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(Fragment)Unsigned Folk Portrait Brings $1.271 Million at Skinner
by David HewettSkinner's October 30 sale in Boston was delayed a week by the snowstorm that blanketed the entire East Coast and brought widespread destruction of power lines and telephone poles from Maine to Virginia.Faced with loss of phones and Internet, Skinner postponed the sale twice, finally holding it on ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Theater Company Gets into Show Business
USA Theatres, which operates drive-in and outdoor theaters in central Pennsylvania, is launching the American Antique Toy & Coin-Op Show, which will feature exhibitors buying, selling, and trading a wide array of antique and collectible toys and coin-ops."I like to tell people I'm a recovered 'collectiaholic,'" said Ronald Vastola, outreach ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"Patriotic America" Virtual Exhibition Launched by Transferware Collectors Club
by Lita Solis-CohenThe Transferware Collectors Club, Winterthur, and Historic New England have launched a free interactive on-line exhibition, Patriotic America: Blue Printed Pottery Celebrating a New Nation. These images of English pottery, transfer-printed in the 19th century, celebrate the new United States. The dark blue printed wares made between 1818 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Tale of Two Dawsons
Born in the Chiswick area of Greater London in 1895, Montague Dawson became world renowned as one of the great maritime painters before the 20th century ended. He was the grandson of artist Henry Dawson (1811-1878), who was well regarded in his own right for his marine and landscape art. ... (Read More)
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(Show)Ellsworth Antiques Show at Woodlawn
Samuel Herrup of Sheffield, Massachusetts, solidly attributed this portrait on academy board of a young girl in a light blue dress, 1840-50, to William Matthew Prior (1806-1873), a seminal primitive-style artist. The frame was of the period as well. Herrup priced it at $35,000."Last night was scary," said Roger Williams ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antique Indian Art Show
Santa Fe dealer H. Malcom "Mac" Grimmer described the show as "good, not four years ago good, but very good considering the economic turmoil. Our sales have been strong, but at a lower price point than a few years ago." This circa 1890 Kiowa deer hide depicting the Sundance, priced ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Santa Fe Show 2011
Ari Maslow of Westside Trading Post, Mill Valley, California, asked $25,000 for this circa 1885 Acoma jar.Tim Chambers of Missouri Plain Folk, Sikeston, Missouri, asked $4500 for this 1870's Parcheesi board from Rochester, New York. He also displayed a copy of his book The Art of the Game (2001), an ... (Read More)
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(Show)Annual Late Summer Coastal Maine Antiques Show
Gerald Bell takes a seat on a trolley bench, priced at $165, and is holding a caulking mallet (used for caulking between the planks in a ship), priced at $65.As fast as she could unwrap them, Colleen Donovan of Foreside Antiques, Falmouth, Maine, sold her wares to other dealers in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Moore Signs Off on Autographs
One signature on this 1788 Pennsylvania land indenture is by Benjamin Franklin, transferring "Merkle's Delight" to Nicholas Merkle. The document sold for $9775.This oil on canvas, signed "Louis Icart," shows a seminude winged fairy surrounded by a flock of soap bubbles. It sold for $3335.The Kentucky long rifle, converted to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Annual Foster Labor Day Weekend Auction
A pair of late 18th-century leather fire buckets, painted and dated "John Sheafe/ 1798," sold for the sale's top price of $3575.Hefty pig weathervane, regilded and with directionals, $2200.Running horse weathervane in copper with a zinc head, old gilding, and directionals, $1540.Robert L. Foster, Newcastle, Maineby Mark SiscoRobert Foster always ... (Read More)
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(Feature)IN The Trade: Pamela and Stephen Regan, Nutting House Antiques, New Paltz, New York
Pam and Steve Regan.The Regans' home. Steve said it dates from the 1830's, and, judging by the earliest foundation in the basement, it started as a small one-room structure.The couple's shop behind the house began life as a poured concrete garage with hipped roof, built in 1931.The textile restoration studio.Edward ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Final Breininger Pottery "Porch Show"
