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(Fragment)Canadian Auction House Busted for Selling 1970s Ivory
A scientific first has led to an auction house and its director pleading guilty to offering prohibited ivory for sale in Canada.
On February 27, Five Star Auctions and Appraisals of Toronto and its director, Chun Al Jin, pleaded guilty to charges under the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Neon Sign Brings $143,750
Sold for $143,750. Photo courtesy Mecum Auctions.
An original porcelain neon factory-rotating Mobil Pegasus in working condition brought $83,375. Photo courtesy Mecum Auctions.
More than 400 vintage collectible signs from the Vernon Walker collection were offered for sale by Mecum Auctions on March 28 and 29 in West Memphis, Arkansas. The collection, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Crossroads of America Civil War/Political Show
Punched-paper sampler picturing Abraham Lincoln and the text "Malice toward None" and "Charity for All," $350 from Tim Saiter of Paris, Illinois.
Confederate carbine by Keen, Walker & Company, one of only five known to exist, $29,000 from Bob Willey of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Kentucky rifles offered by Mickey and Vicki Kissick ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Part II of Berry Toy and Bank Collection Sparks Sensory Overload
Bank with a black man kicking a watermelon (a.k.a. "Football Bank"), J. & E. Stevens, patented 1888, Charles Bailey's penultimate pedestal design, cast iron, ex-Walter Tudor, F.H. Griffith, Leon Perelman, and Stanley Sax collections, Berry II's top achiever at $270,000.
"Zig Zag Bank," maker unknown, patented 1889 to Moses Newman and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Jennifer Carlquist Appointed Curator at Boscobel
Curator Jennifer Carlquist in the drawing room of the mansion.
Jennifer Carlquist is the new curator at Boscobel House and Gardens in Garrison, New York, where she will research, oversee, and celebrate the museum's collection of New York furniture and decorative arts from the Federal period. She will also organize ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bidsquare Gets New President and CEO
Allis Ghim is the new president and CEO of Bidsquare (www.bidsquare.com), the on-line bidding platform formed by six regional auction houses: Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Rago, Skinner, Inc., Brunk Auctions, Pook & Pook, Inc., and Cowan's Auctions.
Ghim will have oversight of the overall strategic direction and the expansion and operation of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ambrotype of Runaway Slave and Other Photos Highlight African Americana Sale
The collector-agent in the U.K. who bought one of the major photography lots also bought this Louisiana slave sale broadside for $37,500 (est. $6000/9000). The 231/2" x 18" announcement was printed on pink paper in 1848. It includes a detailed list of "family slaves," i.e., house servants. There is, for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Logania
Courtesy the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at Stenton.
At a time when historic houses are struggling to attract an audience, Stenton, the house James Logan (1674-1751) completed in 1730 five miles northwest of the center of Philadelphia, where generations of Logans lived ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mid-Season American Art Auction
The top lot of the sale was Cheyenne Medicine Tepee by Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953), painted circa 1905. It sold to a private buyer on the phone for $173,000 (est. $120,000/180,000). The 20" x 24" oil painting was the "property of a gentleman" who had acquired it at a 1983 ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received, April 2015
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or a mail-order house is the place to look.
Kodachrome Memory: American Pictures 1972-1990 by Nathan Benn (powerHouse Books, 2013, 168 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Lake Country Antiques & Garden Show Moves to New Location
The Lake Country Antiques & Garden Show will be held in a new location. The 70-dealer show will take place May 1-3 at the Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Road, Waukesha, Wisconsin. For more information, call (262) 968-4913 or check the Web site (http://antiquescenteratwales.com).
Originally published in the April 2015 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Ivory Ban's Effects on Collectors, Museums, Musicians, and the Art Trade
In response to concerns that poaching of African elephants is rapidly driving the species to extinction, the U.S. federal government tightened restrictions on the import, export, transfer, and sale of African elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn.1 The revised restrictions followed on President Obama's July 2013 executive order committing the U.S. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Wall-Apelt Oriental Art Collection
This approximately 66" tall carved and lacquered wood statue of the Vairocana Buddha led the auction at $379,200. It had sold at Christie's in New York City in September 2004 for $65,725.
