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(Auction)Thomas Day Desk and Mexican Silver Lead at Mebane
Mebane Antique Auction Gallery, Mebane, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Mebane Antique Auction Gallery
Midway in his career, Milton, North Carolina, furniture maker Thomas Day (1801-1861) added architectural woodwork to his shop's production. He embellished porches, parlors, and hallways with his unique interpretations of the Greek Revival style. Around 1840 Day traveled 12 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Closer Look at David Ellinger
Native Son: The Life and Art of David Ellinger by Lisa Minardi is the catalog for the retrospective exhibition of works by David Ellinger (1913-2003), a native son of Trappe, Pennsylvania, on view until July 28, 2024, in the galleries of the Dewees Tavern at Historic Trappe, at the crossroads ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Celebrating the Artistry of Folly Cove Designers
A Book Review
Located on the North Shore of Gloucester, Massachusetts, the neighborhood of Folly Cove has inspired generations of artists, including the printmakers of Folly Cove Designers, which operated from 1941 to 1969. Unlike the emerging Abstract Expressionists of post-World War II, Folly Cove Designers were trained to draw their ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Great Estates Thanksgiving Auction
Amelia Jeffers, Delaware, Ohio
Photos courtesy Amelia Jeffers
A Black Friday tradition returned to The Barn at Stratford in Delaware, Ohio, November 24 and 25 when Amelia Jeffers brought a Thanksgiving-weekend sale to the original home of Garth's Auctions.
The annual sale's revival was one thing. Possibly of greater significance is that ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, December 2023
Franklin's Lost Arctic Companions Revealed
More than doubling the high estimate in the process, the set of 14 recently rediscovered and very early daguerreotype portraits depicting Sir John Franklin and other senior members of an ill-fated 1845 expedition aimed at completing the charting of a Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Folk-Art Watercolor Goes to Independence Seaport Museum
In 1984 a schoolboy's navigation workbook was donated to what was then the Philadelphia Maritime Museum-now the Independence Seaport Museum (ISM)-by Mary Lyman Cox Muir Cammann, whose second husband, Schuyler Van Rensselaer Cammann (1912-1991), was directly related to Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat.
The notebook did not have anything to ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)More Protection, Please
The collapse of Garth's is a stunning development. The Ohio-based business had been a steady regional auction house for decades. Since its founding in the 1950s, it has brought significant Americana to market. It's an immense loss for the antiques market, evoking sadness and some anger.
While we mourn Garth's, the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Bob Markowitz
Treasures abound at "Casa Markowitz," home to antiques collector and dealer Robert "Bob" Markowitz, whose day job is practicing pediatric medicine in Boston and its environs.
The good doctor runs the Optimal Wellness for Life program specializing in pediatric obesity at Children's Hospital and its satellite locations in Waltham and Peabody, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, December 2023
Sevres Porcelain Manufactory, blown cameo glass vase, 1900, 61/4" x 21 1/16" x 21 1/16". Image courtesy Chrysler Museum of Art. Photo by Edward Pollard. (c) Sevres Porcelain Manufactory.
-November 17, 2023-March 15, 2024 -Saint Augustine, Florida
Art Nouveau is an exuberant, radical style that takes inspiration from the vitality of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Garth's Auctions and Jeff Jeffers Surrender Auction Licenses
Garth's Auctions-a staple in the Americana market for decades-is gone.
According to a settlement agreement between Garth's Auctions, Inc., and its CEO, Richard "Jeff" Jeffers, and the Ohio Department of Agriculture, which regulates auctions in Ohio, Jeffers and Garth's are "permanently ineligible for auctioneering licenses in the state of Ohio."
