Search Stories
Now showing 5400-5500 of 9822 result(s)
(Fragment)Some Big Prices at Briggs Auction
A pair of lounge chairs on welded and patinated steel frames by Paul Evans brought $33,040.
There was competition for a Chester County, Pennsylvania, sampler dated 1830 and worked by Hannah Bittle, who stitched flowers, animals, and the names of her parents and grandparents and surrounded them all with a ... (Read More)
|
(Show)California Country Show Evolves and Survives
This Mexican child's jacket was priced at $65 at Los Angeles dealer Andrew Munana Collection's American Indian art booth.
This 53" long wood and upholstery settee was priced at $1695 at Atherton Antiques, Menlo Park, California.
This Pennsylvania green-painted and stenciled flowers blanket chest cost $1895 at F. & B. Rosenquist, ... (Read More)
|
(Show)The June 2014 Heartland Antique Show
Butter molds: (top) cornucopia, $795; snowflake, $895; (bottom) Pennsylvania Dutch tulip, double-sided with star-in-circle on the back, $850; Pennsylvania Dutch heart, half round, $995, all from John H. Rogers Antiques, New London, New Hampshire.
Continuous-arm Windsor in bittersweet paint, $1950, and New England tavern table, $2900, from Bruce Rigsby of Lancaster, ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Rookwood XXIV, Keramics 2014, Art Glass 2014
Rookwood Iris glaze vase, decorated by Kitaro Shirayamadani, 1909, moonlight scene with summer birch trees in delicate shades of gray and white, 8 7/8" high, un-crazed, $11,500.
This Rookwood Mahogany glaze vase was a trial piece by William McDonald in 1898 with painted and incised stylized lotus blossoms and leaves. The ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Variety Attracts Buyers to Allen Estate Sale
Thought to be an image of the Adirondacks, this 1860s Hudson Valley school oil on canvas of a camp in the mountains reached $1265 (est. $200/300).
Dated 1871 and sporting an illegible signature, this oil on canvas portrait of a Confederate colonel is thought to be a likeness to General ... (Read More)
|
(Show)Winnetka Summer Antiques Show
Originally pendant lamps, the Murano table lamps were repurposed by The Find, Highwood, Illinois. They were $2400 the pair. Santo crowns on Lucite bases were $195 each, and a $225 Murano blue set plus a painted porcelain box, circa 1890, rest on a $750 vintage brass bamboo cart.
Time Gallery, Highland ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Americana in Atlanta
Massachusetts mid-18th-century highboy, $39,325.
An early 19th-century Empire table by New York furniture maker Charles H. Lannuier, with white square marble top, $36,300.
Federal eagle-inlaid and figured mahogany tall-case clock, circa 1800, attributed to Matthew Egerton, $28,435.
Several pieces of high-end Americana crossed the block at Ahlers & Ogletree in Atlanta, ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Talk Show Personality Glenn Beck Buys D-Day-Flown Flag for $386,500
The 36" x 39" (widest part) flag is now in the collection of Glenn Beck. Photo courtesy Bonhams.
A D-Day-flown flag from the American vessel LST-493 sold for $386,500 (includes buyer's premium) at the Bonhams auction of World War II memorabilia on June 5 in New York City. The flag, estimated ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Blankets Catch Fire at Native American Art Auction
This Classic Navajo twill-weave manta of finely woven wool (variegated indigo ground with raveled lac-dyed red stripes) was the most expensive lot in the auction, selling for $112,500 (est. $40,000/60,000). The new owner is a private collector from the Bay Area.
A 23" diameter Apache tray was a surprise hit, ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)20th-Century Art and Design
Estimated at $1000/1500, this 1960s Op Art framed piece, with convex-mirrored raised panels, was the big surprise of the sale when it turned out to be a work by German artist Adolf Luther that sold for $36,600.
Never underestimate the determination of a knowledgeable collector. Estimated at $2500/3500, the 18k triangular ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)The Renaissance in Cambridge
The 36" high Italian polychromed stucco relief by an artist of the school of Donatello realized $84,000.
The 16th-century oil on panel portrait of Mary and Child with Mary Magdalene, 37" x 28", attributed to Jacopino di Giovanni di Francesco (1495-1554), known as Jacone, sold on the phone for $84,000.