The line formed early as people stood outside the Breiningers' Taylor Mansion residence where the show took place.This large fountain stands in the front corner of the property.The workshop where pottery was made is situated in the back of the property and was open for visitors during the show.This plate ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gamage Hosts Wyeth Family Reunion
Mixed media study by Jamie Wyeth, Iris at Sea, study #1, 1994, $71,500.Coastal Maine landscape of the Ridge Church in Martinsville by N.C. Wyeth, $152,900.Watercolor by John McCoy showing a shore road leading to Port Clyde, Maine, $11,000.Pen and watercolor ship portrait of the schooner K.C. Rankin by Jurgen Frederick ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Frank Lloyd Wright Copper Urn Sells for $772,000
$772,000. Photo courtesy Leslie Hindman.by Lita Solis-CohenOn October 3, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago sold a Frank Lloyd Wright spherical copper urn with geometric repousse panels for a record $772,000 (includes buyer's premium) to a Florida collector. The price nearly doubled the previous record for the form, $478,400, paid at ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: "M.A.D." Men (and Women)
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondPerhaps one of the greatest powers of television is to make us interested in something we had absolutely no interest in five minutes ago. Commercials do this all the time-you're suddenly interested in a milkshake or thinking of when you might be able to trade ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Baltimore Summer Antiques Show
Martin Chasin Fine Arts, Fairfield, Connecticut, found some etched English glasses for a brass monteith that Eve Stone had sold to a client who wanted glasses to fit. "I made sixteen sales at setup. My shelves are half empty," said Chasin as the show was about to open.Post Road Gallery, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Hiatt Collection: The First of Seven
There were 18 cars on this 1.6-scale, 7.5-gauge gasoline-powered riding train. Ten cars were made by Scott Weatherford of Scott's Trains, Thayer, Missouri. At $8250, the engine was one of the top ten lots of the sale. The Weatherford caboose came in behind at $1210. Other cars were in the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Photoarchive of the Frick Art Reference Library Available on Line
The Frick Art Reference Library and its partners in the New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC), the libraries of the Museum of Modern Art and the Brooklyn Museum, have announced that all of the Frick's Photoarchive's research database records created since 1996 (and all future records created for the existing ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column: Odd Jobs
Easy Poster Printer subdivides a large image into separate parts that can be printed on a computer printer and then taped together.Computer Column #275by John P. Reid, jreid@dca.netHere are hints for doing nine odd jobs on the computer. Minor computer problems come up all the time. Knowing what to do ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Affair in the Park: The Other Event at New Hampshire's Antiques Week
by David HewettFew of the participants who made the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire, their base of operations during Antiques Week in New Hampshire saw what was going on in nearby Veteran's Memorial Park. The grassy downtown park with attractive old trees, benches, and paved walks is just a ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Last Autumn Hartford Show at the Connecticut Expo Center
Shown by David and Becky Griffiths of Griffiths Antiques, Forestport, New York, the sawbuck table with painted base and two-board top was $3950, and the set of nicely decorated painted Pennsylvania chairs was $995. The oblong wooden bowl on the table was $1695.Port 'N Starboard Gallery, Falmouth, Maine, offered this ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Maine Upcountry Summer Auction
This Queen Anne highboy in figural maple and walnut had some restorations to the feet and sold for $6250.A rare Minton oyster plate in the form of six outward-facing fish and a cobalt blue center cup, suffering from just one unfortunate small chip, hit an even $1000.Charles M. Talbot Associates, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Authorities Arrest Grandfatherly Suspect
William T. Meloy.by David HewettWilliam T. Meloy, 65, knows antiques and buys antiques. Unfortunately, he pays for them with allegedly bad checks. He sells antiques too, but for those he takes good checks. He was arrested in North Dakota in early October. According to authorities, he has an extensive criminal ... (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)60th Papermania Plus Show: Collecting Fine Print