The settlement, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Annual "Louisiana Purchase" Auction
Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, Louisiana
Photos courtesy Neal Auction Company
It's been 220 years since hundreds of acres in and around New Orleans were purchased from France, but the European country's influence remains strong, as evidenced by the top lot in Neal Auction Company's November 15-17 sale-an Impressionist painting by Henri-Jean ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bertoia's Fall Two-Day Event Tops $1.8 Million
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
Three major collections-Heath Hurlbert's mechanical bank collection, the Willett still bank collection, and the Bob Davis aeronautical collection-plus additions made up Bertoia Auctions' annual fall sale, held November 17 and 18. European and American toys grabbed the attention of collectors, and the auction ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Masters Paintings
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
American art lovers again proved they were willing to pay handsomely for works by their favorite artists, helping Heritage Auctions hit new milestones for art sales. The Dallas-based auction house's November 17 "Views and Visions: Important Works by American Masters Signature Auction" resulted in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Skinner Collection and More at Eldred's
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred's
The personal collection of Robert "Bob" and Nancy Skinner was the highlight of Eldred's three-day sale November 15-17 in the East Dennis, Massachusetts, gallery. Bob (1932-1984) and Nancy Skinner were founders back in the 1960s of the Skinner auction house, which was originally in Bolton, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Heritage Silver Sale
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
An exquisite 135-piece Lap Over Edge sterling silver flatware set from Tiffany & Co. highlighted Heritage Auctions' November 16 auction of fine silver and objects of vertu.
A 135-piece Tiffany & Co. Lap Over Edgesilver and mixed-metals flatware set (partially shown) with applied, inlaid, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Grimm Plate Tops Americana Auction
Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman's
Freeman's, "America's oldest auction house," in Philadelphia, the mother lode for Americana, holds two major Americana sales each year scheduled to coincide with antiques shows in Wilmington and Philadelphia that focus on historic Americana. Freeman's fall sale Wednesday, November 15, was on view at the 2400 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Ben Zaricor Flag Collection
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Ben Zaricor never hesitated when asked about his fascination with flags and collecting them. As he often explained, he was a senior in college at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, when he witnessed a young man dragged from a pizzeria and beaten for ... (Read More)
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(Auction) "Splendor of American Furniture": The Lippman Collection
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Bonhams Skinner
Rhode Island native William Dana Lippman (1933-2022) was a man of many interests, and he collected accordingly. One of his collections, that of American Chippendale furniture, came to market November 14 in a single-seller auction titled "Splendor of American Furniture" at Bonhams Skinner in ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2023 Delaware Antiques Show
Wilmington, Delaware
Dealers' daily postings on Instagram during the weeks before the Delaware Antiques Show, held November 10-12, showed how much the trade was looking forward to it. A stand at this show costs a fraction of what similar space at the Philadelphia Show or New York City's Winter Show costs, ... (Read More)
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(Show)McLean Show Celebrates Art Deco
McLean Antiques Show, McLean, Virginia
The 47th annual McLean Antiques Show was held at the McLean Community Center in McLean, Virginia, November 11 and 12. Proceeds from the show benefited the James C. Macdonald Scholarship Fund.
High school students residing in the area served by the community center are eligible to apply ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Strange, the Unusual, and Vanishing America: Slotin's Sale Had It All
Slotin Folk Art Auctions, Buford, Georgia
Photos courtesy Slotin Folk Art Auctions
Steve and Amy Slotin of Slotin Folk Art Auctions, Buford, Georgia, offered an eclectic mix of self-taught art, Outsider art, and folk art at their fall online-only two-day event November 11 and 12. The sale was a success because of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Casco Bay Auctions
Casco Bay Auctions, Freeport, Maine
Photos courtesy Casco Bay Auctions
Casco Bay Auctions, Freeport, Maine, headed by Andrew Davis, held a two-day auction November 11 and 12. The first day had approximately 496 lots sold under the banner "International Art and Antiques." It was topped by an African Sande society mask used ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Surprises Mark Thomaston Auction
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
A surprise from Hawaii turned out to be a big winner at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries' three-day sale November 10-12 in Thomaston, Maine.
According to auctioneer Kaja Veilleux, a small three-drawer blockfront chest with three carved shells arrived on a truck ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Art and Antiques at Tremont Auctions
Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Tremont Auctions
Tremont Auctions' November 12 sale at the Sudbury, Massachusetts, gallery included 738 lots. As is the custom since the pandemic, the majority of bidders were on the phone or online, or they had left bids. Staff members outnumbered gallery bidders.
