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(Fragment)Shop and Gallery News
-Avalon Celebrates Ten Years.Avalon Antiques Marketplace in Wiscasset, Maine, recently cited as one of "10 Favorite Antiques Stores, Flea Markets and Salvage Shops" in Yankee Magazine's "Best of New England" (May/June 2012), celebrates its tenth anniversary in June. To celebrate, Avalon is having a storewide sale, June 9-17, with discounts ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Cooperstown Antiques Show Reaches Half Century
The Cooperstown (New York) Outdoor Antique Show will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Sunday, July 1.Originally a fund-raising project of the now-defunct Tri-County Antique Dealers Association, the show was first held on association member Bob Cook's field in Coopers-town. In the early 1980's the show was moved to the grounds ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana and Art at Auction
This 401/2" x 291/2" oil on canvas portrait by Charles Webster Hawthorne (1872-1930), labeled on the back Venetian Lady, signed lower left, came from a private collection in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and sold for $20,700.Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc., East Dennis, Massachusettsby Jackie SideliPhotos courtesy Eldred'sFor more than 50 years, the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Clarke and Barbara Comollo, Manchester Center, Vermont
The Comollos' shop. It may look like an average little roadside shop. It's not.Barbara and Clarke Comollo.This photo hints at how diverse the Comollos' inventory is. The Ethan Allen vane ($3800) has a nice green-yellow patina. The painting of Mt. Monadnock depicting various farming activities is signed "TSW" and is ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Grapes of Wrath
A rare Rene Lalique "Courges" vase, circa 1914, 71/2" high x 71/2" diameter, in dark red glass with double-molded signature at the base and incised "France," raced past the $6000 high estimate to command a winning price of $57,000.Gorham bombe-form sterling silver bowl, 9" x 18", with spot-hammered surface, flanked ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Best Sale Ever for African-Americana at Swann
The sale's top lot was a 30" x 25 1/8" oil painting, a contemporary copy of The Slaves by Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883). Produced in London in the 1830's to 1850's, the painting went to a collector on the phone for $72,000 (est. $60,000/80,000). It was that buyer's only purchase.Two pairs ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Townsend Collection, Part 1: Prehistoric Native American Art
Butterfly-form bannerstone named "Sunset Glory," ferruginous quartz, 3 1/4" x 5 1/2", found in Missouri, $245,700.Hourglass-form bannerstone with single face, ferruginous quartz of good color, 3 5/8" high, found in St. Louis County, Missouri, $62,100.Popeyed birdstone with oval expanding eyes and flattened, flaring tail, green-speckled hardstone porphyry, 3 1/4" long, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Appeals Judges Finally Wipe the Slate Clean on "Russian Schoolroom"
by David HewettOn March 27 three U.S. Court of Appeals judges re-confirmed the decision reached by a federal judge in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2010. They denied the appeal of art dealer Jack Solomon, who had claimed that he remained the owner of a painting by Norman Rockwell, Russian Schoolroom.It ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Auctioneer's Appeal Unsuccessful
Anthony Bonneau, former owner of T's Family Auction, Cairo, New York, appealed his conviction of grand larceny and the order to pay restitution. An April 5 decision by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York affirmed the conviction and order.In 2010 Bonneau was sentenced to two to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Last Clock Repair School to Close
by Bob FrishmanThe number of clock repairers with professional training is destined to get even smaller. The National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors (NAWCC) has announced that its School of Horology will suspend operations because of rising costs and dwindling enrollments. This means that for full-time clock repairers like ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Director of Skinner's Fine Books and Manuscripts
Devon Gray is the new director of fine books and manuscripts at Skinner, Inc. She will be responsible for continuing the growth of the department, expanding the number of auctions presented by the department, and developing a program to hold sales at Skinner's Marlborough, Massachusetts, gallery.Gray joins Skinner after more ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: The Turnpike Blues, or Why Is Pennsylvania So Wide?