A 16th-century ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Books by Ben Franklin and Julia Child Make Sparks Fly
Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volumes 1 (1961) and 2 (1970), sold on the phone for $18,450 (est. $1000/2000). They were signed and inscribed to Avis DeVoto by coauthors Julia Child and Simone Beck ("To my so dearest cherie / Avis, avec toute ma / profonde affection," Beck wrote ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Great Buckskin Shirt Brings Great Big Bucks
Peter Libbey of coastal Maine is considered by some to be the preeminent master carver of marine eagles. This magnificent sternboard eagle grasping a coiled American flag banner spanned 57". The patriotic bird sold for more than triple the estimate at $8337.50. Thomaston Place Auction Galleries photo.
Even without an artist ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Thomas Webb & Sons Art Glass Vase Brings $260,000
Signed Thomas Webb & Sons finely carved English cameo glass vase, $260,000.
An English cameo art glass vase by Thomas Webb, 91/2" tall, signed "G. Woodall 1887," brought $260,000 (no buyer's premium charged) at part two of the sale of the collection of the late Dr. Ernest Rieger and his wife, ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)A 70-Month Prison Sentence for Dealer
Zhifei Li, the owner of an antiques business in China, was sentenced on May 28 in federal court to serve 70 months in prison for heading an illegal wildlife smuggling conspiracy in which 30 rhinoceros horns and numerous objects made from rhino horn and elephant ivory worth more than ... (Read More)
|
(Show)The Brandywine Show 2014
The preview party takes place out in the courtyard and on all four floors inside. The weather was fine, with no rain, although there were showers in surrounding communities on Friday night and wet roads for the drive home.
Harold Cole and Bettina Krainin of Woodbury, Connecticut, asked $1650 for the ... (Read More)
|
(Feature)"The Rookie" Bats $22,565,000
Norman Rockwell's The Rookie (Red Sox Locker Room), oil on canvas, 41" x 39", painted in 1957, sold for $22,565,000 (est. $20,000,000/30,000,000) to a phone bidder. Reportedly the consignor had turned down an offer of $30,000,000 (or more), preferring the risk of auction. Rockwell painted it for the March 2, ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)The Al Cali Collection of American Percussion Revolvers and Civil War Carbines
This boxed Bliss & Goodyear pocket model revolver, New Haven, Connecticut, serial no. 3131, circa 1860, sold on the phone for $5625 (est. $5000/8000) to a Texas collector. It was the cover lot of the sale.
This cased, engraved Massachusetts Arms Co. belt model revolver, circa 1850, elicited active bidding from ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Early Americana at Auction
Six single-finger oval boxes in old colored finishes sold from $187 to $330. This one in old dry white paint brought the highest price. Clum photo.
The best basket of the day brought $198.
This 7" long box in salmon and brown paint decoration was in excellent condition. An old receipt from ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)"The Garden Chair" Tops American Art Auction
The cover lot of the sale, The Garden Chair, was painted in 1912 by American Impressionist Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939). It sold in the room for $962,500 (est. $1,000,000/1,500,000), the highest price of the afternoon. Frieseke moved to France in the early 1900s and settled in Giverny. The 281/4" x ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)American Art at Sotheby's
This is the captivating portrait of the Mohawk Chieftain Thayendanegea, known in English as Joseph Brant (1742-1807), by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1829). It is a 30" x 25" oil on canvas and was scheduled for auction on July 9 in London.
Edward Hopper (1882-1967) signed and dated House on the Shore, and ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)The Ann Blakeslee Black Collection of Thimbles, Needlework Tools, and Vertu
The Danish silver gilt-mounted Royal Copenhagen porcelain necessaire from the second half of the 19th century is almost 4" high and larger than many items in the sale. It holds seven implements in a fitted interior, including a scent bottle. It was estimated at $300/500 and brought $2125.
Six sewing compendiums ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)Auctions in California and Canada Give Insight to Market Trends
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Recent sales at John Moran Auctioneers and Dupuis Fine Jewellery Auctioneers tell us that Internet bidding is on the upswing. This has been a trend for some time, but the share of the winning bids via the World Wide Web is increasing in a meaningful way. John ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Modern Design, Carpets, and Glass
The cover lot, a mosaic vase by Ercole Barovier, with clear glass murrines edged with cobalt, amethyst, and emerald, 101/2" high x 121/4" diameter, sold for $245,000 (est. $30,000/40,000). It is the second most expensive work by the artist.