Such was the case as ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Wooten & Wooten's Fall Catalog Sale
Wooten & Wooten, Camden, South Carolina
Photos courtesy Wooten & Wooten
Auctioneer Jeremy Wooten has found a clever way to spur interest in his upcoming sales. He posts his latest finds on Facebook. The page is not all business. Friends can follow his fishing, hunting, and beach trips and what he is ... (Read More)
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(Show)Strong Crowd at Semiannual Gathering
A Gathering on the Prairie, Arthur, Illinois
A Gathering on the Prairie drew more buyers than usual during the show's fall edition, held November 11 at Arthur, Illinois. "We had our biggest crowd since Mary and I have been running it," said promoter Chuck Springob. He and his wife took over ... (Read More)
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(Show)Surging Sales with Fewer Dealers
Rural Life Antique Show, Tuscola, Illinois
The short story of the Rural Life Antique Show, held November 10 and 11 in Tuscola, Illinois, is one of surging sales. But it's not the whole story. The bigger picture is a little more difficult to discuss. It involves a significantly shrinking dealer ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques, Folk Art, and Furniture Sell at Homesteaders
Homesteaders Antiques & Folk Art Show, Arthur, Illinois
The third time was (still) a charm for Homesteaders Antiques & Folk Art Show, held November 10 and 11 in Arthur, Illinois. It was the third year Homesteaders occupied the Arthur Sale Barn, having previously been at the local fairgrounds. The current location, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)North Carolina Redware Sugar Jar Sets Record
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm
In a specialty sale with four headline-making records, which record stands out among the top? All speak volumes on the marketplace and deserve top billing. The results were achieved during the Crocker Farm online and absentee sale held from October 31 to November 10.
Attributed ... (Read More)
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(Show)Continuing Success at Country Spirit
Country Spirit Antique Show, Arcola, Illinois
The continuing success of Country Spirit Antique Show, held November 10 and 11 in Arcola, Illinois, could be seen late during the first day, not long after the show's third venue opened its doors Friday evening. Rich Myers of R. L. Myers Americana & ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, November 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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(Auction)Paintings, Furniture, and Decorative Arts at Doyle
Doyle, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle
American paintings, furniture, and decorative arts sales at Doyle, New York City, have long been known for consignments of Park Avenue estates. Now with offices in Charleston, Boston, Beverly Hills, Chicago, and Florida, Doyle draws consignments for this sale from all parts of the country. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California Art Sale
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Department director Scot Levitt called the results of the November 8 California art auction at Bonhams "good, considering there was only one blockbuster, but nice solid, colorful pieces in a lower price range. It is harder and harder to find anything to sell. There is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Requires Background Checks for Antique Firearms
As of September 13 background checks are required for purchasers of antique firearms and ammunition in New York state, according to a press release from Governor Kathy Hochul. The legislation requiring New York sellers of guns and ammunition to perform background checks for firearms and ammunition transfers also mandates that ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Community Watch
Beneath the Surface
You learn things over the life of marriage, and then, or so it seems to us, if you stay married you learn to accept the things you have learned as being immutable. People are just strange, and they are very often consistent in their strangeness. It is best ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art at Bonhams
Bonhams, New York City
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Bonhams held its fall American art sale November 7, which was Election Day. The auction house offered 83 lots, and the sale totaled $2,307,538 (with buyers' premiums). The sell-through rate was 70.5%. The total estimates (not including buyers' premiums) were $2.88/4.338 million.
High Aspirations by Ernie ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mary's Antiques: The Final Sale
Ledbetter Auction Gallery, Gibsonville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Ledbetter Auction Gallery
In 1975 after decades of independent buying and selling, Mary Wells opened Mary's Antiques on busy Elm Street in Greensboro, North Carolina. For the next 42 years, her shop, Greensboro's largest, was a popular destination for collectors and dealers. When she ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Win
Cagle Auction Company, Bogart, Georgia
Photos courtesy Cagle Auction Company
Located in the northeast corner of Georgia, which is known for generations of potters, Cagle Auction Company presented nearly 300 lots of pottery, a few folk-art examples, and primitives November 4. This was a pottery collector's dream sale. There was no five-digit-priced, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Book Reviews
Here are brief reviews of books we've recently seen. We have included contact information for books that you can order directly from the publisher or museum. We also encourage you to consider supporting your local independent bookstore.
Migration of Stoneware Potters in North America by F. Robert Treichler (Carlisle Printing, 2022, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Donald F. Moylan Collection
Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Hindman
The first of two auctions of items from the collection of Dr. Donald F. Moylan was held by Hindman (now Freeman's | Hindman) November 3 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The single-owner sale netted $830,372.
Moylan began collecting in the early 1970s, buying from well-respected dealers such as John ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Denver Police Seeking Additional Victims of Theft
The Denver (Colorado) Police Department's Special Victims Unit is asking for the public's help to identify possible victims of a man who was posing as an antiques broker.