It's always interesting when an item with an insignificant estimate comes alive and heads out of sight. Here we ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antiques Week in New Hampshire: Pickers Market Changes Dates
Barn Star Productions' 21st Pickers Market Antiques Show is changing dates. It will be held on Friday, August 7, in Concord, New Hampshire, during Antiques Week in New Hampshire.
Frank Gaglio of Barn Star said, "Last year we moved the Pickers Market one day earlier to Thursday after the NHADA show ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Contemporary American Illuminations, Art of Barbara Wolff at the Morgan
In Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Formed, a platinum fin whale and some fish of the sea, great and small, are depicted in the depths of deep blue water as an illustration by Barbara Wolff for the unbound manuscript You Renew the Face of the Earth: Psalm 104.
New York artist ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Brazelton Lots Spice Up Northeast Auctions Sale
This oval "lover's eye" miniature watercolor on ivory, set within a seed pearl and enamel border and mounted on a ring, went to a persistent phone bidder for $7680 (est. $500/800). Northeast Auctions photo.
This 19th-century eight-panel screen, in two parts, is covered in French scenic wallpaper depicting "The Passage ... (Read More)
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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 Web site ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Loving Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein, The Valve, 1954, signed lower left, oil on canvas, 20" x 16", $188,800 (est. $20,000/40,000). "This painting is going to a private collection in Manhattan," Davis stated.
Roy Lichtenstein, Indian with Pipe, 1953, signed upper right, oil on canvas, 14" x 12", $70,800 (est. $20,000/30,000). "All of the Lichtenstein ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Record Price for a Bear Trap
Martin J. Donnelly holds the No. 6 Blake, Lamb & Company bear trap during the auction on March 21 in Indianapolis. At 44" long, it was the largest trap the company offered.
The holy grail of traps is the Blake, Lamb & Company No. 6 bear trap, of which only one ... (Read More)
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(Auction)New Orleans Auction Galleries: March Estate Sale First in Spacious New Home
New Orleans Auction Galleries' new quarters are in a historic foundry building at 333 St. Joseph Street. The first floor with large windows is used for the main exhibition and auction space as well as staff offices. The refurbished second floor has ample room for storage, and the recently added ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Brilliant Colors and Crisp Molds Drive Heckler & Company's Event
Having both an eagle and a sunburst, this historical flask (GII-7) in a medium bluish aquamarine and boasting a well-defined mold impression sold for $14,040 (est. $4000/8000).
The selling point for this "G.W. Stone's / Liquid / Cathartic & / Family Physic / Lowell Mass" medicine bottle was the fact that ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Record Price for Holly Amber Toothpick Holder
Made by Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Company, Greentown, Indiana, this Holly Amber pedestal toothpick holder sold for a record price of $14,850. Photo courtesy Mike Clum Auctions.
A Holly Amber pedestal toothpick holder made by Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Company, Greentown, Indiana, sold for a record price of $14,850 (includes buyer's ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A $37 Picasso
An original painting by Pablo Picasso, La Coiffeuse (The Hairdresser), was shipped to the United States in a FedEx package that declared it as an "art craft toy" worth only $37. Discovered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, it was subsequently seized by Homeland Security Investigations.
On February 26, U.S. attorney ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Carved in Stone: American Stone Books
"Remembr [sic] the Maine" in relief letters.
High-relief floral carving.
Initials in neo-Gothic style.
Heart with initials and "stitched" decoration.
Low-relief anchor (front); cross (back).
Relief deer in landscape (front); birds in tree (back). Note crisp carving. Catlinite (pipestone).
High-relief floral carving with tiny inset colored stones, rope border. Massive.
Recumbent lamb with cross, in high relief. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A 1200-Gun Salute
This 12-pound Civil War Napoleon cannon, probably by Leeds & Co. of New Orleans, finished at $350,750. Julia photo.
