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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.A New World Imagined: Art of the Americas, edited by Fronia ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Time Is Money at Moore Auction
A Berthoud marine chronometer number 31, with papers documenting its purchase in 1936 for $200, sold for $57,500.Ferdinand Berthoud pocket chronometernumber 74, $63,250.The top-selling coin in the Friday night session was this 1851-O $20 gold piece that brought $10,925.Hap Moore Antiques Auctions, York, Maineby Mark SiscoAt Hap Moore's two-day auction ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Twenty-Six Lots of Americana in California Sale
From a private San Francisco collection, an H.B. Nims and Co. terrestrial floor globe, Boston, second half of the 19th century, sold to a buyer from the design field for $10,370 (est. $4000/6000).An oil on board of the U.S.S. South Carolina by Antonio Jacobsen (1850-1921), dated 1916, sold to a ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Original Round Top Antiques Fair
An English papier-mache jewelry box, circa 1870, was priced at $1499 by Ray Carter of The Box Shop, Alpharetta, Georgia. The material, a low-cost alternative to wood and plaster, was made of chipped wood bound with lacquer and glues. The box was inlaid with mother-of-pearl and sealed with another coat ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Sterling McCall Antiques Showcase
Calvin Hendrickson of Lingering Treasures, Brenham, Texas, offered this 19th-century yarn winder for $175. Made by Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. of Providence, Rhode Island, it was used to wrap spools of yarn that were purchased by the foot in a general store. This piece came from the general store ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Rifle Hall Americana Antique Show & Fall Fest
An assortment of sterling silver napkin rings with dates from the 1840's to the 1950's was offered for prices ranging from $40 to $300 by Paul Kurilecz of Floribunda Cottage, Dallas, Texas. Many have engraved names or initials, and Kurilecz likes to pair names, such as Fred and Ginger.A pine ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Icon of American Horology Sells for $539,500
The William Bond & Son astronomical regulator, made in 1868, sold to a private collector for $539,500 (est. $300,000/500,000). The clock has a single-arm gravity escapement and a constant-force remontoire invented by Richard F. Bond. Only two other clocks like it are known. One was made for Harvard University's observatory, ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Personable or Poisonous?
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittPersonality-how important is it to a business deal? Well, if you're an auctioneer considering signing an auction contract with a prospective seller, it is extremely important.Last month we began considering the due diligence that an auctioneer should conduct on a prospective auction seller, and we ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Joseph Sorger Collection
The 241/2" high white marble bust of a woman by William Henry Rinehart (1825-1874), signed "Wm. H. Rinehart Sculpt. Roma 1874," sold for $25,000 (est. $3000/5000) to New England collectors in the room. (The 421/2" high Carrara marble pedestal under the bust was sold separately for $544.)Cataloged as French school, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Canadian Painting Hits $25,300
Leading all painted chests was this one with original black and green sponge paint with the script initials "HD" in mustard yellow that sold for $10,062.50.A watercolor of a Canadian Rocky Mountain Indian encampment by Walter Joseph Phillips (1884-1963) sold for $25,300.Frank Vining Smith oil on canvas of the revenue ... (Read More)
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(Show)Shenandoah Antiques Expo: One of Life's Constants
Silhouettes were offered by Danny and Vicki Dennis of Lock 147 Antiques, Conesville, Ohio. The male and female images in the bottom row (mounted in similar frames) were $425 for the pair. The smaller framed gentleman in the bottom row is reverse painted on glass and $395. The image center ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Inuit Art Sale Shrouded in Mystery
Polar Bear and Cub in Ice by Niviaxie (1908-1959), a 1959 sealskin stencil print, keeps popping up at Waddington's auctions. On April 19, 2010, one numbered 28/30 sold for $22,800. This time around, one numbered 30/WBEC 2 sold for $31,200 (est. $15,000/20,000). "We keep enjoying this print-one of the best ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skinner Has Right Stuff for Its Americana Sale
The 89" high corner cupboard in black walnut is a distinct product of Pennsylvania with its pewter and sulphur inlay. Melted sulphur was poured into grooves or slots cut into the wood and scraped flush. This technique was used only for a short period between 1765 and 1825 mainly by ... (Read More)