Princeton Wilson. Photo courtesy Denver Police Department.
Princeton Wilson was charged last year with eight felony counts: one count of theft from an at-risk ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, November 2023
When a Sleeper Awakes
From the same August 8 sale held in Colchester by Reeman Dansie Auctioneers & Valuers that saw a bronze figure of Mercury sell for $858,350 (see October M.A.D., p. 86), another spectacular success story was provided by a little ring that came to auction from the same ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 35th Edition of The Art Show
New York City
The Art Show, the annual event of the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA), now in its 35th edition, opened to an illustrious and art-loving crowd Wednesday, November 1, at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. It raised $1 million from preview ticket sales for the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of the Kovels' Collection
Rago and Toomey & Co., Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago and Toomey & Co.
Terry and Ralph Kovel are legends in the American antiques world. They published more than 100 books and founded the online platform Kovels.com. The 55th edition of Kovels' Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide was published in the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Assets of Antiques Mall Seized
On September 20 agents from the Kansas Department of Revenue (KDOR), accompanied by the Johnson County Sheriff's Department, executed tax warrants and seized the assets of Metcalf Antique Mall LLC in Overland Park, Kansas, for nonpayment of sales tax totaling $62,866.38.
Assets seized include all known bank accounts, on-site cash, business ... (Read More)
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(Show)Steady Development at Mid Atlantic Festival
Mid Atlantic Antiques Festival, Poolesville, Maryland
The third installment of the Mid Atlantic Antiques Festival was held October 28 and 29 at Aix La Chapelle Farm in Poolesville, Maryland. When M.A.D. visited the festival in April, the biannual event was definitely in the process of finding its legs and establishing its ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Four Sales in Two Days at Grogan
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusettscolo
Photos courtesy Grogan & Company
At Grogan & Company sales are tightly focused, which gives bidders a good idea of when aparticular object will come up for bidding. The two-day autumn sale at the Boston auction house was 100% remote and was divided into four distinct events, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Fall Elverson Antique Show
Elverson, Pennsylvania
On a gorgeous fall day, the trees put on a colorful display, and so did the 46 dealers who exhibited at the Elverson Antique Show in Elverson, Pennsylvania, Saturday, October 28. More than 300 paid admission during the first hour, and more than 560 came to shop before the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Ricky Jay Collection: Part II
Potter & Potter Auctions, Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Potter & Potter Auctions
Over 600 photos of tattooed people along with tattoo-related memorabilia proved extremely popular. Mostly American and European and dating from the 1910s to 1970s, the majority of the shots are 5" x 7" up to 8" x 10". Some are ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Auerbach Collection
Meander Auctions, Whipple, Ohio
Photos courtesy Meander Auctions
On October 28 Meander Auctions presented a special auction of folk, Outsider, and found art from the collections of Chuck and Dan Auerbach. The firm (formerly The Ohio Company Antiques & Art) is located in the southeastern Ohio town of Whipple near the West ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Fifty M.A.D. Years
Fifty years ago, in November 1973, Samuel and Sally Pennington mailed the first 28-page Maine Antique Digest to five subscribers, who had paid $5 for an annual subscription. Sam, editor, publisher, and photographer, wrote most of the paper's stories in the early years, sometimes under the pseudonym Lance Poulet, French ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Canvas & Clay Auction
Hindman, New York City
Photos courtesy Hindman
Hindman's New York City location on Greene Street in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood hosted a sale titled "Canvas & Clay" on October 26. The 91-lot sale featured the collection of Judith (1937-2013) and Philip (1935-2021) Sieg of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and offered American drawings and paintings along ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Pursuit of Beauty" Auction
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Heritage Auctions' October 26 "Pursuit of Beauty" auction featured an extraordinary selection of decorative works of art glass from the early 20th century and beyond, but it was American-made lamps that captured the spotlight.
The auction was Heritage's third under the rebranded name of "Pursuit ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Old and New from Near and Far at Shannon's
Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers
Collections and estates from all over boosted the results of the October 26 sale at Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers in its Milford, Connecticut, gallery.
The top lot of the sale depicts what once could have been a daylong event. Lady Trying ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Gary R. Sullivan
Gary R. Sullivan spent 15 seasons on Antiques Roadshow appraising clocks and furniture. He recently retired from that gig, noting, "I loved my time on the show and made some great friends. They're the best and the brightest, and there was tremendous camaraderie."
