Team Up
The-saleroom.com, a portal for art and antiques auctions in the U.K. and Europe, and Bidsquare, an online bidding platform in the U.S., have forged a partnership. Participating auctions will be listed on each other's respective websites, allowing auction houses to reach new international bidders and expose more fine art and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Looking at Antiques Shows from Both Sides Now: A Collector's Experiences
Have you ever wondered what it is like for dealers to "do" an antiques show? What they experience? What they see when we-possible customers, potential friends, dismissive critics-wander past their booths? So have I, and I decided to shadow a dealer during several shows. (My apologies to dealers in advance ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Berks County History Center
The Berks History Center at 940 Centre Avenue in Reading, Pennsylvania, will open two new galleries dedicated to Pennsylvania German folk art and Berks County clocks and furniture on Saturday, November 14. The new installation was made possible through a bequest of 33 artifacts from the estate of Lancaster County ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Bits and Bytes
Computer Column #323
John P. Reid,
More on the Internet as an aid to moving a business, antiquers' software on the new Windows 10, and a way for some of us to beat robot phone calls are reported below.
Terminate Sales Tax License
In the September issue, we listed dozens of ways ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, November 2015
Ian McKay,
With this month's "Letter" I have finally cleared my summer and earlier sale files, and even managed to add one early bird from the new season-the very costly pair of old running shoes that kicks off this selection.
In no particular order, the remaining offerings include a carpet; an ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The "Washington" Comes Home
In 2001 a theft from the Oysterponds Historical Society in Orient, New York, resulted in the loss of a painting of the bark Washington, a Solon Francis Montecello Badger portrait of the ship Jennie French Potter, and two whalebone busks.
On September 29 the FBI returned the bark Washington painting to ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Freeman's Jewelry and Watch Auction
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
I watched Freeman's November 2, 2015, auction of jewelry and watches online and later spoke with Virginia Salem, vice president and international jewelry specialist, about results from the sale. Already busily working on Freeman's next jewelry sale, she nevertheless took the time to "walk down memory lane" ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques + Modernism Winnetka
Winnetka, Illinois
When the final account is written about dead and near-dead antiques shows, the survival-indeed the resurrection-of the show in the Winnetka Community House of the north shore Chicago suburb will top them all. Call the show Lazarus, because it has risen from the dead.
First, a little history. We've covered ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Auctionata Acquires ValueMyStuff
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(Auction)A Revered Print Reaches $120,000
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Historical documents from several collections captivated bidders at Northeast Auctions' October 31 and November 1, 2015, auction, which played before a full house on both days. "The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street, Boston on March 5th, 1770, by a party of the 29th Reg't.," engraved, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Willard Skeleton Unearthed at Halloween Clock and Watch Auction
Skinner, Inc, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner, Inc.
Not human bones, a Simon Willard, Jr. skeleton clock, 1825-35, earned the fifth-highest price at the October 31, 2015, Skinner, Inc. auction of clocks, watches, and scientific instruments in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Selling at $19,680 (including buyer's premium) from a New Hampshire collection, it is ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Autumn Auction of Majolica for the Connoisseur
Strawser Auction Group, Hatfield, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Strawser Auction Group
Sometimes collecting friendships segue into working friendships, and what a wonderful collaboration that can be. It was only a natural progression that Michael Strawser, founder of the Majolica International Society, president of the Strawser Auction Group, and collector extraordinaire of majolica in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Show in Miami after Old Show Is Postponed
After a three-year hiatus from the Miami market, Dolphin Promotions is returning with a new show, the Miami Antiques + Art + Design Show, to be held at the Miami Airport Convention Center (MACC) January 22-24, 2016. The inaugural Miami Antiques + Art + Design Show will feature about 100 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Art Gallery Owner Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy in Wildlife Case
Michael Polenske, 53, the owner of Ma(i)sonry Napa Valley, an art and antiques gallery as well as a wine-tasting collective in Yountville, California, pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco on August 11 to wildlife trafficking and conspiracy.
Polenske, who has been featured in Town & Country, Forbes, the Robb ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"The Art of More" Premieres November 19
Is the world of high-end auction houses a good backdrop for a television series? The streaming service Crackle (www.crackle.com) thinks so, and on November 19 the network will debut The Art of More, its first scripted drama.