Here's an inspiring story about one collector making a new one. When I walked into the booth of Eric C. Caren of Lincolndale, New York, he introduced me to Philip Mead. "We met at the Hartford military show"-i.e., the show sponsored by the New England Antique Arms Society, said Caren. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Adirondack Museum Antiques Show
Jeff Cherry and Kass Hogan of Cherry Gallery, Damariscotta, Maine, sold a sofa and chairs. The "Rooms/ Private Bath" sign was $1150; the snowshoes were $1400; and the fish plaques, $250 each.Blue Line Antiques and Gifts, Port Leyden, New York, showed a horse weathervane for $1350; a small eagle, $395; ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Collectors and Dealers Competed for Vintage Posters
This Italian poster by Sergio Canevari (dates unknown), "La Pace Russa," was one of two political images from the First World War. Consisting of four sheets, 631/2" x 761/2", in condition B+, it sold at the high estimate for $4800 to a dealer on the phone bidding against the room. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)JMK to Manage Alexandria Antiques Show
The Alexandria Antiques Show, formerly produced by Bob Armacost (1937-2011), is under new management. When the show returns to the George Washington Masonic National Memorial November 11-13, it will be managed by Allison Kohler of JMK Shows."It is my intention to fill all the available exhibit space with outstanding examples ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Update on Landau Arrest for Document Theft, Revelations Spread
by David HewettIn our September issue (p. 10-A) we reported the stolen document charges filed against major Americana collector and dealer Barry Landau. Landau's collection of presidential memorabilia is considered the best, or among the best, in the country.Landau and alleged accomplice Jason Savedoff were arrested as they left the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)McGraw Gift Endows Director of Museum Collections Position at Winterthur
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library has received the gift of $3 million from museum trustee John L. McGraw and his wife, Marjorie, to endow Winterthur's director of museum collections position, a post held by Linda S. Eaton. The endowment of the position, named the John L. and Marjorie P. McGraw ... (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.Edward Hopper's Maine by Kevin Salatino (Bowdoin College Museum of Art ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Of Method and Money
by Steve ProffittBillions of dollars of property are consigned to auctions annually. Too often consignors know too little about the consignment process. At the beginning of summer, we began a review of consignment points and issues to help educate consignors. Last month, we delved into the consignment contract and saw ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture and Decorative Arts Sale
The market for naive paintings by Jonathan Orne Johnson Frost (1852-1928) is quite strong at present. This 20" x 26" oil on paperboard depiction of the family home in Marblehead carried a $15,000/25,000 estimate and sold for $38,513.Philip Zea called this Federal bureau made in Rutland around 1805-15 "a defining ... (Read More)
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(Show)Labor Day Weekend York Show
Thurston Nichols of Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, asked $7900 for this elaborate enclosed wooden carved barroom scene by the Jailhouse Carvers.The 19th-century small English desk showing elements of the William and Mary style was $4400 from Hanes & Ruskin, Old Lyme, Connecticut. The circa 1740 English small brass candlestick was $750.Cassopolis, Michigan, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Annual Summer Americana Sale
The top lot of the sale was this oil on board beach scene by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916), signed on the lower left. The painting was probably painted in Brooklyn when Chase had returned from Holland, according to expert Dr. Frederick Baker. Baker thought the painting might have been painted ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ubaldo Vitali Wins MacArthur Fellowship
Courtesy the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.by Lita Solis-CohenMost MacArthur Foundation Fellowships-nicknamed the "genius" grants-are given to artists, musicians, poets, novelists, architects, and scientists, but in September an artisan was chosen. Ubaldo Vitali, a silversmith, conservator, and scholar from Maplewood, New Jersey, is one of the 22 recipients ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Book Review: American Paintings at the Barnes
