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(Show)The Spring Show NYC
An English burr mulberry and brass-inlaid sofa table, 1800-25, was in the center of half of New York City dealer Carlton Hobbs's stand. "It was meant to be placed before a sofa; the ladies chiefly occupied them to write, draw, or read upon," said Hobbs. "They were suitable for a ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Risky Business
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittBack in January, I heard from fellow columnist David Hewett. He had written an article about the losses consignors had suffered from a firearms auction conducted by J.C. Devine, Inc. The founder and leader of the company, Joseph C. Devine, had passed away just 11 ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)CSA: Community Supported Antiques
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondWhat do Grant Wood, the Midwest Antiques Forum, our summer garden produce, and your local house museum have in common? Regionalism!Regionalism, a sense of regional identity and a concern for a local way of life that's being replaced by strip malls and restaurant ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Storage, Databases, and Some Fun
Relational databases divide data into multiple linked tables.Computer Column #271by John P. Reid, e-mail: jreid@dca.netThe first electronic computers in the 1940's did mathematics. They computed angles of elevation for artillery firing tables or simulated nuclear reactions. By the late 1950's, the emphasis had changed to business transactions and military logistics. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Corinne Burke, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Corinne Burke with her friend Miss Molly.Pennsylvania walnut pie safe, $2200; the lazy Susan on top is $175; and the peach-colored bonnet, $95.Checkerboard in original Indian red and mustard surface, $575. It has another game on the back. This is one of the few game boards Burke carries. She said, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Taxes 101: Keeping Track of Business Expenses
by Caroline Evans"You have to spend money to make money" they always say. "They" are right, but also you ought to keep track of what you spend.There are at least two reasons to keep track of the numbers. One is to monitor your business, and another is taxes. The U.S. ... (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.C.F.A. Voysey: Architect, Designer, Individualist by Anne Stewart O'Donnell (Pomegranate Communications, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fresh Venue, Good Smalls, and Some New Blood at Shaker Sale
The 5'8" long cherry drop-leaf dining table in original varnish finish, Hancock, Massachusetts, sold to a phone bidder for $44,480 (est. $25,000/35,000). The catalog gave its very detailed history. "Built for the space next to the dumbwaiter in the Dining Hall of the Brick Dwelling House," it "remained there until ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Executive Director at Corning Museum of Glass
Karol Wight, senior curator of antiquities at the Getty Villa and a specialist in Roman glass, was named the next executive director of the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York. Wight will succeed David Whitehouse, who has been executive director of the museum since 1999. Wight, who will ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Remember the Whitney Studio Club
Calvin S. Edwards with Governors Island in the distance, oil on canvas, 24" x 341/2". The two-masted schooner was built in 1860 at Dorchester, New Jersey, on the Delaware River side (see "Joseph B. Smith & Son, Marine Artists, and Their American Flag" by A.J. Peluso, Jr., M.A.D., March 2001, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Chestertown Show Changes Venue
The 48th Chestertown Antiques Show and Sale will relocate to Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. The venue change will allow more flexibility, increased size, and an opening reception. Housed for the past 20 years in the town's middle school, the show, held on Thanksgiving weekend, was limited to 31 exhibitors ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Allman Promotions Buys Florida Show
Judy and Steve Allman.Judy and Steve Allman, owners of Allman Promotions LLC/ Antiques Shows of Florida, have acquired the long-running Sunshine City Antiques & Collectibles Show in St. Petersburg from founders Susan and Rui Farias. Transfer of ownership takes effect immediately, and the Allmans will be in charge of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Horn Table Soars
According to the consignor, the 183/4" x 27" x 291/2" table was given to his grandfather, the mayor of Buffalo, by the governor of Texas in 1901. It sold for $90,000 (est. $30,000/50,000).When it closed on May 19 on iGavel (www.igavelauctions.com), a fancy horn-veneered and horn center table by Wenzel ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Two Folk Art Objects Stolen