A murrine vase by Ercole Barovier, with clear murrines edged in red, ... (Read More)
|
(Book Review)American Furniture 2013
A Book Review
American Furniture 2013
Edited by Luke Beckerdite
The Chipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England, 2013, 338 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from University Press of New England, (800) 421-1561 or (www.upne.com).
American Furniture, the Chipstone journal dedicated to advancing knowledge of furniture made or used in the ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)Exhibitions
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)
|
(Book Review)Books Received
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 mail-order house is the place to look.
Wearable Prints, 1760-1860: History, Materials, and Mechanics by Susan W. Greene (The ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)Letter from London
Ian McKay, ianmckay1@btinternet.com
Antiquities, a collecting field in which I am always very happy to dig around, play a large part in this month's selection, and, with the editor's blessing, I have added to my London lots something from a recent New York City sale. A chicken-and-egg story also sees this ... (Read More)
|
(Book Review)Paul Evans: Crossing Boundaries and Crafting Modernism
A Book Review
Paul Evans: Crossing Boundaries and Crafting Modernism
Constance Kimmerle, editor, with essays by Glenn Adamson, Edward S. Cooke Jr., Helen W. Drutt English, Constance Kimmerle, Robert Slifkin, and Gregory Wittkopp
James A. Michener Art Museum and Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2014, 216 pages, hardbound, $50 plus S/H from the James ... (Read More)
|
(Auction Law and Ethics)Count the Ways
Auction Law & Ethics
"If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing."
- Henry Kravis, cofounder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and one of ... (Read More)
|
(Book Review)America's First Family of Clockmakers
A Book Review
Stretch: America's First Family of Clockmakers
by Donald L. Fennimore and Frank L. Hohmann III
The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum and Hohmann Holdings LLC, 2013, 376 pp., hardbound, $75 plus S/H from the Winterthur bookstore, (www.winterthurstore.com), (302) 888-4707, or 1-800-448-3883, ext. 4707; or from ACC Distribution, (www.accdistribution.com) ... (Read More)
|
(Computer Article)Pep Up Your Tablet
Antique aircraft slideshow page as displayed on a television set by a tablet computer using an HDMI cable and adapter.
Computer Column #306
John P. Reid, jreid@dca.net
Tablet computers are everywhere these days. Here are four ways you can pep up yours.
Stylus
One nice thing about moving from a smartphone to a tablet computer ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)Was It Eli Terry or Was It Napoleon?
Eli Terry patent pillar and scroll shelf clock. Terry is probably best known for this clock, which was a great success, but this is not the clock that is the subject of this article. In fact, Terry's first attempt in manufacturing described in this article was the making of wooden ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)The Shot Heard Round the World
David F. Wood (left) and Joel Bohy are shown on the grounds of the Concord Museum on Patriots' Day. Bohy took part in a weekend encampment that re-created David Brown's Minute Man Company of Concord, Massachusetts. Brown and his men were at the North Bridge on April 19, 1775. Schinto ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)Jewelry Winners
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
March and April were busy months for auction houses hosting jewelry sales with eclectic, vintage, antique, and contemporary offerings. There is no shortage of material, but the rare, the exquisitely made, the fine collections, and signed pieces still bring the best results.
Before the Skinner sale, much of ... (Read More)
|
(Young Collectors)Oops, We Did It Again
The Young Collector
We are back from the fourth annual "I am never doing that again!" That might be more familiar to the rest of you by its formal name, the Midwest Antiques Forum. Also, to be fair, the "never doing that again" part tends to refer exclusively to accommodating small ... (Read More)
|
(The Art of Marketing)Marketing on eBay
The Art of Marketing
Let's change gears from writing a book to another topic, selling through eBay. In reading Maine Antique Digest over the years, I believe this is one of the most widely written about topics in the "Letters to the Editor" section. I will relate many of the tips ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)Susan Wechsler, South Road Antiques, Stanfordville, New York
Susan Wechsler.
Wechsler is in the process of turning her Stanfordville barn into a modern display space.