by Andrew Richmond and Hollie DavisSome people wear hair shirts; some people self-flagellate; some people go to Wal-Mart on Saturdays; and some people look forward to the first quarter of the year. Andrew is one of these first quarter people. After a trip to New York City for Americana Week ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Annual Holiday Sale 2011
Marvin and Lynn Bailey folk pottery figure of a man with a slice of watermelon, a gray dog, and a pig, all riding on the back of analligator, marked, 19" long, $230.Rookwood Standard glaze plaque, William P. McDonald, 1897, a portrait of Alfred Jackson, former slave and body servant to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Heaven and Earth at Americana Sale
This study for The Apotheosis of Washington by Constantino Brumidi (1805-1880), oil on canvas, 35 1/4" diameter, sold to the Smithsonian's American Art Museum for $539,500. Schinto photos.A 72" x 74" embroidered pieced cotton quilt, once used to raise funds by the suffragettes, sold for $16,590. Susan B. Anthony's name ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Patience, Poker, and Power
by Steve ProffittNegotiation is a natural function in life, and everyone does it, but few people are any good at it. Most never understand what they do wrong because they fail to think about what they should do before jumping into it. Certainly they would improve their performance substantially if ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Winter Estate and Fine Art Auction
Fresh from a local estate, this 16" x 121/2" oil on board still life of red, white, and blue flowers in the muzzle of a Springfield rifle by George Henry Hall (1825-1913) was signed lower left and dated 1861. The painting was on loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Selling Iranian Art Requires Navigating around Imposed Economic Sanctions
by Daniel GrantThis is the easiest part of the story to tell. In March 2011 the Leila Heller Gallery in New York City held an exhibition of Shirin Fakhim's found-object sculptures, her first solo show in Manhattan. A number of pieces were sold. It is what happened before and after ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Growing Body of Art Law
by Daniel GrantThe Equity for Visual Artists Act of 2011, the most recent piece of art law to be introduced to Congress, was met with little fanfare in December 2011. It was close to Christmas, so how excited about artists were people supposed to get?It isn't clear how excited anyone ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fiddler's Antique Show: The Doors Are Open, Come on In
Dan Gray of Cosmos Pepper Farm, Wabash, Indiana, stood by a circular barn decoration from Indiana he was offering for $9500. Nearby (not shown) was a working "Neurocalometer" from the Palmer School of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, dated 1924, for $150.Mark Koch of Fulton, Missouri, had three delightful paper and ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Smaller Round Top
This quirky piece of 1940's folk art doubles as a mailbox and a bird feeder. It was found in a New York estate by Randy Siciliano, who offered it for $275.This wool rug, shown by Ann Williams Antiques + Design, was hooked and hand sheared, which gave it amazing texture. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Midwinter Sale at Carlsen
This painting was right out of a local estate, said auctioneer Russ Carlsen when presenting the 12" x 18" "as-found" J.J. Enneking oil on canvas. Signed "Enneking '79," it sold for $25,300 and was the top lot of the sale.This lot of four freeblown 18th-century calabash-form bottles, graduated in size, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)State-Owned Art Collections
by Daniel GrantIn these days, when someone in Qatar reportedly spends $250 million for a painting by Paul Cezanne, and Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, looks to shore up its finances by selling to a museum for $30 million a 50% ownership stake in a collection of paintings donated to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)New Wing at Boston's Gardner Museum Opens
Exterior view of the lobby entrance. On right, the outdoor art installation Ailanthus by Stefano Arienti, up through January 21, 2013. Photography (c)Nic Lehoux/Renzo Piano Building Workshop.A view of the link connecting the palazzo and the new wing. Schinto photo.Inside the link between the palazzo and the new wing. Schinto ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rago Sale Shows Upward Trends
This large (291/2" x 84" x 40") trestle table, designed by William L. Price of Rose Valley, Pennsylvania, 1901, was illustrated in several magazines of the period and in George E. Thomas's book William L. Price: Arts and Crafts to Modern Design (Princeton Architectural Press, 2000). Unsigned, it was estimated ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chinese Export Porcelain during Americana Week