This was Jim Corbett's double rifle with which he hunted down at least 33 man-eating Indian tigers that were responsible for the deaths of over 800 people. (Some sources say he killed ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 58th Annual Fox Valley Antiques Show
Sign of the Whale, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, brought the 1920s wall sconces, tagged $425. The 6' long wooden sign in black and gold paint, signed by a Montpelier (no state) artist, was $495. The $895 country Sheraton chest from the 1830s has original paint, and a two-tier iron stand from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Great, Blistering Day
An estate in Sheffield, Massachusetts, produced the top lot of the sale: a pair of Chinese turquoise-ground porcelain vases. The vases had been brought into the gallery as lamps, and the underglaze Qianlong mark was discovered hidden under a lamp fixture. The vases had a modest estimate of $1000/1500, but ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native American Arts
Plains Indian lots, particularly beaded objects, attracted the most competition, if not the highest prices. The highlight was a Lakota hide coat beaded with pictographs of horses and riders, warriors, weapons, and birds. It had been part of Mabel Brady Garvan's Kamp Kill Kare collection in the Adirondacks. It sold ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Presentation Harvest Face Jug Sells for $86,250
This rare stoneware face vessel or harvest face jug with arched handle and a double-sided applied and hand-molded face of a man was very likely made in Philadelphia by either Henry Harrison Remmey or his son Richard Clinton Remmey around 1860. The name "R.G. Simkin" was incised between the applied ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Jewelry Auctions Here and There: North Carolina, New Jersey, and Donnington Priory, England
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
All prices include buyer's premium
For this month's market report, we go to spring sales at Leland Little in Hillsborough, North Carolina; Dreweatts & Bloomsbury in Donnington Priory, England; and Rago Arts in Lambertville, New Jersey, for an overview of what's selling at auction. These tidbits emerge from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Country Americana
The top lot of the auction was this tall-case clock signed by Michael Hugus (1775-1825) of Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The curly walnut case has string and vine inlay and an inlaid pinwheel. It has a brass movement and original painted dial with sun/moon dial in the arch. It is 881/2" ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Garth's Single-Owner Sale of Native American Jewelry
This Casper the Friendly Ghost character ring by Carol Kee with inlaid jet and coral details realized $1875 (est. $150/350).
The top lot of the Garth's sale was this signed 14k or 18k gold 11/4" high x 21/2" wide cuff bracelet by Andy Lee Kirk. The hand-formed gold cuff with ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Indiana, American, and European Art Auction
Her Garden by Otto Stark (1859-1926), oil on canvas, signed, 19" x 38", $10,350.
A Summer's Day by Lucie Hartrath (1868-1962), oil on canvas, 12" x 9", signed, $4600.
Floral still life with roses by V.J. Cariani (1891-1969), oil on canvas, signed, 28" x 22", $1150.
Barn scene with figure and animals by ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Manship and Troubetzkoy Sculptures Recovered 32 Years after Being Stolen
Paul Manship, Seated Female Figure, 93/4" high x 11 5/8" wide x 6 5/8" deep, on a 2" high marble base. It would fit underneath a trench coat.
Paul Troubetzkoy, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 21" high x 71/2" wide x 123/4" deep. Eric Baumgartner said the sculptures were stolen before Hirschl ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Monsen-Baer Collection of Roseville Pottery
Carved and reticulated experimental vase with Mackintosh rose decoration, the flowers in shades of pink and yellow, unmarked, 11 3/8" high, two horizontal hairline cracks running across one flower and one stem, light crazing, $5750.
Futura Tank vase, shape 412-9, unmarked, 9" high, excellent condition with a tiny chip at the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)March 20th-Century Design Auction
Estimated at $5000/7000, the 8" high polychrome Walrath Pottery vase with incised logo brought $8750. Treadway/Toomey photo.
Bidders thought they caught a sleeper when this Italian vase in red glass with gold foil inclusions was cataloged as an unsigned Sommerso vase and attributed to Venini (est. $500/1000). The auction house later ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)New York Furniture Forum
The intact New York kast in black, white, and blue-gray paint and made of tulip, poplar, and maple, 1700-25, has trompe l'oeil stone-carved niches hung with pomegranates and other fruit, a bold cornice attached to the upper case, and a separate base containing a single drawer, reflecting urban Dutch cabinetmaking ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Great Auspiciousness Confirmed for Chinese Tribute Clock
Estimated at $80,000/120,000 and bringing $161,000, the star of the show was the Chinese tribute clock, produced in the late 18th century as a royal gift. The English time-only movement featured a center seconds hand, chain-driven fusee, and a cylinder-escapement balance. Clearly more important was the rarity and quality of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skinner's Americana Sale
The Phillips family needlework, created around 1670 in the English style by 13-year-old Sarah Phillips (1656-1707) of Rowley, Massachusetts, sold for $903,000 to dealer David A. Schorsch, bidding in the gallery for a client. The price is the third-highest achieved at auction for an American needlework.