An interior view of the barn.
Three painted metal animal cutouts. The fish, $875, is 33" wide; the swan, $700, and the hen, $425, are both about 20" wide.
A nice 42" wide window louver in old ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Maine Chapter of NAWCC
At the March meeting of the Maine Chapter of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC), Harrison, Maine, dealer Harry W. Hepburn III, president of NAWCC's Chapter #89, presented the first Calvin Earl Morgan award to Cal Morgan, the award's namesake and a sixth-generation clockmaker. Chapter #89 is ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)Who are the Collectors and Where are They?
Editorial
Who is the typical collector? An educated man, aged 40-69, childless, and who is self-employed or an entrepreneur.
That's the finding of "Collecting in the Digital Age," an international survey released by art insurer AXA ART. More than three-quarters (76%) of the 972 respondents were male, 73% were aged 40-69, and ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Delaware Art Museum Announces Proposed Sales of Paintings to Pay Debt
At its March meeting, the board of trustees of the Delaware Art Museum voted to sell up to four works of art from its collection to raise $30 million to pay off a $19.8 million construction debt for the institution's expansion a decade ago and to provide for operating costs. ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)American Quilts and Coverlets Exhibition at Edward Thorp Gallery
The Compass Star quilt in red, yellow, and white quilt cotton is circa 1880, 77" x 671/2", probably Pennsylvania, and $7000. "We're used to seeing this image in what, a three-inch disk in our hand? And here it is...as a full-size quilt. It's in crisp condition and dates from the ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)Ships' Portraits and Sheet Music
Ships' portraits have been painted, lithographed, and photographed in great numbers. Happily, there is another category to note: Sheet music featuring ships' portraits.
They had peculiar qualities. They required the sometime cooperation of a group: a composer, a lyricist, an artist, a lithographer, and often a publisher. All covers were the ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)Happy Days Are Here Again: The America's Cup
News of the America's Cup, its defenses, and its triumphs was once important news. In the late 19th century (and well into the 20th), we were the possessor and protector of the cup. But we lost that honor in recent years. Happily in 2013, Oracle Team USA defeated Emirates Team ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)Living with Imperfection
Opinion
The Japanese call it wabi-sabi, which freely translated means "living with imperfection and transience." It's something lovers of antiques are accustomed to. If we demanded that objects be perfect, most antiques wouldn't stand a chance. But in my perfect world, imperfection reigns supreme.
Many antiques are best left in their original ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Gothic Revival Masterpiece Tops the Sale
On Sunday, longtime NOAG auctioneer Tessa Steinkamp was on the podium to auction the paintings of George Rodrigue (1944-2013) of New Orleans. Top dogs were the red and blue pair at center left, a 1996 painting, I've Learned to Be on Both Sides of Any Position, which brought $46,740. The ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Rare 1860 Photo Album of China Sells for $451,000
A photo album of China during the Second Opium War in 1860, with some of the earliest photos of that country, sold for $451,000 (includes buyer's premium) at Cordier Auctions in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on May 17 and 18. The buyer was Stephan Loewentheil of the 19th Century Rare Book and ... (Read More)
|
(Show)The Penn Dry Goods Market
The Penn Dry Goods Market was held in the Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center, so the collection could be seen by showgoers at no extra charge. Show admission was $6.
Ruth Van Tassel of Van Tassel Baumann American Antiques, Malvern, Pennsylvania, sold this quilt early on Friday morning, right after ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Picasso and Company
The print section's top lot was by Paul Cezanne. It depicts one of his most iconic subjects, bathers. Les baigneurs- petite planche (alternately titled Les petite baigneurs) sold to a private collector in New England for $8610 ($8000/12,000). The second state of two, the unsigned color lithograph on chine volant ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Annual Ohio Valley Auction
Ferdinand Brader (Swiss/American, born 1833), graphite on paper drawing of the Residence of Hiram Steinmetz, Pike Tp. Stark Co. Ohio, signed and numbered 740, original frame, 37" x 51", $12,000.
Historical blue Staffordshire platter depicting Detroit, from the "American Cities" series, English, second quarter of the 19th century, 201/2" wide, $3900. ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)First Appearance of Wolverine Brings $657,250
Wolverine brought $657,250. Photo courtesy Heritage Auctions.
