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(Feature)After 100 Years an Important Sprinchorn Makes a Long Journey Back to Maine
Blue Landscape by Carl Sprinchorn, 1911, oil on canvas, 30" x 39", collection of the Carl Sprinchorn Admiration Society. The discovery of this painting in Sweden offers an opportunity to explore the initial meaning of Maine for Sprinchorn's career as well as a chance for Mainers to take a closer ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Database of Virginia Slave Names to Come
The Virginia Historical Society (VHS) recently received a $100,000 grant from Dominion Resources and the Dominion Foundation to fund the creation of "Unknown No Longer: A Database of Virginia Slave Names." This free, on-line database will contain personal information about enslaved Virginians gleaned from some of the more than eight ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Wang Joins Kaminski
Benjamin Y. Wang, who has experience in buying, selling, and appraising Asian art, particularly Chinese art, antiques, and jewelry, has joined the staff of Kaminski Auctions as an Asian specialist. He's a graduate of Inner Mongolia University and has an M.A. degree from Boston University. Wang travels extensively to China ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Update of the 624 Art Holdings vs. Berry-Hill Lawsuit
by David HewettOn February 17, Paul R. Niehaus, the attorney for Berry-Hill Galleries and all but one of the other defendants in the suit filed against them by 624 Art Holdings in the Supreme Court of the State of New York (see the March issue, page 12-A, for more details), ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Jade Ship Comes In at $57,500
Jade ship, 9" long, on a carved wood stand, $57,500.A Chinese antique jade ship sold for $57,500 (includes buyer's premium) at Manor Auctions in Tallahassee, Florida, on February 19.The ship was part of a jade collection uncovered in the closet of a rural Florida home. According to Manor Auctions, representatives ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Washington Joins the Licenses for "Secondhand" Dealers Parade
by David HewettOn the last day of January, another state took the first step in joining California, Maryland, Arizona, and the municipalities of New York City; Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Allen Park, Michigan; Moorhead, Minnesota; Watertown and Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Boulder, Colorado; and scores of others in requiring licenses for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Cobbs Kick the Buckets to Twelve Grand
Pair of Salem, Massachusetts, fire buckets, reading "N.F. Safford/ 1803," with eagle, stars, and banner decoration, $12,650. Cobbs photo.An early Native American pipe tomahawk with a cast-iron head and brass studs decorating the stem sold for $3737.50, despite some damage to the edge of the bowl (est. $800/1200). Cobbs photo.A ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Highlights of Schultz Auction
Several pieces of lighting by Tiffany were offered. A floor lamp with jeweled shade (shown) brought $43,125. An Acorn lamp reached $14,950, and a lamp with three lily shades fetched $5462.50.Schultz Auctioneers, Clarence, New Yorkby Charles E. WennerPhotos courtesy Schultz AuctioneersKelly and Ben Schultz held a two-day auction at their ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American, Nepalese, and Mexican Artworks Lead Thomaston Sale
A 9" x 12" (sight size) oil on board by William Aiken Walker (1838-1921) depicting a Black family on the porch of a ramshackle sharecropper's cabin sold for $26,450.This oil on canvas attributed to Mexican artist Mariano Rodriguez Pelaez, 23" x 31" (sight size), showing the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Winter Antiques Show: A Market Uptick
The roses in the dividers on Park Avenue by sculptor Will Ryman sprouted during the show, some with aphids and beetles, suggesting that "everything's coming up roses."This large (23" diameter) Chinese export porcelain christening bowl, Qianlong/ Jiaqing period, circa 1795, was made for the American market and has sepia landscapes-one ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Two Jewelry Auctions