"The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Merrill C. Berman Collection of Political Americana
Considered the headliner at the auction, this set of ferrotype buckles picturing the four tickets of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the 1860 election, each approximately 1" wide, sold for $58,750.
Dated 1789, this George Washington "Memorable Era" brass inaugural shank button brought $15,000. Featuring a Federal-style eagle and slogan, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Four Cannon Pattern Cups and Saucers Bring $23,100
Photo courtesy Witman Auctioneers, Inc.
When auctioneer Luke Witman was cleaning out the estate of collector Mary S. McCommon of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, he found an old, stained, rain-soaked box in the garage, not very far from the trash bin. "I always tell my guys, 'Look in every box,'" he said.
When the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)George Allen and Gordon Wyckoff of Raccoon Creek Antiques Arrested
George Allen of Raccoon Creek Antiques at the 2009 Heart of Country show in Nashville, Tennessee.
Things have gone from bad to worse for George Allen and Gordon Wyckoff, well-known dealers of Raccoon Creek Antiques LLC in Oley, Pennsylvania. On February 27, both were arrested by Officer Pamela E. Mathias.
Each was ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Trying to Sell Stolen Antiques Arrested in Sting Operation
A man's alleged attempt to sell stolen antiques in California led to three men being arrested.
On February 25, Deputy Ryan Arthurton of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department responded to a commercial burglary report in Yucca Valley. The victim, David Scholar, reported that unknown suspects had forced entry into his ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Louis Daniel Brodsky Collection of Art Nouveau
Director of decorative arts Corbin Horn told us that other copies of "Divan Japonais" by Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892-93, have sold for far less, but the $30,000 result at this sale might have resulted from the tide of enthusiasm generated by surrounding lots. Hindman photo.
The Emile Galle marquetry cabinet tied for ... (Read More)
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(Show)Art of the Americas
Santa Fe, New Mexico, dealer Jan Duggan was asking $20,000 for this pre-1900 Zuni frog pot. She said that sales were "great" and that she'd sold beadwork, a specialty that "had been slow but was definitely coming back." She added, "Saturday's attendance was up from last year."
Santa Fe, New Mexico, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)An Important Discovery at Cottone
The second-highest price of the sale was the $115,000 paid by an absentee bidder for this 8'9" high stainless steel kinetic sculpture by George Warren Rickey (1907-2002) from the collection of Richard Brush of Rochester, New York, former owner of the SentrySafe company.
Meissen porcelain figural group, signed and numbered, some ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Mountain Lake" by Sandzen Tops Massachusetts Auction
The highlight of the sale was Mountain Lake by Birger Sandzen (Swedish-American, 1871-1954) that sold for $33,825.
An equine lot brought impressive results. A late 19th- or early 20th-century full-body weathervane with some sheet metal in the highly detailed form of a horse being led by a groom or a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine and Decorative Arts Auction
Cincinnati Art Club tombola panel, oil on wood artist's palette, 1894, 111/4" x 151/2" plus frame, excellent condition, $50,400.