by Lita Solis-CohenAmerican Paintings and Works on Paper in the Barnes Foundationby Richard J. WattenmakerBarnes Foundation in association with Yale University Press, 2010, 381 pages, hardbound, $75.Richard Wattenmaker dedicated his book American Paintings and Works on Paper in the Barnes Foundation to Barton Church, artist, teacher, mentor, and friend. At ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skinner's Fall Jewelry Auction
My daughter loved this antique gold and micromosaic suite-a pair of earrings with beetle motifs and garland borders with seed pearl accents and a bar brooch depicting ducks on a pond. The suite sold to an Internet bidder through Live Auctioneers for $1103 (est. $400/600).Three phone bidders fought for this ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 38th Annual Zoar Harvest Festival Antiques Show and Sale
The western Pennsylvania cherry server with dovetailed top, three drawers, and two doors, circa 1850, was $865 from Whimsy Antiques, Fenelton, Pennsylvania. The 1950's wooden globe with a wooden frame was $135; the oil on canvas still life of peaches, $190; and the round deep oak window with colored glass, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sale
This excellent red and white appliqued Princess Feathers and Stars quilt on white ground in original unlaundered condition with very fine quilting sold for $3300 to a local collector.The trade bought this Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Dutch cupboard with ocher paint-graining and blue interior for $7000.This 161/2" high x 10" wide ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Board--and Ford--Step Up
EditorialThree days after the New York Times took to task the leadership of the American Folk Art Museum in New York City but praised the museum's curatorial vision and lamented its possible closure, the nine-member board of trustees of the troubled institution stepped up and delivered. On September 22, they ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Second Lawsuit Filed against Gallery
by Daniel GrantConsider this the other shoe dropping.In March, artist Dana Melamed brought a lawsuit alleging fraud against her Manhattan art gallery, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, for selling a group of her mixed-media works at Art Basel in 2009 to a single buyer for $143,650 but informing her that ... (Read More)
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(Feature)No Bigger but Still Better
A rare 18th-century English Staffordshire comb and slip decorated dish was $3900 with John Philbrick of Ogunquit, Maine. "It's pipe clay," he explained. It's common to find shards in Colonial America, he said, but it was definitely made in England.This late 19th-century patriotically painted parade drum with an Ohio maker's ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Modern and Contemporary Ceramics Auction
Lucie Rie (Austrian, 1902-1995) is the most celebrated and widely collected of all 20th-century ceramists. She studied under Michael Powolny at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule, and in 1938 Rie moved to London to escape Jewish persecution. By 1950 she was established as one of Britain's leading ceramists, together with her one-time ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Americana Auction Season Begins
$77,025. Photo courtesy Pook & Pook.$146,500. Photo courtesy Sotheby's.$986,500. Photo courtesy Christie's.One of a pair of marine paintings by James Buttersworth that sold for $158,750. Photo courtesy Keno Auctions.by Lita Solis-CohenThe summer was barely over and the $8.6 million spent at Northeast Auctions' August sales in Manchester and Portsmouth, New ... (Read More)
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(Feature)A Horn That Cost Plenty
Top lot of the sale was this carved rhinoceros horn libation cup, 31/2" x 61/2". It took up all the phones from an opening at $156,000 to a closing at $230,000. Why? That is what everyone was asking. Some answers were rarity, age (16th/17th century), and it was Chinese and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Annual Marine and China Trade Sale
An oil on canvas by James Bard (1815-1897) of the sloop American Eagle, one of only three sloop paintings Bard ever did, 32" x 52", sold to a phone bidder for $212,400, underbid by Massachusetts and Ohio dealer Bill Samaha. The American Eagle, built by John L. Wooley, is shown ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Highest Lot in Freeman's History
On September 10, Freeman's in Philadelphia sold a Chinese imperial-style double dragon white jade seal for $3,513,000 (includes buyer's premium). It was the highest-selling single lot in the history of the company.Freeman's president, Paul Roberts, said from the auction floor, "This is not far from the total turnover for Freeman's ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Consignor Protection Bill Introduced in New York