This platinum and 7.60-carat emerald-cut diamond ring, accompanied by a GIA report stating that the diamond is J color, VS1 clarity, sold for $134,500 (est. $60,000/80,000). Sotheby's.Of the top five lots at Sotheby's February sale, four were platinum and emerald-cut diamond rings. This signed Cartier example, in a signed Cartier ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Paintings Sale Is Encouraging
La Jolla Beach by Guy Rose (1867-1925), oil on canvas, 24" x 29", sold for $410,000 (est. $350,000/550,000), the auction's highest price, to a private collector who lives in La Jolla.Maynard Dixon (1875-1946), Moraine and Meadow, Sierra Nevada, Inyo County, California, 1924, oil on canvas, 251/4" x 303/4", sold for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Twentieth-Century Design Sales at Sotheby's
Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Ventru sideboard, model 2019 AR, 2126 NR. This is one of a pair executed in September 1929 of Macassar ebony veneer over oak, with ivory marquetry and silvered bronze feet. The 331/4" x 331/4" x 20" sideboard is branded "Ruhlmann" and with the "A" atelier mark. Bidding opened ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Syd Levethan's Longridge Collection
A 161/2" diameter London delft polychrome dish, dated 1638, Southwark, Pickleherring Quay or Montague Close, the underside painted in blue with the initials "RI," perhaps for Richard Irons, sold for $218,500 (est. $120,000/180,000) to a collector on the phone and became the most expensive piece of delft in the Longridge ... (Read More)
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(Show)Stella Pier Show Takes the Chill Out
Harry and Ginny's Antiques, Brookhaven, New York, gave a French accent to its booth with a display of French enamelware from 1900 to 1940 that included salt holders, match safes, and utensil holders. (Sel is the French word for salt; allumettes means matches). The holders were about $200 each. "Prices ... (Read More)
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(Show)The American Antiques Show
Gemini Antiques, Oldwick, New Jersey, offered a collection of firefighting equipment models from the large collection deaccessioned by the Smithsonian at Pook & Pook last fall. A hand-drawn ladder truck was $10,500, and a hose reel was $9500. The painted steam train below, 1890-1900, was $7800. It is standing on ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Moran Joins Leslie Hindman
Mark F. Moran has joined Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in the fine furniture and decorative arts and business development departments. He will perform appraisals and work with estate planners in regions west of Chicago, primarily in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.Moran has worked in the antiques business for over 30 years and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Daniels to Sell Illustration Collection
The Little Black Hen by E.H. Shepard.A decade after selling their folk art at auction, collectors Kendra and Allan Daniel will sell children's illustration art at Sotheby's on April 11 in New York City. The artwork features characters such as Babar, Madeline, the Brownies, Christopher Robin, and Raggedy Ann. Artists ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Maloney Receives ISA Media Award
Certified appraiser and veteran appraisal course writer, author, and instructor David J. Maloney Jr. of Appraisal Course Associates has received the 2011 International Society of Appraisers' (ISA) Media Award for his book Appraising Personal Property: Principles & Methodology, 4th Edition.Published by Appraisers Press in 2010, the 570-page book is a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two-Day Sale Hits $2.2 Million
A rare Marblehead Pottery vase by Arthur Hennessey and Sarah Tutt, circa 1910, sold for $86,250.A 103/4" x 17" watercolor of a sailboat in an urban harbor by Modernist innovator John Marin (1870-1953), signed and dated lower right "Marin 32," sold solidly within estimate for $43,125.A full-body copper horse and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail:
What better way to open up the way to this month's selection than with the door knocker illustrated in the piece that follows-although the Pigatti family's splendiferous knocker does come from an old, December sale.