Carved patriotic eagle in cherry, probably third quarter of the 19th century, 32" high x 521/4" wide, small chips and minor age splits, loss to one side of tail feathers, a break ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 14th Annual Madison Antiques Show and Sale
Each Madison show includes two presentations. The first was provided by Florida dealer Woody Straub on "Exploring Authenticity: An Examination of American Furniture." He spoke about the need to fully understand the methods, tools, and techniques involved in the creation of an object. "Understanding the historical context, whether art or ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Dogs in Show & Field
The top lot of the sale was King Charles Spaniels by Richard Ansdell (British, 1815-1885). The 36" x 28" oil painting sold on the phone for $81,250 (est. $80,000/120,000). The same bidder bought five other paintings, all by John Emms, spending over a quarter of a million dollars, all on ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Very Rich & Handsome: American Neo-Classical Decorative Arts
"The good life as it was lived in the United States in the early years of the 19th century" was handsomely presented by Hirschl & Adler Galleries in an exhibition on the fourth floor of the Crown Building on Fifth Avenue in New York City December 18, 2014, to ... (Read More)
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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 Web site ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)2015 Philadelphia Antiques Show Canceled
The Philadelphia Antiques Show has been the largest fund-raiser for Penn Medicine, known as HUP (Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania) when the show was founded 53 years ago. In 2011 on its 50th anniversary, it announced it had raised more than $17 million for Penn Medicine and was proud ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Prepare to Inquire
Auction Law and Ethics
Searching for the answer: this pretty much summarizes every area of serious human activity. Be it geographic exploration, scientific investigation, medical research, space probes, religious study, legal analysis, academic education, political thinking, marketing focus groups, or the like, what we do in most endeavors usually is aimed ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Nadeau's Auction Gallery Holds Jewelry-Heavy New Year's Day Sale
Nadeau had this strawberry brooch with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds from the Reventlow estate appraised by a jeweler to get a comprehensive description and estimate of value. The brooch consists of three 18k gold and platinum leaves set with a total of 146 round diamonds. The diamonds are a mixture ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received, March 2015
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or a mail-order house is the place to look.
Impressionism in Canada: A Journey of Rediscovery by A.K. Prakash (Arnoldsche Art ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Acroterion, Randal Dawkins, Kinderhook, New York
Randal Dawkins.
A partial view of Dawkins's front room. Some things are for sale, some aren't.
A striking rosewood and gilt center or loo table, circa 1825, $42,500. Dawkins said, "It's the best center table on Firstdibs under fifty-six thousand dollars," and noted that two others on that site are priced ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Community Gardening
The Young Collector
Kids' minds work in remarkable ways. Sometimes you have a keen awareness that they are laying track across vast swaths of new territory, and they're constantly discovering more uncharted areas. (A terrifying awareness is that you are allegedly helping them.) Sometimes the breadth of what they do not ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, March 2015
Ian McKay,
Winston Churchill continues to attract adulation and huge prices in the salesroom, as one of the last of the old year sales in London so clearly showed, but in this selection he is joined in his staggering success by the most expensive watch ever made, a $24 million ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)American Neoclassicism--Jefferson versus Emerson
Amanda Lange, curatorial department director at Historic Deerfield, showed that Classical objects such as obelisks were popular decorative forms. This is one of a pair of circa 1800 English "feldspathic stoneware" ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Susan Jaffe Tane: From Collector to Curator
Susan Jaffe Tane, pictured in her library. The bibliophile and philanthropist earned a B.S. from Boston University's School of Education and later pursued postgraduate courses at Hofstra University and C.W. Post University. She began her career as a schoolteacher and later launched Fashions by Appointment, a small business dedicated to ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Bits of News
The mouse pointer drags files back and forth between a computer file system and an Internet cloud storage Web page. Apps make similar transfers with mobile devices.
Computer Column #315
John P. Reid, jreid@dca.net
A number of hints and bits of news have accumulated.
NeoCollect Closing
In the Maine Antique Digest editions of June 2009 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)William Secord's Inaugural Exhibition in New Gallery
The William Secord Gallery's inaugural exhibition at its new location at 29 West 15th Street in Manhattan's historic Chelsea district is Canine Masters, The Nineteenth Century. It will feature works by English artists such as Maud Earl (1864-1943), Thomas Earl (fl. 1836-85), John Emms (1843-1912) and Arthur Wardle (1864-1949), as ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A $1,750,000 Norman Rockwell Becomes a $20,000 Harold Anderson
In 1994, collectors Barry and Isabel Knispel of Saddle River, New Jersey, paid $347,437 to Gallery 63 Antiques, New York City, for Mending His Ways, purportedly by Norman Rockwell. Almost two decades later, an appraisal for insurance purposes revealed the painting is not by Rockwell but by Harold Anderson. The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antiques to Help Beat Alzheimer's
Pewter & Wood Antiques' ninth annual Alzheimer's Silent Auction Benefit for Research is being held March 21 in Cave Creek, Arizona. All items are donated by customers, dealers, and supporters. Donations of antiques are currently being accepted through March 13. Donations are tax deductible, and the Alzheimer's Association will mail ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Barn Star Productions Adds Spring Wilton Show, Moves Guilford's Dates, and Takes Over Cord Shows
It's been a busy winter for Frank Gaglio and his company, Barn Star Productions. The Rhinebeck, New York, show promoter has announced several major moves.
