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(Auction)Kaminski Goes Bicoastal
This is a detail of Story of the Flag by Charles T. Webber (1825-1911) that sold for $24,150 (est. $5000/8000). The 153/4" x 191/2" oil on canvas, signed and dated 1877, is inscribed on the reverse at the top of the stretcher "Property of Mrs. W.P. Cronan/Jesse Grant/ father of ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Philadelphia Antiques Show
Peter Eaton offered a set of Philadelphia ladderback chairs made of maple and walnut. He thought they were made in downtown Philadelphia because of the quality of the turnings and the overall proportions of the chairs. The price was $56,000, and they sold the last day of the show to ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)American Portrait Miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
A Book Reviewby Lita Solis-CohenAmerican Portrait Miniatures in The Metropolitan Museum of Artby Carrie Rebora Barratt and Lori ZabarMetropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press, 2010, 316 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (www.metmuseum.org) or (800) 468-7386.The Metropolitan Museum of Art has the largest ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)American Furniture 2009
A Book Reviewby Lita Solis-CohenAmerican Furniture 2009edited by Luke BeckerditeThe Chipstone Foundation, distributed by the University Press of New England, 2009, 192 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from UPNE, (www.upne.com) or (800) 421-1561.The hardbound 2009 edition of the American Furniture journal, the Chipstone Foundation's yearly contribution to furniture scholarship, is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Transferware Collectors Club Database
In 2005 the Transferware Collectors Club (TCC) made a commitment to establish a database of transfer printed patterns on British pottery. The new database was completed and launched in July 2006. The objectives for developing this one-of-a-kind database of patterns were to provide a comprehensive on-line source of information about ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)John Ott Receives Frost Essay Award
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has awarded the 2009 Patricia and Phillip Frost Essay Award to John Ott, associate professor of art history at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia. He was selected by the editorial board of American Art, the museum's scholarly journal, for "Reform in Redface: The Taos Society ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dealer to Plead Guilty in Fake Picasso Case
Tatiana Khan, a West Hollywood, California, art and antiques dealer, agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud charges related to a $2 million sale of a fake Picasso. In the plea agreement filed on April 27, Khan agreed to plead guilty to making false statements to the Federal Bureau of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)James Turns Armacost Antiques Shows Back to Robert Armacost
by Lita Solis-CohenAfter three and a half years of trying antiques show management, Robert James is leaving the business. "My plans to grow the Armacost company did not pan out," he said at the Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show on Memorial Day weekend. "I was not able to do it ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Legislation to Ensure Historic Site Preservation in the Event of Closure
by Betty FloodJoint efforts by the New York State Senate and Assembly are being made to ensure that the state's historic sites and their associated collections are cared for during extended closures. Legislation has been introduced in both houses that will outline "a series of best practices that must be ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Cloud Computing
Computer Column #258by John P. Reid, e-mail: jreid@dca.netOn screen, the Google Docs on-line word processor looks and acts much like a word processor installed on your computer."Open source" free software was described in the last column. This software, produced by committees of volunteers, is a good way for a small ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 23rd Street Armory Antiques Show
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(Feature)Fusco & Four Announces the New Ellis Boston Antiques Show
by Jeanne SchintoTony Fusco and Robert Four of Fusco & Four/Ventures have announced the startling news that they will produce a new Ellis Boston Antiques Show, to debut on the weekend of October 20-23, 2011.The old Ellis Antiques Show, founded in 1960 as a fund-raiser for Ellis Memorial & Eldredge ... (Read More)
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(Feature)WGBH Sues User of "Roadshow" Name, Again
by David HewettIf you're a veteran reader of M.A.D., you may recall the brouhaha arising over a toy collecting/dealing group from the Midwest that toured the country under the name "Antique Toy Roadshow."From 1999 to 2001, we published several accounts of the battle WGBH Educational Foundation, the Massachusetts-based charitable corporation ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bo-Whoop and Boutet Meet Hair Trigger Bob
Cased Boutet flintlock pistols, $437,000. Julia photo."Hair Trigger Bob" Meldrum Colt revolver, $258,750. Julia photo.James D. Julia Inc., Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoThe James D. Julia auction company held its two-day spring firearms sale in Fairfield, Maine, on March 15 and 16, and the result was nearly $8.5 million worth of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early American Antiques and Decorative Art
