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(Feature)That Gothic Bench in the Garden: How Old Is It?
One of the benches bought by the McGaughs.by David HewettHow important would you think your "Pair of Important Gothic Revival Cast Iron Benches, mid-19th century" was once a rash of similar benches began showing up at auctions and retail shops?Worse yet, how confident would you feel about having paid $6838.39 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Esmerian Pleads Guilty to Fraud
by David HewettOn April 15 Ralph Esmerian, a former president and former chairman of the board of trustees of the American Folk Art Museum in New York City, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote in U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, to a three-count indictment ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skiing and Judaica Posters Make a Splash
The second of several Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) works to come up for bid, La Dame Aux Camelias (1896), a condition B 771/2" x 263/4" framed poster, attracted two phone bidders and sold for $19,200. While not an auction record, the price was the auction's highest bid.A Rolf Kemp (dates unknown) ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture and Folk and Decorative Arts at Freeman's
This appliqued and pieced cotton presentation quilt was probably made by Rachel A. Allen of New Egypt, New Jersey, and is dated July 19, 1844. The quilt has cutout flowers, floral sprays, and birds on roller-printed chintz, a scalloped border on three sides, and signatures of New Jersey men and ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Fiftieth Philadelphia Antiques Show
The loan exhibition, Celebrations: Antiques that Mark the Moment, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the show, was about civic celebrations, including parades of all sorts-circus parades, firemen's parades, and patriotic parades with eagles and flags advertising the nation's confidence and success. Flags and eagles also appeared on ceramics and on ... (Read More)
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(Feature)When Duty Whispers: Concord and the Civil War
When Duty Whispers: Concord and the Civil War is on view at the Concord Museum, 200 Lexington Road, Concord, Massachusetts. For more information, see the Web site (www.concordmuseum.org). Other attractions within walking distance or a short drive away include Ralph Waldo Emerson's house, the Alcott family's Orchard House, the Old ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ecclesiastical Pennsylvania German Pewter Chalice Sold
Photo courtesy Hassinger & Courtney.by Karl H. PassAn 18th-century American pewter chalice, belonging to the congregation of St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Freeburg, Pennsylvania, sold for $43,000 on April 9. Unmarked and standing 101/2" tall, the chalice has survived with its original lid. The buyer was a Pennsylvania private collector ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Florida Defeats Deregulation
On May 6 a deregulation bill was defeated in the Florida State Senate by a wide vote margin (32-6). The vote was a victory for auctioneers and consumers. The auction industry in Florida, which has over 1800 auctioneers and 846 auction businesses, had been slated for deregulation. If the bill ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Director of American Folk Art Museum Quits; Antiques Show Changes Hands; Building Sold
by Lita Solis-CohenMaria Ann Conelli's letter of resignation is posted on the American Folk Art Museum's Web site (www.folkartmuseum. org). After six years she is leaving her post as executive director of the museum on July 1 to return to academia. She writes that she is leaving the museum "in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Elgin Collection Sale
Carved and painted parrot, 61/2" high, by "Schtockschnitzler" Simmons, active in southeastern Pennsylvania 1885-1910, $26,070 (est. $4000/6000).The early 19th-century painted tin tray with a crystallized center and a border of vibrant red, blue, and yellow floral decoration with greenish foliage, 121/2" long x 83/4" wide, sold for $42,660 (est. $5000/10,000) ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Elisha Cushing Jr. High Chest Sells for $60,000 in Wyoming
Broken Spur Auction photo.by Lita Solis-CohenSometimes good things happen when you write a book or article identifying a craftsman. In mid-February, out of the blue, Sharon, Massachusetts, dealer Gary Sullivan got a letter from a woman who was the beneficiary of a trust. The woman explained that her stepmother had ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Update on New Orleans Auction Galleries Bankruptcy: Consignors to Be Paid in Full
by David HewettAs detailed in an article in the May issue (p. 9-A), on April 1 New Orleans Auction Galleries (NOAG) filed for Chapter 11 (reorganization) bankruptcy protection.In essence the filing meant that the popular auction house had more bills than assets and that only a court-ordered time-out and a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Modernism Show Suspended
by Lita Solis-CohenSanford Smith, an impresario of innovative antiques shows for more than a quarter century, announced on his Web site (www.sanfordsmith.com) the demise of Modernism, A Century of Art and Design, the show that filled the Park Avenue Armory in New York City for more than 25 years during ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Top Bid at Inaugural Western and Texas Art Auction Surpasses $100,000
In the Hills, South Texas, a 16" x 24" oil on canvas by Julian Onderdonk (1882-1922), drew the auction's top price of $101,575.Harvesting Oysters, Galveston, a 16" x 20" oil on canvas laid on board by Paul Schumann (1876-1946), sold for $44,812.50.Glance, a 40" x 30" oil on canvas by ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law & Ethics: The Big E
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittWe have been discussing the type of due diligence that an auctioneer should conduct on a prospective seller. We looked initially at the interview process the auctioneer should use to probe and measure whether a prospect is a suitable candidate for selling at auction and ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column for Antiquers: Photo Editors
Picture of a pair of porcelain vases that has been cropped and adjusted in Splashup, a free on-line photo editor.Computer Column #269by John P. Reid, jreid@dca.netLet's look at photo editors.Taking photographs has become an essential part of the antiques world. It is hard to sell an antique on line without ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Height, Width, but No Depth?