The Just Folk Gallery in Summerland, California fell victim of a theft on May 20 at approximately 4:20 p.m. Missing from the Just Folk collection is a 9" x 9" x 2" mixed ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spring On-Site Auction
Landscape painter Edmund Darch Lewis (1835-1910) dated this robust and large (22" x 34") painting 1884. Signed on the lower left, it brought $5400. Sideli photo.This vivid and colorful painting by Antonio Cirino (Italian, 1889-1983) reflects the artist's Providence, Rhode Island, and Rockport, Massachusetts, influences. D & M Antiques, Rumford, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Some Great Stuff in New Brunswick Sales
There was a good selection of decoys at Bond's sale. Three decoys by Ralph Howlett of Saint John (one shown left) made $140; the whistler hen and drake went together at $525; and the black duck by Bert Burns of Rothesay, New Brunswick, fetched $120. Kevin Bond, April 16.This silver ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Supreme Court of New Hampshire Rules on Bid-Rigging Case
by Elizabeth DinanThe Supreme Court of New Hampshire ruled that auctioneer Harold French of Warner, New Hampshire, broke state law by rigging the bidding for an antique nautical painting, and the court also upheld sanctions imposed against French by the state Board of Auctioneers.Portsmouth, New Hampshire, police allege that French ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Buyer Claims Multimillion-Dollar Art Purchases Included Fakes and Overpriced Works
by Clayton Pennington The issue of pricing art is going to face scrutiny in court, if a lawsuit filed in federal court goes to a decision. Arthur Properties, a corporation based in Luxembourg, filed suit on June 29 charging ABA Gallery of New York City with selling four fakes and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Start of Manchester Show Canceled for 2011
The Start of Manchester Antiques Show, scheduled for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Toy, Doll, and Advertising Auction Hits $1.4 Million
It was the condition and the original wooden box with a label that drove this Automatic Toy Works figure well past the $6000/9000 estimate. The paper label read "Automatic Toys/ Woman's Rights/ Patented October 13th, 1874." The little mechanical Black woman in perfectly intact attire pounded the podium and turned ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Legislators Seek New Protections for Consignors
by Sabrina Pry and Betty Flood Consignors and their heirs would gain increased protection for works of art under legislation sponsored by New York assemblyman Jonathan L. Bing and cosponsored by New York senator Elizabeth O'Connor Little, chair of the Senate Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation Committee. "The legislation ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Whim Museum Celebrates 25 Years of Antiques Auctions
The Estate Whim Plantation Museum sign just outside the town of Frederiksted in St. Croix.Over 200 people attended the auction, and every seat in the big tent was taken. The overflow crowd found seating on all sides of the tent.St. Croix Landmarks Society, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islandsby Michael Connors, ... (Read More)
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(Show)April Showers Bring Antiques Buyers
Bruce "Butch" Hanes of Dad's Follies, Gibsonville, North Carolina, holds a vintage metal Popeye mold in his left hand and a postwar plastic Popeye mold in his right. Hanes and his sister inherited the passion for antique chocolate and ice cream molds from their parents more than 40 years ago ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Bowmanville Show: Then and Now
Two stunning ruddy ducks on a pond background, inexpensive at $400, were in the booth of Adrian Tinline of Bowmanville.A model of the first all-Canadian-built steel hull passenger ship, the Manitoba, launched May 4, 1889, was offered by Steve Harris of Portobello Road Antiques, Wiarton, Ontario, for $1850.Steve Harris wanted ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Kenos Seek Buried Treasure on Fox
by Lita Solis-Cohen In the works since last summer, Buried Treasure, a new reality show starring Leigh and Leslie Keno, has been given the green light at Fox. The show is described as "an unscripted series in which the identical twin brothers Leslie and Leigh Keno of PBS Antiques Roadshow ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Schultz Auction Sells Rare Chinese Moon Flask for $1,751,500