Cased pair of pistols, European, 19th century, signed "V. Hafner, Konigl. Hofbuchsenmacher Cassel" on the interior case label and in gold inlay on the top flats of the barrels, with chased and gilded vining, and cherubs on the frames with original bluing on the barrels, ivory slab grips have some ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Long-Awaited Book That Had to Be Written
A Book Reviewby David HewettThe Glass Industry in South Bostonby Joan E. KaiserUniversity Press of New England, 2009, 284 pages, hardbound, $85 plus S/H from UPNE, (www.upne.com) or (800) 421-1561.There's no better way to review Joan Kaiser's long-awaited book, The Glass Industry in South Boston, published by the University Press ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Keno Auctions Debuts Successfully
The diminutive (381/2" x 311/2" [at back of case] x 22") New York chest sold for $1,428,000 on May 1 at Keno Auctions. It was made for James Beekman (1732-1807), a successful New York City dry goods merchant. His account book shows that he bought from Thomas Brookman, a New ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sendak Rendering Sells for $3600
Wo die wilden Kerle wohnen by Maurice Sendak, 1967, first German edition. The author signed the book on the half-title page and included an original drawing of one of the Wild Things above his signature. The volume shows very light external age and wear, and it is solidly bound with ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture and Decorative Arts
Doyle New York, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Doyle New YorkThis American Revolutionary War silver-hilted sword with an eagle pommel is signed "J. Bailey/ Verplank's Point." John Bailey made it in 1777 after he moved out of New York City during the British occupation. Bailey also made a sword ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Chip and Jason Myers, Duanesburg, New York<
Chip and Jason Myers.A partial view of the shop.On this table top full of costume jewelry, each piece is $4. "We pay the rent offthis table," Chip said.A large and attractive gilded brass wall sconce from the late 19th century with grapes and opalescent glass flowers is a lot of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: ianmckay1@btinternet.comA: Kirman carpet, $9.60 million. Christie's.B: Safavid/Ottoman box, $3.68 million. Sotheby's.C: Melon throne ornament, $925,264. Sotheby's.D: Sogdian tunic, $1.24 million. Sotheby's. E: Velvet brocade, $2.48 million. Sotheby's.F: Kilga, $703,662. Sotheby's.G: Turquoise ewer, $463,594. Sotheby's.H: Dancer jar, $555,928. Sotheby's.I: Iznik tile, $352,793. Sotheby's.J: Glass hookah base, $362,890. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spring Auction
This small volume, Notes on the State of Virginia, was written by Thomas Jefferson. The book is the first American edition, published by Prichard and Hall of Philadelphia in 1788. There are condition problems: its original leather cover is detached; there is staining; and it is possibly missing a foldout ... (Read More)
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(Auction)April Americana Sale
A 303/4" x 35" x 20" Philadelphia mahogany dressing table, the carving attributed to Nicholas Bernard, circa 1750, and illustrated in Blue Book, Philadelphia Furniture by William Macpherson Hornor, was thought to have descended in the Stevenson family. It sold for $103,000 (est. $60,000/80,000) to a young collector in the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Eli Wilner Elected Trustee for the New York Academy of Art
Eli Wilner has been elected as a trustee for the New York Academy of Art (NYAA). NYAA was founded in 1982 by artists, scholars, and patrons of the arts who were interested in fostering the resurgence of figurative and representational art. The academy fulfills its mission by dedicating itself to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Michaan's Appoints New Director of Fine Arts
Gregory Ghent is the new director of fine arts at Michaan's Auctions in Alameda, California. Ghent has over 35 years of experience as an art dealer and appraiser.Michaan's president, Allen Michaan, commented, "We are thrilled to welcome Gregory Ghent to our fine arts department. His wealth of knowledge and depth ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Outward Bound and Sky-High
The apex of posters from the Chase collection in monetary terms went to a collector above estimate at $24,000 (est. $12,000/18,000). This condition B+ 401/2" x 31" poster by A.M. Cassandre (Adolphe Mouron, 1901-1968) of the new Statendam from the Holland-America Line (1928) held the honor of bringing the highest ... (Read More)
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(Auction)First Million-Dollar Sale for Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Book of Job by William Blake (British, 1757-1827) was the top lot of the day at $31,860. This 1825 set of 21 engravings had several examples watermarked "J. Whatman/Turkey Mill/ 1825," with two engravings being in chine colle on a larger sheet. Most of the engravings bore the collector's stamp ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Texas (and Several Other Places) in the Rearview Mirror
The Young Collector
by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond
We've been at it again. Within the last month, we've been to Delaware for the Winterthur furniture forum, to Texas for the Round Top shows, and to Wheeling, West Virginia, for the Oglebay show.