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(Show)The International Show
Keshishian, New York City, asked $185,000 for the rare Antwerp tapestry from the workshop of the brothers Michael and Philip Wauters, designed by Daniel Janssens, who was the master of the Guild of Painters in Antwerp. The scene is of Phaon departing from the island of Lesbos and rejecting the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Winter Jewelry Sales
The sale of "Exceptional Jewels and Precious Objects Formerly in the Collection of the Duchess of Windsor" at Sotheby's in London included this signed onyx and diamond panther bracelet, 1952, by Cartier, Paris. It soared to $7,045,870 (est. $1.5/2.3 million). "This price establishes a new record for Cartier at auction ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Early American Glass Vase and Ledger Bring $78,100
$78,100.by Lita Solis-CohenA historically important 1738-75 documented Wistarberg blown glass vase, accompanied by a circa 1877 Wistar family ledger, sold for $78,100 (including buyer's premium) to a prominent New Jersey collector at John DeCaro's Glass International absentee auction.DeCaro said he believes this is the highest price ever paid at auction ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Walk-in Closet Stuffed with Historic Fashions and Textiles
Two rug dealers sitting at the far left rear of the salesroom fought the phone to win this large 17th-century wool carpet from Cuenca, Spain. It was given to the Chrysler Museum of Art by Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt (daughter of the ambassador to Spain and Teddy Roosevelt's daughter-inlaw). It has ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Blanket Chest Soars, Tiger Kitten Roars
An early ivory netsuke of a tiger kitten was by a maker known only to a few, one of whom spent $37,950 on it.A spectacular paint-decorated child's lift-top blanket chest decorated with flower panels and green grain paint, with a cutout bracket base, original till and hinges, and two side-by-side ... (Read More)
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(Show)Burk's York Show
Donna Burk and her son Jeff manage Burk Antique Shows. Donna's daughter Tammy is also involved in the business.The offerings of Jane Langol of Medina, Ohio, are representative of the diversity found at the York show. She asked $800 for the Roseville pottery "Vintage" vase dated 1925 and $550 for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)North Carolina's Orient Express
Birds in a Landscape, signed and dated lower left "A. Bisschop 1695," went at $27,600 to Lawrence Steigrad, a dealer in old master paintings. It was the highest-dollar painting of this painting-heavy sale. Abraham Bisschop's father, brother, and sister likewise were all painters in the Netherlands.Porcelain clouds drape the base ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Delaware Antiques Show
Don and Trish Herr of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, asked $3000 for the 1841 Maryland quilt in fine condition, $5000 for the painted blanket chest, and $800 for the flocked wallpaper box.William and Teresa Kurau of Lampeter, Pennsylvania, offered a selection of children's china. The dendritic pattern service was priced at $1600 ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Linda and Allen Rosen, Linda Rosen Antiques, Sheffield, Massachusetts
Linda and Allen Rosen. The Seth Thomas clock iscarved walnut in the form of a pocket watch with a marble face and metal numerals. It runs for 30 days. They believe it may have come from the Poughkeepsie, New York, railroad station. It's $3500.The Rosens' remodeled 18th-century barn. The addition ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Manhattan Art & Antiques Center Has New Director
Amanda Broomer has assumed the position of director of the Manhattan Art and Antiques Center following Stephen Roedler's retirement at the end of December 2010. Roedler had managed the center since its inception in 1975.Originally from London, Broomer has been in the antiques business for 30 years. She moved to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Auctioneers Seek Dismissals in Bid Rigging Case
by Elizabeth DinanWe've been following the story of two auctioneers accused of rigging an auction for the sale of an antique nautical painting. They have asked a judge to dismiss criminal charges against them, citing different reasons.Auctioneer Stephen J. Bennett of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is represented by attorney Harry Starbranch, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Successful Americana/Collector's Kaleidoscope Sale
The third lot offered, this 61/4" high silver caster by one of Boston's best silversmiths, Edward Winslow, reached the $43,000 mark before competitors quit and one phone bidder was the winner. It cost the anonymous individual $50,740.There were but three period highboys in the sale, two of the Queen Anne ... (Read More)