This pair (one shown) of 241/4" wide Chinese export Famille Rose jardinieres, Yongzhen/early Qianlong period, sold for $146,500 (est. $30,000/50,000) to a European private collector bidding on the phone.According to the catalog, "Each [is] of cylindrical form flanked by colorful Buddhist lion-mask handles suspending metal rings, the flaring rim with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Moran Watercolor Brings $1,770,000 at Brunk Auctions
Far and away the sale's top lot was Thomas Moran's watercolor on paper, Cliffs of Green River - Wyoming Territory, View of Castle Butte. The 28" x 211/4" painting was in its original late 19th-century gilt wood and composition cassetta-style frame and inscribed on the back in ink "T. Moran." ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)America's Oldest Watch
This is the circa 1720 Colonial New York watch by John Wright. It features a rare sun and moon silver champleve dial and seconds hand. Notice the ribbon signature that is engraved "Wright New York." It sold for $6900 at Devin Moisan Auctioneers on May 17, 2011. Photo courtesy Devin ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: We're Number Two
Increased Chinese activity in the art and antiques market should not take market-watchers by surprise. The effect of an influx of Asian buyers has been apparent for several years. A report published in March by TEFAF Maastricht, the annual mega show in the Netherlands, claims that China is now the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Web Sites for Smartphones
Web page seen on a desktop computer with a simulated smartphone in front. Computer Column #281by John P. Reid, jreid@dca.netA good Web site is a valuable asset for any antiques business or collector organization. For example, a 48-year-old Eastern Shore of Maryland charity antiques show where we have exhibited for ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Totals at Regional Auction Houses Show Strength
by Daniel GrantIt is easy to look at Christie's February report that it had a company record $5.7 billion in sales in 2011 and Sotheby's report of $5.8 billion in sales and think that all the action is taking place at just a few auction houses and in a few ... (Read More)
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(Show)Tailgate-Music Valley: A New Approach to Selling Old Stuff
The Tailgate-Music Valley Antiques Show in February was a reconfigured combined event in a bright new location. With a hint of mad scientist, Jon Jenkins said, "Welcome to my world! We've been in the laboratory quite some time." He posed with a personal purchase, a floor lamp made of old ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American History including the Civil War
Daniel S. Mitchell and John Hillers carte de visite portrait album of American Indians, 36 images, most of Mitchell's cartes de visite trimmed at the bottom, Hillers's with paper loss on reverse, $41,125.Personal shaving mug of Deputy U.S. Marshal Buck Garrett, having a photographic transfer of Garrett on horseback, porcelain, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)PAFA Grad to Curate Artwork for Insurance Offices
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) announced the launch of a new partnership with the Philadelphia Insurance Companies. The new internship opportunity allows a PAFA graduate student to install artwork by PAFA students in administrative offices, halls, and common rooms of the Philadelphia Insurance Companies.Scott Schultheis has been ... (Read More)
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(Feature)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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(Show)Heart of Country: Nashville Classic Has a New Spring in Its Step
At the 2012 show, Susan Kramer Hunkins put together an exhibition of quilts from the collection of her mother, Libby Kramer, the show's founder. Hunkins showed off a favorite flag quilt, priced for sale at $3200, and said, "She loved all textiles."The Gaylord Opryland Hotel contains extensive botanical gardens, expertly ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Full House for Merrill's Winter Americana and Fine Arts Sale
The 25" x 30" oil on canvas portraits by Horace Bundy of the Simmonds family of Weston, Vermont, painted in 1853, were fresh and very desirable. A Vermont collector took the lot for $8680.The chair table or hutch table in old red paint has a 48" diameter top and was ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse to Open
The Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse in South Portland, Maine, will open for the 2012 season, weather permitting, on Saturday, June 23 and Saturday, June 30 and continue to be open every Saturday and Sunday in July and August. The lighthouse will also be open on Saturday, September 1 (Labor Day ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, ianmckay1@btinternet.comAt left, the "King Carlos IV" secretaire cabinet as originally constructed and as seen in the 1910 New York City exhibition catalogue.Right, the MGM secretaire cabinet as sold for $39,320 at Bonhams on March 7. The cabinet in its original form is believed to have been commissioned ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Folk Art Strong at Farmer Sale
This ship's portrait by Antonio Jacobsen (1850-1921) earned honors as high lot of the Farmer sale. The 211/2" x 351/2" (sight size) oil on canvas laid down on masonite and mounted onto a period stretcher is a portrait of the ill-fated Danish passenger ship S.S. Geiser. The Geiser, powered by ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Collector Sues Over Eggleston Sale
by Daniel GrantEverything sold, and sold well, at Christie's March 12 sale of "Photographic Masterworks by William Eggleston," raising $5,903,250, more than twice the $2.7 million presale estimate, for 36 newly published large-scale color limited-edition prints by Eggleston (born 1939). "There is clearly a great interest in the work of ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Art of the Americas Show
New York City gallery owner John Molloy was asking $2400 for this mid-20th-century dance apron with an Avanyu/water serpent motif.Terry DeWald of Tucson, Arizona, was asking $48,000 for this circa 1885 indigo-dyed Pueblo blanket ("no lazy lines"). DeWald had a picture from the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, of a ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese 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.The Cauldron, the Spit & the Fire: Over Five Hundred Years ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Two Jewelry Auctions
An antique 10k gold and carved coral bead necklace, 16 3/8" long, with a gold and coral cameo pendant-brooch and a pair of 23/4" pendant-earclips, realized $1088 (est. $400/600). Doyle New York.This circa 1870 Archaeological Revival gold and carnelian scarab brooch, 4 1/8" x 21/2", with rotating scarab and intaglio ... (Read More)
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(Show)Arion York Show Had Warm Temps, Great Merchandise, Strong Gate
This Pennsylvania Queen Anne walnut tall chest is as nice as one will find at any level of show. Notice the exceptional five-lobed skirt on the base. The chest was attributed to John Lear of Bucks County and priced at $15,500 by Jim Emele of Dublin, Pennsylvania.Don and Pat Clegg ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sunshine State Carnival Glass Association Auction
A Northwood aqua opalescent Fine Cut and Roses rosebowl was marred by a few flea bites on the toes but sold for a respectable $400.This Northwood ice blue Acorn Burrs punch bowl set is about as good as it gets. The eight-piece set, consisting of base, bowl, and six cups, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Artist Robert S. Duncanson: What's in a (Middle) Name?
An exhibition curated by Joseph D. Ketner II, Robert S. Duncanson: The Spiritual Striving of the Freedmen's Sons, was on view at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill, New York, from May 1 through October 30, 2011. The accompanying 34-page illustrated catalog, written by Ketner, amounts to a ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Book Review: American Furniture 2011
by Lita Solis-CohenAmerican Furniture 2011Edited by Luke BeckerditeChipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England, 2011, 336 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from University Press of New England, (800) 421-1561 or (www.upne.com).American Furniture 2011 offers two essays on Pennsylvania furniture, one on Connecticut furniture, and the documentary evidence of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Hampshire Antique Alley to Add Weekly Antiques Show
A new weekly antiques show will be held on New Hampshire's famous Antique Alley (Route 4), beginning Sunday, April 22. The new show will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will feature space for 40-plus dealers, indoors and out. Entry will be free. The location is next door ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Marine Sale at Bonhams
Dauntless leading the schooner yacht Mohawk by James Buttersworth (1817-1894), circa 1875, oil on canvas, 10" x 18". After a series of mishaps, Dauntless won and inspired one of Buttersworth's gems. It's remarkable how much he could contain in so small a space. The painting brought an important $170,500. "Happy ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sack Archive Goes to Yale
by Lita Solis-CohenThe memory of dealer Albert Sack was honored at a service held in the Tiffany Room at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City on Sunday morning, January 22. Sack's legacy-his 75-year-long career seeking masterpieces of American furniture-was celebrated.When Sack died in May 2011 at 96, the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Nye and Company Moves