Photos courtesy Kelly and Benjamin Schultz.by Charles Wenner On May 7, an auction held by Kelly and Benjamin Schultz in Clarence, New York, led to a climactic bidding event that resulted in the sale of an 18th-century Chinese moon flask for $1,751,500 (includes buyer's premium). The early flask has a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Kensett Painting Tops at $310,500 in Americana Auction
The top lot of the sale was this unsigned and unframed 9" x 14" oil on canvas study for View of the Beach at Beverly, Massachusetts by John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872), dating from around 1860. Kensett did this study as preparation for the painting currently being exhibited in the Santa ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Herkimer Home Reopens
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(Auction)Majolica and Oyster Plate Auction
The top lot was this 34" high x 201/2" deep Minton floor jardiniere in the form of three putti with garlands crowning their heads, separated by pink shells with yellow centers supporting a large cobalt basket (shape No. 1281). With a professional repair to one foot, the rim on two ... (Read More)
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(Show)Second Annual Show at Longfellow's Wayside Inn
Dan Meenan is a member of the Sudbury Militia, a group of reenactors or, more formally, historical interpreters of the Colonial period, specifically for the American Revolution in Sudbury, Massachusetts. For more information, see the Web site (www.sudburyminutemen.org).A portion of the tent and some of the vintage cars on exhibit ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Shenandoah Antiques Expo
Martin and Darlene Facazio of Culpeper, Virginia, were set up in the infield. Darlene was pleased to announce that since her husband is now retired, they will be able to participate in more shows. Marty had no comment. The Facazios offered this array of small brass and tin lanterns that ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Heisey Collection Highlights Spring Sale
This Wedgwood "Florentine" dinnerware service, comprising 12 place settings and 130 pieces total, all in good condition, according to the catalog report, sold for $2200.This tiny three-masted ship model with a village diorama in the background sold for $1980. It was inside an 11" long clear glass whiskey bottle with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Perkins Stepping Down as Executive Director of Bennington Museum
Stephen Perkins, executive director of the Bennington Museum in Bennington, Vermont, is stepping down at the end of June. The director of public programs, Deana Mallory, has been named interim director and will take over management of the museum upon Perkins's departure. Perkins joined the museum on June 18, 2001, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Auction Firm Pleads Guilty to Tax Charges
by Sabrina Pry and Betty Flood Pneuco, Inc., owned by well-known and popular auctioneer R. Cash Cunningham, 59, of Buffalo, New York, pled guilty to underreporting more than $164,000 in sales tax, according to New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Commissioner Thomas H. Mattox. The corporate plea to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rural Material Culture: Selections from Indiana and Borders
Among the most expressive works by Marcus Mote, a devoted Quaker, is an 1884 oil on canvas, 18" x 28", inscribed "Old Indiana Yearly Mtg. trying to count her chickens."Using wood as a canvas, Hosea Hayden expressed views on women's suffrage in the incised decorations and text of this tripod ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The 30th-Anniversary Indiana Art Auction
The Sentinel by Edward K. Williams (1870-1950), oil on canvas, 30" x 36", signed, with 1935 Hoosier Salon tag, $31,900."Ol' Saint Nick" by T.C. Steele (1847-1926), oil on canvas, 27" x 20", signed on frame and dated 1870, $82,500.By the Side of the Road by William Forsyth (1854-1935), oil on ... (Read More)
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(Show)Reunion in Madison: The Tenth Annual Madison Antiques Show & Sale
The wide variety of offerings from Paul and Shirley Cox of Salado, Texas, is obvious in this view. A Washburn parlor guitar of Brazilian rosewood ($3500) sits on a black walnut three-board-top table ($1850). The table is believed to be of Pennsylvania origin and has three drawers in the apron. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2011 Los Angeles Antiques Show
Bonnie Grossman of The Ames Gallery, the lone dealer of Outsider art in the show, exhibited a collection of southern face jugs. Jugs originally were made to serve as vessels for syrup, water, and whiskey. The craft lay dormant until a revival in the '60's and '70's. The popularity of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)New Deaccessioning Criteria in New York
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(Feature)Spring Jewelry Auctions
