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(Auction)Part One of Smith Toy Collection Reaches $1.27 Million
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
The March 16 sale at Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey, was one for the books if acquiring pre-1900 American toys was the goal. It was the first session (part two is upcoming) of the dispersal of the lifetime collection of Linda Smith and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer's premium when charged. We're always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Arraigned for Historical Society Theft
Brian Anthony D'Ambrosio, 49, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, was arraigned in federal court on January 16. He is suspected of stealing items from the Montana Historical Society, including letters by the wife of Western artist Charles "C. M." Russell (1864-1926), and then selling them on eBay.
D'Ambrosio pleaded not guilty ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antiques Roadshow 2024 Production Tour
The Antiques Roadshow 2024 production tour dates and cities have been announced. The PBS television show will visit Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 1; Bentonville, Arkansas, on May 14; Littleton, Colorado, on May 29; Urbandale, Iowa, on June 10; and Baltimore, Maryland, on June 18. Antiques Roadshow will reveal the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Stoneware Leads at Laughlin Spring Auction
Laughlin Auctions, Edinburg, Virginia
Photos courtesy Laughlin Auctions
Laughlin Auctions conducted its online-only annual spring antiques auction March 7-13 from its Edinburg, Virginia, galleries, using the HiBid bidding platform. During the sale, nearly 900 lots crossed the virtual block. Many categories were represented. The sale offered an excellent illustration of the broad ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Changes at Cordier Auctions
Cordier Auctions, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has hired Jane Seibert as its consignment manager. As part of a business transition in 2023, Siebert joined the company in September. She has been handling client inquiries and vetting consignments as well as conducting marketing efforts for Cordier in conjunction with its sister company, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tailgate Show Moves to Saturdays
The Tailgate antiques show in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, is the brainchild of Connecticut antiques dealer Ian McKelvey and Massachusetts antiques dealers and show promoters Kris and Paul Casucci. In 2016 McKelvey and the Casuccis were looking for a show that would combine resources for picking fresh antique merchandise with a ... (Read More)
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(Show)Biggest Gate Yet for Hudson Antique Show
Canfield, Ohio
What makes a great antiques show? Ask ten different people, and you'll get ten different answers, but Steve Sherhag, who manages the Hudson Antique Show, held at the Canfield Fairgrounds event center in Canfield, Ohio, had a surefire response when asked that question.
"Who knows," Sherhag said with a smile. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Casco Bay Steps into the Breach
Casco Bay Auctions, Freeport, Maine
Photos courtesy Casco Bay Auctions
The Maine auction scene has changed in the last few years. A York, Maine, auctioneer has stepped away from the business. A Newcastle, Maine, auctioneer has been virtually silent. Several other players have stepped aside, leaving some blank spots in the auctioneering ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Montgomery Prize and Award Reestablished
After a lapse of several years, the Decorative Arts Society (DAS) is reestablishing the Charles F. Montgomery Award and Prize for excellence in decorative arts scholarship, honoring the pioneering work of connoisseur, collector, antiques dealer, author, and teacher Charles F. Montgomery (1910-1978). Entries are now open, and the deadline for ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Vocational Awe
Beneath the Surface
One of the challenges of self-employment is that there are very few "lines" in our lives that divide our days into sections. This is especially true since we opened an auction house, but it is true of being self-employed in any way these days. There are for many ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Online American Art Auction
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Bonhams Skinner
American art from collections across the United States met at Bonhams Skinner's online auction that ran February 26 to March 6 and brought impressive results.
Falling Arrow is by Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953), an Ohio-born artist who trained in Europe before discovering Taos and Santa ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Outsider Art Fair
New York City
The Outsider Art Fair continues to mature, and its 32nd edition, held February 29 to March 3 in New York City, garnered the respect the fair has worked to achieve along with rave reviews.
Critics from national newspapers celebrated the art and the artists, claiming the relevance of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Dragonfly, a Kas, and a Freak Show Sign
Carlsen Gallery, Inc., Freehold, New York
Photos courtesy Carlsen Gallery, Inc.
He waves a turned-wood gavel at employees and guests. He calls out mounting bids, "nine hundred, ten hundred, eleven hundred." He remembers when he could sell linen-press brasses for more than he's likely to get for the whole piece today.