There are of course lots from 2011 sales in this selection, but ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Trail Blazers
EditorialWill expanding an Antiques Trail in Connecticut help dealers in the Nutmeg State? State Senator Robert Kane thinks so. The Republican, who represents the 32nd District, has sponsored legislation to require the Commission on Culture & Tourism to investigate how establishing antiques trails could benefit the economy and tourism.We say ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Heritage Auction to Benefit the National Numismatic Collection
In January 2012, Heritage Auctions will host a special auction at the Florida United Numismatist (FUN) convention aimed at establishing a $1 million endowment for the National Numismatic Collection (NNC), considered one of the finest collections of rare U.S. coins in existence. The collection is housed at the Smithsonian's National ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Design Sales at Phillips
Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann (1879-1933), rare Elephant armchair, circa 1926, leather, Macassar ebony, and veneered wood, branded "Ruhlmann" on the underside of the frame. The 351/2" high chair is overstuffed furniture as sculpture and sold for $290,500 (est. $180,000/240,000) to Jaewoong Chung of Vintage 20, New York City, and Kukje Gallery, Seoul, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Christie's 20th Century
Tiffany Studios Tulip leaded glass and bronze floor lamp, circa 1915, the shade stamped "Tiffany Studios New York 1548," the base stamped "Tiffany Studios New York 379." From the collection of Max Palevsky (1924-2010) of Los Angeles, the lamp sold for $203,500 (est. $120,000/ 180,000) to an American private collector. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)VMFA African Art Galleries Reopened
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' newly expanded African art galleries reopened to the public on February 12. The collection will be housed in two galleries.The expansion was made possible by a grant of $1 million from the Dominion Foundation, the charitable arm of Dominion Resources, and the galleries will ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dolphin Promotions Buys Florida Show
Dolphin Promotions has purchased the Palm Beach Winter Antiques Show from Zita Waters Bell, who founded the show 35 years ago. The transition of ownership and management became effective after the January 20-23 show.The Palm Beach Winter Antiques Show features 60 exhibitors presenting a wide range of high-quality antiques and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Annual Holiday Antiques Show
Well-known appraiser and dealer Gordon Converse of Wayne, Pennsylvania, made himself available for individual consultative appraisals on Saturday and Sunday of the show. He is shown speaking with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Field from nearby Toano, Virginia, who brought in a circa 1900 tea service for evaluation. The set has ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Mystery M.A.D. Ad Leads to Renewed Treasures
The photo that appeared in the M.A.D. ad.Photo courtesy Karen Grimm (from her family archives).by Jane BiancoAn advertisement placed in Maine Antique Digest recently was aimed at luring new subscribers to the paper. Featuring an unidentified hooked rug from M.A.D.'s archives of old photographs, it strongly urged the reader to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Old Salem Toy Museum and Thomas Gray Collection
The Van Haeften house, a detailed Palladian mansion on its original arcaded base, 1740-50, 521/2" wide x 491/4" high x 191/4" deep, was acquired by Vivien Greene in 1966 from Mabel Annie, Lady Ley, whose first husband was Baron Franz Izaak Van Haeften. The house became part of Greene's private ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2011 Ceramics Fair
1Exhibitors and shoppers liked the new venue at the Bohemian National Hall on East 73rd Street. The view from the balcony shows how the stands fit together. The space could be expanded to the stage if more dealers want to exhibit next year."We'll take the whole shelf," said Sandra Cluthe, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Bald Eagle as an American Icon
Gilded wooden eagle, 9" x 12". Author's collection.Wooden eagle on a pedestal, 12" x 12". Author's collection.Ship in a bottle with an eagle background, 6" x 11". Author's collection.Cast-iron eagle, 81/2" x 21". Author's collection.Carved wooden eagle holding a shield, on a brick background, 9" x 25". Author's collection.Seat cushion, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Art Fair in Texas
The first annual Houston Fine Art Fair will be held September 15-18 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. Approximately 80 international, national, and Texas galleries will set up.The new fair will offer modern and contemporary artworks, from 1950 to the present, including paintings, drawings, print editions, installations, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)N.C. Wyeth Illustration Tops Paintings and Prints Auction