Gary spends a good deal of time in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Delaware Show
The annual Delaware Antiques Show at the Chase Center on the Riverfront, Wilmington, Delaware, is a big fall event in the world of American antiques. The preview party is Thursday, November 9, from 5 to 9 p.m., and the show continues November 10-12. The show benefits Winterthur's educational initiatives. Tickets ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Fifty Years
In 1973 the first issue of Maine Antique Digest was published. The November 1973 issue featured dealer Chris Huntington and a Windsor chair on the cover and was a scant 28 pages. This issue, November 2023, marks M.A.D.'s 50-year anniversary.
When our parents, Sam and Sally Pennington, discussed with Maine furniture ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Collector's Eye
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The Collector's Eye held its fall edition October 22 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The semiannual show again paired with the Midwest Antique & Art Show in the Expo Center on the Hawkeye Downs Fairgrounds. One admission covered both events, with the shows running in adjacent halls.
Thirty-three dealers set ... (Read More)
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(Show)Midwest Antique & Art Show
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
On the eve of the fall edition of the Midwest Antique & Art Show, held at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, October 22, the receptionist checking me into the hotel asked about my stay in town. When I mentioned the show, the young woman, all of 20-some years old, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Virginia Pickers Show Continues to Grow
Virginia Pickers Antiques & Collectables Show, Glen Allen, Virginia
Time certainly flies by. It is difficult to believe, but the Virginia Pickers Antiques & Collectables Show is now entering its sixth year. The show that was held October 20 and 21 was the 11th installment held at Joel Gilman's Gilmanor ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Greater Rochester Fall Antique Show
Henrietta, New York
Who says there is no free lunch? Not the 65 dealers who enjoyed a free lunch on the first day of setup at the Greater Rochester Fall Antique Show, courtesy of their organization, the Genesee Country Antique Dealers Association (GCADA). And not this reporter and her husband, who ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Collection of Marian Hymel
Turner Auctions + Appraisals, San Francisco, California
Photos courtesy Turner Auctions + Appraisals
Turner Auctions + Appraisals' online sale of the personal collection of longtime Los Gatos, California, antiques dealer Marian Hymel took place October 21. The 150 lots in this auction were focused on early Americana, as was their owner.
Stephen ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, November 2023
Diane Arbus in the Automat, New York City, circa 1968. Photo by Roz Kelly/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images.
-Through January 21, 2024 -Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Diane Arbus (1923-1971) produced some of the most memorable photographs of the 20th century. Diane Arbus: 10 Years is a traveling exhibition curated by Catlin Langford from the collection ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African American Art
Swann Auction Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Auction Galleries
Swann Auction Galleries offered 216 lots in its October 19 sale of African American art. The live auction totaled $2,889,645 (with buyers' premiums). One hundred and sixty-three lots sold for a sell-through rate of 75%. The total presale estimates were $2,840,500/4,250,000.
The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art at Hindman
Hindman, Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Hindman
Several diverse paintings in the American art sale October 17 at Hindman in Chicago could be characterized as outliers or "others" after they emerged as surprises when they hit the block. The auction was the first American art sale held at Hindman's new headquarters in the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Triple-Header in Savannah
Everard Auctions and Appraisals, Savannah, Georgia
Photos courtesy Everard Auctions and Appraisals
Many people in Savannah, Georgia, have a strong sense of and interest in history. Savannah was England's first settlement in what became the 13th and last American colony, and many of its families trace their history to those early years. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The San Francisco Fall Show
San Francisco, California
This year's San Francisco Fall Show was held October 11 to 15 at the Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture. October 12, the first full show day of the show-the day after the famous-for-the-lamb-chops-alone opening party-was a dressy affair. From the vignettes at the entrance to the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Another Strong Weekend at Fishersville
Fishersville Antiques Expo, Fishersville, Virginia
The 71st edition of the semiannual Fishersville Antiques Expo was held October 13 and 14 at the Augusta Expo Event Center in Fishersville, Virginia. The show has been a mainstay in the mid-Atlantic region for 38 years, and it does not appear to be losing any ... (Read More)
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(Show)The MADA Fall Antiques Show
Topsham, Maine
October 14 was a beautiful autumn day in Maine, the kind they take pictures of and sell on postcards. That meant it was a perfect day to go antiquing. The Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA) put on its third annual fall antiques show in the barns of the Topsham ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Small Museum, Big Impact
Beneath the Surface
One of the ideas we tried to impress upon the kids as we drove across the country was how vast and diverse the United States is. So often people have a solution for their problem, something that works for them, but they are blind to the fact that ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rare Pistol Acquired by Historic Rock Ford
Historic Rock Ford in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has acquired an American Revolutionary War flintlock pistol made by gunsmith Manuel Ferree. It is now on display in the John J. Snyder, Jr. Gallery of Early Lancaster County Decorative Arts. The pistol is engraved in block letters "M. Ferre" on both the lock ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, October 2023
Letter from London
When You Go Down to the Woods Today, You're in for a Nice Surprise...