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondWe've discovered a solution to the current sluggish market that should put us all back to work in no time. We just need to get our own television shows! Honestly, from the looks of the television lineup today, if you own your own ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Sandy Klempner, Canaan, New York
Sandy Klempner. The four-panel wooden screen in the background, 68" x 120", is $950.Klempner's shop. On the floor inside, you can still see the outline of the lift from its days as a gas station and auto repair shop.Partial view of the shop's interior.Here's a representative sampling of Klempner's taste: ... (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.Alternative American Ceramics, 1870-1955: The Other American Art Pottery by Ken ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Pay Up or Put It Back
EditorialPay Up or Put It BackHow much has a political firestorm driven up the cost of artwork in the middle of a controversy? The answer might soon be found in Maine.There's been heated debate following Governor Paul LePage's decision to remove a 36' mural from the walls of the Department ... (Read More)
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(Auction)20th-Century Design Auction
This monumental desk, 38 1/8" x 961/2" x 431/4", of oak, leather, and chromium-plated metal was designed by Jacques Adnet in the 1930's. It sold for $80,500 (est. $40,000/60,000).Enthusiastic buyers seem to vie for Tiffany at every level. This pair of circa 1910 geometric and turtleback tile wall sconces of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Phone Bidders Are Heavy Hitters at Native American Art Auction
The catalog cover lot, "an exceptional" 12" high Hopi polychrome jar attributed to Nampeyo, estimated at $60,000/90,000, sold over the phone for $350,000, "a new auction record for a Pueblo pottery vessel," Jim Haas told M.A.D. This price beats the previous record, also held by Bonhams, $337,250 for an Acoma ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Evans Sale Offers Something for Every Collector
This room-size (12' x 15'10") Persian carpet emerged as the high lot of the Evans sale. The carpet dates from the first half of the 20th century and displays a light blue field with a stylized floral and vine design. It shows moderate to heavy wear in several areas and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Gallery and Transformative Artist Lose in Copyright Violation Case
by Daniel GrantIn a sweeping decision, a U.S. District Court judge in New York City ruled on March 18 that appropriation artist Richard Prince had violated the copyright of French photographer Patrick Cariou when he produced his own collage paintings incorporating Cariou's images of Jamaican Rastafarians.The Gagosian Gallery in New ... (Read More)
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(Feature)New York Tackles Deaccessioning Criteria
by Sabrina Pry and Betty FloodNew deaccessioning criteria for regents-chartered museums and historical societies are being discussed by a New York State Board of Regents ad-hoc advisory committee on deaccessioning."These criteria are for all of the museums that are under the board of regents chartering. That does not include the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Herington Jug Excels in Specialty Ceramics Auction
The historic Gorsuch Barn is the location of the new Crocker Farm gallery auction facility. Located in Sparks, Maryland, it is roughly 30 miles south of the York Fairgrounds, where they had previously held sales. Sparks is in Baltimore County and nearly 20 miles north of the city. Pass photo.This ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Mysterious East, Middle East, and Eurasia
A copy of Nikodim Pavlovich Kondakov's Russian-language catalog of the medieval Byzantine enamels collected by wealthy St. Petersburg collector Alexander Zvenigorodski sold on the phone for $83,375. It is going to Russia, Michael Grogan said. Schinto photos.Jeune Femme en Profile by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) sold on the phone for $54,625 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bonhams Americana and English Sale
This French memorial clock by Jean-Baptiste Dubuc commemorating George Washington was made for the American market. It is signed "Dubuc/ Rue Michel-le-Comte No. 33/ A Paris," and the mainspring is dated 1815. The plinth with drapery swag was cast with a eulogy: "The First in War, First in Peace/ And ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Chester County Antiques Show