The top lot at Christie's sale was this cut-cornered, rectangular-cut diamond ring, approximately 37.16 carats, the diamond flanked on either side by three graduated baguette-cut diamonds and mounted in platinum. The accompanying GIA report states that the diamond is D color with internally flawless clarity. It sold to a private ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Thinning of the Herd
The catalog's cover lot, Highlights, a 381/4" x 461/4" circa 1928 still life by Joseph Kleitsch (1882-1931), sold for $506,000 (est. $400,000/600,000), the auction's highest price. The catalog described it, in part: "Rarely has a painting of this quality come on the market, which can be considered at the top ... (Read More)
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(Auction)No Tool Like an Old Tool, Unless It's a New Tool
Boxwood and Brazilian rosewood plow plane by E.W. Carpenter of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in mint condition, with patented arms and handle, $5830.This veneer saw had a finely carved cherubic face surrounded by floral arabesques and a few wormholes. It was probably of 18th-century French origin and sold for $632.50.A Macassar ebony ... (Read More)
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(Show)Indy Ad Show
The papier-mache roly-poly rabbit was $495, and the standing rabbit with cone and basket was $125 from Linda and Jim Maley of Atomic Age, Fullerton, California.The RPM Motor Oil sign with "A Knockout for Winter" features a Donald Duck illustration by Walt Disney. The sign has a 1940 copyright and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: This month's column kicks off with A for antiquities, a diverse and eternally fascinating market that I always look forward to covering-and one that would seem to be in a very healthy state at present, if results from two recent London sales are a reliable indicator. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hudson River School and Hot Pop Art for Best Ever at Shannon's
Travelers in a Tropical Landscape by Louis Remy Mignot (1831-1870), signed and dated "M/61," sold to an unnamed American museum for $516,000 (est. $300,000/500,000). The price for the 22" x 36" oil on canvas is a new record for the artist. The previous record for a Mignot was $312,000, set ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Understanding the Prior-Hamblen School of Artists a Little Bit Better
Figure 1. Portrait of a man attributed to J. Bailey Moore by Nina Fletcher Little, oil on panel, 16 3/8" x 11". Moore used "J" not Jacob to distinguish himself from another Jacob Bailey Moore of Candia, New Hampshire. Owner unknown. Photo courtesy Sotheby's.Figure 2. The 281/2" x 20" pastel ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bonhams Raises Buyer's Premium
Bonhams announced on May 27 that it will change its buyer's premium rates effective September 1. The new rates in the United States will match Christie's and Sotheby's: 25% up to and including $50,000, 20% from $50,001 to $1,000,000, and 12% above $1,000,000. Robert Brooks, chairman of Bonhams, said, "We ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Trio Launches New Show
From left, Diana Bittel, Ralph DiSaia, and Karen DiSaia.Karen and Ralph DiSaia and Diana Bittel have formed a new management partnership and will promote a new show. The Fairfield County Show, Antiques and Art will open on Friday evening, December 2 with a gala preview party that will benefit the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rosenbaum Joins FADA Board
Howard Rosenbaum has been appointed the
newest board member for the Fine Art Dealers Association (FADA). Rosenbaum, cofounder
of Rosenbaum Contemporary and Rosenbaum Fine Art in Boca Raton, Florida, has been
an active member of FADA since 2009. He will work alongside fellow board members
and FADA board president Betina ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Markey's Toys and Folk Art Soar
Ives cutter sleigh with articulated horse, 1890's, cast iron, sculptural lines, in masterful detail, 22" long, $86,250.Coal truck, Hubley, cast iron, 10" long, possibly the finest known example-it appears to be right off the toy store shelf-$11,500."Boy's Express Co." wagon cast-iron pull toy, Pratt & Letchworth, 1890's, 17" long, $12,650.Artillery ... (Read More)
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(Show)Charlottesville Antiques Show Is New...Again
Connie O'Reilly of Davis-O'Reilly Antiques, Northport, Alabama, displayed an array of firearms-related items. The small powder horn on a cast metal stand (right) is heavily embellished with carvings, including a stag's head, dog, rabbit, long gun, pistol, and American shield. Engraved "Chantilly VA - 1863/ A.L.," it was priced at ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Who's James Guy Evans?