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(Show)The San Francisco Giant
Robert Young Antiques, London, England, offered this circa 1880 hand-carved and painted pine folk art tavern sign of the Duke of Wellington from the EnglishWest Country. It was $22,000. How was the show? "Not one of the best, but it's not over yet."La pierriere a Saint-Palais, maree montante, an oil ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Vermont Butter Churn Makes $11,550
Circa 1855 "J. & E. Norton/ BenningtonVT" six-gallon butter churn, 16" high, decorated in great Bennington blue slip with an elaborate compote of flowers in fine line detail, minor imperfections in the making, $11,550.Circa 1855 "J. & E. Norton/ Bennington VT" four-gallon crock, 111/2" high, decorated in cobalt blue with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Provenance Error Results in Lawsuits
Sheriff by N.C. Wyeth. Photo courtesy Gerald Peters Gallery.by Clayton PenningtonA mistake in provenance is a $1.5 million error. That's the contention of Steve Sell, a collector in Dallas, Texas, who filed suit in federal court in Texas against the Gerald Peters Gallery in December 2010.The lawsuit revolves around an ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)March York Antique Marketplace Canceled
The York Antique Marketplace show scheduled for March 5 and 6 at the York Fairgrounds in York, Pennsylvania, has been canceled, according to promoter Tex Johnson. The November 19 and 20 York Antique Marketplace is still scheduled at this time.For more information, call (610) 207-9505 or e-mail ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Clements Library Buys Strachey Papers at Third Copley Library Sale
The Henry Strachey papers, 1775-83, approxi-mately 480 pages, sold for $602,500 to the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, with dealer William S. Reese acting as agent. "The purchase of the Strachey papers at Sotheby's auction was a remarkable collaborative effort," Clements Library director ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Garth's
Lieutenant Commander James Parker's flag from the Second Battle of Fort Fisher, hand sewn with 34 appliqued stars, signed "James Parker" on the fly, approximately 81/2' x 161/2', $29,375. Sold with a hand-sewn naval pennant with 13 embroidered stars, approximately 25' long, as well as Parker's appointment to lieutenant (signed ... (Read More)
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(Show)Greenbrier Hosts First Annual Antiques Show
The Greenbrier is referred to as one of the "grand" hotels. No argument.Father and daughter David and Elizabeth Lindquist of Whitehall Antiques, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, offered a George III open-shelf oak dresser/cupboard from the English Midlands, 1765-80, for $22,000. The drawer fronts feature mahogany crossbanding and inlay details. On ... (Read More)
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(Show)Autumn Hartford Antiques Show Seems to Be a Winner
C. Neville Lewis was one of the six exhibitors chosen to give what Frank Gaglio termed booth chats, mini-lectures under the general heading "Knowledge Is King." The lectures were more successful than he had imagined, Gaglio said later, and will be used again in the future.Roberto Freitas American Antiques & ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: This month's column contains some very expensive things indeed and news of record prices for English furniture, Audubon's The Birds of America, and the flower paintings of Pierre-Joseph Redoute, but I will kick off with something much more modestly priced but directly relevant to this New ... (Read More)
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(Feature)New Wing at Boston Museum: Worth a Trip from Anywhere
Museum of Fine Arts, Bostonby Jeanne SchintoA view of all four levels of the new wing from the Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Family Courtyard. Photograph (c) Chuck Choi.The Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Family Courtyard on the morning of the press conference and donor/guest reception. Constructed almost entirely of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Greek Maiden Lights Up Evans Sale
The high lot of the sale was this single caryatid-form candlestick in a strongly marbled deep sapphire blue pressed as a single unit. The catalog noted that this piece may be unique, as no other examples of this form in this color have been noted. The central Greekinspired form features ... (Read More)
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(Feature)"Antiques Roadshow" Schedule
Antiques Roadshow, PBS's most-watched prime time series, has announced its summer 2011 tour destinations. Stops and dates include Eugene, Oregon, June 4; El Paso, Texas, June 18; Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 9; Tulsa, Oklahoma, July 23; Atlanta, Georgia, August 6; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 13. Programs taped in those locations will ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture and Decorative Arts and the Fifth Pennsylvania Sale