This year, Andrew decided we'd drive to Delaware on Wednesday, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Marketing 101 at the Bowmanville Show
Clay and Carol Benson had a spacious and neat booth displaying high-end furniture and accessories.With the help of former Bowmanville quilt dealer Carol Telfer, Larry Foster of Napanee, Ontario, set up a Nova Scotia chair table, 4' in diameter, priced at $3250 ($3216), and six collar-back New Englandchairs, 1840-50, priced ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)John Ott Receives Frost Essay Award
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has awarded the 2009 Patricia and Phillip Frost Essay Award to John Ott, associate professor of art history at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia. He was selected by the editorial board of American Art, the museum's scholarly journal, for "Reform in Redface: The Taos Society ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Josephine Baker, 007, and D.C. Shepler Posters Break Records
Pictured on the back cover and on a full page in the catalog was this 331/2" x 241/4" condition B+ poster by Svend Koppel (1904-1978) of Josephine Baker in the 1935 film Prinsesse Tam-Tam (est. $4000/ 6000). It brought $9000 from a collector on the phone and set a world ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Carnegie Museum Celebrates Decorative Arts
The American collection in the Bruce galleries includes a Boston bombe chest-on-chest, circa 1780, a New York City tassel-back armchair with eagle arm terminals, and a Philadelphia chest-on-chest. In the sight line is a commode attributed to Thomas Chippendale in his later Neoclassical style. In the distance is a British ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)PAFA Seeking New Docents
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is looking for candidates from all backgrounds and disciplines to apply for its docent program. Docents are volunteer tour guides who interpret works of art and lead tours for a diverse audience of adults, families, and school students.Volunteers in PAFA's docent organization ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Ceramics Fair to Move
The New York Ceramics Fair is changing locations. The January 19-23, 2011, show will be held at the Grand Ballroom of the Bohemian National Hall, the home of the Czech Consulate, on East 73rd Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues. For the past 11 years, the show was housed at ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Chester County Antiques Show
Douglas Constant of Orient, New York, asked $11,500 for what he called an ergonomically successful double Windsor settee. Made in Philadelphia in the second half of the 18th century, it had an old refinish with a few patches. The 28" diameter Pennsylvania three-legged tavern table was $2000, and the New ... (Read More)
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(Show)Indianapolis Art & Antiques Show
Ceramic dog figure, Italian, 1960's, $750; Dunbar sofa, $875; rosewood china cupboard, Danish, $1500; Herman Miller credenza, $3500, from Todd Warweg of Meridian, Indianapolis.The mid-18th-century French table and two benches in walnut were $26,500; the Italian carved walnut armchairs, mid-19th century, were marked $2350 the pair from R. Beauchamp Antiques, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Alex Katz to Receive 2010 Maine in America Award
The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, is proud to announce Alex Katz as the recipient of the 2010 Maine in America Award. The award is granted by the Farnsworth's Presidents Council to honor an individual or group who has made an outstanding contribution to Maine's role in American art. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Western Pennsylvania Rarity Surfaces at Ceramics Sale
The crock is a rarity. It was made during the first full year of stoneware production by brothers Jacob and Hiram Swank. A bidder on the phone from Johns-town purchased it for $7475. Photo courtesy Crocker Farm.by Karl PassThe specialty pottery auction company Crocker Farm, Inc. has a knack for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Absentee Bottle Sale Is Record-Shattering
The top lot, a General Washington and bust- T.W.D. and eagle portrait flask from Kensington Glass Works in Philadelphia, climbed to $100,620 (est. $40,000/ 80,000), an auction record. The 1820- 40 pint bottle, which has an inward-rolled mouth and pontil scar, had a lot going for it-a strong impression, a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)NHADA Directory
The 2010 New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association membership directory is now available. This directory lists all of the NHADA members, including dealers' specialties and contact information. Membership group shops are also included.A free copy of the 2010 directory may be obtained from the NHADA Web site (www.nhada.org). Originally published in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spring Americana Sale in Portsmouth
This 91/4" high fluted and engraved silver sugar urn and cover by Paul Revere, circa 1800, is a prime example of Neoclassical design. It's very similar in form to a silver sugar urn and cover that is owned, along with the matching cream pitcher, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Record for Work of Art