According to the network, the ten-episode series explores "the underbelly and surprisingly cutthroat world ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)WPA Artwork Recovered from an Antiques Store and an Auction House
Manhattan from Brooklyn, an etching by Mortimer Borne (1902-1987), was offered on eBay by an antiques store in Hopewell, New Jersey, until the General Services Administration (GSA) found out.
On October 28, 2015, special agents from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) seized the Works Progress Administration (WPA) etching. Government officials ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Spruce Gum Boxes--Folk Art for Sweethearts
Spruce gum boxes were created by lumbermen in the crowded bunkhouses of the North woods on Sundays and during cold winter nights. The boxes were made to contain sap from the spruce tree used as chewing gum. Spruce gum is resin from the spruce tree, and before chicle was discovered ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Who Designed the Stickley Furniture Sold at Bonhams?
Rare and aesthetically arresting furniture by Gustav Stickley does not often appear on the auction market, but when it does there is keen competition. When a chair and a settle, both with copper and pewter inlay, were pictured in the catalog for a Bonhams sale of 20th-century decorative arts on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Furniture, Silver, Decorative Arts, and Clocks at Bonhams
New York City
Photos courtesy Bonhams
The chair that held many prominent figures in 19th-century American history while their portraits were taken by photographer Mathew Brady sold on the phone for $449,000 (with buyer's premium) at the Bonhams fine furniture, silver, decorative arts, and clocks sale on October 26, 2015. The carved ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The International Vintage Poster Fair Will Be a Featured Section of the Pier Antique Show
The International Vintage Poster Fair is returning to New York City for its 26th anniversary with a new location; this year's fair will be a featured section of the Pier Antique Show in New York City on November 14 and 15.
The International Vintage Poster Fair offers collections from over a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana
Skinner, Boston, Massachusetts
All eyes were on Boston Harbor by William Bradford (1823-1892) at Skinner's Americana auction on October 25, 2015. In the Boston gallery Bradford's early Luminist oil on Winsor & Newton board, 18" x 24", fetched $303,000 (includes buyer's premium) from one of five phone bidders. Several major dealers ... (Read More)
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(Show)Richmond Has a Bright New Show
Virginia Festival of the Antique, Richmond, Virginia
There is a new antiques show in Richmond, Virginia. Its name is the Virginia Festival of the Antique. The inaugural show was held at the Virginia Historical Society building over the weekend of October 23-25, 2015. Richmond has a well-established place in history and ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Fine Selection of Art
Boston International Fine Arts Show, Boston
Nineteen years old and counting, the Boston International Fine Arts Show (BIFAS) is still growing. While it remains a distinctly Boston affair, the mix of its 41 dealers from near and far gave it a wide horizon October 22-25, 2015. Of those dealers, 26 were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)R.O. Schmitt Fine Arts Fall Auction
Manchester, New Hampshire
Clock auctions are interesting events-no more or no less well attended than most other auctions. Buyers, however, want to see the clock that interests them, and its innards, and a 90" tall clock requires significant space for examination. The salesroom at R.O. Schmitt's October 24 and 25, 2015, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fall Antiques Market
Wilton Fall Antiques Market, Wilton, Connecticut
For less than the price of a movie ticket, antiquers could spend the day talking with and buying from three dozen dealers who set up booths at the one-day Wilton Fall Antiques Market on October 25, 2015.
Now in its third year under Frank Gaglio's Barn ... (Read More)
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(Show)The San Francisco Fall Antiques Show
San Francisco, California
San Francisco Fall Antiques Show (SFFAS), benefiting Enterprise for High School Students, pulled off its 34th annual four-day run without a hitch, October 22-25, 2015. There was zero competition from the Giants making the World Series as in years past, and the weather cooperated with gloriously warm and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Auction Field of Dreams: If You Find Good Stuff, They Will Come
Gould Auction Company, Gardiner, Maine
Tim Gould is a man of faith. His faith was on display at his October 24, 2015, auction in Gardiner, Maine. Before the sale, he related that the previous winter had been deadly dreary in terms of antiques activity, and he found himself wondering if he ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Moonlight Dreadnought Tops Fishing Tackle Auction
Morphy Auctions in Denver, Pennsylvania, held its inaugural fishing tackle sale on October 24. The auction brought in approximately $560,000, led by a Dreadnought from the Moonlight Bait Co. of Paw Paw, Michigan, that sold for $29,280 (includes buyer's premium), well above the $4000/7000 estimate. According to department head Joe ... (Read More)
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(Show)Ohio Country Antique Show
Wilmington, Ohio
Not too far north of Wilmington, Ohio, this past fall, a road sign on U.S. 68 warned of construction in the area. In a work zone where new blacktop had been laid, the sign cautioned "No Edge Lines." In a way, it was also a bit of guidance for ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Henry Caldwell, Black Bass Antiques, Bolton Landing, New York
Black Bass Antiques, Bolton Landing, New York.