This circa 1755 clock in a walnut case, carved probably by Nicholas Bernard of Philadelphia, has works by Edward Duffield. Estimated at $80,000/120,000, it sold in the salesroom to dealer Jim Kilvington of Dover, Delaware, for $193,000. Edward Duffield is much revered. A friend of Benjamin Franklin, he was executor ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Old-Fashioned Auction at Grogan--"The Way It Should Be"
The sale's top lot at $57,500 (est. $300/500) was a Chinese carved pale green jade bowl, 71/2" in diameter. It came from the Cecile Parker Carver estate.Grogan & Company, Dedham, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoPhotos courtesy GroganGrogan & Company pulled in more than $2 million at its annual fall two-day auction on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Harnett's Golden Horseshoe Brings Good Luck
The Golden Horseshoe by William M. Harnett (1848-1892) was the sale's star lot, selling to a private collector on the phone for $552,000 (est. $300,000/500,000). Dated 1886, the 16" x 14" oil on canvas has been widely exhibited and published.Above: a 423/4" x 561/2" untitled oil on canvas by RolphScarlett ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Forums and Texting
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Let's Talk
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve Proffitt"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..."Two hundred thirty-four years after Thomas Jefferson turned this phrase into the Declaration of Independence, these words ring with eloquence still. But while "all men" may be "created equal" within the flourish of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Consignors Lose in the J.C. Devine Bankruptcy
by David Hewett"We looked. There was nothing of value there," said Assistant Attorney General David A. Rienzo of the New Hampshire attorney general's office in mid-December 2010. With that statement, any hopes that consignors to a March 2010 J.C. Devine, Inc. auction would recover the money due them went out ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The J. Harlan Miller Estate Sale
A rare and very good condition four-color rainbow spatter loop pattern bulbous-form cream pitcher with yellow, blue, red, and green alternating bands, 31/2" high, sold to dealer John D. Querry for $17,600.This three-color red and blue Drape pattern spatter handleless cup and saucer with green dots is a rare pattern ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fitz Henry Lane Catalogue Raisonne
The Cape Ann Museum has initiated the Fitz Henry Lane Catalogue Raisonne project. The museum, located in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Lane's birthplace and home for most of his life, has the largest collection of the artist's paintings, drawings, and related material. The catalogue raisonne project and the associated scholarship is central ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques & Art at the Armory
Milord Antiques, Montreal, Canada, asked $15,500 for the Leleu table with two 18" leaves. It is 49" in diameter without the leaves and 85" wide with the two leaves. The chairs by Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb, 1950, were $6500 for the four. The Bugatti desk, chairs, and table, a suite of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sale at Doyle's
New York City dealer W. Graham Arader bidding from the back of the room paid $80,500 (est. $15,000/25,000) for Robert Havell Jr.'s Death of a Warrior: White Headed Eagle, Canvas Back Duck & Young, signed and dated 1871, numbered 78, titled in ink on the reverse, and faintly inscribed in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Failures Beget Success at Printed and Manuscript Americana Sale
The sale's top lot, an 1836 manuscriptpetition from the Cherokees pleading to be spared from relocation and a forced march along the Trail of Tears, sold for $78,000 (est. $30,000/ 40,000). It came from a private collector who'd had it about 30 years, said Rick Stattler.A South Carolina collector paid ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Antiques Auction in New York
The top lot of the sale was a marine painting by Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865), A Smart Blow: Ships Passing, signed and dated on the lower right "F.H. Lane 1856," 241/2" x 36 3/8". Lane worked in a style that would later be called Luminism for its use of pervasive ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Urban Cowboys
They aren't putting up the numbers that the local heavyweights do, but Heritage Auctions, the Dallasbased auction house, has stepped into the New York City auction market, most recently with five specialty auctions in three days in early December 2010.From December 3 to 5, Heritage staged sales for fine timepieces, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ben Shahn Auction Shines