This time, there's no doubt.Pablo Picasso's Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, from the collection of Mrs. Sidney F. Brody, sold for a record $106,482,500 (includes buyer's premium) on May 4 at Christie's in New York City, breaking the previous world record for any work of art sold at auction. The ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Pinned Down
EditiorialIn 2002, we noted how then-Attorney General John Ashcroft, deeply religious and conservative to the core, had ordered huge drapes to cover two seminude figures that stand in the Great Hall of the Justice Department building in Washington, D.C.Press reports indicated Ashcroft was annoyed that news photography and television footage ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Barnett Musket Leads Cobb Auction
Barnett Indian trade musket, $9775.At first the auctioneers thought these were Paris porcelain plates made for the Italian market and decorated in Italy. Italian sources convinced them that they were entirely Italian made and decorated. The set of six handpainted plates depicting figures in richly colored regional Italian dress, with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Jean Harlow Portfolio Camera Negative Shoots Up to $57,500
$57,500. Photo courtesy Profiles in History.by Richard de ThuinAt an auction of glamour photography run by Profiles in History on March 26 and 27 in Calabasas, California, a bear rug portfolio camera negative of actress Jean Harlow (1911-1937) sold for $57,500 (includes buyer's premium) against a $20,000/30,000 estimate.Shot by George ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Market for Fountain Pens
Montblanc Fortune Number 88 pen (edition of 88) with a Chinese motif. It has a red gold latticework design of interlocking eights on the body, a diamond-studded clip, and an 18k red gold nib engraved with a yin and yang symbol. It sold at Bonhams & Butterfields with its black-lacquered ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Patriotic Eagle Inlays on Federal Furniture
Figure 1. Courtesy National Archives, Washington, D.C.Figure 2. Author's files.Figure 2A. Courtesy Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.Figure 3. Courtesy Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc.Figure 3A. Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art; gift of F. Ethel Wickham, in memory of her father, William Hull Wickham, 1950 (50.18.1).Figure ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Greenwich Antiques Show Canceled for 2010
The Greenwich (Connecticut) Historical Society will not ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Nashville Flooding Severely Damages Opryland Hotel
by Karla Klein AlbertsonHistoric Nashville has long been an important focus for American country antiques as well as the national country music industry. The recent flooding on the weekend of May 1 and 2, however, was more biblical than historical in its destructive effect. News and weather channels were filled ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Whose Responsibility?
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittHere is an e-mail I received from a reader. "I had a business that failed. The bank held an auction, and everything was sold. A buyer left two items in my building because he could not physically remove them himself: a hood for a kitchen ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Kevin Bond's Cabin Fever Sales
A wonderful corner cupboard with a later grain-painted finish came from Ontario and sold for a solid $4000 ($3749). January 30.Kevin Bond, Hampton, New Brunswick, Canadaby Peter SmitAll prices in Canadian funds; approximate U.S. funds in parenthesesKevin Bond offered two country sales in Hampton, New Brunswick, on Saturday, January 30, ... (Read More)
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(Show)One of the Best Americana Shows Out There
Newcastle, Maine, dealers Jewett-Berdan asked $1550 for the large Steiff velvet rabbit and $295 for the small velvet rabbit. Both sold.In addition to a booth at the show, dealer James Lawrence of Little Compton, Rhode Island, had a small area where he signed copies of his recently self-published book Roseware: ... (Read More)
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(Show)Nan Gurley's Sunday Show
Nan Gurley (right) with New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association president Kathy Schoemer, who had words of strong praise for Nan Gurley. "She just runs a fantastic show. Nan is a pro, and she runs our Canterbury, New Hampshire, show in September," she said.The unusually large pierced tin lantern was $775 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Furniture and Decorative Arts
Consigned by the High Museum of Art, the French silver, marble, and bronze three-piece garniture was the catalog cover lot. It sold for $134,200. Hindman photo.The letter rack marked "1030" and a "920" frame, both in the Zodiac pattern from Tiffany Studios, brought $2440. Hindman photo.Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, Illinoisby ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Thomas A. Gray Sale