by Betty FloodLegislation to provide increased protections for consignors (and their heirs) has been introduced by New York Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal. The protections would occur when their works of art fall under the fiduciary care of a consignee or art merchant, and the legislation would mandate that such works of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decoys Fly High, Art Treads Water at O'Brien's Summer Sale
A circa 1912 running curlew by Crowell sold for $247,250. It is a new price record for a decorative shorebird by the maker-and perhaps any maker. Given the construction, carving technique, and paint application, it is believed to be the earliest of all known Crowell decorative curlews and likely made ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Guy Park Manor Historic Site Damaged
by Betty Flood and Alyssa PlockThe Guy Park Manor state historic site, built in 1773 and housing the Walter Elwood Museum, has become a victim of Tropical Storm Irene, which hit the Northeast on August 27 and 28. The Georgian house, built for Guy Johnson, sits along the Mohawk River ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Changes for Antiques Week in New Hampshire: A New Show and Two Shows Move
by Lita Solis-Cohen"We've been drafted to manage a new show in Manchester [New Hampshire] in August," said Karen DiSaia, who with her husband, Ralph, manages antiques shows and deals in Oriental rugs. "A group of dealers want a small show that reaches out to serious collectors, and I have rented ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Cord Shows Relocates Holiday Event
The Antique Stocking Stuffers Show and Sale has been relocated. It will be held on December 18 at the John Jay High School in Cross River, New York.This popular event was held for 25 years at the Civic Center in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. The disrepair of the Civic Center and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Clock Rarities and Holtzapffel Lathe Lead $1.2 Million Sale
The sale's top lot, a circa 1858 E. Howard 90-day wall regulator with a Fay's escapement, sold for $124,425 (est. $80,000/120,000) to Charles Grichar. The walnut case is 56" tall. The pendulum has four glass vials of mercury for temperature compensation. The silvered brass dial is signed "E. Howard & ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the trade: Martin and Kitty Jacobs, Splendid Peasant, Sheffield, Massachusetts
Kitty and Martin Jacobs. Kitty is wearing vintage Georg Jensen jewelry. "That's what moved her from being low maintenance to medium maintenance," Martin said, although Kitty pointed out that she no longer collects it.Home of Splendid Peasant. Martin said, "The name came to me in the middle of the night. ... (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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(Auction)Illuminated Birth Records Light Up Evans Sale
Stitched with silk on linen, this exceptional sampler is the work of 14-year-old Levinea Campbell. It is dated 1824 in the field that displays seven rows of letters and numerals. Two rows end in the year date; one line ends with Levinea's misspelled name, "L. Cambell." Below the lettering is ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Tropical Storm Destroys Auction House and Shop
Photo courtesy McIntosh Country Market and Auction Service.by Betty FloodThe McIntosh Country Market and Auction Service in Margaretville, New York, is no more, thanks to Tropical Storm Irene. Chuck McIntosh, who has run his business as a retail antiques shop and auction house for the past ten years, said the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Conversations with Two Jewelry Dealers
Sandy Tetlow, holding the natural ruby and rose-cut diamond earrings. Sandy's Estate Jewelry & Antiques.Wes Kent is the support staff. He engaged customers and answered questions while Sandy was busy with other clients. Behind him is a Turkish silk rug that has never been on a floor and was used ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society: Absentee Sale Thirty-six
This sale was titled "Discoveries." If ever there was a discovery of note in the world of southern folk pottery, this is it. The jug is only the second known double-handle form by Dave Drake. It is clearly marked in script "LM/ April 5, 1849/ Dave" with capacity marks and ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Site for Jenkins Connecticut Weekend Beats Tough Weather