The original artwork featuring the first-ever appearance of Wolverine, by artists Herb Trimpe and Jack Abel, on the final page of The Incredible Hulk #180 (1974), tied a record for any page of American comic art and set a world record price for any ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Saved by the Cell
"Probably came from Old Man Sack when he was in Boston," said Ron Bourgeault, referring to legendary Americana dealer Israel Sack, when this circa 1760 Boston Chippendale carved mahogany blockfront kneehole dressing table, 301/4" high x 321/2" wide, came to the block. Estimated at $22,000/28,000, it sold on one bid ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Toy Trains Dominate Bertoia's $1.95 Million Spring Break Sale
The auction's top lot, this Carlisle & Finch No. 45 locomotive and passenger set, 1904-08, locomotive with nickel-finished boiler and roof, N.Y.C. & H.R. tender with two eight-wheel #52 passenger cars, and a #111 Baggage Express car, all original, finished with a full head of steam at $46,020.
J. & ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Benny Carter's Museum of Mighty Fine Art
Benny Carter outside his home in Mayodan, North Carolina, with a Statue of Liberty construction. Photo courtesy of Richard Bay.
The front porch of Benny Carter's home at the time of his death. Meeks Auction photo.
This photo was taken inside the Carter home before everything was transferred to three large ... (Read More)
|
(Show)The Outsider Art Fair
Works by Bill Traylor (1854-1949) were scattered throughout the Outsider Art Fair. This one, originally untitled but called Man Pointing Up, 1942, was shown at Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago. The 113/4" x 9" graphite and tempera on found paper work had an asking price of $60,000. Hammer said he sold ... (Read More)
|
(Show)Shortened Fishersville Show Enjoys Success
This wall display was found in the booth belonging to Rachel and Michael Gallant of Glenburn, Maine. The Gallants trade as Hometown Antiques. Michael related that they were returning to the Fishersville show following a ten-year absence. Here he displays a 24" diameter wooden bowl, priced at $695; a cast-iron ... (Read More)
|
(Show)New Ownership for Grass Valley Show
This Mills double Chicago slot machine with music ("American tunes") was found in Seguin, Texas, and was priced at $125,000 and "available for purchase." Exhibitor Bradley Witherell, show promoter Brian Witherell's brother, was manning Witherell's private sales division space at the entrance to the show where visitors could not miss ... (Read More)
|
(Show)The 2014 Pure and Simple Antique Show
Family hair record with samples from Martha Baldwin, Little Helen and Rev. Curtis Baldwin, and with a place and date, "Ohio 1855," $135 from Jim and Toni Stoma of Latcham House Antiques, Waterville, Ohio.
Fraktur-type Mennonite family record, the last event dated 1882, measuring 22" x 28", $2250 from Bob Zordani ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)The Annual Benefit Auction for RAA
The Bathers-Cape Ann by Emma Fordyce MacRae (1887-1974) sold within estimate for $18,400.
Sugaring Time in Vermont, a 30" x 36" signed oil on masonite view by Ken Gore (1911-1991), sold for $2875.
Otis Cook's Gloucester Harbor, 201/4" x 241/4", was cataloged as in very good condition and sold for $3737.50.
Aldro Hibbard's ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Clocks and Cannon Balls
Detail of the tree section from Little Round Top. The relic fetched $23,370 (est. $1000/1500). Schinto photo.
These are both circa 1800 Massachusetts shelf clocks, each 40" tall, with so-called kidney-shaped dials. I have asked experts why these dials are called "kidney-shaped," when kidneys are bean-shaped. No one seems able to ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Simmons Bird Tree Sells for $30,000 in Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Photo courtesy George Miller IV Auction Company.
The George Miller IV Auction Company, Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, sold a fresh-to-the-market small Simmons bird tree for $30,000 (no buyer's premium charged) and two individual Simmons birds on stands at its spring estate sale held on May 3 in Beltzner Hall on the Kutztown Fairgrounds ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Heart of America Carnival Glass Association Auction
The blue Fenton Portland Elks bell is the only one known and is considered a key piece in the carnival glass world. One of the nicest pieces of lettered glass out there, it sold for $11,000.