And They Did Their Trading from the Top of Battlemented Walls, a 38" x 26" signed oil on canvas, was one of four illustrations by Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945) that accompanied a story by Arthur E. McFarland, "An Antiente Greate Companie," published in the November 11, 1905, issue of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antique Glass: Color Makes the Difference
About 30 collectors of Millersburg glass were among the bidders to show up for the sale. Disappointed though they were about the color of the Cosmos pattern bowl, devotees stayed to buy, bidding on the 80 pieces that ranged from common and selling in the low hundreds up to the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)2011 Peabody Essex Museum Antiques Show Canceled
The Peabody Essex Museum antiques show will not be held in 2011.A letter sent to exhibitors in early March by executive director and CEO Dan L. Monroe reads: "The Peabody Essex Museum's Antiques Show has been a major part of Thanksgiving weekend for the last 38 years. Several of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Grogan Sells Russian Book for $83,375
The book with its silk embroidered dust jacket folded back. Grogan cataloged it only as "Russian Book on Byzantine Art; in Russian; N. Kohaakoba, bears date on title page 1892; limited edition numbered 175 out of 200 copies; white cover with black and gold decoration, 141/2"." Bidders found it anyway. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Marine Paintings and Decorative Arts
Robert Salmon (1775-1845), Drying Sails in Boston Harbor, 1831, oil on canvas, 161/2" x 241/4", signed lower right and inscribed on the reverse. Was this top lot at $458,000 a sign of greater sales to come? If so, we can thank Alan Granby of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, for leading the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Million-Dollar-Plus Painting Forfeited
Leda ed il Cigno (Leda and the Swan), oil on copper, 16 7/8" x 113/4".Leda ed il Cigno (Leda and the Swan), an oil on copper by Italian Renaissance painter Lelio Orsi (1511-1587), was ordered forfeited to the United States government as property brought into the U.S. in violation of ... (Read More)
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(Show)An "Off" Year at the Peabody Essex Museum
W.M. Schwind Jr. of Yarmouth, Maine, posed with this 1780-1800 Maine country Chippendale 571/4" tall six-drawer chest in birch with traces of old red finish and its original brasses. Descended in the Nathan Weston family, the chest was $7500.Stephen Score posed with this 1920-30 New England hooked rug depicting a ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law & Ethics: Problems with Property
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittAn auctioneer sells property of some type at auction. That is obvious. What is not so apparent are all the particulars involved with the property and relevant to its sale. This is one of the aspects of auctioneering that makes it a lot more difficult ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Karen and Mark Wheaton, Maria's Pond Antiques, Mariaville, New York
Karen and Mark Wheaton at home.Store counter of unusually small size (32" high x 41" wide x 16" deep), in old white paint, with both the edge of the top and of the open shelf in the back grain-painted,$725.Vibrant multicolored hooked rug with the initials "AW," $595.Black-and-white carved horse with ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)It Takes a Village
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondShortly after Hollie's labor ended, Andrew began one of his own, one that proved far more protracted than any childbirth. Approached late last spring by the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio in Lancaster with an opportunity to serve as a guest curator of ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column for Antiquers: Making Labels
Label-making software can produce round CD and DVD labels, labels from a mailing list, inventory labels, business cards, meeting name tags, and much more.Computer Column #267by John P. Reid, jreid@dca.netSoftware for printing mailing labels, business cards, price tags, CD or DVD labels, name tags, rotary index cards, filing stickers, and ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.The Art of Collecting: An Intimate Tour Inside Private Art Collections, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Monk Exceeds Expectations
by Don JohnsonIndeed, they found him.There were two Chinese porcelain figures, but this monk was the key item of the lot. The pair realized $36,425. The base of the figure was stamped "China" in capital letters and had the impressed maker's mark in Chinese, shown above. Photos courtesy Cowan's.An unpretentious ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fusco & Four Announces Initial Roster for New Ellis Boston Antiques Show
by Jeanne SchintoAs of February 1, the dealer list for the new Ellis Boston Antiques Show, scheduled for October 13-16 at the Cyclorama in the Boston Center for the Arts, was divided exactly between veterans and newcomers.View of the entrance to the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques + Modernism Winnetka