Emily Lampert and her mother, Irma, of Wenham Cross Antiques, Topsfield, Massachusetts, offered (from left): a watercolor, $225; a foil painting at $545; and another foil painting at $395. Dennis and Valerie Bakoledis of Rhinebeck, New York, offered a small comb-back Windsor chair (not shown) for $575; the bowfront chest ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Collector Sues over Missing Art
by Daniel GrantAn art collector who had placed most of his art collection in storage with a Manhattan dealer has brought a lawsuit against the dealer for absconding with his artwork valued at more than $5 million.According to the lawsuit, which was filed in the United States District Court, Southern ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, A decision to restrict this month's column solely to picture sales from the summer months was taken early, but even with a Monet and a Modigliani discarded along the way, I have still ended up with some pictures that will have to wait another month-an Egon Schiele ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Joseph Ives & Abel Stowell: In Search of Lost Time
Fig. 1A. Gallery clock, A. Stowell & Son, Charlestown, Massachusetts, circa 1840. Note flower and vine gilt plaster of Paris facade. Fig. 1B. Dial of the Stowell gallery clock.Fig. 1C. The electrical movement was installed in 1898 and is currently in place.Fig. 1D. Original brass eight-day movement of the Stowell ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Cars and Trucks as Business Expenses
Taxes 101Nearly everyone in business ends up using a car or a truck for one reason or another. It is rare for a business to be so self-contained that no transportation over the road ever occurs.When running an antiques business, one needs to take into account what it costs to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Strongest Summer Sale Since 2007
A willet by A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) of East Harwich, Massachusetts, with turned head and carved primary feathers sold to an advanced collector for $57,500, the sale's highest price. Its excellent paint surface is in near-mint condition, but the bill was a working replacement. The rare, large curlew by Walter ... (Read More)
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(Show)Decent Sales to Savvy Buyers at Mid-Week in Manchester
"The Spotted Charmer" is what the Norwoods called the 28" x 49" hooked rug from the turn of the 20th century. Professionally mounted, it was marked $4900.Elliott and Grace Snyder of South Egremont, Massachusetts, asked $9500 for the circa 1815 Middle Atlantic States carved pine mantelpiece with unusual freestanding fluted ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Sold Tags Blossom at the New Hampshire Antiques Show
Michael Hingston of Etna, New Hampshire, showed five pieces of pottery made by New Hampshire residents Edwin and Mary Scheier. The couple met in 1937 while part of the Big Stone Gap Federal Art Project in Abingdon, Virginia, and taught at the University of New Hampshire from 1940 to 1968. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Davy Crockett's Wedding License Application Ruled Property of State
by David HewettOn July 26, the Tennessee Court of Appeals reaffirmed a trial court decision that the application for a marriage license, dated October 21, 1805, by iconic figure Davy Crockett was not the private property of 92-year-old Margaret V. Smith of Tampa, Florida. Instead, it belonged to the state ... (Read More)
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(Show)Barn Star's Manchester Pickers Market Draws Largest Ever Crowds
A very large carnival sign from the Niagara Falls area of New York was $2200 from Village Braider Antiques, Plymouth Falls, Massachusetts.Pictured is the back wall of the neat-looking booth put together by Pioneer Folk Antiques, Ellsworth, Maine. The portrait at upper right, signed Fullington, was tagged $625; the printing ... (Read More)
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(Show)The "We're Here to Sell" Show
The fairgrounds provide a bucolic setting with log cabins and pine trees.Dealer booths inside one of the two largest buildings.The first wave of early buyers.Rachel Gurley and her fiance, Tim Libby, of Gurley Antiques Center, Yarmouth, Maine, pose in front of a charming paint-decorated Sheraton table that was $950.Deerfield, New ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Not-So-Happy Returns
In this issue, we print a letter from Ohio dealer Greg Smart concerning a transaction gone bad (see page 4-A). His letter raises issues that deserve scrutiny.In short, Smart bought a painted box four years ago for $15,000 at a show in Massachusetts and has since sold it twice. Twice, ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: What Does It Say?