The walnut platform bed made for the Shahns by their good friend George Nakashima is signed with the name Ben Shahn. It sold for $34,160 (est. $5000/7000). "It was an unusual form and had its base," said Robert Aibel of Moderne Gallery, Philadelphia, who deals in Nakashima pieces, but its ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ken Farmer Sells Contents of Forest Oaks
Forest Oaks This English oak William and Mary chest-onframe was the high lot of the sale at $2185 (est. $2000/ 3000). The 66" x 44" x 221/2" chest dates from 1740 and exhibits nailed construction. The upper case is topped with a simple cornice above a two-over-three-drawer case with fluted ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fifth Annual Country Living Fair
David T. Smith of the Workshops of David T. Smith, Morrow, Ohio, is known for his museum-quality reproduction 18th- and 19th-century furniture, pottery, Windsor chairs, and kitchens, but at the fair he also had on hand this wonderful slip-decorated redware charger with a central floral design with green leaves and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Martin Webster, West Branch Antiques, Delhi, New York
Martin Webster.Two molds with carved blossoms, fruit, leaves, and vines, with some of the motifs suggesting an Asian origin, are $185 each.A large wallpapered box, covered inside with well-preserved black and white posters advertising the third annual cattle show and fair of the Farmington Valley Agricultural Society in Otis, Massachusetts, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Antiques Auction in Connecticut
The top lot of the sale was a marine painting by Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865), A Smart Blow: Ships Passing, signed and dated on the lower right "F.H. Lane 1856," 241/2" x 36 3/8". Lane worked in a style that would later be called Luminism for its use of pervasive ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Indian and Western Art
Apaches and Sioux and Pueblos of New Mexico, two leather-bound photograph albums from Joseph Henry Sharp and John Hauser's 1893 trip west, with a handwritten partial inventory, loose binding, very minor losses and fading to some images, $66,975.Apache painted rawhide playing cards in red, yellow, and blue, set of 37, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Rosenbach Museum & Library Acquires Gratz Family Portraits
Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869) was 50 years old when she sat for Thomas Sully (1783-1872) in 1831.Joseph Gratz (1785-1857) was painted by George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-1994), who studied in Paris and was encouraged to paint portraits by Thomas Sully.by Lita Solis-CohenTwo rarely seen portraits of Rebecca Gratz and her brother ... (Read More)
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(Show)Marburger Farm Antique Show
This signed Gustav Stickley Arts and Crafts V-back armchair, model #354, was built between 1904 and 1906. It is made of quartersawn oak; the finish is original, but the leather is reupholstered. Tom and Karol Streling of Strelings Antiques, Kewadin, Michigan, priced the set at $1750 for the chair and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Julia Sells Roosevelt Shotgun
Roosevelt's F grade A.H. Fox shotgun, presented by Ansley Fox to Theodore Roosevelt, was taken on several expeditions by Roosevelt and his son Kermit. It sold for $862,500. Sisco photos.This cased Colt Model 1860 Army percussion revolver, serial number 151385, was engraved by Gustave Young with foliage and arabesques, wolf ... (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.A Passion for the Past: The Odyssey of a Transatlantic Archaeologist ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Name's Bond. William Bond
William Bond & Son, regulator No. 396, with single-arm gravity escapement and remontoire invented by Richard F. Bond. It sold to a private collector for $539,500 (est. $300,000/ 500,000). The two only other examples, No. 394 and No. 395, are in institutions-Harvard's Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments and Liverpool's Merseyside ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Zephyr Crosses the Line
The oil on canvas ship portrait of the merchantman Zephyr by Samuel Walters, launched in 1854 in East Boston and staying afloat until at least 1891, sold for $21,850."You couldn't ask for anything more state of Maine," Bourgeault announced. Imagine a full-size drop-front desk with wooden knobs, four grain-painted burl ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in Henry's Field
Word of a good show travels fast, and a long line of shoppers formed at the second annual Antiques in Henry's Field before the show opened. Admission was $8 to benefit the Goschenhoppen Historians.Jack Hoy manned the Goschenhoppen Historians stand to publicize the Goschenhoppen area in the upper Perkiomen Valley, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Colescott's Satirical Adam and Eve Leads African-American Art Sale