Gary Sergeant of Woodbury, Connecticut, shows a couple a small (65" high x 39" wide) George II figured walnut chest-on-chest. It was $17,500. The George II carved walnut footstool on top with hairy paw feet with original casters, Irish, circa 1745, was $9800. The oil on canvas setter portraits by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Modern and Contemporary Ceramics Auction
Peter Voulkos (1924-2002), Gash, 1978, stoneware, 48" high, $105,750.Christine Nofchissey McHorse (b. 1948), untitled (Vesuvius), 2002, earthenware, 151/2" high, $17,625.Betty Woodman (b. 1930), His/Hers Vases, circa 2001, whiteware and low-fire glazes, His, 29" high x 29" wide, Hers, 13" high x 38" wide, $23,500.James Melchert (b. 1930), Ghost Box, 1964, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Historic Battle of San Jacinto Brings Record Price
Thought to be lost, The Battle of San Jacinto by Henry Arthur McArdle (1836-1908), oil on canvas, 1901, 48" x 84", sold for $334,600, which is believed to be a record auction price for a Texas artwork.Shearing the Churro Sheep, 1979, by Ray Swanson (1937-2004), oil on canvas, 50" x ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American History Sale
Alexander Gardner albumen photo taken from the rooftop of either Gardner's studio in Washington, D.C., or an adjacent structure, facing southeast, 13" x 181/2" plus trimmed mount, print rich with slight glue-streaking, $35,250.Quarter-plate daguerreotype of Saint Anthony Falls in Minneapolis, taken sometime after 1851, in a full leather case, possibly ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Hascoe Sale
This pair of American silver wine cups was made by Paul Revere of Boston in 1792 for Moses Michael Hays and his wife, Rachel. Their initials are in a bright-cut oval suspended from a bow knot on one side; the other side is engraved "CM 1865" and "EC 1865" for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Private Collection of Americana
Carved mahogany open-arm chair attributed to Daniel Trotter, Philadelphia, circa 1785, with an old surface and covered in period silk fabric, 383/4" high. Estimated at $20,000/60,000, it sold for $25,000 to Connecticut collector William Mayer in the salesroom. Trotter made two sets of chairs for Stephen Girard. This chair back ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Americana Week
EditorialResilience in the market for Americana was evident in New York City during Americana Week. After several years of malaise, buyers responded positively to the offerings.In the auction competition, Christie's won the week, turning a well-edited sale of American furniture, decorations, and silver in two catalogs into a tidy $15,472,125 ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Renaissance Jewelry Paces Thomaston Sale
This Renaissance pendant with an enameled scene of St. George slaying the dragon, set amid diamonds, lapis, malachite, carnelian, and agates, brought $85,100. Thomaston Place photo.The "Marlborough Jewel," a pendant with five rectangular-cut diamonds, five oval-cut rubies, and three pearl drops, in a case by H. Heydenryk, sold for $80,500.Thomaston ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Still and Mechanical Banks
Old South Church building bank, cast iron, 9 5/8" tall, gold paint, silver roof, greatcondition, $4294.Lion and Two Monkeys mechanical bank, cast iron, 91/2" tall, great paint, $2034.Iron Master's Log Cabin bank, cast iron, 41/4" tall, excellent condition, $3503.From the Egelhoff collection, this Bank of America safe bank, in near-pristine ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The CIGNA Sale
A pair of French carved walnut ship's quarter gallery figures, depicting robed, reclining females, dating to the late 17th century, 43" x 46", sold for $53,460 (est. $4000/8000) to a private New York City buyer.An early 20th-century painted wood model of the "Washington" hook-and-ladder truck, circa 1850, 12" x 42", ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Marston and Lincoln Papers Top Auction
Among the hundreds of papers of Brigadier General Gilman Marston was a handwritten honorific in the form of an acrostic, dated 28th August 1865, in which the first letter of each line of poetry spelled his name. The entire lot sold for $5720.Letter by Admiral Horatio Nelson accounting for operating ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Virginia Chest Leads Evans Sale
When a sale reaches lot #370, and the room is still full, it is an obvious indication that something good is coming. This Shenandoah Valley of Virginia walnut bureau was what many had been waiting for. The small chest (383/4" x 383/4" x 201/2") features a rectangular top with complex ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 115th Dunham Tavern Museum Antiques Show
Jane Langol Antiques, Medina, Ohio, offered a zinc window surround (not shown) for $495; a bent-twig settee found in a camp in Vermont, $850; a bent-twig chair found in Orange, Missouri, $340; a wooden angel (left) by Earnest Patton, Campton, Kentucky, $990; and a 7'5" x 2'5" Kilim runner, $600.A ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Farrin's Benjamin Swan Song