by Steve ProffittIf you have ever thought that making a consignment to an auctioneer is a quick and easy process, you are right-it can be. What it cannot be is quick and easy, plus safe and secure. To gain safety and security requires a consignor to spend time and effort ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in Woodstock: The 37th Annual Vermont Dealers' Show
The table is one of a pair of 1890-1910 painted demilune tables. Put together they make a 43" diameter table. They were $1275 from American Classics, Canaan, New Hampshire. Shown also is one of a pair of handmade porch chairs from the 1930's or '40's in his and hers sizes. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Decorative Bricks: A Mystery Worthy of Further Research
Kitty and Tony Ables have been displaying different patterns of the Toone bricks at antiques shows, where many have found buyers. While most have decorative designs, a significant number bear the initials "JBK" for James Barry Keller, who was born in North Carolina in 1838 and died in Toone, Tennessee, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)End-of-Summer Blowout in Fairfield, Maine
This set of six small bowls was estimated at $300/500, but a Chinese dealer said the yellow-footed 43/4" diameter bowl with red bats and green clouds was what drove the price to $373,750 paid by a phone bidder. An almost identical example, slightly larger, is housed in the Palace Museum ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Court Rules against Philadelphia Museum of Art
by Daniel GrantOn July 5, a Maryland federal district judge threw out the Philadelphia Museum of Art's lawsuit against AXA Art Insurance for refusing to honor a $1.5 million claim made by the institution. The judge found that the museum had not filed its action before a one-year statute of ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: The Rest of the Story
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondWe're finally emerging from the complete military-style takeover that happens with a new baby. Projects started before Nora's arrival, including the reorganization of our office and the remodeling of our bathroom and kitchen, were left where they were. The remodeling was, fortunately, 90% complete, but ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Guilford Antiques Show Date Change
Barn Star Productions and the Dorothy Whitfield Historic Society have announced new dates for the Guilford Antiques Show. The annual show will be held Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15, 2012, at the Elisabeth Adams Middle School in Guilford, Connecticut.For the past several years, the show has been held ... (Read More)
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(Show)Hot Time in Rockport
Greg Hamilton of Stone Block Antiques, Vergennes, Vermont, sits behind a large gilded wooden pilothouse eagle that he would sell for $6500.New England Antiques, Bath, Maine, displayed a bandbox covered in early wallpaper, about 12" high, for $950.Rockport, Maineby Mark SiscoOutdoor summer antiques shows in Maine can have their challenges, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Settle's In for Almost Twenty Grand
Early hooded pine settle bench, with a high four-board back and great old original surface, $19,550.Tall clock signed by New Jersey maker Isaac Brokaw of Bridge Town, probably built after 1790, $13,800.Devin Moisan, Dover, New Hampshireby Mark SiscoWhat makes a beat-up old pine bench worth nearly 20 grand? Devin Moisan's ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Genealogy of an Antique Can Yield Unexpected Results
Shown hanging on a barn door, this circa 1820 full-stock single-barrel 12-gauge shotgun is in well-used condition and unremarkable at first glance. Long at 62" with a 47" barrel, it was first a flintlock and later converted to percussion. It was likely used for waterfowl hunting, given its Chesapeake Bay ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Newport Antiques Show
Roger King Fine Art, Newport, Rhode Island, asked $24,500 for Marginal Way, Ogunquit, Maine by Charles Woodbury (1864-1940). King said he had a good show and sold five paintings.Aileen Minor of Centreville, Maryland, specializes in garden furniture and decorations. Minor asked $2900 for Le Semeur (the sower), a French zinc ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Back in the Saddle Again with Illustration Art
A woman sitting with two men in the rear of the salesroom won this 203/4" x 201/2" oil on board by Joseph C. Leyendecker (1874-1951), signed lower left, for $92,000, its low estimate and the auction's highest price. Leyendecker depicts a young woman in church wearing a bonnet. It appeared ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sicklebill Curlew Decoy Brings $111,550
A pair of 1918-22 racy swimming red-breasted mergansers by A.E. Crowell of East Harwich, Massachusetts, sold for $37,375. Decoys Unlimited photo.A canvas-over-frame hissing Canada goose made in the early 1900's by George Boyd of Seabrook, New Hampshire, sold for $60,375. Decoys Unlimited photo.A spectacular and rare sicklebill curlew decoy, found ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Internet Exploration
Label of a 1910 phonograph record that revolutionized Russian copyright law and inspired music for a modern American movie.Computer Column #274by John P. Reid, jreid@dca.netA computer on the Internet is a good source of information when straying into unfamiliar corners of the antiques world. As an example, let's use the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Masterpiece London