Russell Carlsen ... (Read More)
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(Show)Strong Sales for Single-Day Show
A Gathering on the Prairie, Arthur, Illinois
The fall edition of A Gathering on the Prairie was held March 2 at the Otto Center in Arthur, Illinois. The show featured 57 dealers.
As the only single-day event during the semiannual Antiques Week in Central Illinois, which features three shows (four in the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Country Antiques, Primitives, and Americana
Country Spirit Antique Show, Arcola, Illinois
The spring edition of the Country Spirit Antique Show was held March 1 and 2 in Arcola, Illinois. The show featured 50 dealers from 19 states and was part of the semiannual Antiques Week in Central Illinois, which offers three shows (four in the fall) ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Outsider Art Auction
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
Christie's annual Outsider art auction, held March 1 to coincide with the Outsider Art Fair (OAF), was a rambunctious affair filled with giddy anticipation. The salesroom was almost at capacity as collectors filed in and embraced or nodded hellos to their fellow collectors. It is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rate Changes at Sotheby's
On February 1 Sotheby's announced a dramatic change to both its buying and selling commissions. On May 20 the buyer's premium will be 20% of the hammer price up to and including $6 million. Beyond $6 million, the buyer's premium drops to 10%.
The previous buyer's premium was 26% up to ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Seduction and the Casting of Spells
"I just love that highboy! Look at the (portrait) bust. Oh, the lines! Oh, the legs! The curves. Original surface." The very language of antiques collecting seems oddly like that of romance (OK, maybe not "original surface"). Marvelous objects entice, ensorcell, enchant, enrapture.
Hardened collectors can be reluctant romancers, yet they ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Bonhams Skinner
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Bonhams Skinner's online Americana auction held February 19-29 presented bidders with an eclectic array of antiques, most with deep historical interest.
Glass was offered from the collection of scholar and collector Dorothy-Lee Jones Ward (1927-2022), founder of the Jones Gallery of Glass and Ceramics at Douglas Hill in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Marine Sale at Eldred's
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photographs courtesy Eldred's
Eldred's brought several fine collections to market at its February 27 and 28 marine sale in East Dennis, Massachusetts. The two-day event kicked off with a backstaff quadrant once owned by Benno Brenninkmeyer (1940-2012), whose collection was sold in a marine auction at Eldred's in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Welcome Change
The recent announcement by Sotheby's that the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Sheridan Loyd
Sheridan Loyd grew up in St. Joseph, Missouri, with parents who collected 18th- and 19th-century Chinese furniture and decorative arts. When she was a child, "they would drag me to auctions," she recalled.
She has fond memories about that time and reminisced about one auctioneer who would keep a box of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Freeman's | Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Freeman's | Hindman
Two books by black authors brought the highest bids during the auction titled "American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana" held by Freeman's | Hindman in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 27.
First edition of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)February Fine Estates Auctions
John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy John McInnis Auctioneers
John McInnis Auctioneers sold nearly 1000 lots over three days, February 22, 24, and 25. The first two days were online only, comprising around 460 lots. The third day was a live sale, with Kevin Parker and Nichole Pirro sharing auctioneering duties. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Robbins Collection of Old Master Prints and Drawings
Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Tremont Auctions
Winfield Robbins (1841-1910) of Arlington, Massachusetts, scion of a local family of major benefactors of the town, was also an inveterate collector. A benefactor himself and with foresight, he traveled widely and collected important prints, fearing that the advent of photography would render them ... (Read More)
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(Auction)February Sale Totals Nearly $1.1 Million
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries' three-day winter sale at its gallery in Thomaston, Maine, February 23 to 25, held some good American historical art treasures, various other artworks ranging from the 16th to the 21st centuries, and a host of attractive ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A Beer Can Grail
When Dan Morean of Morean Auctions, Brimfield, Massachusetts, closed his online auction February 25, a Perone Beer cone-top quart can had sold for $58,710 (includes buyer's premium) after 51 bids. According to Morean, that's an auction record for a beer can. The Morean Auctions' description called it "A Grail can ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ward Brothers Decoys and Frank Weston Oils Top Lots at Copley Sale
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Hingham, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
Top honors at Copley Fine Art Auctions' two-day winter sale February 23 and 24 were shared among several categories. The first honors went to a pair of White Mallard Club pinch-breasted pintail decoys by the Ward brothers, Lemuel T. (1896-1984) ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, March 2024
Grant Wood (1891-1942), March, 1939, lithograph on deckled white wove paper, 121/2" x 153/4" (sheet size). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rothschild, 1978.67.1.