The Benjamin Swan painted tall clock with a rocking ship movement, conch shell spandrels, and calendar dial sold for $10,450.A fully three-dimensional Black Forest carved hall tree with a mother bear prowling around the base and her two cubs in the upper reaches sold for $3850.Farrin's Country Auctions, Randolph, Maineby ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Keno's First New York City Auction Successful
There were three phone bidders competing for this diminutive (201/2" high x 221/4" wide x 123/4" deep) paint-decorated pine blanket chest attributed to Robert Crosman (1707-1799) of Taunton, Massachusetts. The hinged top is a 19th-century replacement. Estimated at $2000/4000, it sold for $14,640. It was illustrated in The Magazine Antiques ... (Read More)
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(Show)Modernism 2010
This collection of old microphones, some with the stations' call letters, was around $7000 from James Elkind of Lost City Arts. They sold to someone who saw them on line and came to the show to see them in person and buy them.Jacksons, Stockholm, Sweden, and Berlin, Germany, asked $35,000 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings
The star of the American Art Fair was Gilbert Stuart's George Washington, for which Hammer Galleries at 475 Park Avenue was asking $7,500,000. When Armand Hammer bought it at auction in 1970, it cost $205,000, then a record for a painting by an American artist, eclipsed by an Eakins a ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Edward Gorey Glory
Swann sold a signed copy of Gorey's The Beastly Baby by Ogdred Weary for $1200 (est. $400/600). Published in 1962, it is one of 500 unnumbered copies of the first book bearing Gorey's own Fantod Press imprint. Ogdred Weary is an anagram for Edward Gorey. According to Swann, the price ... (Read More)
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(Feature)An Antique Jewelry Market Glimpse from Two Maine Businesses
A client of Dan Chambers brought in this circa 1910 natural fancy colored yellow diamond (weighing 5.19 carats), diamond,and platinum ring made by her grandfather, Samuel H. Draisin, a competitor of Harry Winston. Chambers represented his customer with Bonhams and Butterfields,at an auction of fine jewelry and timepieces in June ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decoys Sell Well in the City
This mallard drake by Joseph W. Lincoln (1859-1938) of Accord, Massachusetts, circa 1925, is probably the only fullsize Lincoln mallard drake decoy in original paint known to exist. It was found several decades ago in an antiques shop in Pennsylvania. During Lincoln's lifetime, mallard ducks as a wild species were ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Isaac Starts 2011 in the Dark but with a Bang
As in previous auctions, the work of Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis (1903-1970) drew strong prices. Sleigh with Covered Bridge (left), an 111/2" x 131/2" oil on board, fetched $6000, and Winter Village Scene with House, an 111/2" x 111/2" oil on board, sold for $5500.Very rare were the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Louisiana Purchase Auction Shows Strength in the South
The furniture star of the auction was this rosewood Gothic Revival center table based on a design by Alexander Jackson Davis (1803-1892); it sold for $44,812.50 to a local collector. A similar table thought to be designed by Davis is shown in "Drawing Room at Kenwood, Gothic Style," an illustration ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two Days at Slotin
The two-piece 7" high jack-o'-lantern is attributed to Lanier Meaders based on his comments while being photographed with a jack-o'-lantern. A frenzied phone bidding duel was matched by a wild mix of audible in-house reactions as the bids rose well above the $500/800 estimate to $18,975.Although technically a machine, this ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Walking with the Potter
This somewhat squat face jug differs from the usual forms. The wide bottom with tapered base, oval shoulder, and high oval handle all point to Charles P. Ferguson as the maker. This example is only the fourth known by him and the only one completely glazed with Albany slip. The ... (Read More)
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(Show)Boston International Fine Art Show: The Contemporary Dealers Ran Away with It
Isle of Skye by William Trost Richards (1833-1905) was $400,000 from William Vareika Fine Arts, Newport, Rhode Island. The 40" x 68" oil on canvas, dated 1894, was flanked by several works on paper by Richards in sepia wash, priced at $7500 each.Vermont Winter Landscape by Aldro T. Hibbard (1886-1972) ... (Read More)
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(Show)Tailgate Antique Show Presents Broad Range of Specialties and Styles