Oil on canvas, 26" x 38", inscribed "Celebrating Washington's Birthday at Malta, aboard the Constitution, 1837" and signed "Evans." A great American painting, in real time, by a marine aboard "Old Ironsides." The only thing missing is the sound of the salutes. Photo courtesy U.S. Naval Academy Museum.Oil on canvas, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A Century of Silver and Metalwork at the San Francisco International Airport
A Century of Silver and Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection is on view beyond security screening in the new terminal 2, departures level, at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Ticketed passengers may see it until October 2. The more than 100 examples of design and craftsmanship from ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Monthly Estate Sales in New York City
William "Bill" Roland and Robert "Rob" Roland, cofounders of Roland Antiques Gallery, Inc., have opened their new auction gallery, Roland Auctions, in New York City's Greenwich Village. Established late in 2010, Roland Auctions specializes in estate auctions. Bill Roland stated that the gallery is already a Greenwich Village attraction. Any ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The New Ellis Boston Antiques Show Changes Dates
The relaunch of the Ellis Boston Antiques Show, originally scheduled for October 13-16, will now take place one week later. The new dates are October 20-23 at the Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street in Boston's South End. The old Ellis show was founded in 1960 and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Georg Jensen Silver Fish Platter Flies
The A. Michelsen firm produced these two sterling silver and enameled cups, known as the Margareth cups, after the original designed for the first Queen Margrete of Denmark, who reigned from 1375 to 1412. The pair of 20th-century Danish cups, each 2 3/8" high, brought $402.50.This rare 1925-32 Georg Jensen ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Thank You, Sarah Palin
In early June while visiting the Old North Church in Boston on her eastern U.S. bus tour, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was asked about Paul Revere and his legendary ride. Her answer made the news across America and provided instant fodder for late-night comedians.Palin said Revere was "He who ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Summer Rhinebeck Show Canceled
by Fran Kramer
On June 10, Bruce Garrett, promoter and manager of the Rhinebeck ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Nordblom Packs Them In
The 99" high cherry secretary is a Kentucky piece and descended through the family of Judge Davis Edwards of Louisville. There are very minor repairs, with only the side two finials listed as 19th-century replacements. Dealer Clifton Anderson of Kentucky battled an aggressive phone bidder until the latter dropped out ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pickers Market and Mid-Week Return to Furniture World
Barn Star Productions' two antiques shows during Antiques Week in New Hampshire will be returning to the Furniture World Design Center in Manchester. The Manchester Pickers Market Antiques Show will be held Monday, August 8, and the Mid-Week in Manchester Antiques Show will be held Wednesday and Thursday, August 10 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Esherick Library Ladder Sells for $119,600
Wharton Esherick steps, $119,600. Photos courtesy Briggs Auction, Inc.by Lita Solis-Cohen A walnut spiral library ladder by Wharton Esherick (1887-1970), signed "W.E./ 1969" and from the estate of Harry and Ruth Sefarbi, soared to $119,600 (includes buyer's premium) after a bidding duel between a Pennsylvania collector and a collector from ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rare Constitutional Convention Notebooks Acquired for New-York Historical Society
Shown are the title page and list of convention delegates from John Lansing Jr.'s second notebook from the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and Lansing's transcription of the Virginia Plan, drafted by James Madison, with amendments made by the Committee of the Whole. The two notebooks sold for $902,500 (est. $600,000/900,000) ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Solid Sales and Surprises
Leza McVey is said to have been a leader for modern ceramic art in the U.S. Her khaki, black, blue, and white ceramic bottle with a stopper, 211/4" high and signed "Leza" on the base, brought $17,700.Girl in Pink Blouse by William Sommer (1867-1949), a 26" x 20" oil on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Printed & Manuscript Americana: Lincoln and Baseball, Fire and Brimstone
A 131/2" x 18" lithograph published in 1860 by Currier & Ives-"The National Game. Three 'Outs' and One 'Run'"-sold to a dealer for $10,800 (est. $800/1200). The price is the new world record for an uncolored lithograph by the firm, according to Swann. Besides being the year that Lincoln was ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Book Review: American Furniture 2010