-Through April 23 -Rockland, Maine
Prints for the People: Associated American Artists at the Farnsworth Art Museum explores the transformation of modern print collecting in the United ... (Read More)
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(Show)The National Arts and Crafts Conference and Shows
Asheville, North Carolina
When people stake out positions near the entry more than five hours before opening, it's evident something significant is about to happen. And when registration begins for next year's conference before this year's has begun, it's even more obvious.
The National Arts and Crafts Conference and Shows at the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2024 IFPDA Print Fair
IFPDA Print Fair, New York City
The International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) Print Fair returned to the Park Avenue Armory in New York City February 15-18. It was a welcomed change in venue.
Leaving the Javits Center on Manhattan's far West Side for the armory on Park Avenue and 67th Street ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques, Art, and Vintage Formula Boosts Attendance
The Nashville Show, Nashville, Tennessee
To keep crowds coming back year after year, an antiques show must become an eagerly anticipated event, promising surprises and temptations. The Nashville Show, held February 15-17 this year at the city's transformed fairgrounds, brought together nearly 140 exhibitors, both multi-focused and specialist. The kickoff was ... (Read More)
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(Show)An Elegant Array of Formal to Rustic Antiques
Heart of Tennessee Antique Show, Lebanon, Tennessee
This year's show was the eighth annual edition of the Heart of Tennessee Antique Show, which opened with early buying and a bit of wine from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 15, and continued Friday and Saturday, February 16 and 17. The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Margi Hofer Steps Down from New-York Historical Society
At the end of 2023, Margaret "Margi" Hofer left the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library, completing a 30-year career at the institution. Hofer joined the society in 1993 and rose to become vice president (later senior vice president) and museum director in 2015.
"Margi has been instrumental in the evolution ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)2024 Failey Grants
The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to announce that the 2024 Dean F. Failey Grant recipients are the Andrew Jackson Foundation in Nashville, Tennessee; Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania; Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pennsylvania; Museo de las Americas, Denver, Colorado; Newport Historical Society, Newport, Rhode Island; and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Acknowledging, Not Erasing, the Past
Slotin Folk Art Auction, Buford, Georgia
Photos courtesy Slotin Folk Art Auction
Many collections that come to auction are pleasing to the eye; they encapsulate the history of an artist or celebrate the material produced by a company. Maybe the collection is a representation of a certain genre, time period, or artistic ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Potomack Midwinter Sales Cover All the Bases
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company's most recent suite of online-only sales ran from February 6 to 9 out of the firm's Alexandria, Virginia, gallery. More than 970 lots were offered in five broad categories: 20th- and 21st-century fine art (February 6); American, English, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Boston Collects
Doyle, Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Doyle
Doyle presented "Boston Collects" February 9 at its location in Back Bay, Boston. The title of the auction refers to the objects for sale, as they all had Boston relevance, whether by maker or collector, or they were sold in Boston.
One major collection was from the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Kindig Collection
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.
The two-day sale at Pook & Pook, Inc., February 8 and 9 was a diverse assemblage of antique furniture and furnishings from the Kindig warehouses. It marked the end of an antiques business run by three generations of Kindigs in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Alderfer Auction Collaborates with Gallery to Expand Reach
Alderfer Auction, a leading auction house in southeastern Pennsylvania for over 60 years, has collaborated with Rich Timmons Fine Art Gallery in Doylestown to utilize their gallery space for special exhibitions, previews, evaluations, and events.
The new alliance provides Alderfer with a secondary location in the heart of Buckingham Township, conveniently ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Freeman's and Hindman Merge
On January 9 it was no longer a rumor-the big news was out: Freeman's of Philadelphia, America's oldest auction house, has merged with Hindman, for more than 40 years the major auction house in Chicago.