This Long Island dressing table is similar to one illustrated in Dean Failey's Long Island Is My Nation. It has similar pointed shoe feet, shell-carved knees on cabriole legs, notched corners on its top, and figured wood used for the drawer fronts. It was $19,500 from Jamie Price, and it ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Mr. and Mrs. William G. and Mary E. Yorke: Painters of Ship Portraits
From Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, "A Cruise in the Erie Basin," December 1892. Entitled "The Marine Studio," this actually shows the Yorkes' studio and home. The illustrator is not identified.Above, the sloop Defyer, oil on canvas, 201/2" x 24", unsigned, $10,665; below, the sloop Albatross (in moonlight), oil on canvas, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)20th-Century Design Auction
This monumental desk, 38 1/8" x 961/2" x 431/4", of oak, leather, and chromium-plated metal was designed by Jacques Adnet in the 1930's. It sold for $80,500 (est. $40,000/60,000).Enthusiastic buyers seem to vie for Tiffany at every level. This pair of circa 1910 geometric and turtleback tile wall sconces of ... (Read More)
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(Show)Opening Gun Sounds at Fort Andross
Appraiser Daniel Buck of Lisbon, Maine, showed a variety of upscale paintings, including this oil on canvas by Eric Sloane (1905-1985), Spring House, in the original Sloane frame, signed front and back, for $11,500.Jim Montell of Gardiner, Maine, had two matching seaweed mocha mugs with brown center backgrounds and blue ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Collectors Dominate African-American Fine Art Auction
The top lot by Romare Bearden (1911-1988), the circa 1973 Tidings, a 17" x 16" collage of various papers and mixed media mounted on masonite, sold for $96,000, nearly twice the high estimate. Be on the lookout for a Bearden retrospective, opening in September at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Not Only Funny: Stinger Wins Award at NOVA Show
Fall Sunrise-Lambertville, oil on canvas, 12" x 16", painted from New Hope looking into Lambertville.John Stinger, impressionist landscape painter and cartoonist for Maine Antique Digest, recently won the Alan Fetterman Award for best oil painting at the NOVA Galaxy Art Show held in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.The Stewartsville, New Jersey, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Buyer Sues Over a Sale Made and a Sale Not Made
by Daniel GrantWith eight branch locations around the world, the Manhattan-based Gagosian Gallery sells a lot of art to a lot of people. A lawsuit filed by a British collector in U.S. District Court in New York City on March 10 takes issue with a sale that the gallery made ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ansel Adams Negatives Case Settled
by Daniel GrantIn an out-of-court settlement reached between the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust and Rick Norsigian, a California school maintenance worker, photographic prints made from a group of 65 negatives found by Norsigian at a garage sale may be sold but not with Ansel Adams's name, likeness, or trademark. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Choppy Waters? Not for Order Bidders at Ocean Liner Sale
Swann Auction Galleries, New York City by Richard de ThuinPhotos courtesy Swann An interior view captioned "Main Salon of the Ill Fated Titanic" (White Star Line) on a near-mint postcard published by Max Rigot, Chicago, 1912, doubled its high estimate to bring $960 from an order bidder. It was velvety ... (Read More)
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(Show)Outsider Art Fair: New Artists, Old Favorites, Lots of Fun
The oil painting Picking Cotton by Clementine Hunter (1886-1988) in the booth of Gilley's Gallery, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, had paint-textured cotton balls that gave it a three-dimensional quality. It was $8000.Galerie Bonheur, St. Louis, Missouri, brought several paintings by Guatemalan artist Eric Guttelewitz (b. 1956), including this one, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Original York Show
Margaret Johnson Sutor of Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, always has an array of quality transferware, Gaudy Dutch, and canary yellow china, as shown here. The large ship painting by R.E. Nickerson was $4200. The small one at top left was $395, and below, $850.Hanes & Ruskin, Old Lyme, Connecticut, asked $1850 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Strong Jewelry Sales and a Gallery Opening at MFA
This 21/4" x 1 3/8" platinum and diamond brooch with 94 marquise-shaped and 48 baguette and tapered baguette diamonds weighing approximately 15.00 carats, approximately 20.3 dwt., sold for $17,500 (est. $5500/6500), making it the top lot at the February 22 auction at Doyle New York.A 31/4" x 2" antique gold, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native American Art