Rare and with very pretty irid, this purple Imperial Hattie pattern chop plate sold for ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)American Furniture, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts
This circa 1800 miniature of a little girl standing on a patterned rug and wearing an applied fabric dress is a watercolor with fabric on cutout paper, glued to a silk ground, in a pressed metal frame, 31/4" x 21/2", attributed to Mary Way (1769-1833). It sold to a collector ... (Read More)
|
(Show)The Greater York Antiques Show
Raccoon Creek Antiques, Oley, Pennsylvania, asked $32,000 for this Quaker single-door cupboard in red paint and $16,500 for the cats and dogs hooked rug.
Taking up the entire foyer, the stand of Greg K. Kramer & Co., Robesonia, Pennsylvania, was filled with furniture, paintings, folk art, and ceramics of all kinds.
James ... (Read More)
|
(Show)Historic East Berlin Antiques Show
This large lavender printed platter depicting "The Residence of the late Richard Jordan/New Jersey" was $295 from Bill and Betty Annable of Oberlin, Ohio.
There were several bee skeps at the East Berlin show. This one is French. It was from Judi and Cy Stellmach of Blue Dog Antiques, Stafford Springs, ... (Read More)
|
(Show)The Inaugural Spring Masters Show
Osborne Samuel Gallery, London, displayed Back to Venice by Lynn Chadwick (1914-2003), small version II, 1988, bronze, edition of nine. Asking price was $375,000 for the 25" x 30" x 21" sculpture. The gallery mounted a retrospective in May and June to celebrate the cen- tenary of Chadwick's birth. Spindle ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Mt. Washington Scene by Gifford Tops Maine Auction
Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880), Mt. Washington, oil on canvas, 71/2" x 121/2", sold for $234,000 to a phone bidder.
Flemish school (17th/18th century), Feathered Friends, oil on canvas, 27" x 61", sold for $14,400.
Albert Bierstadt (German, 1830-1902), Duck Shooting, circa 1858, oil on canvas, 20" x 30", sold for $66,000 (est. ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)The Robert Trownsell Civil War Collection
Presentation Civil War artillery frock coat worn by Capt. William B. Chapman, 2nd Ohio Light Artillery, when wounded in action at the Battle of Pea Ridge in Arkansas, $18,000.
Civil War double-breasted frock coat worn by Col. Charles B. Stoughton, 4th Vermont Infantry, $9400.
Civil War major general's frock coat, original owner ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Two Expensive Hats
Sold for $46,250. Photo courtesy Bonhams.
Sold for $27,500. Photo courtesy Nate D. Sanders.
Two hats sold at auction brought in a combined $73,750 (includes buyers' premiums) for two auction houses in Los Angeles, California. Haberdashery is seldom quite so expensive, but these hats have iconic personalities attached.
At Bonhams on May 5, ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)The Market for Mid-Century Modern Furniture
At the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on April 27 from 2 to 4 p.m., three well-known figures who know the market for mid-20th-century design met to discuss post-Second World War studio furniture before an audience of nearly 100. The event ("Collectors' Seminar: Collecting Mid-Century Modern Furniture") ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Importer/Dealer of French Decor Says, "Ca Suffit!"
An absentee, who left a bid via the Internet, won this Italian carved white marble bust of Diana for $3360 (est. $500/1000). Schinto photo.
This Louis XV-style carved fruitwood chaise fetched $1140 (est. $300/500). Jeff Diamond's parents complained that the French antiques their son sold were uncomfortable. They should have tried ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Delta Blues Meets Visual Blues
With a presale estimate of $25,000/ 35,000, Sam Doyle's First Blak Midwife, house paint on found roofing tin, 50" x 28", opened at $50,000 and never slowed down. With active phone bidding and jump bids, it sold at $204,000 to the sound of an in-house cheer.
Second place is rarely noticed ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Few Lots but Choice Goods
Schrank from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, circa 1780, walnut, 89" high x 78" wide, a small repair to one foot, $6380.
An eight-gallon cobalt- decorated double-handled jug, impressed with the date 1865, attributed to northeast Ohio, undamaged, $1430.