Auction firm Nye and Company has relocated to 20 Beach Street in Bloomfield, New Jersey. "It is extremely exciting and encouraging to have finally found a building that is the perfect fit," said John Nye.The new building, previously Castleton Furniture, provides Nye and Company with 25,000 square feet of warehouse ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Vanderbilt Chairs Go to New York Dealer for $292,500
The Herter Brothers combined griffins, shields, and mother-of-pearl disks on the padded armrests of the pair of Vanderbilt upholstered parlor chairs. Fabric coverings on the chair backs and the backrest were in remarkably good condition. The fabric is original to 1883-84 when the chairs were installed at the Vanderbilt mansion. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Garth's
Winchester Model 1897 cartridge board, the Double-W version with 226 items affixed to the board, including containers of caps, shotgun shells, and rifle and revolver cartridges, original oak frame, 40" x 571/2", backing paper undisturbed, minor wear, a few of the cartridges loose but all are present, $18,800.Stepback cupboard, New ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)More on the California Ban on Selling Ivory
by David HewettIn the April 2012 issue, on page 21-A, we noted the effect that the newly enforced California ban on ivory sales has had on the marketplace. After learning that one auction house had all its lots containing ivory seized (worth approximately $150,000), Bonhams withdrew over 100 lots of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Berry-Hill Galleries Sued by Collector
by Daniel GrantA lawsuit against Berry-Hill Galleries, James Berry Hill, and David Hill by art collector Seymour Alpert of Boca Raton, Florida, alleges that the gallery breached an agreement to sell a 1908 Childe Hassam painting, The East Headland, Appledore - Isles of Shoals, by March 31, 2010. The gallery ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Orientalia Caps $3 Million Julia Auction
A pair of huanghuali yoke-back armchairs (one shown) from the late 17th or early 18th century, from the Richard B. Hobart collection, sold for $460,000.Early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) rhinoceros horn libation cup (shown upside down for stability), 71/2" high, from the 17th century, with carved, flowing lotus flowers and tendrils, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Week Auction at Sotheby's
The Ammi Phillips (1788-1865) portrait of a young girl in red with green slippers and a dog and bird, oil on canvas, 36" x 301/2", painted circa 1840, on what appears to be the original stretchers, sold for $806,500 (est. $300,000/500,000). It was bought by a dealer at Russ Carlsen's ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native Art a Highlight of Canadian Fine Art Auction
Emily Carr is associated with, but was not a member of, the Group of Seven. Her watercolor on paper War Canoe, Alert Bay, signed and dated 1908, 10 5/8" x 15", gives an accurate early 20th-century image of a West Coast native village. First exhibited in 1909 with a price ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Former Florida Auctioneer Charged with Felonies
by David HewettOn February 9, former St. Augustine, Florida, auctioneer Robert Wayne Flemister was charged with two criminal felony counts in St. Johns County Court.The 64-year-old Flemister, who was licensed as an auctioneer on May 12, 2010, ran the San Marco Auction Company, LLC in St. Augustine. On September 30, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Big Money in Money and Tiles
Mosaic tile portrayal of the mythological Medusa, probably portrayed as she was used on Athena's shield following her decapitation by Perseus, $17,600.Kaja Veilleux was the purchaser of the top coin lots in the sale. The rare collection of U.S. two-cent pieces minted from 1864 to 1873 sold for $30,800, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chest for $632,400 Tops at Keno Auctions during Americana Week
Drake family carved and painted joined chest with drawer, attributed to the Deacon John Moore shop tradition, the "foliated vine group," Windsor, Connecticut, 1675-90. Estimated at $100,000/150,000, it sold for $632,400, a record for a 17th-century chest, to a collector on the phone, underbid by Massachusetts dealer David Wheatcroft in ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Copley's Americana Week Sale
Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927), Wild Turkey, 1924, oil on canvas, 30" x 50", signed and dated lower right, sold for $86,250 (est. $20,000/40,000) to New York City dealer W. Graham Arader. The artist depicted wild turkeys in a variety of stances, from feeding to preening, in a southern landscape. It ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Quinn's Auction Galleries Moves