The catalog cover lot, a painted hide shirt from the Great Lakes region and dating from the first half of the 18th century, was purchased for $362,500 for the Minneapolis Institute of Arts by Joe D. Horse Capture, associate curator of Native American art, in the salesroom.Christie's, New York Cityby ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chinese Export Art at Auction
Found in an attic in Maine, a 24" x 361/2" Chinese school tea production scene from the first half of the 19th century, ink and colors on paper, sold for $116,500 (est. $20,000/30,000). Tobacco Leaf tureen and cover of lozenge form, enameled with tobacco leaves in Famille Rose colors, with ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Superheroes Museum
Superman costume in the style worn by Kirk Alyn, light blue and brown, $2860. The outfit was among those Daniel E. Miller claimed he had loaned to the museum.Batmobile in the style used in Batman starring Michael Keaton, 1989, a replica built on a Corvette chassis with a 1985 Corvette ... (Read More)
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(Show)Richmond Academy of Medicine Celebrates 49th Show
This was Martin Chasin's first year at the Richmond Academy of Medicine show. The Fairfield, Connecticut, dealer trades as Martin Chasin Fine Arts, LLC and offers an array of British sporting art, silver, glass, and porcelain. In one of his cases were a large George I covered urn-form container, $2100; ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: This month's column, as I promised in the last issue, deals only with items sold this year-but before I kick off with my first "surprise" bid of 2011, a brief, follow-up note on the most spectacular, record-shattering result of last year.In the January issue, I illustrated ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Taxes 101: How to Fix a Broken Tax Return
by Caroline EvansSo you filed your income tax return, and you made a mistake. What do you do now?People who are self-employed in the antiques trade can have a lot of paperwork to sort through as they prepare their tax return. Making mistakes, forgetting an item, or finding out about ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Conroy Sentenced Again, Escapes Further Jail Time
by David HewettOn March 17 former auctioneer Tim Conroy, who pleaded guilty in March 2010 to stealing from his Onondaga County clients, escaped further jail time by making restitution of over $3000 to one of them.The 48-year-old Elbridge, New York, man received a sentence of five years' probation from state ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Alexander Gallery Moves--To Two Places
The Alexander Gallery has moved, after almost 40 years on Madison Avenue in New York City. The executive office is now located at 115 East 72nd Street near Park Avenue, and the interim exhibition space is off Madison Avenue at 34 East 68th Street.According to the firm, plans to move ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Twelve-Tune Clock Sells for $74,750
Photos courtesy Hudson Valley Auctioneers.by Lita Solis-CohenAt an estate sale at Hudson Valley Auctioneers in Beacon, New York, on Monday night, February 28, a bidding battle erupted between John Delaney Jr. of West Townsend, Massachusetts, and James Price of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, when a musical clock made by Frederick Heisely in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"Paint, Pattern & People" Has Opened at Winterthur
Chest-over-drawers, Lancaster County, 1783, walnut, hard pine, sulfur, brass, and iron, 29" x 54" x 26". Inlaid in sulfur on a board beneath the till covering a secret drawer compartment: "ANNO 1783." Inscribed on underside of lid in graphite: "D.W. Dietrich 1876." Feet replaced (no evidence of ball feet); proper ... (Read More)
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(Auction)20th-Century Decorative Arts and Design Auction
A pair of wrought-iron and leather consoles in the style of Jean-Michel Frank, circa 1945, executed by Comte, Buenos Aires, each 29 5/8" high x 39 1/8" wide x 10 5/8" deep, with the Comte metal label and stamped "4755," sold on the phone for $40,000 (est. $10,000/15,000).Christie's, New York ... (Read More)
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(Show)It's All in the (Hand)Bag at the Miami National Antiques Show
Rosemary Krieger, president of Dolphin Promotions.Meet Marco Astrologo, purveyor of Louis Vuitton. This Philadelphia dealer said he has the largest collection of vintage Vuitton trunks and suitcases in the U.S. He was wearing a Vuitton vest made for him from old fabric off a clothes bag.When you think of Miami ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ken Farmer Winter Catalog Sale