Henry Caldwell holds a trophy for a 1905 powerboat race at the "Exeter Carnival." He's not sure where the race was held but notes that the trophy was made by a Boston manufacturer. He's asking $875 for it.
A partial view of the very crowded ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, November 2015
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)MESDA at 50
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Photos courtesy MESDA
On the last weekend of October, when the leaves in North Carolina sang out in a symphony of color, the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) at Old Salem in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, commemorated the 50th anniversary of its ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Washington State: Vote No on Initiative 1401
Editorial
In Washington state, voters will decide in November on Initiative 1401, a proposed bill to help fight trafficking of animals. As with many of the so-called "ivory bans," its cause is noble, but it's deeply flawed legislation, and it should be rejected by voters.
Initiative 1401 would affect the trade of ... (Read More)
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(Show)The International Show 2015
The International Show: Art, Antiques, Design, New York City
After 27 years Anna and Brian Haughton have a new calling card. The International Fine Art and Antiques Show, which draws collectors, interior designers, and museum curators from around the world, is now called The International Show, bearing a new logo and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Doyle's Jewelry Sale Featuring the Collection of Irving Gold
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Doyle New York
Doyle New York held its "Important Jewelry" auction on October 21. Featured in the sale was a collection of work by master jeweler Irving Gold, created for "artist and designer Judy Fleminger, his loving wife of 59 years," that brought "strong prices," according ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A Bargain Boston High Chest
Passionate collectors leave no stone unturned. The most persistent find some treasures. One was among the contents of Oakendale, a grand Virginia house on 857 acres of rolling hills, tranquil ponds, and horse paddocks where Mary Sayles Booker Braga (d. 2014) spent the last years of her life.
The Braga collection, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Casual Country Style Tempts New Generation
City Farmhouse Pop-up Fair, Franklin, Tennessee
The term "pop-up" suggests casual spontaneity-social media informally spreads the word about pop-up shops and pop-up exhibitions. But the City Farmhouse Pop-up Fairs in Franklin, Tennessee, are actually well organized by longtime antiques dealers/event promoters Kim and David Leggett. In fact, the shows are a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Best of the Best
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm
It may be cliche; however, when the market deems something the best of the best, records are often made. This was the case on October 17, 2015, when Crocker Farm sold a seven-gallon Baltimore stoneware cooler with an incised Federal eagle decoration for a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Greene & Greene Lamp Brings $502,000
Rago Arts, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago Arts
A table lamp from the Robert R. Blacker House in Pasadena, California, sold at Rago Arts on October 17, 2015, for $502,000 (includes buyer's premium) to Ken Mazik and Donna Brown, whose Modernism Museum Mount Dora in Florida has a fine collection of ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 41st CSADA Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show
St. Charles, Illinois
Fans anticipating the return of their beloved Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show with its usual bounty of early Americana, held October 17 and 18, 2015, in St. Charles, Illinois, were no doubt nonplussed to see the show advertised with steampunk. Not only the ads but the show program ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine and Decorative Art
Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan's
It was a reminder that auction estimates are just that-estimates. Sometimes they aren't even that.