Jeff Walton of Ohio Country Furniture, Jenera, Ohio, said of the current market, "The finding's tougher, and the selling's tougher." One discovery was this walnut pie safe with finely punched tins he was offering for $1650.Karen and Patrick Kenny of South Porch Antiques, Spencerport, New York, created a decorative corner ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Daguerreotypes Show Strength at Political and Americana Auction
This women's suffrage novelty rolling pin, made by Sleazby Brothers of Detroit, sold for $6871.25.Far surpassing all expectations, this circa 1855 half-plate daguerreotype of a traveling photographer's studio fetched $95,600.Among the highlights of the auction, this 1843-45 half-plate daguerreotype of General Zachary Taylor from the Taylor family sold for $47,800 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Show to Have Live Internet Buying with Personal Shoppers
The Indianapolis Art & Antiques Show, held over the weekend of March 11-13, will offer live Internet access for shopping the displays on the show floor. The Methodist Health Foundation will offer easy access to shoppers who are not able to attend the show.Now in its 24th year, the show ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Yale's Rhode Island Furniture Archive Now On Line
A new Web site, the Yale University Rhode Island Furniture Archive at the Yale University Art Gallery, documents furniture and furniture making in Rhode Island from the time of the first European colonization in 1636 through the early 19th century. Bringing together records of surviving furniture, individuals who owned it, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Virginia Safe Project
Figure 1Figure 2Common to most 19th-century Shenandoah Valley households, the pie or food safe is the focus of a multiyear research project launched in August 2010 as "The Virginia Safe Project."The initial phase of the study will target the Shenandoah Valley region, beginning with Frederick County in the north and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Fine Art Fund on the Way
by Daniel GrantInvesting-not collecting, but investing-in art is an idea that always seems promising. Christie's recently reported record earnings of $5.3 billion (GBP3.3 billion), the highest in the auction house's 245-year history and up 53% from 2009. The New York-based Beautiful Asset Advisors, which tracks the annual profit margins of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Presentation Wine Jug Leads Farmer Sale
The Wythe County, Virginia, fraktur in watercolor on laid paper, thought to be the work of an individual known locally as "the Wild Turkey Artist," caused quite a stir. The decoration features facing birds with large tulip forms and other foliate designs, as well as a heart. The text is ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Tale of the Show
Rebecca Prohorenko of Bellevue, Idaho, can be counted on for a colorful booth, which is usually filled with customers who jostle for prize textiles, buttons, and ladies' adornments. The hat is an Edwardian period piece, with chiffon and feather trim, priced at $28. The two-tone lace-up boots dating from the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Northwest Vintage Holiday Show
Lorraine Coffman sells at shows of her choice, this being one of a few. This rocking horse dates to circa 1800 and had a lovely carved face and remnants of its original leather saddle and just a wisp of the original tail. The white paint is well worn, and he ... (Read More)
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(Show)Last Wilton Holiday Antiques Show of the Decade
Fred Giampietro of New Haven, Connecticut, brought a wonderful lichen-encrusted figure made from metal implements that was over 6' tall. Its upper torso was lit by a single spotlight, which made photography rather difficult. Giampietro tagged the French creation at $1200. He reported a very strong presale.Shown in the booth ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sotheby's Americana
A rare silver medal commemorating Commodore M.C. Perry's 1854 expedition to Japan, cut by Francis N. Mitchell for the U.S. Mint in 1854, signed "F.N. Mitchell. F." on the obverse, 2 5/8" in diameter, sold on the phone for $28,125 (est. $8000/ 12,000). Commissioned by the merchants of Boston and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Books in Beantown
Kenneth Gloss of Boston's Brattle Book Shop, one of the oldest and largest antiquarian bookshops in the country, brought a first American edition of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, or, the Whale. Published in 1851, it retains its original binding of brown-gray cloth with gilt. In a "near-fine" custom box, it was ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: We have reached the March issue already, and as I am keen to get items from new year sales into these columns as quickly as possible, I am forced to be increasingly ruthless with the 2010 hangovers-and certainly I must have done with them in the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Strong Prices at Americana Sale
United States 1796 $10 gold coin, regular strike with draped bust, small eagle, reeded edge, and 16 stars, $42,660 to a phone bidder, underbid on the phone.