The Wilton dollhouse and its furnishings were offered during the first day of the Farmer sale. The extremely detailed replica did not sell during the sale but did find a home in the weeks following the sale. It brought $2070 (est. $1000/10,000).The catalog noted that this single-drawer worktable originated in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Malcolm Forbes Maritime and Nautical Auction
Listed in the sale addendum as "winner of the toy fair, Paris, ca 1910," this windup chain-driven amphibious car called L'Amphibio brought $23,700 on the phone.This model is of a ship with a history. It was an early steam-powered passenger liner built in 1907 that served in the First World ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art of the 20th Century
Wharton Esherick oak, leather, and wrought-iron armchair, 1939, carved "Wharton Esherick MCMXXXIX, to the Pecks, Chick-Jean," 401/2" x 23" x 23". Estimated at $25,000/35,000, it sold for $100,650 to a collector on the phone.George Nakashima American black walnut and pandanus cloth cabinet on custom base, 1960's, marked with client's name ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts
The dynamic Russian bronze by Vasily Grachev (1831-1905) was the top lot in the sale. It went at $31,720 to a Moscow collector. Hindman photo.Obviously, this is the Handel lamp department. Right to left, the paneled glass table lamp went at $1830; the leaded floral, $3172; the leaded wide shade ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Silver at Auction
Fisher family silver, gold, and hardstone dinner service for 25, marked for Hans Brassler and Eleder-Hickok Co., Newark, New Jersey, circa 1936, in the Louis XIV pattern, with borders cast and chased with strapwork and accented with applied gold and silver-gilt putti, swags, ram's heads, and the initial "F" beneath ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques at Music Valley Draws Dealers from Across the Country
First-time exhibitor Joshua Steenburgh of Pike, New Hampshire, was pleased by his great sales at setup. He stands by a 19th-century cobbler's bench with lots of character that he was offering for $750.Cathy Consentino of Timber River Farm, Timber River, New Brunswick, had sold the metal garden arch that formed ... (Read More)
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(Show)Heart of Country Returns to Restored Opryland Hotel
The pack was back. Collectors and dealers share stories while waiting for the 6 p.m. opening of the preview party on February 17. The line stretched far down a hallway of the beautiful restored Convention Center at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville. A bluegrass duo provided the background music.Edd Oberg ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fiddler's Antique Show: Old Place, New Face
A smiling Pat Cobb of Ann Arbor, Michigan, used the standard motel mirror to reflect her wares. A sewer tile bird on stump was $650; an English blown glass tazza or syllabub stand, $1000; and a cobalt glass bottle, $795.Kitty Saylor of Hamilton, Ohio, was having a great day as ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts
Daniel and Joanna Rose at the exhibition. Dan Rose said he was thrilled to see the quilts for the "first time." He said, "I mostly saw their backs. When we went to shows, I was the one who held them up so Joanna could see the pattern." Photo: Gavin Ashworth.The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)June Festival of Antiques Expands
The fifth annual June Festival of Antiques in Mullica Hill, New Jersey, has added a fourth pavilion for this year's event. The new Wallace Warren Pavilion at the Gloucester County 4-H Fairgrounds will be utilized to hold 14 more dealers under cover."The new pavilion that was built just before last ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)French Asks New Hampshire Supreme Court to Review Punishment by Board of Auctioneers
by Elizabeth DinanThe New Hampshire Supreme Court is scheduled to decide whether an auctioneer accused of rigging the bidding for an antique nautical painting was justly punished by the New Hampshire Board of Auctioneers.Auctioneer Harold French of Warner, New Hampshire, was reprimanded by the board of auctioneers in May 2010 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)How Sweet It Is
$69,000. Photo courtesy Cottone Auctions.by Fran KramerBy any standard it was the creme de la creme. Lot 639 of the Cottone Auctions fine art and antiques auction on March 26 in Geneseo, New York, had a famous maker (Tiffany & Co.) and a famous designer (Edward C. Moore), was displayed ... (Read More)
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(Show)Marin Show: Art of the Americas