Pair of 1849 samplers by sisters Clara and Elizabeth Lessig of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, each with ... (Read More)
|
(Show)The 2014 Philadelphia Antiques Show
The carpeted, spacious convention center space was turned into an elegant antiques show but not an intimate one. Shoppers could see an entire stand and not go in to make a discovery. There were complaints about signage; it was hard to see the names of the dealers, and the booths ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Two-Day Sale Makes $2.69 Million
Two phone bidders battled for this New Hampshire maple slant-lid desk, circa 1740, signed by cabinetmaker Samuel Dunlap, the interior with fan-carved drawers, over a case with four drawers with egg, dart, and sawtooth carving on its base molding, supported by bandy legs with ball-and-claw feet, retaining an old surface, ... (Read More)
|
(Show)Rain Fails to Deter Liberty's Hard-Core Faithful
This was the line at 8:30 a.m. on April 25. It numbered over 1500 a half-hour earlier.
According to dealer Wayne Lockey of McColl, South Carolina, these Hopi figures were carved from a single piece of wood in the 1960s. "Navajos construct their figures from many pieces of wood," he ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)North American Decoys at Auction
Dating from the last quarter of the 19th century, the approximately 31" long hollow-carved slot-neck Canada goose sold for $632,500. Guyette & Deeter's detailed catalog entry notes who found it and where, the make of a crosspiece, the intended use for the decoy, details on the decoy's removable head, the ... (Read More)
|
(Show)The Chicago International Art, Antique & Jewelry Show
Macklowe Gallery, New York City, brought the Majorelle chairs, priced at $35,000 the pair. The triangular table, also Majorelle, is $19,500, and the Tiffany Studios Dragonfly lamp with a blown glass base is $235,000.
Rainbow Bridge, acrylic and resin on 20" x 20" canvas modules, by Dutch artist Jacqueline Bozon ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Palm Beach Show Group to Launch Chicago Show
... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)MADA Assists Restoration of Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum
On April 23, dealer Harry Hepburn presented a $1000 check from the Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA) to the Pejepscot Historical Society to assist in the restoration of the Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum in Brunswick, Maine.
The museum suffered damage to two rooms when water and heating lines burst on ... (Read More)
|
(Show)Bowmanville Show and Canadiana Still Relevant after 41 Years
This poignant sign was found in eastern Ontario. Ken Ross of Gore's Landing, Ontario, had it priced at $1950.
This very unusual circa 1930 Parcheesi and checkerboard hails from the Vercheres, Quebec, area. The decorative roundels serving as the nests are blue, white, and red, which are exactly the Royal Air ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)Dealer-Auctioneer Cille Blackwood's Papers Go to Harvard
Cille Blackwood (1929-1981), when she was Cille March, circa 1950.
A Blackwood & Company auction. The runner to the right of the desk and about to help hoist it is Cille's second son, Bill Blackwood. Today he is a builder living in Newbury, Massachusetts.
Bob Coviello said of Blackwood, "She was the ... (Read More)
|
(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)
|
(Issue Story)Letter from London
Ian McKay, ianmckay1@btinternet.com
As I filed this copy in the last week of March, the London season had yet to get into full swing, but in addition to my report on the eclectic Stanley Seeger sale that was such a huge success for Sotheby's during the first week of March, I ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)John Hunt Marshall, Florence, Massachusetts
John Hunt Marshall (seated) with his son Leland. Marshall also has a 16-year-old son, Wyatt, who's a topnotch soccer player. As for antiques, "He likes cap guns," Leland said. Wyatt may have potential as a dealer, however. John said the young man bought a bought a cap gun and holster ... (Read More)
|
(Young Collectors)A Philosophical Defense of an Old House
The Young Collector
So, after reading our column last month ("A Practical Defense of an Old House"), you're not convinced you need to buy an old house for the satisfaction of learning how to remove plaster and replace insulation yourself? That's fine. We've lived here for eight years now, and some ... (Read More)
|
(Book Review)Books Received
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 mail-order house is the place to look.
Collecting Kentucky: 1790-1860 by Genevieve Baird Lacer and Libby Turner Howard (Cherry ... (Read More)
|
(Computer Article)Project Management Utilizing Gantt Charts
Computer Column #305
John P. Reid, jreid@dca.net
Project management is important in big corporations and institutions. It is one of the subjects when earning an M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration) degree. On a smaller scale, project management is a part of many antiques activities.