The latter point seemed possible following the October 17, 2015, sale of fine and decorative art held by Cowan's Auctions in Cincinnati, Ohio. The top lot of the day was a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Stoneware Cooler Sets New Mark
"It is the most exciting piece of stoneware I've ever seen," said Tony Zipp at the podium before the Crocker Farm auction on October 17, concerning the opening lot. His sentiment was not mere hyperbole, as the firm was about to sell a seven-gallon stoneware cooler with an incised Federal ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Auction Record for James Fitzgerald Painting
Barridoff Galleries, Portland, Maine
Photos courtesy Barridoff Galleries
Barridoff Galleries' October 16, 2015, sale in Portland, Maine, suffered a blow before the first bid was cast. Six paintings-five by Milton Avery (1885-1965) and one by Wolf Kahn (b. 1927)-were withdrawn. According to Rob Elowitch, the six lots were all from one consignor ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Another Top-Notch Auction of Illustration Art
Heritage Auctions, New York City
Photos courtesy Heritage
It was a busy day for Heritage Auctions on October 14, 2015, at its New York City salesroom, located in the historic Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion on East 79th Street off Fifth Avenue in New York City. An auction of science fiction and fantasy art from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Willis Henry Shaker Sale
Willis Henry Auctions, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
For their 32nd Shaker auction, Willis and Karel Henry gathered major collectors and dealers from across the United States to their October 12, 2015, sale at the Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. International Shaker collectors and dealers were present by phone and bid successfully.
For years ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Gary Sullivan Goes Public
Gary Sullivan posed with his Bristol, Rhode Island, tall clock by Josiah Gooding. The Federal high-style case in old finish resembles sophisticated ones made by the Seymours and other first-rate Boston cabinetmakers and may have been ordered from Boston. Circa 1815, it was priced at $84,000.
Much of Sullivan's inventory is ... (Read More)
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(Show)ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show
Deerfield, Massachusetts
The ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show, held over the weekend of October 10 and 11, 2015, at Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, was an ideal antiques show. Just 39 dealers exhibited. All are members of the Antiques Dealers' Association of America, formed more than 30 years ago to ensure the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fishersville Continues Its Strong Presence
Shenandoah Antiques Expo, Fishersville, Virginia
The 57th edition of the Shenandoah Antiques Expo was held the weekend of October 9-11, 2015, at the Augusta Expo in Fishersville, Virginia. One thing has been noticeable for the past three shows. The number of dealers who are participating at Fishersville is decreasing. It has ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Millersburg Glass Association Auction
Jim Wroda Auction Service, Fredericksburg, Ohio
Photos courtesy Jim Wroda Auction Service
Something broken and something blue stood out among the 185 lots of carnival and crystal glass on October 10, 2015, at the Millersburg Glass Association (MGA) annual auction, held in Fredericksburg, Ohio.
A purple Cleveland Memorial ashtray missing a sizable chunk ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Learn the Competition
Auction Law & Ethics
Who hasn't done it? We all have. We will continue to. We do it because we can't resist.
As a small panel of bid assistants grip receivers to several open telephone lines, with others strategically positioned to work with the assembled crowd, the auctioneer summarizes the high points ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Philadelphia Show Update
The 2016 Philadelphia Antiques and Art Show, scheduled for April 14-17, will have an underlying theme of recognizing dealers and collectors alike, according to managers Karen DiSaia and Diana Bittel. "Our loan exhibit will exemplify the importance and pleasure of collecting, which is how most dealers started in the business," ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Last Two Stolen Wyeths Recovered: All Six Are on View at PMA
The remaining two N.C. Wyeth paintings that were stolen from Portland, Maine, businessman Joseph Soley in 2013 have been recovered. The paintings are The Encounter on Freshwater Cliff and Go Dutton, and That Right Speedily.
The FBI recovered both of the paintings on October 9, 2015, when a third party surrendered ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Show for Richmond
The new Virginia Festival of the Antique will be held October 23-25 at the Virginia Historical Society at 428 North Boulevard in Richmond.
"The Virginia Festival of the Antique is an adaptation of famous Richmond antique shows from the last several decades. We are committed to making the show more academic, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings, Furniture, & Decorative Arts
Doyle New York, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle New York
Portraits, landscapes, and a few pieces of silver were the notable sales in Doyle's American paintings, furniture, and decorative arts auction on October 7, 2015. Works consigned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including two portraits by Gilbert Stuart, as well ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)American Folk Art, Lovingly Collected
Two Children in Blue is a watercolor and graphite on paper attributed to Mary B. Tucker. She probably worked in Massachusetts from about 1840 to 1844. This 20 1/16" x 24 5/8" portrait is one of a group of 17 watercolor portraits, of which eight are signed and dated by ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Historical Accommodations
The Young Collector
Several months ago, Robert Hunter, editor of Ceramics in America and photographer extraordinaire, posted a Paul Scott platter on his Facebook page. Scott has "a penchant for rescuing cast-offs...[and] using them as a canvas for biting social commentary," according to the online statement from Ferrin Contemporary, taking "fragments" ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Armed to the Teeth
James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maine
It was another big three-day deal for the James D. Julia auction company in Fairfield, Maine, from October 5 through 7, 2015. Big in that Julia's gun division is by far the largest of the multiple segments of his auction company; big in that it moved ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Mastro Sentenced to 20 Months
On August 20 the former owner and CEO of a sports memorabilia auction house was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for using phony bids to fraudulently inflate the price of his company's listings at auction.