Quinn's Auction Galleries has relocated to a new venue in Falls Church, Virginia. The new 14,400-square-foot site at 360 South Washington Street encompasses three floors, with the gallery and reception area at street level, the fine arts department on the second floor, and executive and administrative offices on the third ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Butterscotch Auction Gallery Sells Rachel Ruysch Painting for $2,040,000
A signed, untitled still life by Rachel Ruysch sold to a London dealer for $2,040,000 (est. $200,000/300,000) at Butterscotch Auction Gallery on February 12. According to the auction house, the price for the 441/2" x 35" oil on canvas is a new auction record for the artist. Photo courtesy Butterscotch ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Julia Donates Meldrum Colt Replica to Museum
Bob Meldrum, a.k.a. "Hair Trigger Bob," a.k.a. "Bad Man Bob."by Mark SiscoJames D. Julia, Inc. in Fairfield, Maine, announced that it has donated to the Museum of Northwest Colorado in Craig, Colorado, a replica of a gold-inlaid and engraved presentation Colt revolver given to the infamous lawman Robert D. "Bad ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Paintings, Orientalia, and One Spectacular Table
The Gillis Jacobsz van Hulsdonck oil on panel still life, 11" x 14", brought a hefty $97,750.This is the Italian micromosaic game table with an R. J. Horner base and a top composed of marble, slate, and semiprecious stones that sold for $92,000.A Patek Philippe miniature music box played a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antiques Week in Philadelphia
by Lita Solis-CohenPut Philadelphia on your calendar for the last weekend in April. Come to the City of Brotherly Love and become immersed in art and antiques. Make it a long weekend or even a week to attend the auctions scheduled before and after the shows.Antiques Week in Philadelphia will ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Coffman's Antiques Returns
Joyce Coffman has opened a fresh version of Coffman's Antiques in Lenox, Massachusetts. She and her late husband, Don, were well known for their antiques shows in New Jersey and their popular shop in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, which closed in 2007.The new shop is located at 69 Church Street in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)50th Fishersville Antiques Expo Date Change
The 50th Antiques Expo in Fishersville, Virginia, will take place May 18-20 at Augusta Expoland. It is normally scheduled for the first weekend in May; Heritage Promotions moved the event to the third weekend because the Big Flea added a show that creates conflicts for a significant number of exhibitors ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoPhotos courtesy Peabody Essex Museum"If there is any people on earth whose lives are more tangled up with museums than we are, God help them."-Paul Chaat Smith, Everything You Know about Indians Is WrongTheatre de Cristal by Kent Monkman (b. 1965), Cree, 2007. Approximately ... (Read More)
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(Auction)February Jewelry Auctions
From a private New York collection and with a provenance of Sotheby & Co., London, April 21, 1969, this signed Rene Lalique 18k gold, plique-a-jour enamel, and opal pendant, 1903-04, is designed as two facing dragonflies applied with white, blue, teal, and very pale blue plique-a-jour enamel wings and enamel ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Week Auction at Bonhams
The most expensive lot in the sale was a William IV circular extension table by London maker Johnstone & Jeanes & Co. Estimated at $30,000/50,000, it brought $80,500 from an English antiques dealer, bidding in house. Johnstone & Jeanes was established in London circa 1840 and exhibited at the 1851 ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 58th Winter Antiques Show
Dower chest with an American eagle on it, $72,000 from James and Nancy Glazer.This red, white, and blue painted pine blanket chest, attributed to the Shenandoah Valley artist Johannes Spitler, has been off the market since it sold at Sotheby's auction of the M. Austin and Jill R. Fine collection ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Let's Make a Deal
by Steve ProffittOr not.When I was in private practice, it was not uncommon for me to be engaged by clients to work on various negotiations. These matters commonly involved claimants, clients, contractors, customers, and vendors. Sometimes my client was an auction company seeking to contract with a prospective seller for ... (Read More)
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(Show)Stella's Antiques at the Armory Holds Its Own