This is not Hindman's first merger. In 2019 Leslie Hindman Auctions merged with Cowan's Auctions in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Less Is More: Heckler Showcases Pieces in New Format
Norman C. Heckler & Company, Woodstock Valley, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Norman C. Heckler & Company
Not all auctions need to be marathons of merchandise. Ask Norman Heckler Jr. of Norman C. Heckler & Company. Known for selling historical bottles and early glass, the Woodstock Valley, Connecticut, company recently hosted an online-only auction ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Scenes from an Antiques Show
Beneath the Surface
Valentine's Day is approaching, and although we might say that we have learned a few things about romance and relationships after nearly 25 years of living together, it would probably be more accurate to say that we have learned a few things about romance and relationships from setting ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Unlawful Sale of Customs Form
On November 14 Alan Nordman, 75, of Denver, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to one count of conveyance of a government record, for auctioning a United States Customs declaration form signed by a celebrity.
From 1984 to 2014 Nordman was an employee of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the John ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Committee, New Venue for New Bern Show
New Bern Antique Show & Sale, New Bern, North Carolina
Photos by Donna Prunkl
For the 37th edition of the New Bern (North Carolina) Antique Show & Sale, committee chair Cathy Alix wanted to give the popular show a new look. Instead of the Riverfront Convention Center, she and her committee chose ... (Read More)
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(Show)Buying Was Good at Boxborough Show
The Boxborough Antique Show, Boxborough, Massachusetts
A full parking lot outside the Boxborough Antique Show Sunday, February 4, in Boxborough, Massachusetts, greeted visitors, hinting at the wide selection of antiques within where Rachel and Joshua Gurley unwrapped their antiques show. Collectors and dealers had much to choose from. The Gurleys run ... (Read More)
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(Show)Memories of Lafayette's Tour of America Ride High at York Show
The Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
A windy morning didn't detract visitors and buyers alike from attending the opening day of the Original 182nd Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, held February 2 and 3 in Memorial Hall at the York Expo Center, York, Pennsylvania. The two-day ... (Read More)
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(Show)The WADA Show
Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Association Antiques Show & Sale, Waukesha, Wisconsin
When the Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Association (WADA) has a show, it's an Event, with a capital E. Accordingly, opening day of the February 2 and 3 WADA Antiques Show & Sale featured that popular Northwoods standard, a Friday night fish fry, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, February 2024
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer's premium when charged. We're always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Barbershop Collection of James Carpenter
Freeman's | Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Freeman's | Hindman
The first installment of a two-part sale of the barbershop collection of James Carpenter (1929-2021) was held by Freeman's | Hindman at the company's Cincinnati location on January 30. A Moxie store sign was the top lot of the day, but personalized ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Manuscript and Printed Americana
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
Sotheby's "Visions of America," its umbrella for Americana Week sales, ended January 29 with an offering of just 16 lots of manuscript and printed Americana, of which five sold. Maps and letters related to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and views of Mexico contributed ... (Read More)
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(Show)Americana at the Winter Show
New York City
The 70th Winter Show celebrated its platinum anniversary with 70 booths of art and antiques in the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. The cavernous 144-year-old brick building was transformed into a garden of delights-gratifying to the eyes, stimulating for the brain, and teasing the heart.
The ten-day ... (Read More)
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(Show)Celebrating Anonymous Art and Design
Nameless Art + Design Show, New York City
American art and design by unknown makers was the theme of Nameless Art + Design Show, a new show that took place in far west Chelsea January 26-28. It overlapped with the final weekend run of the Winter Show, which took place 40 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Euphemisms and Americana Collectors
A euphemism is a mild or indirect word or phrase that substitutes for a well-understood, more direct description or adjective. The latter may elicit more emotion and power; the former is softer and often meant not to hurt feelings. Why be blunt if one can avoid it? Why be clear ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Bidders' Shootout in Vegas
Morphy Auctions/Brian Lebel's Old West Auction, Las Vegas, Nevada
Photos courtesy Morphy Auctions/Brian Lebel's Old West Auction
Noted scholar and historian James Nottage, who has written a book about Edward H. Bohlin, described this ensemble by Bohlin as "the most artistic and richly embellished Western-styled gun belt and holster set ever made." ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Tourists and Trade
A Book Review
In this book Bruce A. Austin describes the extraordinary history of how the automobile and the corresponding road building, road paving, and road traveling started the commerce of selling arts and crafts roadside. Driving around in the 1930s was more than, well, driving around. It was a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Skip Chalfant
Harold Leslie Chalfant Jr., whose parents called him Skip from the get-go, lives five miles from where he grew up. "I'm still here. Guess I didn't get too far in life," he said with a chuckle. For him, knowing lots of people and places in the area means a great ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques Art & Design at Wallace Hall
New York City
With a new owner, Antiques Art & Design at Wallace Hall rolled into town January 19-21 during a bitter cold and flurry-filled Americana Week in New York City.