Untitled (French Landscape) by William A. Harper (1873-1910), a 161/4" x 201/4" oil on canvas, sold for $19,200 (est. $6000/9000). Swann said the price for the 1905 work was an artist's record.A Legend Dimly Told by Robert Colescott (1925-2009) sold to a collector for $132,000 (est. $50,000/75,000). The 84" x ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Sandburg Cache
This is part of the cache of some of Carl Sandburg's earliest poems, some of which are unpublished, and various correspondence with magazine editors in 1911 and 1912. It sold in November 2009 for $7930. Photo courtesy Leslie Hindman Auctioneers.by Desiah MelbyIn late summer 2009 antiques and book dealer Ken ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Manager for Madison Historical Society Antiques Fair
Ed McClure and Vivien Cord of Cord Shows Ltd.Cord Shows Ltd. is the new manager of the Madison Historical Society Antiques Fair in Madison, Connecticut. The show will celebrate its 40th anniversary on Saturday, August 27.Contracts will be mailed to all dealers who have participated in the past but are ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Flask Breaks Record
$176,670. Norman C. Heckler and Company photo.Norman C. Heckler and Company's antique bottle and glass absentee auction, which closed October 27, 2010, consisted of 100 bottles and other glass items. Results were strong in the historical flask category.An 1820-40 historical flask with a bust of General Jackson on one side ... (Read More)
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(Show)Ohio Country Antique Show
Two dog paintings, each signed "J. Pickering 1923," $795 the pair from Inez Allen and Nan Conlan of City Mouse Country Mouse Antiques, Cincinnati, Ohio.Twelve flow blue plates with wild turkeys, marked "Doulton Burslem England," about 10" in diameter, $245 and sold duringthe show by Jacque Bradford of Indianapolis, Indiana.Hand-carved ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Esmerian Charged with Bankruptcy Fraud, Theft, Embezzlement
by David HewettOn November 22, 2010, in New York City, agents from the United States Postal Inspection Service arrested Ralph Esmerian, 70, the former board president of the American Folk Art Museum, charging him with bankruptcy fraud, concealment of assets in connection with a bankruptcy proceeding, and wire fraud.If found ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The American Scene
Andrew Clemens sand bottle, one side with eagle and American flag, the other with a bouquet centered by "Ella" and "1887," 7" high, replaced stopper, resealed with wax, label missing, $12,925.Logging scene by Glen Tracy, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1926, in a period Arts and Crafts frame, 351/2" ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Antiques + Contemporary Technology = Steampunk
Charlotte McFarland of Allston, Massachusetts, made this cotton spinning wheel generator. Not for sale. "I don't make a living as an artist," said the robotics engineer, "but I see the engineering and the art as two sides of the same coin. I can go directly from my job to the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Kaminski Debuts New Auction Facility
Exterior of Kaminski's new auction gallery. Kaminski photo.Tony Fusco (left) of Fusco & Four Public Relations and Marketing with Diane Riva, Frank Kaminski, and Mary Westcott of Kaminski Auctions. Kaminski photo.Kaminski Auctions celebrated the grand opening of a new state-of-the-art auction gallery on Friday, November 26, 2010. Fine art and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in Charlottesville, Act Two
Roland Dallaire of Dallaire Antiques, Brockway, Pennsylvania, presented this group of mid-20th-century ceramics from the late Indiana potter Lu Martin. The large (approximately 15" long overall) hen on nest was $250; the snail, $225; the owl, $375; and the gnomes were $135 each.Gary Manlove offered the large slant-top carpenter's toolbox ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Big Sale of Miniatures
"The dolphin [sweetmeat] stand is a masterpiece by itself," said Bourgeault about the circa 1785 miniature Wedgwood dinner service with its original pine box for shipping. The set of five miniature wood condiment containers and four carved bone forks and knives were originally part of the set. Opening at $2500, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Turning Point? Rago's Three Days of Sales
A collector brought this Viktor Schreckengost "Jazz" bowl, an icon of American ceramics, for an appraisal at Rago hoping for $5000. The repairs to the bowl were completely documented on line. Five phone bidders and one order bidder were not deterred by the repairs andcompeted until the bowl sold for ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Fun Fair