Santa Fe dealer Steve Elmore was asking $14,000 for this circa 1885 Zuni heart-line deer jar.Choctaw Ron Milam of Corona, California, has been selling at auction since 1966. This early Yokut bowl was priced at $11,900. Ron's son Allen Milam said he had sold "a lot of little items. Our ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bidders Pounce on Black Panthers at Best African Americana Sale
The top lot was an archive of published and unpublished writings of Charles Harris Wesley (1891-1987), historian, author, and educator. An institution paid $43,200 (est. $30,000/40,000) for the approximately 35 cartons of correspondence, photographs, albums, diaries, booklets, brochures, programs, pamphlets, and ephemera covering the years 1927-82.A group photograph of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)What Modern Is: The Collection of Mark McDonald
Thomas Downing's Four Blue Five, 1962, a 663/4" x 663/4" acrylic on canvas, signed, dated, and titled, came from McDonald's personal collection. Estimated at $20,000/30,000, it sold for $62,500 to a dealer on the phone. Downing was one of the Washington Color Painters (named for their original 1965 exhibition in ... (Read More)
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(Show)Connecticut Spring Antiques Show: Colorful and Classic
Justin Cobb of Captain's Quarters, Amherst, Massachusetts, asked $3000 for this 471/2" tall x 43" wide captain's desk of teak and rosewood, probably made in China or India. Cobb said that newer desks are coming in from Asia and lack the quality of the period ones and explained that to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Equal in Goodness: Ohio Decorative Arts 1788-1860
Items from the northeast quadrant of Ohio include a "Map of the Western Reserve Including the Fire Lands in Ohio," published by William Sumner of Nelson, Portage County, 1826; and a figured maple settee from Zoar, Tuscarawas County, circa 1840.Items from the southeast quadrant of Ohio include a paint-decorated Windsor ... (Read More)
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(Feature)When Danny Met Sally
The introductory page to the When Danny Met Sally Web site.by Danielle ArnetWhen two veteran Chicago vintage collectors/show promoters/sellers with off-the-wall personalities decide to launch a blog (www.whendannymetsally.com) about their love of all things vintage, what do you get? For starters, something not seen before in the collecting world. As ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)JMK Takes Over Virginia Show
JMK Shows has taken over the Northern Virginia Antique Show in Arlington, Virginia, after reaching an agreement with Pappabello Shows.According to a press release, Arthur Farbenbloom of Pappabello Shows has made the decision to retire from the promotion of the Northern Virginia Antique Show and instead concentrate on the management ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Jon Deeter Joins Guyette & Schmidt
Jon Deeter of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, has joined Guyette & Schmidt, Inc. as a partner in the decoy auction firm. Deeter and his wife, Leigh Ann, will be taking over much of Frank and Vicki Schmidt's roles in the firm, according to a press release. Frank, a partner in the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Tailgate Antiques Show Says, You Want It, We Got It
A blue heart border set off this stick spatter child's tea set for $295 among the toys shown by Barbara and Jerry Sharp of Some Sharp Antiques, Hendersonville, Tennessee.Ed Fulkerson and Michael Breddin run a 10,000-square-foot store in Brenham, Texas, called Leftovers. On display in Nashville was this gray-painted Texas ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gollings Ponies Set Pace in Detroit
More than 16 registered telephone bidders were added to the in-house and Internet contingent competing for Tepees & Animals in Winter, a 10" x 14" oil on canvas by Elling William Gollings (1878-1932), dated 1924. To the surprise and delight of the consignors, who were in attendance, the painting brought ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Woodbury Auction's Second Anniversary Sale in New Location
Woodbury Auction's second anniversary auction on May 21 will be held at a substitute venue. The sale will take place in the heart of historic Woodbury, Connecticut, at 670 Main Street South-Sherman Village-instead of the firm's headquarters at 50 Main Street North.Thomas Schwenke, founder of Woodbury Auction, commented that "this ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Price Keeps Going Up for Artwork Not Yet Paid For