Featuring 28 dealers, many of whom were returnees, the show opened the morning after the Winter Show gala preview. Now presented ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Acid Test
Dealers, pickers, and auctioneers often spend many hours rifling through all sorts of stuff, looking for salable antiques and possibly a diamond in the rough. They should take proper precautions-there's some dangerous stuff out there.
On January 5, the Oroville, California, Police Department responded to a call regarding a possibly explosive ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Visions of America"
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
Saturday, January 20, was Americana day at Sotheby's in New York City. The 71 lots offered in a live morning sale were sold in an hour and a half. The total was $3,383,153; total estimates were $2,904,000/4,573,000, and the sale was 77% sold by lot. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Online
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
Cotton album quilt, Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1847, with many names and initials of makers, including Mary W. Paul, B. Kinsey, Jannette Russell, Sarah Osgood Read, M. Bailey, Elisabeth Wherritt, MD Lane, M. Bayless, Martha R. Smith, and Margaritte, 9'7" x 9'7", in fine condition, sold ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hudson River School in Focus
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
As part of Americana Week, Sotheby's offered 37 lots of Hudson River school paintings, with works from the Maryann and Al Friedman collection, in an online-only sale from January 11 to January 20.
The sale totaled $1,608,455. Ten of the 37 lots were offered without a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Important Americana
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
The January Americana Week sales in New York City have been called the Super Bowl for American antiques. Sotheby's and Christie's have been the perennial opposing rivals. In recent years, some strong competition has come from regional teams in another league.
The Super Bowl analogy doesn't ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art of America at Sotheby's
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
As part of Sotheby's "Visions of America" sales in January, billed as "a new celebration of American craftsmanship and culture," the auction house offered 74 lots of paintings in its "Art of America" sale on the afternoon of January 19 in New York City. The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Bar Cross Ranch Sale
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
The single-owner sale January 19 of the contents of the house at Bar Cross Ranch contributed $4,000,390 to Sotheby's January "Visions of America" total. All but three of the 58 lots sold, which is 95% sold by lot. Total estimates were $2,384,600/3,541,900.
The collection was from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)New Jersey Glass Stuns at Americana Sale
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.
Gorgeous, glistening glass in vibrant blue, yellow, orange, and green illuminated the catalog cover and auction results of Pook & Pook, Inc.'s "Americana & International" auction, which took place January 18 and 19 in person in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, and online ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Disappointing Results at Sale of Native American Art
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
A small selection of Native American art on view at Sotheby's was offered online at 3 p.m. on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)19th-Century and Western Art Sale
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
Christie's sale of 19th-century American and Western art in New York City, now in its third edition positioned during Americana Week, showed solid results. The 10 a.m. sale on Thursday, January 18, presented 100 lots. One lot, Cardplay at the Camp by Eastman Johnson, was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Stamp Act Defiance Placard Sells for $4.5 Million
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's
Americana Week in New York City began on a strong note January 17 with Christie's sale of printed and manuscript Americana. The total of $11,146,052 was swelled by the $4,527,000 (including buyer's premium) paid for a Stamp Act defiance placard that was estimated at ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Lee and Susan Stahl Collection of American Art Pottery
Toomey & Co., Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Toomey & Co.
American art pottery may not be widely thought of as a stop-the-presses, newsworthy collectible, but when a piece recently set a new world auction record, the collecting world paid attention.
The new record happened January 17 when Toomey & Co. in Chicago, part ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Olde Hope Offers the Dittmar Collection
On January 17 Olde Hope opened its latest selling exhibition, The Dittmar Collection: Living with Antiques at Duck Hollow-a 20th Century Journey, in its New York City gallery. Folk art, furniture, paintings, ceramics, textiles, and more are offered for sale.