An Eastern Shore of Virginia one-piece corner cupboard, AccomackCounty or Northampton County, 1750-75, with a red, white, and blue painted surface, its paint restored by Ned Hipp based on a nearly identical cupboard at MESDA, retaining its early glass, 813/4" x 41" x 21", sold for $70,800 (est. $12,000/18,000), a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Newport Highboy Sells for $431,250
"The Goddard-Townsend highboy was fresh. It's always been in the family, and everybody came for it," auctioneer Joseph Kabe said of the chest he sold for $431,250 (includes buyer's premium) on April 10 in Milford, Connecticut. The buyer was Ohio and Massachusetts dealer Bill Samaha. Other bidders for the highboy ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two Days of 20th-Century Decorative Arts
Louis Comfort Tiffany cabbage-shaped ceramic vase with polychrome mottled matte glaze, incised "LCT," 81/2" x 8", restoration to underside of one foot, $50,020 (est. $19,000/24,000).Tiffany Studios table lamp with Daffodil shade over a three-socket Secessionist base, 24" x 20", base and shade stamped "Tiffany Studios New York," shade numbered 1497-18, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Freeman's Sells More Art from Lehman Brothers Collection
A hand-colored lithograph of City of New York, published by Nathaniel Currier in 1856, 24 1/8" x 30 5/8", framed, sold for $12,500 (est. $1500/2500).Appropriately, the last lot in the sale was a woodcut of the New York Stock Exchange, signed "Davis." It sold for $8750 (est. $400/600). It was ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Hampshire Auctioneers Disciplined by Auctioneers Board
Auctioneers Stephen J. Bennett and Harold French were disciplined by the New Hampshire Board of Auctioneers on May 3.In April, both were arrested by Portsmouth, New Hampshire, police, accused of rigging the bidding of a Solon Francis Montecello Badger ship portrait in order to obtain a commission (see M.A.D., May ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column: Free Software
by John P. Reid, e-mail: jreid@dca.netPoster or catalog cover for an imaginary event being designed with free Scribus page layout software.As the number of unemployed increases in these troubled times, some of those people join the self-employed. But a new business requires resources, not the least of which is the ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Connoisseurship Revisited
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondSome time ago, we talked about how we believe the "good, better, best" paradigm had run amok with "best" becoming the focus, as the paradigm seemed to be moving toward "junk, less junky, worth owning." Now we've started wondering if the whole idea of connoisseurship ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Will Power
by Steve ProffittM.A.D.'s publisher, Sam Pennington (1929-2008), sent me a letter a couple of years ago that he had received from a reader. I came across it recently in my file and am using an edited version to address some of its points:"Dear Sam,"Steve Proffitt writes in M.A.D. about disposing ... (Read More)
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(Auction)High on Coke and Low on HoJos
Coca-Cola porcelain globe sign, $6875.Bruce Gamage Jr., Rockland, Maineby Mark SiscoBruce Gamage Jr. held a compact two-day midwinter auction in Rockland, Maine, on January 23 and 24. No records were set that we're aware of, but he did bring forth some interesting art from a Maine island family, some nice ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Diamonds Sparkle at Flat Rock
The sale's top lot at $41,250 was this diamond necklace with 50 carats of high-grade baguettes. It was appraised for $135,275.Richard Hatch & Associates, Flat Rock, North Carolinaby Pete PrunklPhotos courtesy Richard Hatch & AssociatesIn all the advertising for his February 26 and 27 sale in Flat Rock, North Carolina, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Harris, Hathaway, and Hartford Produce a Good Sale
Harris & Co. running horse weathervane, $1870.Ship painting byW. Thompson Perkins, $990.Saco River Auction Company, Biddeford, Maineby Mark SiscoAfter more than three decades in the auction business, including many years working with Maine auctioneer Claude Van Tassel, Floyd Hartford has been running his own Saco River Auction Company in Biddeford, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Printed Americana: From Early Imprints to Twin Towers Blueprints
A first edition of Esther Levy's Jewish Cookery Book, published in Philadelphia in 1871, sold for $10,800 (est. $10,000/ 15,000). The book's elaborate subtitle-on Principles of Economy, Adapted for Jewish Housekeepers, with the Addition of Many Useful Medicinal Recipes, and Other Valuable Information, Relative to Housekeeping and Domestic Management -gives ... (Read More)
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(Feature)How a 1400-Year-Old Brooch Got in the Oven and Why the Government Took It
by Robert KyleSheila Edgeworth was cleaning her kitchen range when she came upon a peculiar round object wedged inside. She asked her husband, Pat Joe, to take a look. He thought it was a nose ring for a donkey.They removed the object, dusted it off, and saw it resembled an ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Elinor Gordon's Chinese Export Collection