A Book Reviewby Lita Solis-CohenAmerican Furniture 2010Edited by Luke BeckerditeThe Chipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England, 2010, 290 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from UPNE, (www.upne.com) or (800) 421-1561.American Furniture takes a yearly look at the latest research. It is where scholars in the field discuss ways ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Reading the American Market for Antique Scientific Instruments
Figure 1. Surveyor's compass, H.M. Pool, Easton, Massachusetts; note the two spirit levels placed at right angles for leveling. $402. The Auctioneers Group photo.Figure 2. Surveyor's compass, F.W. & R. King, Baltimore, Maryland; note the brass cover and mount. $1035. The Auctioneers Group photos.Figure 2A. Signed dial of Figure 2.Figure ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Forbes Toy Boats Sailed to New Harbors on a $2.4 Million Sea of Money
The top lot of the Malcolm Forbes personal toy collection, a 371/2" long painted replica of the renowned British passenger ship Lusitania (sunk by Germany in World War I), went to an anonymous collector at a toy boat world auction record of $194,500.An early 1880's pink and green clockwork gunboat ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two Maine Auctions
Refinished oak Hoosier cupboard, complete with all the "guts," including flour sifter, bin, and spice jars, $2310. Foster photo.Gorham sterling silver flatware, 53 troy ounces, $1705. Saco River photo.A 20" x 21" watercolor by late 20th-century Maine artist Peter Rolfe, dated 1975 and showing seagulls wheeling around a weathervane on ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column: Programming Opportunities
Appraisers need a way to add descriptions such as "Pottery Last Supper..." and tags such as "folk art," "circa 1960" and "Ocomichu, Mexico" to pictures as they are taken.by John P. Reid, e-mail: jreid@dca.netHere are some business opportunities for all you tablet computer and smart phone application or "app" programmers.-Appraisal ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)John Rogers: American Stories
A Book ReviewJohn Rogers: American Storiesby Ian BerkePhotos courtesy New-York Historical SocietyJohn Rogers: American StoriesEdited by Kimberly OrcuttNew-York Historical Society, 2010, 244 pages, softbound, $35, or hardbound, $50, plus S/H from New-York Historical Society, (www.nyhistorystore.com) or (888) 860-6947.Kimberly Orcutt, associate curator of American art at the New-York Historical Society (NYHS), ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gold Gets the Silver, James Gets the Gold
These 18k gold bowls or wine cups, presented to Benjamin Smith Lyman by the Hokkaido Mining and Steamship Company in 1907, sold along with some documenting letters for $18,400, only slightly higher than the gold market price at the time.A richly luminous oil on canvas by British artist David James ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Potomack Company Finds Its Place
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginiaby Walter C. NewmanPhotos courtesy The Potomack CompanyThe high lot of the sale was this bronze gui (a traditional Chinese food and ritual vessel) dating from the Shang Dynasty (circa 1600-1050 B.C.). Cast with masked animal-form handles and with bands of leiwen decoration on the base ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Adam Watson, PW Vintage Lighting, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Adam Watson.A small selection of vintage wall lights and hanging lights. The wall sconces average about $495 a pair but can go much higher for rare specimens.Victorian brass gas hall light with beveled clear glass and colored faceted glass in its original surface, $2850.This pair of rare Art Nouveau wall ... (Read More)
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(Feature)New Criteria for Deaccessions in New York
by Sabrina Pry and Betty FloodThe New York State Board of Regents plans to move forward with the final steps toward implementing new criteria for deaccessioning for regents-chartered museums, despite a tough economy.Public comment on the new criteria for deaccessioning was due April 18. According to Anne Ackerson, director of ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: A Tricky Path
by Steve Proffitt"Hi, Steve. Dave Hewett here. My story is now on line and in the current issue regarding a J.C. Devine weapons auction in March of 2010 and how the founder's death led to the complete loss of all monies for the consignors. You might take a look and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)ATADA Donates $1000 to Nokota Horse Conservancy