An August 16 sale held by Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers that saw the appearance of the slightly battered bear illustrated here was held not in their principal Derbyshire saleroom venue but in their Bishton Hall ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)AHPCS Announces Award
For more than 30 years, the American Historical Print Collectors Society (AHPCS) has recognized significant scholarship in the field of American historical prints with its Ewell L. Newman Book Award. Newman (1905-1992) was among the cofounders of AHPCS in 1975, and he served as the inaugural editor of the AHPCS ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The New Ambassadors Living with Antiques
A Book Review
Michael Diaz-Griffith practices connoisseurship as a serious vocation. He is passionate about objects and their histories. He caught the collecting bug early and let it flower into to a full-blown obsession.
Diaz-Griffith came onto the art and antiques scene in 2015 when he was hired to bring new life ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Gets Two Years in Prison for Fakes
Cristobal "Cris" Magno Rodrigo, 59, of Washington state was sentenced August 28 to two years in federal prison for selling Philippine-produced products as authentic Alaska Native-produced artwork, violating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA).
The IACA makes it unlawful to offer, display for sale, or sell any good in a ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Bath Antique Sale
Bath, Maine
On Sunday, October 8, the first installment of the Bath Antique Sale for the season took place in Bath, Maine. There are seven shows throughout the winter months. This show is a local tradition, and it's been going strong for decades. The location at the Bath Middle School and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Rhinebeck Rocks-Rain or Shine
Fall Antiques at Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck, New York
The Fall Antiques at Rhinebeck show was held October 7 and 8 inside the large buildings of the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in historic Rhinebeck, New York. The twice-a-year show, held Columbus Day weekend and Memorial Day weekend, is one of many reasons to visit ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fresh Weber Box Tops Americana Sale
Hess Auction Group, Manheim, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Hess Auction Group
The fall Americana sale at Hess Auction Group in Manheim, Pennsylvania, October 7 offered a traditional Pennsylvania menu-two Jonas Weber boxes, some Ben Austrian paintings, a Schimmel dog, Christmas ornaments, marbles, teddy bears, butter prints, and chalkware, all items collected in this ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Max Ernst's Flowers Leads at Potomack
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company's fall menu consisted of a series of seven online-only auctions between September 21 and October 6. During the three weeks, more than 1300 lots were offered. The firm continues its established practice of targeting its sales. This series offered ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Sale of Serious Collections
Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook Inc.
Pook & Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvania, is known for getting some surprising high prices for Pennsylvania German household gear and painted furniture, but in recent catalog sales, Americana has not brought the most surprising high prices. At Pook & Pook's "Americana ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Gathering of the Clan
Looking at the long lines of people waiting to enter the antiques shows in New Hampshire during Antiques Week, I asked myself what we should call these people who rise early in the morning and go stand in line for hours for a chance to shop the shows early.
"Cult, cognoscenti, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, October 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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(Fragment)Log House Antiques
A popular antiques shop in Cambridge City, Indiana, has reopened following the death of its owner earlier this year. David Albert reopened Log House Antiques August 1. The shop had been run by Shane Hawkins since 2010. The business had closed after Hawkins died unexpectedly in March.
Albert and Hawkins were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts
Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Hindman
Items that could be described as "purely Americana" sold well during the American furniture, folk art, and decorative arts auction held by Hindman October 4 in Cincinnati. Even so, the top lot of the day helped put the market in perspective.