"By the time their home and collection were featured in the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rare Stoneware Pitcher Sells at Laughlin Auctions
A previously unknown Rockingham County, Virginia, cobalt-decorated stoneware pitcher recently surfaced during an online-only auction conducted by Laughlin Auctions of Edinburg, Virginia. The auction was hosted on the HiBid platform and closed January 17.
The approximately two-gallon pitcher stands 141/2" high and has a bulbous body with a relatively high, conical ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rufus Porter Collection Gifted to Historic Deerfield
A significant collection of Rufus Porter material-nearly 30 miniature portraits, 15 wall murals, and more-from the collection of Julie Lindberg and her husband, Carl M. Lindberg (d. 2009), has been gifted to Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, Massachusetts, by Julie Lindberg. "It's a total gift," said Lindberg.
Julie Lindberg.
The gift was announced on ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, February 2024
Grant Wood (1891-1942), Woman with Plants, 1929, oil on Upson board, 201/2" x 17 7/8". Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, museum purchase. 31.1.
-Ongoing -Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Grant Wood: From Farm Boy to American Icon at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art offers an expansive look at the life and career of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Freeman's | Hindman Holds Reception in New Manhattan Space
Freeman's | Hindman held a reception on Tuesday, January 16, in New York City to introduce its new space to collectors, dealers, and auction house specialists. The weather was brisk, but guests eagerly made their way to 32 East 67th Street. The townhouse is just off Madison Avenue and is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)284-Year-Old Lemon Sells at Auction
It was a sweet sale. On January 16 Brettells Auctioneers & Valuers sold a 284-year-old inscribed piece of citrus-possibly a lemon-for $1759 (includes the juice).
The auction house, founded in 2001 in Newport, Shropshire, England, had cataloged the lot simply as "A Dried Citrus with Inscription 'Given By Mr P Lu ... (Read More)
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(Show)For the Joy of It: Creating Beautiful Spaces
The Washington Winter Show, Washington, D.C.
The 69th edition of the Washington Winter Show was held January 12 to 14 at the Katzen Arts Center on the campus of American University in Washington, D.C.
The theme of the show was "For the Joy of It: Creating Beautiful Spaces." That title is derived ... (Read More)
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(Auction)What's New at Brunk Auctions for 2024
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
It took a phone call to verify the dates for the first Brunk Auctions sale of 2024. Yes, the advertisement was correct. The sale was on Wednesday and Thursday, January 10 and 11. Weekday sales are in for 2024 at Brunk Auctions; weekend ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana and More at New England Auctions
New England Auctions, Branford, Connecticut
Photos courtesy New England Auctions
It just keeps getting better at Fred Giampietro's New England Auctions in Branford, Connecticut. The January 10 and 11 auction was the best sale yet, with over 13,000 bidders registered. Over two days bidders pursued over 900 lots of Americana, folk art, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, January 2024
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer's premium when charged. We're always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Shipping News
Beneath the Surface
The competition has to be getting to Santa these days. When we were kids, he had to have his helpers out at the mall and on the float in the Christmas parade, but now he even has to have help delivering packages! To be fair, it is not ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Collection of Bruce and Vivalyn Knight
Amelia Jeffers Auctioneer & Appraiser, Delaware, Ohio
Photos courtesy Amelia Jeffers Auctioneer & Appraiser
More than 800 lots from the collection of Bruce and Vivalyn Knight of Springfield, Ohio, sold for $1.15 million during an auction conducted by Amelia Jeffers Auctioneer & Appraiser January 5 and 6 at Delaware, Ohio.
Jeffers promoted the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Fighting for the Dunghill...
Letter from London
Fighting for the Dunghill...
A contemporary hand-coloured etching with aquatint of 1798 that caught my eye in a November 15 sale held by Dominic Winter, Fighting for the Dunghill: ____ or ____ Jack Tar settling Buonaparte is the work of James Gillray (1756-1815).
In their catalogue notes, the South Cerney, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Paul Neuman
Paul Neuman in his New York City apartment.