Harvey and Dolly Kline of Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania, asked $3200 for the Wetherill's Atlas paint sign, $1295 for the Westinghouse sign, $165 for the Inquirer rack, and $995 for the Lee's batteries sign. All were in pristine condition. Many more enameled metal signs than painted signs were offered at this show.Ann ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Antique Jewelry Market Winners
A platinum and diamond ring containing an octagonal step-cut diamond weighing approximately 15.20 carats and two baguette-cut diamonds weighing approximately 0.75 carat total, soared to $158,600 (est. $30,000/50,000). It was accompanied by a GIA certificate stating Q to R color range, VVS2 clarity, good polish, very good symmetry, and no ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Officers for NHADA
From left: Melissa Alden, Kathy Schoemer, Rich Bojko, Beverly Longacre, Thomas Thompson, and Peter Sawyer. Not pictured: Peter Austin, Gail Piatt, Ken Pike, and Sharon Platt.The New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA) held its annual business meeting and dinner on November 3, 2010, at the Bedford Village Inn in Bedford, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Reproductions
Adelaide Joy Oliver, 8 lbs. 5 ozs., daughter of Jacob and former M.A.D. staffer Laura Oliver, was born on November 8, 2010.Nora Rosalie, daughter of Andrew Richmond and Hollie Davis, authors of The Young Collector column, was born on September 6, 2010. Originally published in the January 2011 issue of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Turned Southern Chairs
Circa 1790 lamp-black and oil painted Warren County armchair with original split oak seat. Pinned with wooden dowel on top splat.East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, announces an upcoming exhibition of seating furniture from North Carolina and Virginia, "Have a Seat": Early Turned Chairs of the Tar-Roanoke Basin. Twenty-five ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Richard and Joane Smith Sale
The Berks County (Pennsylvania) schrank, inscribed "17 Philip Detuk 75," has a blue and red cornice with dentil and diamond molding and green-sponged molding above a red- and yellow-sponged frieze with ivory astragal for the name and date. It has raised panel doors and sides with sponged panel fields framed ... (Read More)
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(Show)USArtists 2010
Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) painted this 533/4" x 403/4" oil on canvas Portrait of a Young Girl and Her Dog in England in 1776-$275,000 from Tillou Gallery. That's Peter Tillou on the left and his son, Jeffrey, on the right. "We formed a new company to sell paintings at USArtists. We ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: Last year, for lack of anything on which to hang it, I had to abandon my usual practice of kicking off this issue with something on the Christmas theme and a seasonal greeting. Last year a copy of Dickens' immortal tale, A Christmas Carol, came too ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector's Guide to Last-Minute Gifts
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondWe've been watching our annual round of holiday specials including How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the original cartoon, not that ghastly thing with Jim Carrey), and we've decided that there is a great deal of symbolism in that scene where the Grinch's little ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Instant Ancestors: The Market for Portraits
Signed and dated 17th-century panel painting by Hendrick Berckman. Photo courtesy Lawrence Steigrad.Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., Portrait of Mary, Countess of Wilton, oil on canvas, 57" x 45". Estimated at GBP400,000/600,000, it will be offered at Christie's in London on December 7. Christie's Images Ltd. 2010.by Daniel GrantMost homes are ... (Read More)
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(Show)Western Reserve Academy Antiques Festival
Multiple booths, buyers, and even a bicyclist crowd just one of the many venues filled with dealers at the 29th annual Western Reserve Academy Antiques Festival, held on the campus of Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio.Debbie Schlichter of Mustard House Antiques, Greenfield, Ohio, holds a massive wooden trencher whose ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Walker Homestead Named to 1000 Great Places List
The Walker Homestead has been named to the 1000 Great Places list by the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism out of over 12,000 nominations.The Walker Homestead is a 1698 colonial saltbox on 30 acres in central Massachusetts and most likely the oldest standing house in Brookfield. The property is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Whistler Print Soars