Two years ago, Gaglio revived the long-running one'day Wilton Antiques Show in the autumn. He is now adding a two'day spring show to his schedule. The ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Maine Museums Threatened
Editorial
Governor Paul LePage of Maine, a twice-elected hard-line conservative, included a stunning proposal in a broad and bold plan to overhaul the state's tax system: he wants to tax nonprofits.
LePage wants to end state revenue sharing with cities and towns, which will have a big impact on local budgets. In ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Hixenbaugh Ancient Art Relocates to Chelsea
Hixenbaugh Ancient Art (HAA) has relocated to the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City after nine years on the Upper East Side.
HAA handles art farom a variety of ancient civilizations that flourished in Europe, North Africa, Western Asia, and the Americas. The gallery is led by Randall Hixenbaugh, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Historic Military Images Sought
Customers and exhibitors are invited to bring historic military images to the 32nd annual Spring D.C. Antique Photo and Postcard Show, March 15, at the Holiday Inn Rosslyn in Arlington, Virginia. The photos may be scanned for future inclusion in Military Images magazine or appraised for possible future auction consignments ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)No Regrets
One of Edith Piaf's big hits was "Non, je ne regrette rien" (No, I regret nothing), but I doubt the French chanteuse was a collector.
All collectors and dealers have regrets about purchases, some of them costly. If they deny they've made mistakes, they're either too embarrassed to admit them or ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Searching for the Works of a Master Woodcarver--Charles Vollrath
The author and the circa 1930 carving, which stands about 2' high and is carved from a single block of wood.
In the realm of folk art, woodcarving is a popular collectible. The Ottawa Valley in Canada was home to a number of folk artists who worked in wood. One in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Peale Miniatures Sold in Florida
This miniature watercolor and gouache on ivory portrait of Robert Livingston sold for $24,900. Photo courtesy Louis Dianni.
Nine portrait miniatures by Charles Willson Peale sold for a total of $96,495.50 (with buyers' premiums), and three portrait miniatures, not by Peale but cataloged as after Peale or in the manner of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Evans Cabinet Brings $183,750
This Paul Evans (1931-1987), Paul Evans Studio, four-door Sculpture Front cabinet, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1964, welded, forged, torch-cut, and polychromed steel, bronze, and 23k gold leaf and painted wood, with welded signature "Paul Evans 64D," 211/2" x 99" x 24", was purchased from the artist. It is published in the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Tailgate-Music Valley Antiques Show
Among the surprises from Abe's Old Hat Antiques, Springfield, Illinois, was this musical group fashioned by David Campbell, an Illinois folk artist working in the 1980s who had been a metalsmith by trade. When Campbell retired, he fashioned things from junk metal. The complete quartet was $18,000.
Country Treasures, Preston, Maryland, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Doug Supinger Carries on the Fiddler's Tradition
Show manager Doug Supinger of Troy, Ohio, brought some things of his own to sell, including this desirable lighthouse hooked rug for $875.
Cynthia Brooks of MC Antiques specializes in early flags; the example at upper right with 38 stars in a medallion pattern had sold. The 38-star flag at left ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Horst Sells Tannehill and Coleburn Collections
This Confederate Civil War letter signed by Robert E. Lee regarding the formation of the 39th Virginia Volunteers Infantry Regiment, addressed to Col. Charles Smith, sold for $10,600. The letter descended in the family of Smith to his granddaughter Marie Preston Smith, wife of well-known antiques collector Titus Geesey.