After 40-plus years as a caterer in New York City, Paul Neuman has embarked on a new project involving sustainable packaging related to the food industry. Growing up in Flushing, Queens, he worked in his father's store in Manhattan, the Rosedale Fish Market, ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)An Unusual and Interesting Collection
A Book Review
Ron Gard is an author and collector who has written three books on American folk art and decoys. As a young boy he collected Native American artifacts on his grandparents' farm in Texas and kept them in an unused house on the property that served as his own ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Americana Week in New York City in January
The Winter Show
For 70 years collectors have made a pilgrimage to the Park Avenue Armory in January to shop at a show founded in 1954 to benefit East Side House Settlement in the Bronx. It was an ingenious idea: an elegant bazaar could provide funds for the needy and at ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Speed Art Museum Expands Free Sundays
Now in the seventh year of a landmark gift from the Owsley Brown II family and the Brown-Forman Foundation making attendance free for all Sunday visitors, the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, has been awarded a significant grant from Art Bridges Foundation to expand upon its free general admission ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Collections of Historic Odessa
A Book Review
Few historic sites have received the level of examination and interpretation as Historic Odessa. Building on the research of several generations of historians and collectors and adding his own encyclopedic knowledge of 18th- and early 19th-century American furniture and history, Philip D. Zimmerman has written a fascinating illustrated ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)IRS Sounds a Warning
Just in time for the end-of-year tax strategies, the Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers to watch for dubious schemes involving exaggerated art donation deductions.
The IRS noted in an October 5 bulletin that unscrupulous promoters may use direct solicitation to promise values of art that are too good to be ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sign Recovered, Man Arrested
On December 22 Vermont State Police were advised of the theft of an antique sign from a building in Enosburg. The victim stated that his antique "Flying A Service" sign was stolen off the side of his building. The victim told authorities the sign had been in his family for ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, January 2024
Peter Miller, female American Modernist.
-Through May 31 -Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Peter Miller Story: A Forgotten Woman of American Modernism at the Morton Contemporary Gallery, in partnership with the Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio, presents the work of Modernist and Surrealist painter Peter Miller, born Henrietta Myers (1913-1996). Influenced by Miro, Picasso, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early 20th-Century Design
Toomey & Co., Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Toomey & Co.
When advance notice dropped that works from the collection of Thomas S. Monaghan, the founder of Domino's pizza and a known longtime collector of important early 20th-century works, were to sell in a December 12 Toomey & Co. auction, bidders took notice ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native American Art at Auction
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Bonhams' department director Ingmars Lindbergs said about the large (341-lot) auction of Native American art held December 12 in Los Angeles, "That was fun. And a lot of work." Thanks to some impressive and famous collections, "We had some great stuff across the board, and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, December 2023
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer's premium when charged. We're always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story) Artificial "Intelligence"
Beneath the Surface
Small business, as many of you know, has its perks. You can go to the movies, bank, or grocery store in the middle of the week when things are quiet. You can be 15 minutes late getting back from a dental appointment or take off early in the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)NOAG Finishes 2023 in Style
New Orleans Auction Galleries, New Orleans, Louisiana
Photos courtesy New Orleans Auction Galleries
The December 2 and 3 estates auction at New Orleans Auction Galleries (NOAG) showcased the types of items this well-oiled machine of a business is known for selling: fine antiques, fine art, and the best decorative elements desired by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Freeman's American Art
Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman's
American art auctions seem to be in a holding pattern. Freeman's annual December American art sale reflected the downturn in the market for American paintings this season. In this picky market 30% of the lots offered did not find buyers.
Alasdair Nichol, chairman and director of fine ... (Read More)
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(Show)Greater Boston Show Brings Good Sales
Greater Boston Antiques Show & Sale, Wilmington, Massachusetts
Buying and selling was in the air December 2 and 3 at the Greater Boston Antiques Show & Sale at the Shriners Auditorium in Wilmington, Massachusetts. Promoter John DeSimone of Goosefare Antiques & Promotions told M.A.D. that although the gate was relatively the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Semiannual "Premier Americana" Auction
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia
Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates held its 45th semiannual "Premier Americana" auction December 1 and 2 at the firm's galleries in Mt. Crawford, Virginia. The two sessions of Americana were preceded by an auction of 18th- and ... (Read More)
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