The ATADA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association, made a $1000 donation to the Nokota Horse Conservancy. The conservancy's goal is to save the native horse of the Northern Plains through education, preservation, and promotion.NHC's secretary, Shelly Hauge, called the donation "overwhelmingly generous," saying the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Newport Mansions Offer Gasoline Rebates to Visitors
The Preservation Society of Newport County is offering a cash incentive to help vacationers combat the rising cost of gasoline when they visit the Newport mansions in Newport, Rhode Island. By presenting their automobile registration at any Newport Mansions ticket counter, visitors who purchase a minimum of two Newport Mansions ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hemingway Rifle: Papa's Got a Brand-New Bang
Winchester 1873 lever-action rifle with deep-relief and gold-inlaid engravings by John Ulrich, originally purchased by Robert H. Coleman in 1882, $391,000.Westley Richards double rifle with provenance to Ernest Hemingway, $339,250.The catalog announced this cased Colt model 1855 full-stock sporting rifle, serial number 2416, as "The Finest Known Cased Sporting Rifle ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture and Decorative Arts at Auction
William Mason Brown (1828-1898), Peaches in a Basket, signed "WM Brown" on the lower right and inscribed on the reverse "W.M. Brown Artist. Room 13 Halsey Building, Brooklyn, L.I." The 201/4" x 16 1/8" oil on canvas sold for $74,500 (est. $14,000/18,000) to a private collector. According to the catalog, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Avenue Shows' Antiques & Art at the Armory
Marilyn Garrow of Marilyn Garrow Fine Textile Art, London, has a following in the U.S. She brought an English needlepoint rug from the mid-19th-century Victorian period for $12,000. The later 19th-century British Arts and Crafts fabric of woven red wool for the background was $8000 for four panels. Cushions ranged ... (Read More)
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(Show)Texas Show Roundup
by Tom O'HaraThe grain-painted table was offered by Barbara Irwin of Austin, Texas, for $1800. Original Round Top.Stevens Antiques, Frazer, Pennsylvania, and Decorative Art and Fine Antiques, Oakland Park, Florida, shared a booth. Original Round Top.Tammie and Brian Wilson Antiques, Atlanta, Georgia, offered large pieces of furniture. Original Round Top.Round ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Stuck in the Middle
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondOver the past few years, we've tried to use this space for good-to discuss the ways the marketplace is changing, to "adjust" some perceptions about young collectors, to offer a different perspective on the antiques business. We've attempted to be fair and balanced, to acknowledge ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Spring Jewelry Auctions
The top lot of the Skinner fine jewelry auction was this platinum and diamond solitaire mounted by Cartier. Flanked by tapered baguette-cut diamonds and signed "Cartier MTG," it was accompanied by a GIA report stating that the 7.16-carat diamond is D color, VVS1 clarity with no fluorescence. It sold for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Michael D. Somple Named to Position at MWPAI
Michael D. Somple, 35, originally of Zanesville, Ohio, has accepted the position of registrar and exhibition manager at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, New York. Previously he held the position of museum registrar at the Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York.Somple has held positions at ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Inaugural Sale at New Headquarters
Jack and Rosie DeStories, owners of Fairfield Auction Company, just prior to their first auction in their new home in Monroe, Connecticut. Sideli photo.This striking China trade portrait of Samuel Blanchard (1756-1813), oil on canvas wrapped over board, 17" x 131/2", had a partial label on the reverse that identified ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Opinion: Stop Racing to the Bottom
by Jason DicksonIn the 1979 film adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy the main character, George Smiley (played by Alec Guinness), buys a book from an antiquarian book dealer. After accepting the book from the dealer, he wryly remarks, "I hope you remember the value of this when it comes ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Artist Sues over Disputed Sales
by Daniel GrantWhen Priska C. Juschka Fine Art in New York City took a booth at the Art Basel art fair in 2009, it made a deal to sell four large-scale paintings by one of the gallery's best-selling artists, Dana Melamed, to a private collector. After that, neither the artist ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Selling Art Installations: Piece by Piece