This fine ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Thrill of the Hunt at Copley's Winter Sale
A. B. Frost (1851-1928) is perhaps best known for his illustrations for Tom Sawyer and Uncle Remus. This 14" x 22" Quail-A Covey Rise by Frost was published by Charles Scribner's Sons as part of a chromolithographed set entitled "Shooting Pictures."The original watercolor was first purchased by Clarence Otis Bigelow, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skiing Down the Slopes Carrying Auction Records
This superior ski poster is by Alex Diggelmann (Swiss, 1902-1987). In 1936 Diggelmann won a gold medal for a poster entitled "Arosa I Placard," and 12 years later he won a bronze medal and a silver medal for, respectively, a cycling poster and an ice hockey poster in the last ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Western Americana Sale Exceeds Expectations
To quote the catalog, Estracto de Noticias... is an "extremely rare first printed account of the founding of Monterey, the first European settlement in northern California," attributed to Gaspar de Portola, published in 1770. It sold for $97,500 (est. $30,000/50,000) after the first of many bidding wars between a bidder ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tlingit Mask Hits the Big Time at Thomaston
Northwest Coast Tlingit mask, $109,250.
This possible Stine Pottery face jug, with an incised date appearing to read "Oct. 5, 1844," cruised all the way to $21,275. Thomaston Place photo.
Andy Warhol serigraph titled Sunset, 1972, numbered "116/470," made $34,500.
This unsigned 251/2" x 331/2" oil on canvas was stylistically and historically ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Tradition of Progress" Exhibit
A section of balcony railing made by the Rose Iron Works, Cleveland, circa 1927, serves as a focal point at the entrance of A Tradition of Progress. Overhead is one of four name boards from the steamer Queen City. Made of painted wood, it dates to 1897.
Cambridge Glass Company items ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Okito's Checker Box Brings $12,000 in Magic Auction
The hand-painted checker cabinet by Theo Bamberg, a.k.a. Okito, sold for $12,000 (est. $7000/9000).
The interest in a photograph of French magician Alexander Herrmann was surprising to Fajuri. It sold for $5760, way above the estimate of $1500/1800. The cabinet card portrait was signed on the back by Adelaide Herrmann, and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, April 2015
Ian McKay,
There are a lot of pictures in this month's selection, some of them very expensive ones, but added to the mix are some fine old German glasses and a German broadsword, a Bellarmine jug, some wall lights, an odd assortment of items from a "Gentleman's Library" and what ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Julia Opens for $3.5 Million
The 8" cannonball that missed killing Admiral David Farragut aboard the U.S.S. Hartford at the Battle of Mobile Bay when it fell intact onto the deck of the ship brought $5332.50.
Congressional silver medal commemorating the Jeannette Arctic expedition, 1879-82, given to team member Herbert Leach, $21,330.
A collection of about 50 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)February Auctions at Sotheby's and Freeman's
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Sotheby's and Freeman's
Two auction houses on the East Coast held moderately priced sales in advance of Valentine's Day. Sotheby's Important Jewels auction, held in New York City on February 5, included jewelry with lower estimates than its Magnificent Jewels or Noble Jewels sales would contain. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show & Sale
Found in Adams County, Pennsylvania, this exceptional redware pottery teapot with raised and molded relief decoration of birds in heart-shaped nests, a chain link spout, coggled rim, and black manganese glaze, signed William Baker twice, was $27,500 from Greg Kramer.
Alice and Art Booth of Wayne, New Jersey, asked $3200 for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Neal Rolls the Dice on Rococo Revival--and Wins
Big and boisterous, this nine-piece bedroom suite (partially shown) from the Service collection is in the Renaissance style referred to as "Henry II." Altogether it's a great deal of carved oak furniture for $52,580 (est. $15,000/25,000).
Grant Oakes purchased both chandeliers and table lamps for the Service collection. Most ornate-with figures ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville: American Beauty in Its 25th Year
Now in its 25th year, the Antiques & Garden Show benefits the Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, whose resident gardeners constructed the entry presentation "La Dama del Jardin" with her dramatic blooming dress. Rows of antiques dealers' displays can be seen beyond the fountain.