Sand bottle by Andrew Clemens (1857-1894), ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Mechanical San Diego
A Book Review
Just after noon on Sunday, April 19, 1562, the eldest son of King Philip II spied a young woman walking in the garden below his window. Prince Don Carlos, age 17 and heir to the Spanish throne, lost his footing as he rushed down the stairs of his ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Something for Every Taste at CRN
CRN Auctions, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy CRN Auctions
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) carved this 10" long wood spoon with an image of a recumbent fox and other marks. It was held in a presentation box (not shown) with a fitted interior and came from an East Coast collection. It had sold at ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Andrew Schoelkopf
Photos courtesy Schoelkopf Gallery
Living with fine art for 57 years has given Andrew Schoelkopf of Schoelkopf Gallery in New York City a perspective different from most.
He lived "above the store" during his childhood in Manhattan, where his father, Robert, owned a gallery at 825 Madison Avenue at 69th Street. Andrew ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Collections from Boston
Doyle, Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Doyle
Doyle called its September 29 auction, the second in its Boston gallery, "Boston Collects." It was fitting for the auction house established in 1962 by Newton, Massachusetts, native William J. Doyle. Material drawn from several area collections was on the menu.
Roughly 40 lots came from the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty in Art Fraud Scheme
Nicholas P. Hatch, 29, of Wilton, Connecticut, pleaded guilty August 7 to mail fraud stemming from the sale of counterfeit paintings.
According to court documents, Hatch was the owner of Hatch Estate Services LLC, an estate sales company based in Norwalk, Connecticut. Between approximately April 2020 and January 2022, Hatch used ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Grading and Authentication Service for Antique Advertising
Experts in the field of antique advertising have launched a new company known as Authentication & Grading Services, or AGS. The principals include Dan Morris, founder of the Cedartown Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia in Georgia; and John Mihovetz, who is known for his track record as head of automobilia and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany Lamps and Victoriana Bring $2.5 Million
Fontaine's Auction Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Fontaine's Auction Gallery
On September 23 and 24 Fontaine's Auction Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, sold a group of Tiffany lamps, Victoriana, and other fine property, 818 lots, for a total of $2.5 million. There were about 200 antique lighting devices-about 40 were made by Tiffany Studios. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Evans Sells the H. Marshall Goodman Collection
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia
Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
In two sessions, September 22 and 23, Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia, sold the collection of H. Marshall Goodman Jr. of Richmond, Virginia. The more than 1000 lots represented only a portion of the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The September York Show
Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
The Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale in York, Pennsylvania, September 22 and 23 was half the size it was in the old days. Four dealers listed on the website were not there. There were two days of setup for the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, October 2023
Eadweard Muybridge, Antigua, Ruins of the Church of El Carmen, Destroyed by Earthquake, 1774, 1875-77, 11" x 14". Olana State Historic Site, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, OL.1981.398.1.
-Through October 29 -Hudson, New York
Terraforming: Olana's Historic Photography Collection Unearthed at the Olana State Historic Site focuses ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early 20th-Century and Modern Design
Rago/Wright, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago/Wright
Rago/Wright held a one-day streamlined sale September 21 in Lambertville, New Jersey, that began at 11 a.m. with 109 lots of early 20th-century art pottery and Arts and Crafts decorations. They were followed at 1 p.m. by 152 lots of 20th-century design, beginning with works ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Fall Gathering on the Homestead Antique Show
Trafalgar, Indiana
Rows of round hay bales line the edge of a pasture a stone's throw from a small log cabin on the 400-acre farm of Ed and Teresa Waltz of rural Trafalgar, Indiana. Across the yard sits a two-story brick house built in 1862, with a massive gingko tree, large ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Battersea Adapts and Moves Ahead
Battersea Foundation, Petersburg, Virginia
Is it possible for success to present problems? For many years, the energies of the Battersea Foundation have focused on the systematic restoration of the historic Petersburg, Virginia, residence and its grounds. Those energies, including various antiques-related events, have borne fruit, and now the foundation must grapple ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, September 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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(Auction)The Friedlander Collection
Caza Sikes, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Caza Sikes
A collection of 20th-century art compiled by two generations of a family in Cincinnati, Ohio, beginning in the 1950s was sold by Caza Sikes September 14 in Cincinnati. Highlighting the auction was Erwartender (Expectant Man) by Paul Klee (Swiss, 1879-1940), which realized $450,000 (including ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Exploring the World of Old Maps
Old World Auctions, Henrico, Virginia
Photos courtesy Old World Auctions
The high lot of the sale was this 1718 map of Louisiana and the Mississippi Valley. As with most of the early maps, there are some inaccuracies; however, the significance of this map is that it displays the first known reference to ... (Read More)
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