Right inside the armory doors, Judith and James Milne, whose shop is in the New York Design Center in Manhattan, displayed a variety of 19th-century board games and a rare circa 1850 blackface minstrel that is believed to be from Ohio or Michigan. It was priced at $6500. Judith said ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Twentieth-Century Design Auctions
Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008), Mouton de Pierre, a group of ten sheep of painted epoxy/stone and patinated bronze, each 331/2" high. This version was designed circa 1979. The flock was consigned by the Tateshina Open Air Museum in Japan and sold for $7,474,500 (est. $600,000/900,000) to Guy Bennett on behalf of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)James Kochan's Portraits & Prospects at Arader Galleries
New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenKochan offered a portrait of Captain William Preston Smith of the 3rd U.S. Infantry, painted circa 1800 in New Orleans by Jose Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza (1750-1802). Smith accompanied General James Wilkinson to New Orleans to negotiate with the Spanish to keep New Orleans ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Codman Paintings to Be Sold to Save Steeple
Charles Codman (c. 1800-1842), untitled landscape of two hikers in a wilderness, oil on panel, 9 7/8" x 13 5/8", to be sold by the First Parish Church, estimate $4000/6000.Six Charles Codman oil paintings, property of the First Parish Church, Portland, Maine, will be sold by Barridoff Galleries in Portland ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Tim and Nancy Bailey, Antiques at Bailey's, Nassau, New York
Antiques at Bailey's in the center of Nassau, New York, next to Stewart's convenience store.Tim and Nancy Bailey.A small portion of Bailey's first floor.Bailey's Shaker section. He said it was natural for him to develop an interest in the Shakers, since the area is rich in Shaker history. The first ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2012 New York Ceramics Fair
The preview party was crowded. This is the view of the fourth floor from the fifth-floor balcony.The circa 1825 Coalport inkstand, molded with demi-urns on the sides and snake-form handles entwined to the sides, the top pierced with four medium-size holes and eight smaller ones, came complete with four balloon-form ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Garth's Thanksgiving Auction
Portrait of a woman, attributed to Ralph D. Curtis (1808-1885), oil on softwood panel, 1840-45, unsigned, 381/2" x 30", period frame, minor inpainting, age split, $10,281. The catalog noted, "Formerly called the Skaneateles Artist, Ralph Curtis was recently identified by J.E. Jelinek. He was born near Syracuse, New York, and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Andrew Holter Heads Christie's American Furniture Department
by Lita Solis-CohenIn fall 2011, without fanfare, Andrew K. Holter became chief of Christie's American furniture and decorative arts department. Margot Rosenberg, the former department head, moved up to the chairman's office to work with a variety of clients across departments. Holter, who was the vice president and senior specialist ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Book Review: This Blessed Plot, This Earth
by Lita Solis-CohenThis Blessed Plot, This Earth: English Pottery Studies in Honour of Jonathan Horneedited by Amanda DunsmorePaul Holberton publishing, 2011, 256 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from Casemate Athena, (www.casemateathena.com) or (610) 853-9131.T his Blessed Plot, This Earth (its title comes from Act II of Shakespeare's history play Richard ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Phoning It In
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondTechnology and identity:http://tinyurl.com/6roz7uzFuture phones:http://tinyurl.com/6meqtr6Hybrids:http://tinyurl.com/3zmonb5Dark side technology: http://tinyurl.com/7tvxbaaAround this time of year, it becomes difficult to remember why being so connected, so flooded with news, could have ever been desirable or even seen as a good thing, what with the constant yammering of campaign ads and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Americana & Antiques at the Pier
Slushy and snowy conditions marked the opening day of the show.The circa 1887 large oil on canvas of a pointer with its prey by Alexander Pope (1849-1924) was $55,000 from Susan and Rod Bartha of Riverwoods, Illinois. "We had a fabulous show," said Bartha, "much better than last year. I ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Carl Nordblom Hauls in "Just Under a Million Dollars"
Carl Nordblom said this 92" high cherry highboy was the best bonnet-top he'd ever had, and it was a beauty, with great carved details on the rosettes and webbed ball-and-claw feet. A Cambridge, Massachusetts, venture capitalist scooped it up for $43,290.This appeared to be the most desirable of an eight-poster ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Auction Reserves: Should They Remain Secret?