The architecture of the fair created a quiet, airy space, never crowded, ideal for leisurely shopping. People stayed for hours, stopping for a drink or lunch and then continuing up and down the ten arched cross aisles and four side aisles, all with trees planted at intervals.Witney Antiques, Witney, Oxford, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American History Auction
A copy of General Sherman in California 1846-1850, bound in half-leather and pebbled cloth over boards, presented to Colonel Joseph C. Audenried, March 1871, written entirely in Sherman's hand and copied by his aide-de-camp, some shelf and handling wear, $36,425.Twelve albumen photographs (two shown), studio portraits of Sioux Indians by ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Cordier Antiques & Auctions Opens Auction House in Harrisburg
Cordier Antiques & Auctions of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, is opening an auction house at 1500 Paxton Street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The facility is approximately 12,000 square feet and will house the company's offices, auction hall, and storage facility.A regional auction company, Cordier Auctions conducts on-site auctions across central Pennsylvania and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Northeast Auctions Rebounds with Strong $4.554 Million Sale
The painted surfaces on the furniture of the Kellogg collection were just as found-fresh and untouched by the hands of any inept restorer. The New England lift-top blanket or low chest (below) had been previously found in the Alden House, Union, Maine, then went to the Frank and Karen Miele ... (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.Folk Art Murals of the Rufus Porter School: New England Landscapes, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Painting the American Vision
Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902), Donner Lake from the Summit, 1873, oil on canvas, 72 1/8" x 120 3/16".Frederic E. Church (1826-1900), Cayambe, 1858, oil on canvas, 30" x 48 1/8".Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900), Sunset, Lake George, New York, 1867, oil on canvas, 241/4" x 44".Asher B. Durand (1796-1886), The Solitary Oak, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Wrestler "Killer" Kowalski's Estate, Down for the Count
This signed studio portrait of Killer Kowalski went to Triple H on the Internet at $180.Killer's aquamarine velvet robe, with "Wladek Kowalski" written in silver sequins on the back, was the top lot of the auction, selling to Triple H on the Internet for $5100. The robe is datable to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Floods and Vermont Antiques Week
by David HewettBy now, almost everyone has heard what happened to the Green Mountain State's roads, bridges, and infrastructure over the weekend of August 27 and 28. Tropical Storm Irene, downgraded from hurricane status, did more damage to Vermont with rain than the hurricane of 1938 could do with wind. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Newly Discovered Stirewalt Blanket Chest Sells in Virginia
Photos courtesy Laughlin Auctions, Inc.
by Walter C. Newman
Painted furniture from the Shenandoah Valley enjoys a unique place within the antiques collecting community. For many years, its distinctive use of native materials, combined with utilitarian design and bright folk art decoration, has cemented it as a desirable collecting class unto itself.
The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Carnival Glass Association Convention and Auction
Gary Lickver holds a marigold Northwood Tree Trunk vase whimsy in a jack-in-the-pulpit style. Lickver led a presentation on marigold glass at this year's seminar.This rare Fenton Dragon and Lotus bowl in red opalescence was priced at $4500 by dealer Lloyd R. Ward of Mayfield, Kentucky.This purple Diamond Lace water ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Grand Opening for New Auction Firm
A huge lion's head gargoyle, which reportedly came from a Bethlehem steel factory, went at $935.Chris Ward sold a pair of caramel hanging Arts and Crafts shades (one shown) for $550.North Peak Auctions, Saratoga Springs, New Yorkby Betty FloodThe grand opening of North Peak Auctions in Saratoga Springs, New York, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Camera Collection Comes to Auction
Will Golden of Albany, New York, examines the 1869 Morley Universal camera with extra lenses that brought $4070.Bob Warner of Scotia, New York, likes this 1945 Leica complete with executive case and manual that sold for $770.Jon Lee Auction Services, Latham, New Yorkby Betty FloodYou do not need to have ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Color and Quality Distinguish Sale of Quebec Antiques
The top lot of the sale at $28,600 had been featured on page 132 of John Fleming's The Painted Furniture of French Canada, 1700-1840 (1994). Known as a bonnetiere, this 67" tall single-door armoire dated from the early 19th century and hailed from St. Victoire (Sorel), Quebec. It had massive ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Major Figure in Historic Document Field Charged with $6 Million Theft
by David HewettOn July 9, two men were arrested as they left the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore and charged with theft of historic documents. An employee of the society said he saw one of the men, 24-year-old Jason Savedoff, allegedly slip a document into a portfolio he was carrying ... (Read More)
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