Veteran exhibitor Ron Lotz ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sotheby's Raises Buyer's Premium
Effective February 1, Sotheby's enacted a new buyer's premium rate structure. The new rate structure will be 25% on the first $200,000 of the hammer price; 20% on the portion of the hammer price above $200,000 up to and including $3 million; and 12% on any remaining amount above $3 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fresh-to-Market Philadelphia Tea Table Sells for $1,895,000
The 1755-57 Potter-Crouch-Jordan family Philadelphia mahogany tea table, 29" high, top 37 3/8" inches in diameter, sold for $1,895,000 (est. $500,000/2,000,000).
A group of Sons of Liberty toasts found in the papers of William Russell (1748-1784), a schoolteacher and early member of the Sons of Liberty and a Boston Tea Party ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Important Maritime Paintings and Decorative Art
The pilot boat Phantom ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Asian and Continental Arts and Country Americana
Chinese huanghuali altar coffer, late 19th or early 20th century, three drawers over two bifold doors, relief carving of birds and prunus branches, pierce-carved panels, 36" high x 72" wide, minor pieced restorations, $66,000.
Ohio stoneware crock incised "July 6 1839 / L.D. Owen Ohio" above a bird and flowers within ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2015 Outsider Art Fair
The Super Red Hot World Peppers, 2014, graphite, crayon, ink, and marker on paper, by Gregory Blackstock was $6400 from Garde Rail Gallery, Austin, Texas.
Julian Martin's untitled pastels on paper, 15" x 11", were $1200 from Fleisher/Ollman Gallery. John Ollman brought 21 of them to the Outsider Art Fair, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early Clocks, One Day Late: The Abbott/Guggenheim Collection
The top-selling clock, and second only overall to a bronze Hercules that sold for $2,045,000 (see below), this 1580-90 German gilt striking and automaton lion clock by Philipp Miller went to a determined phone bidder who steadily jumped bid increments until the hammer fell far above the $150,000/250,000 estimate. This ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Highlights from Americana Week in New York City
Sixteen-star American national flag, Tennessee, circa 1817, with hand-sewn double-appliqued cotton muslin stars on a two-piece wool bunting canton, the upper section aged to a light blue color, the lower section navy in tone, with hand-sewn canton, stripes, and linen sleeve, and sleeve marked ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chinese Export Art
Famille verte duck wine pot and cover, late 18th century, the body iron-red with green and gilt wings, the cover with a lotus finial, the handle a green stem, the beak gold, 8" long, $21,250 (est. $8000/12,000) to a bidder on the phone.
A large 18th-century famille rose pheasant, 161/2" high, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Virginia Rejects Ivory Ban
Virginia Senate Bill No. 1215 was voted down 12-0 on January 26 by the Virginia Senate Committee for Courts of Justice after the bill's sponsor, Senator Adam Ebbin, withdrew his support.
If passed, it would have been one of the country's most restrictive ivory laws, making any person who "imports, sells, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Art, Design, & Antiques Show at Wallace Hall
Brad Reh and Debbie Turi transformed Wallace Hall into a small boutique show with 34 dealers.
Six China trade watercolors of Chinese sampans and junks, each 141/2" x 18", circa 1850, were $15,000 from Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge. The frames are contemporary.
Need to seat 16? The George III three-pedestal table, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Silver Collection of Roy and Ruth Nutt
A rare pair of American silver bottle stands, Myer Myers, New York, circa 1765, each circular with scrolling openwork fret-sawn sides, centering on a solid cartouche monogrammed "SSC," fitted with turned wooden bases. They are marked on the back of the cartouche"Myers"in a conforming rectangle. The diameter is 5 1/8". ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Arader Gets $3.277 Million for Fewer than 145 Lots
Seabright from Galilee, New Jersey, 1880, a 21" x 42" oil on canvas by the short-lived American artist Francis Augustus Silva (1835-1886), sold to an absentee bidder for $183,000 (est. $150,000/200,000). The painting depicts Sea Bright, New Jersey, as seen from the small town of Galilee, which lies on the ... (Read More)
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