by Clayton PenningtonSamuel T. Freeman & Co. of Philadelphia and consignors Marvin and Lorie Balistocky have filed suit in federal court against Manhattan art dealer David Benrimon for failing to pay for Roy Lichtenstein's screenprint cataloged as Water Lilies with Willows (court documents title it Water Lily Pond with Reflections).The ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Meg Kocian and Frank DePasqua, Kocian DePasqua American Antiques & Folk Art, Woodbury, CT
Frank DePasqua and Meg Kocian. Meg said, "People come up to Frank and say, 'Are you Kocian?' They think it's his first name, not my last name."The couple's home and shop. They report that the recent posting of "Connecticut Antiques Trail" signs on nearby Interstate 84 has added to traffic ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Young Collector: Fashion Forward
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondWe talk a lot about "style" in the antiques marketplace, but normally, when we say "style," we really mean a style period, such as Chippendale, mid-century, or baroque. We don't talk much about style as it pertains to fashion and fashion trends, even though these ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Entertaining Web Sites
Computer Column #268by John P. Reid, e-mail: jreid@dca.netWe are taking a break from software and other serious topics to list entertaining and informative Web sites with an antiques connection.Steve Moore of Pedal Car Pit Crew works on a restoration. Used with permission.Here is a hint: some of the URLs or ... (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.Lessons in Likeness: Portrait Painters in Kentucky and the Ohio River ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Treasures Great and Small: Portsmouth Furniture and a Dwarf Clock
A rare Federal flame birch and mahogany veneer reverse-serpentine chest of drawers, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1805-15, sold to Bill Samaha for $314,000 (est. $20,000/30,000). The 381/4" x 393/4" x 20" bureau has old refinish. Its escutcheons are ivory-inlaid; its original brasses are signed "HJ." Bidding opened tepidly at $20,000, then ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Twentieth Century at Bonhams
A Paavo Tynell brass snowflake chandelier, manufactured by Taito Oy, Finland, 1950's, impressed "Taito Oy" and numbered, 40" high x 25" diameter, sold for $36,600 (est. $10,000/15,000).Bonhams, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy BonhamsThe various-owners 20th-century design sale at Bonhams on the afternoon of December 14, 2010, was a potpourri ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Vintage Radios at Bonhams
An Air King 52, 1933, in a red Catalin case with red on black knobs and a map of the world dial, 113/4" high x 83/4" wide x 63/4" deep, sold in the salesroom with competition in the room and on a phone for $42,700 (est. $25,000/30,000).Bonhams, New York Cityby ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Orleans Auction Galleries Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
by David HewettOn April 1, in what was not an April Fools' Day prank, New Orleans Auction Galleries, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (reorganization) in the United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. The firm was deadly serious when it revealed that it had assets of between $100,000 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Kentucky Group Shop Owner Closes Rather Than Name Exhibitors
by David HewettOn February 13, Ray Gough closed his group shop, Charlie's Antique Mall. It was the biggest group shop in Hazel, Kentucky, with 100 booths and over 25,000 square feet of display area. He hired two men to cover the storefront with black-painted plywood.He didn't do it because business ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rookwood Holiday Sale 2010
Rookwood Vellum glaze scenic plaque by E.T. Hurley, showing a lake with mountains and trees, 1942, 111/2" x 81/2" plus frame, no crazing, a few unobtrusive burst glaze bubbles, factory chip to a rear edge, $12,075.The top lot of the sale was a Rookwood Black Iris glaze vase by Kitaro ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Museums in 2010
by Daniel GrantIf 2008 and 2009 were years filled with anxiety and cutbacks (of staff, salaries, hours, programming) within the museum field, then 2010 was a year in which institutions worried about some gaping holes in the tax code. The lack of an estate tax in 2010 and the repeal ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Court of Appeals Affirms Decision in Gauguin Painting Case
by Betty FloodIn a unanimous decision the New York State Court of Appeals sent the case of Mandarin Trading Ltd. v. Guy Wildenstein, et al. back to the Appellate Division, where it should be affirmed.The case was brought by Mandarin Trading Ltd. against New York City art dealer Guy Wildenstein ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Blackie and Bulfinch