by Daniel Grant"Installation pieces are problematic," said Manhattan contemporary art gallery owner Renato Danese. That is an understatement if ever there were one.Three-dimensional artwork installations, often sprawling over a large room, are intended to transform a viewer's perception of an interior space and are, therefore, "specific to the site in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Decorated Seed Chest, a Rare Carpet, and the Easter Bunny
Chester County is the place to sell hunting scenes. This Charles Morris Young (1869-1964) oil on canvas depicts a fox hunt at Andrews Bridge and is signed lower right and dated 1941. It's in the original gilt frame signed "Philip N. Yates" and measures 15" x 18". Estimated at $10,000/15,000, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art in Flowers and Flowers in Art
Top price of the sale was the $103,500 paid by a New York City phone bidder for this floral still life by Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1858-1924), a 20" x 11" oil on canvas laid down on board that had descended in the family of Lillie Bliss (1864-1931). According to the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Blue and White Pottery and Canadian Painted Furniture Auctioned
Potter usually opens his auctions with a stunner, and he did not disappoint this time out. He sold this two-handled 11" tall redware crock with a mottled orange and green glaze for $2970. Thompson photo.A beautiful circa 1800 corner cupboard from Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, with the overpaint removed to the original ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antique City: The Fun Fair
There was a line at 8:30 for the 9 a.m. opening. Promoter Norman Schaut gave away thousands of tickets.Although more people came than in the fall, the aisles were wide, and it never seemed crowded.Joe Soucy of Seaside Toys, Westerly, Rhode Island, offered a 1960's VW van, a Volkswagen giveaway ... (Read More)
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(Show)And the Winner Is--Metrolina
This massive converted double gas light with elaborate brass curlicue supports is a hefty 5' across x 31/2' tall. Dick Timme of Killingworth, Connecticut, who found it in a warehouse office, had it priced at $1500.From the 1920's, this Keystone toy steam shovel lacks paint on its pressed steel roof ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: This month's column has a distinct French flavour, the two main reports focussing on items once owned by the remarkable Duchesse de Berry and her "Miracle Child," a 19th-century claimant to the French throne, and on exceptional decorative furnishings from the much more recently acquired Chateau ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)New Book Documents Early Furniture of America's Lower Mississippi River Valley
A Book Reviewby Ed Polk DouglasFurnishing Louisiana: Creole and Acadian Furniture, 1735-1835by Jack D. Holden, H. Parrott Bacot, and Cybele T. Gontar, with Brian J. Costello and Francis J. PuigThe Historic New Orleans Collection, 2010, hardbound, 552 pp., $95 plus S/H from Historic New Orleans Collection, (www.hnoc.org) or (504) 598-7147.For ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)IRS Art Advisory Panel Poses Challenges for Appraisers
by Daniel GrantThere are certain jobs we all consider to be in high-risk fields-coal mining, police work, or firefighting, for instance. Perhaps, we should add to this group fine art appraising."Finding a 'correct' or 'proper' value for a work of art, as Congress and the IRS has defined what we're ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Albert Sack Has Died
Dealer and author Albert Sack of the legendary antiques firm Israel Sack has died. We'll have more information when it becomes available. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Herkimer Home Closed
by Sabrina Pry and Betty FloodHerkimer Home State Historic Site, a gem of the American Colonial period, closed for the winter with no plans to reopen, according to Dan Keefe, spokesman for the New York Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). The Georgian-style house is located in Little ... (Read More)
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(Auction)No Trick: Houdini Poster Brings $30,000
Potter & Potter Auctions, Chicago, Illinoisby Danielle ArnetThe catalog cover lot was catnip for the press, and local TV showed up just to film its sale. The 1902 German color litho with English text at lower right, 311/4" x 43", shows Houdini demonstrating his escape abilities before a panel of ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 23rd Street Armory Antiques Show
Malcolm Magruder of Millwood, Virginia, asked $15,000 for this Moravian chair with an old surface; it came from North Carolina and sold. The friendship quilt from New York state was $12,000. Magruder said he was quite satisfied with his sales and met some new customers.Ron Bassin of A Bird in ... (Read More)
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