by Daniel GrantTransparency, said Greg Rohan, president of the Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, "has been a big factor in our growth and in the very significant increase in the number of bidders participating in our various sales." That growth has been significant. Heritage earned $806 million last year, a 19% increase ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Book Review: The Jewelry and Metalwork of Marie Zimmermann
by Lita Solis-CohenThe Jewelry and Metalwork of Marie Zimmermannby Deborah Dependahl Waters, Joseph Cunningham, and Bruce BarnesAmerican Decorative Art 1900 Foundation and Yale University Press, 2011, 384 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from Yale University Press, (http://yalepress.yale.edu) or (203) 432-0960.Any museum looking for an exhibition focusing on masterworks by a ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Folk Tales: 1stdibs Live during Americana Week
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(Show)The Metro Show NYC
Tumbling Blocks doll quilt in red, white, and blue, $8500 from Jeff Bridgman.Elijah Pierce, Dragon, $9450 from Just Folk.Stella Rubin of Darnestown, Maryland, asked $8500 for this Japanese quilt of hand-dyed indigo fabrics made in the 19th century.This squirrel weathervane, a rare form, was $250,000 from HL Chalfant. There are ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Christie's
Cherry-wood bonnet-top high chest of drawers, possibly by Calvin Willey (1769-after 1831), Colchester area, Connecticut, and Lenox, Massachu-setts, 1780-95. It has its original finials, appears to retain its original brasses, and measures 83" high x 401/2" wide x 21" deep. It came from the Wunsch Americana Foundation via Bernard and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Landau Pleads Guilty to Massive Historical Document Theft
On February 7, 2012, 63-year-old Barry Landau pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom in Baltimore, Maryland, to what may be the largest-ever theft of historical documents relating to the office of president of the United States.In his plea agreement Landau admitted taking historical documents from museums in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese 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.Arts & Crafts of the Native American Tribes by Michael Johnson ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spitler Decorated Chest Rules at Laughlin
Without question, this blanket chest was the main event of the day. The chest is attributed to Johannes Spitler and dates 1795-1810. The piece has a well-documented provenance, and there is little doubt that it is a Spitler-decorated chest. The chest is constructed of yellow pine and measures 29" x ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Half-Baked
In February, Maine legislators rejected a proposed law that would have required voters to show photo identification in order to cast ballots at the polls. Acompelling argument from the non-photo ID side was the lack of evidence of any widespread voter fraud. It made no sense to enact a law ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Spitler Clockmaker Revealed
Figure 1. The 1801 yellow pine Spitler clock is inscribed "Jacob Strickler,/ 1801,/ JOHANNES SPITLER,/ NUMBER 3." The paint decoration is typical of Johannes Spitler's work of the late 18th and early 19th century. Since the clock's discovery in 1973 the identity of the clockmaker has remained a mystery. The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana and Fine Art Auction
Fern Isabel Coppedge (1883-1951), a 24" x 24" oil on canvas winter landscape, The Delaware Valley, signed lower right, $65,175 (est. $20,000/40,000).This rare Philadelphia mahogany valuables chest on stand, circa 1720, the upper section with nine small drawers resting on an attached base with a single drawer and baluster-turned legs ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Resale Rights Fight
by Daniel GrantOn both sides of the Atlantic, the issue of artists' resale rights has jumped to the fore. (What are artists' resale rights? We'll get there.) In the past 15 months, several lawsuits have been filed by artists against collectors, art galleries, the auctioneers Christie's, Sotheby's, and even eBay ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Betty Ring Sale
Susannah Saunders, needlework sampler, Sarah Stivours's school, Salem, Massachusetts, dated 1766, with silk long stitches and metal on a linen ground with a pastoral scene and a luxuriant vine of blossoms surrounding bands of alphabets. The 16" x 181/2" sampler is signed "Susannah Saunders wrought this in the 12th year ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Antique Ivory Sales Banned in California, Consignments Seized
by David HewettCalifornia recently began to strictly enforce a much-amended state law, and it has already caused dealers and auctioneers much grief.On Sunday, February 5, a dealer couple in their 60's set up at an outdoor flea market. A visitor to their booth picked up an item and asked, "What's ... (Read More)
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