William Mastro, as the owner and chief executive officer of Mastro Auctions, and several ... (Read More)
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(Show)Main Line Antiques Show
Radnor, Pennsylvania
For the last decade the Main Line Antiques Show has benefited Surrey Services for Seniors, which helps seniors live a full life while remaining in their homes. Local businesses support the show and so do a long list of patrons. Anne Hamilton and Betty Moran were the honorary chairs ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Devenish Bank Sale Totals over $1 Million
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
The highly anticipated sale of the 40-year mechanical and still bank collection of Clive Devenish at Bertoia Auctions in Vineland, New Jersey, on October 3, 2015, clearly lived up to its fanfare in the face of uncertain weather and the economy.
The gentleman in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art Deco Bronze Bust Leads Will Farmer Sale
Farmer Auctions, Salem, Virginia
Photos courtesy Farmer Auctions
Will Farmer held the fall auction of Americana and decorative arts at his firm's salesroom in Salem, Virginia, on October 3, 2015. The Saturday sale was preceded by a well-attended Friday evening preview, complete with live bluegrass music and barbecue. The sale consisted of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana in October
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook
Pook & Pook took consignments from a number of collectors' estates, mainly from southeastern Pennsylvania, the region that produced the mother lode of 18th- and early 19th-century antiques. But the big surprise of the sale on October 3, 2015, was the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pewter-Inlaid Clock Sells for $192,000
Lancaster tall-case clock in a cherry case, dated and with initials in the sarcophagus top "FR 1762 ST," the brass dial engraved "Rudy Stoner"for Rudolph Stoner (1728-1769), 100" tall, sold for $192,000 (est. $15,000/20,000) to Alan Miller for the Chipstone Foundation. Pook & Pook photos.
This Lancaster tall-case clock has a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)California Art Dealer Pleads Guilty to the Sale of Horns from Black Rhinoceros
Lumsden W. Quan, 47, an art dealer from San Francisco, California, pleaded guilty on August 21 to conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and the Endangered Species Act and to a violation of the Lacey Act for knowingly selling black rhinoceros horns to an undercover agent from the U.S. Fish ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Wilson Forero and S.T.B. Jablonski, Antiquario Villas & Cottages, Woodbury, Connecticut
Steve Jablonski (left) and Wilson Forero.
Antiquario Villas & Cottages on U.S. Route 6 in Woodbury, Connecticut.
A corner in one of the seven rooms of the house that are used as a shop.
View of the keeping room-another retail space.
One of the upstairs salesrooms. The landscape panels on the wall are from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gordon Wyckoff's Personal Collection Sold
William H. Bunch Auctions & Appraisals, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy William H. Bunch Auctions & Appraisals
On September 29, 2015, William H. Bunch Auctions & Appraisals sold 210 lots of baskets, Christmas decorations, and ornaments, and eight lots of furniture for Gordon Wyckoff as part of his personal bankruptcy procedure. The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)U.S. Antique Shows Cuts Pier Antique Show Admission Fee in Half
U.S. Antique Shows is cutting the admission fee to the Pier Antique Show in New York City in half, from $20 to $10. The show, with over 300 exhibitors, will take place November 14 and 15 at Pier 94.
"The decision to offer discounted admission was made to attract and retain ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Maine Antiques Festival Changes Dates
Paul Davis of Coastal Promotions has announced that the 2016 Maine Antiques Festival in Union, Maine, will change dates, moving up a weekend. The new dates will be August 5 and 6.