Nocturne, an etching and drypoint printed in black on Japan paper, 1879-80, 8" x 113/4", second state (of five), signed with the butterfly and inscribed "imp" in pencil lower left, inscribed "Paris Memorial Ex, finest known" in pencil on the reverse, $282,000 (est. $80,000/120,000).A Swann Galleries auction on October 27 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Mandated Changes in Appraiser Qualifications on the Horizon
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(Fragment)Former Loaner Brings $3,600,000: Stradivarius Violin Breaks Record
"The Molitor is the perfect convergence of historically important provenance, impeccable condition, and first-class sound," said Jason Price, director of Tarisio. At $3,600,000 it's the most expensive musical instrument ever sold at auction. When it sold at Christie's on March 31, 1989, it brought GBP209,000 (approximately $352,207).When bidding ended for ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Americana Week Promises to Be the Best in Five Years
John Hays and Margot Rosenberg of Christie's examine the Federal shield-back chair with carving of grapevines down its legs, made and carved by Samuel McIntire for Elias Hasket Derby. Sotheby's will offer an Ammi Phillips painting of a girl in a pink dress holding strawberries, shown here hanging over a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Three Indians in Battle by Edmonia Lewis
Photos courtesy Gabriel's Auctioneers, Norwood, Massachusetts.by Marilyn RichardsonGabriel's Auctioneers in Norwood, Massachusetts, was surprised that almost as soon as illustrated ads for its November 29, 2010, auction appeared on line and in print, the phone started ringing. An unusual number of callers had questions about a particular lot. Among the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Trial Commences in Shill Bidding Case
by Elizabeth DinanA Portsmouth, New Hampshire, auctioneer, charged for acting as a shill during the auction of an antique nautical painting, broke no law, and three charges against him should be dismissed, his attorney told a judge. During a November 9, 2010, trial on a charge alleging conspiracy and two ... (Read More)
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(Feature)A 19th-Century Navajo Child's Blanket Is No Sleeper
"What's a hot item?" I asked Matt Cottone as we went into the sale. He walked over to the podium platform and unfurled a vivid textile, 57" x 36", a classic 19th-century Navajo child's blanket. The great weaving, condition, size, color, and design made it a winner. It went from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Auction
This Classical carved and figured mahogany wardrobe, probably Philadelphia, circa 1830, 94" x 92" x 29", was a favorite at the preview. Estimated at $8000/12,000, it sold for $22,500. It has masterful veneer with seams in the front of the columns; the interior is fitted with drawers.A Classical ormolu-mounted rosewood ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Do You Believe?
by Steve ProffittCan you imagine accusing a football coach of not believing in the game, or a general of not believing in the military, or a businessman of not believing in business? Of course not, because that would allege a nonsensical contradiction, the same as it would for a seller ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New England Antiques Opens
New England Antiques, 137 Schofield Avenue, Dudley, Massachusetts, held a grand opening on November 13. The store has an 8000-square-foot gallery with a new second-floor addition with different room themes, such as primitive, Federal, Victorian, retro, and mid-century modern.New England Antiques is operated by Consignworks, Inc., a professional estate sale ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Hattie Brunner: Images from a Life
Society volunteer James Tshudy was involved in putting together the exhibition. He stands next to a life-size cutout of Hattie Brunner. The society created the cutout as a fun way for people to remember the artist, the exhibit, and their experience. All museum visitors can have their picture taken with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Art Consultants and the Recession
by Daniel GrantThere are many barometers of the state of the art market: auction results, art galleries expanding or going out of business, the prices for contemporary art (the most speculative area of the market), and the number of formerly full-time artists looking for teaching positions. Add to the list ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Changes for A Fine Thing: Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts
A Fine Thing: Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts has begun a new initiative in conjunction with the Oyster House Studio and Frame at 77 Main Street in Newcastle, Maine. The firm will occupy a portion of Oyster House's space and show work there on a rotating basis. Beginning on January ... (Read More)
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