A 72" wide Pennsylvania carved mahogany spread-winged eagle with original varnish, circa 1870, given to the Gettysburg YWCA by Annie and Irene ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Free Antiques Show
Fort Andross in Brunswick, Maine, will host the first Fort Andross Antique Show on Sunday, February 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission and parking are free.The antiques show will showcase antiques dealers from Massachusetts and Virginia as well as all regions of Maine. Located in the historic Fort ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sculptor's Death Unearthed: Edmonia Lewis Died in London in 1907
According to cultural historian Marilyn Richardson, she has solved one of the persistent mysteries of American art history: where and when did the sculptor Edmonia Lewis die? The answer is, in London, England on 17 September 1907.According to British records, Lewis, whose full name was Mary Edmonia Lewis, had been ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Casting Call
The producers of a major cable network show are seeking "pickers" with the most honed hunting skills, the sharpest eyes to determine trash from treasure, and the most effective negotiating chops to seal the deal. A new and untitled show hopes to transform the world of antiques and collectibles into ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Show's Preview to Benefit ASPCA
The Art and Antique Dealers League of America (AADLA) has announced The Spring Show NYC with an opening night benefit preview on April 27 to benefit the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). The show will run from April 28 through May 2 at the Park ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Lamps Light Up the Place
Of only two lots with estimates over $100,000, this was the only one to sell. The 78" tall Tiffany floor lamp with a peony-bordered shade on a bronze base, the shade signed "Tiffany Studios New York 1574," the base signed "Tiffany Studios New York 375," brought $172,500.James D. Julia, Inc., ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Bath Antiques Show
Seamen's trunks aren't exactly rare in Maine, but how about a sailor's trunk bound with brass hobnailed bands, with its original sailcloth wrap, painted with theinitials "F.T.S." and containing a history of the ownership inside? It traced its history back through the Stinson family, possibly as early as 1805. Bob ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Troubles for Berry-Hill Galleries
by David HewettThe past decade has not been a good one for the New York City art firm Berry-Hill Galleries. First, multiple money problems led to a bankruptcy filing in 2005; then came some key personnel changes in 2008-9, followed by well-publicized failures to pay money lenders and business management ... (Read More)
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(Auction)January 2011 Americana Auction
Christie's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Christie's Images Ltd., 2011A three-shell Newport, Rhode Island, kneehole bureau, made by cabinetmaker John Goddard circa 1765 for his daughter Catherine, which had descended in her family for three generations, was estimated at $700,000/ 900,000 at Christie's Americana sale on January 21 in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)On-line Art Fair Draws Mixed Reviews
by Daniel GrantOn the Web site of the VIP Art Fair, the January 22-30 on-line art fair in which major American and European art galleries participated, a statement read, "The 2011 fair has closed. We hope to see you again next year." The question is, will any of those art ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Declaration of Independence Broadside Sells for $380,000
A broadside of the Declaration of Independence, likely printed by Robert Luist Fowle in Exeter, New Hampshire, sold to William S. Reese for $380,000 (est. $300,000/500,000). The underbidder was on the phone. Known as "state B," the document is approximately 19 5/8" x 15 1/8" with a two-column format. In ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques at Music Valley: Smaller Show Continues Americana Focus
Lynn and Michael Worden of Worden Select Objects, Burr Oak, Michigan, continue their focus on a visually appealing, eclectic style. The couple combined a strong metal base with a stone slab, possibly a building revetment, to produce an attractive table, priced at $1450. The geared wheel on top was $295. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)New Orleans Domestic Views: Strong Prices and a Question
by Ed Polk DouglasPalo Alto plantation, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, by Marie Adrien Persac, $371,000. Photo courtesy Neal Auction Company.Cataloged as "American School/New Orleans, mid-19th c., 'A New Orleans House and Grounds, probably on Esplanade Ridge,' c. 1860," the painting brought $6273.75. Photo courtesy Neal Auction Company.The locale where an object ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Point-of-Sale Software
A homegrown point-of-sale system on the computer monitor.Computer Column #266by John P. Reid, jreid@dca.netBefore discussing using computers as cash registers, here is an interesting news item. On November 23, 2010, Christie's in London sold an Apple-1 computer motherboard with its original shipping box, some accessories, and a typed letter signed ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Past the Halfway Point
>by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondAround our house, Hollie's always taking things apart to fix them and putting them back together. If we're going to have to call someone in anyway, we might as well take a crack at it first, right? More than once, with the dishwasher disassembled or ... (Read More)
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