A beat-up but very salvageable painting of the ship John Harvey sold for $5500.Another oil painting representing the John Harvey, this one on a small document box with one of Captain H.H. Lovell's letters home shellacked to the inside of the lid, sold for $539.The signed Bernard Langlais wooden sheep ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Bruce McKinney's American Experience
A phone bidder paid $158,000 (est. $40,000/60,000) for a first edition of The Discoveries of John Lederer, in three several Marches from Virginia, To the West of Carolina, published in London in 1672. The copy retained its fine map and rare license leaf. Lederer wrote his account of his travels ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Museum Returns Costa Rican Antiques
by Betty FloodThe Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, New York, will give the National Museum of Costa Rica 983 ceramic vessels and figurines that had been donated by Minor Cooper Keith (1848-1929).Keith was born in Brooklyn and later became vice president of the United Fruit Company. He worked 30 years on ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Freeman's Opens a Boston Office
Kelly Wright. Photo courtesy Freeman's.by Jeanne SchintoFreeman's, the Philadelphia-based auction house, has opened a Boston office and will celebrate its launch with an invitation-only event at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on April 21.The office at 20 School Street in Old City Hall is under the direction of Kelly ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Artwork: "An Uncorrelated Asset"
by Daniel GrantLibyan fighter jets strafed protesters in Tripoli, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 173 points on a single day. Presumably, stock market investors worry that unrest in the North African nation will lead to a cutoff of Libyan oil, bringing about higher crude oil prices around the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Special Event During Antiques Week in New Hampshire
On August 7, From Out of the Woods Antiques Center, an 80-dealer shop in Goffstown, New Hampshire, will host a festival with antiques shopping, a country barbecue, and live music. The center will open its doors at 9 a.m., and there is free parking.At 1 p.m., 200 meal tickets will ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Unveiling
The dower chest, probably Berks County, with the name "Elizabeth Enderleinsen" and the date "March 1817," was useful for food and drink. It was $13,500.Clocks were on sale. The clock on the left-the dial signed by Augustine Neisser, its case the earliest by the Garvan Carver-was $350,000, down from $475,000. ... (Read More)
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(Show)"Nobody Does New York Like the Stellas"
Tom and Deborah Begner of Turkey Mountain Traders priced this Penobscot sewing basket at $1295. "You don't often find them complete with all of the accessories inside," said Deborah.Brewerton, New York, dealer Lance Hoyt priced the trout painting at $4900 and the small souvenir paddle at $650.Michele Fox of Grandview, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Iconic Paper: Basketball Rules, Dylan Lyrics, and Emancipation Proclamation
Bob Dylan's lyrics to "The Times They Are A-Changin' " sold to Adam Sender for $422,500. They were handwritten and signed by the singer-songwriter in pencil on an 81/2" x 11" sheet of unruled notebook paper. Undated, they are believed to be from September-October 1963. (The copyright on the official ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Antiques in Philadelphia in April
by Lita Solis-CohenPhiladelphia is ready to host three antiques shows the second weekend in April, and there will be previews for two Americana auctions.The big celebration is the 50th anniversary of the Philadelphia Antiques Show, with a preview party on Friday, April 8. The exhibition Celebrations: Antiques that Mark the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Orleans Auction Galleries Files For Bankruptcy
by David Hewett
On April 1, New Orleans Auction Galleries, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (reorganization). Court papers declared NOAG has assets of between $100,000 and $500,000, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chief's Blanket a Winner, Pre-Columbian Lots Withdrawn
The sale's top lot, a 55" x 67" early third-phase Navajo chief's blanket, sold on the phone for $213,300 (est. $5000/7000). The stripes are natural white and dark brown with indigo-dyed blues. The triangles are the same colors shot through with dyed reds. Condition, including old repairs and wool losses, ... (Read More)
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