According to Davis, "After 34 years of being the second full weekend in August the decision has been made ... (Read More)
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(Show)The September York Antiques Show
York, Pennsylvania
While hundreds of thousands of pilgrims headed for Philadelphia, hoping to see Pope Francis, hundreds of antiquers went to York, Pennsylvania, in search of their holy grail: the missing dish, urn, clock, cupboard, or painting that would complete a room, a shelf, or a collection.
Melvin "Butch" Arion's 165th semiannual ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The September Auction
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Short and sweet-that was the 222-lot Grogan & Company auction on September 27, 2015, in its Boston gallery. Just before Christmas 2014, after 20 years in suburban Dedham, Massachusetts, the auction house arrived on Beacon Hill with a new direction. Large American and Continental case pieces ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ship Models and Nautical Antiques
Boston Harbor Auctions, Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Boston Harbor Auctions
Boston Harbor Auctions held a two-day marine antiques sale on September 26 and 27 at the company headquarters in the 99 High Street Office Tower in Boston. The top lot of the two-day sale was a company-built model of the iconic ocean ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The NYC Big Flea
New York City
The second edition of the NYC Big Flea came to the Big Apple on the heels of Pope Francis's visit, and good spirits and well-mannered crowds prevailed during the two-day show on September 26 and 27.
A steady stream of antiquers (including many vintage clothing and jewelry lovers) journeyed ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Indy Antique Advertising Show
Indianapolis, Indiana
The elastic nature of the Indy Antique Advertising Show was exemplified by a piece of stoneware for sale during the fall event, held September 25 and 26 on the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis.
Offered by Frank Jastrzembski of Frank's Toy Box, Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio, was a five-gallon crock having the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Quinn's Launches New Name and Venue
Quinn's Auction Galleries-Central Virginia, Troy, Virginia
Photos courtesy Quinn's Auction Galleries-Central Virginia
Quinn's Auction Galleries-Central Virginia conducted its inaugural furniture and decorative arts catalog sale on September 26. It was an occasion to introduce the firm's new location as well as its new name. Quinn's has leased a large building on U.S. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Potomack Company Enjoys Success Across All Categories
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The fall live catalog auction of The Potomack Company was held September 26, 2015, at the firm's gallery in Alexandria, Virginia. We are used to Potomack's sales being heavily inventoried with Chinese and other Asian items. This sale had a greatly reduced ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Whistler Drawing Brings $413,000
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, Illinois
The September 25 sale of American and European art at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago scored a happy note for paintings and other art. Generally of late, individual paintings-other than blockbusters-have been a hard sell. This sale of 300-plus lots told a more upbeat story.
Zachary Wirsum, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Bowlful of Italian Chicken Noodle Soup and a Roomful of Oriental Antiques
Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York
Photos courtesy Cottone Auctions
This is a tale of two topics, cooking and auctioning antiques. Actually they are very similar endeavors. They require an experienced person at the table, a menu/game plan, a list of ingredients, and an audience of participants to observe or to partake. And ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Indian and Western Art
Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan's Auctions
With material coming from several significant collections across the United States, interest seemed a notch or two above normal during the live sale of American Indian and Western art held by Cowan's Auctions on September 25, 2015, at the company's gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Deer and Folly
In our September issue, Celia Briggs sought help identifying the pattern of blue transferware shards found on a beach in Maine. Dayton Bard of Santa Fe, New Mexico, provided an answer, pointing to an example he found on eBay and another in Brunk Auctions' September 11 and 12 sale. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Harrisburg, We Have a Problem
Editorial
Former Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Mayor Stephen Reed was arrested in July and charged with over 400 crimes. He's accused of using public money to buy antiques for a series of proposed museums. Reed, elected mayor in 1981, held office until early 2010. During his tenure, he bought thousands of antiques on ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Malware and Moving Files
A Trojan horse, useful software that hides some malicious content, detected by Avast, one of many available Internet security programs.
Computer Column #322
John P. Reid, jreid@dca.net
There are two topics this month: protection from computer malware and a new product for moving files between digital devices.
Malware
In June the Symantec Corporation published one ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture and Outsider and Folk Art
This Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) portrait of George Washington, oil on canvas, 293/4" x 241/2", was part of the Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette collection consigned by Credit Suisse. This is one of the 75 replicas Stuart made from his Athenaeum portrait, which was painted from life in his Germantown studio in ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received, October 2015
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.
The Golden Age of English Horology: Masterpieces from the Tom Scott Collection ... (Read More)
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