Promoting an antiques show, opening a new shop, staging ... (Read More)
|
(Auction Law and Ethics)Bing's Lesson
Auction Law & Ethics
"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things." So wrote management guru, economist, and author Peter Drucker (1909-2005) on business and ethics.
We've spent the past two months looking at ethics-what they are, their origins, what they mean, and why they are important. This month ... (Read More)
|
(The Art of Marketing)Write That Book!
The Art of Marketing
This month's topic is book writing. In this column I've been talking a lot about the business of promoting your business. Sometimes publishing your own book on a particular segment of the antiques market can show your in-depth knowledge on a subject and gain you instant credibility. ... (Read More)
|
(Feature)The Ivory Mess
Editorial
"I'm making sure that piano is gone," an auctioneer said, pointing to an antique Steinway before a sale. We had asked what the effect of the presidential executive order banning the sale of ivory had been. The auctioneer added that he was taking no ivory consignments until the law was ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Brian Lebel's Old West Show & Auction to Acquire High Noon Show & Auction
Brian and Melissa Lebel of Brian Lebel's Old West Show & Auction have agreed to acquire the annual High Noon Show & Auction, held every January in Mesa, Arizona.
Linda Kohn Sherwood and Joseph Sherwood, as High Noon Western Americana, are spinning off their event business and will continue an active ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Barn Star Productions Makes Changes for Its New Hampshire Antiques Week Shows
Frank Gaglio's Barn Star Productions has changed the timing of its events during Antiques Week in New Hampshire in August.
The MidWeek Twilight Tuesday Antiques Show will be open on Tuesday, August 5, from 1 to 7 p.m. and continue on Wednesday, August 6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at ... (Read More)
|
(Feature)Dealer Wins Judgment in Lawsuit Filed over Missing Painting and Lost Potential Profits
Ellsworth Woodward (Louisiana, 1861-1939), oil on canvas, 20" x 15", estimated at $15,000/25,000, sold for $21,510 but still hasn't been found.
A court in Louisiana has given an art broker a profit on a painting that she won at auction but never received and never sold.
In October 2013 the Civil District ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)New York Bill Aims to Protect Art Authenticators
The art law committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York has recommended legislation that would amend New York's Art and Cultural Affairs Law and would protect "authenticators in rendering independent, good-faith opinions about the authenticity, attribution, and authorship of works of fine art." Senator ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Wright, a Chicago Auction House, Opens New York City Space
Wright, a topnotch Chicago auction house specializing in modern and contemporary design, opened a gallery in New York City, at 980 Madison Avenue, in November 2013 to serve as a venue for auction previews, for selling exhibitions of art and design, and as a consignment office. It has already served ... (Read More)
|
(Show)American Art Pottery Association Show
Art pottery from Iowa State College dates to the 1920s and is relatively scarce. In a green glaze, this vase was priced at $1500 by Marie and Mark Latta of Clay Town Antiques, Wilton, Iowa.
Made by the University of North Dakota School of Mines and priced at $2295 each, the ... (Read More)
|
(Show)The 2014 "Antique City" Fun Fair
JoAnne Schaut and Norm Schaut greeted early buyers on opening day.
A view from the balcony overlooking the show. Schaut photo.
This first edition of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was offered for $2000 from Richard Mori.
Dottie Freeman and Allan Teal of Chester Heights, Pennsylvania, put together a comprehensive display of glass including ... (Read More)
|
(Show)Chicago Botanic Garden Antiques & Garden Fair
On a gorgeous crisp early spring Friday, purposeful crowds thronged to large show tents flanking indoor displays.
Tagged at $12,000, the carved stone Four Seasons statues, 1830s, Venice, were bought for a North Shore home during preview. The $795 sun and moon carved wooden plaque is mid-20th-century French. All were from ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Flora Gill Jacobs's Private Collection Auctioned
Flora Gill Jacobs discusses this early 19th-century English Regency town house in her 2005 book, The Small World of Antique Dolls' Houses. The three-story center-opening dollhouse with balustrades on the roof and windows, 25" wide x 141/2" deep x 42" high, has a hand-painted faux stone exterior with quoins, and ... (Read More)
|
1 (800) 752-8521 • PO Box 1429 • Waldoboro, ME 04572