The Chinese export figure of an 8" long recumbent stag, second half of the 18th century, in thickly enameled yellow glaze with white spots and with an incised whorl pattern, its head fitted with detachable replaced antlers, sold to a young collector in the salesroom for $62,500 (est. $15,000/25,000).There were ... (Read More)
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(Show)Heart of Country: Focus on Folk Art
Harvey Pranian of Evanston, Illinois, mixes folk art, tribal artifacts, and unusual objects to dramatic effect. The possibly French Art Deco presentation of a water buffalo skull with bronze accents was $15,000, and the swan confidence decoy, $4900.George Meekins of Country Treasures, Preston, Maryland, called our attention to the fine ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Tailgate Antique Show: Its Own Style
Robert Nicholas of Splurge, Asheville, North Carolina, had set up his eye-on-design booth not far from the Tailgate entrance. The white-painted wooden glider was tagged $475; the 12' table, $395; and the geometric metal trellises, $375 each.Kim and Mary Kokles of Garland, Texas, who carry the best in antique advertising, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Music Valley in Nashville: American Classics at the Fairgrounds
Ted Fuehr of American Spirit Antiques, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, had a cluster of tiger maple, including a doll bed for $825, a drop-leaf table for $1900, and a large bowl for $900.Jon Jenkins chats with the crowd waiting to enter Antiques at Music Valley on Friday morning. Mad Anthony Books ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African-American Art from A to VanDerZee
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot by Malvin Gray Johnson (1896-1934), the first Johnson work to come to auction, sold to a collector in the room for $228,000 (est. $200,000/250,000). The 49" x 29" oil on canvas dates from 1918-29 and fetched the top price of the sale.This untitled work (Two Card ... (Read More)
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(Show)Southern Charm: Madison, Georgia Antiques Show & Sale
William Aiken Walker is widely known for his scenes of the rural South in the mid-1800's. Vine Covered Cabin with Three Figures was the top single sale at $28,000 from Charleston Renaissance Gallery,Charleston, South Carolina. Photo courtesy Charleston Renaissance Gallery.One of the few American Arts and Crafts decorative pieces seen ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Sound Decision
Collector Richard Hopp, a bail bondsman by trade, often sets up at shows looking to buy books, documents, and ephemera. Setting up in Los Angeles, California, caused some problems. Los Angeles has two ordinances relating to the regulation of secondhand book dealers and secondhand dealers in general. The police department ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Joel and Linda Einhorn, Woodbury, Connecticut
Linda and Joel Einhorn. That's a Dartmouth cap he's wearing. The sideboard is a classic New York Hepplewhite example with fan inlay and beautifully angled and tapered legs. It's $48,500.The grain-painted tall clock with southeast Vermont type paint decoration and a dial with the name of Sanbornton, New Hampshire, clockmaker ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Newport Highboy Sells for $431,250
"The Goddard-Townsend highboy was fresh. It's always been in the family, and everybody came for it," auctioneer Joseph Kabe said of the chest he sold for $431,250 (includes buyer's premium) on April 10 in Milford, Connecticut. The buyer was Ohio and Massachusetts dealer Bill Samaha. Other bidders for the highboy ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)J.C. Devine Firearms Auction Canceled; Phones Disconnected
We have learned that the J.C. Devine, Inc., firearm and weapons sale scheduled for Monday, May 9, at the Radisson Hotel in Nashua, New Hampshire, has been canceled.
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(Fragment)By George, a Million-Dollar American Painting
$1,063,750.by Fran KramerA Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington was the cover lot of Cottone Auctions' March 27 consignment auction in Geneseo, New York. It brought $1,063,750 (including buyer's premium) from a happy New England buyer to a very happy Geneseo consignor.About ten phone bidders yielded to persistent Jeff Bridgman, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Devin Moisan Auction
The oil on canvas signed lower left "Dickinsons" sold for $5750.The Queen Anne drop-leaf table sold for $4025.The early Pennsylvania painted dower chest sold for $4830. The deep arched panels raised the piece a cut above the ordinary.Devin Moisan Auctioneers, Dover, New Hampshireby Mark SiscoDevin Moisan is not New Hampshire's ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.The Art of Aiden Lassell Ripley by Stephen B. O'Brien Jr. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Judy Goffman Cutler Wins Big in Norman Rockwell Painting Trial
by David HewettOn Thursday, April 8, Roger L. Hunt, Chief U.S. District Judge for the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, ruled that Judy Goffman Cutler was "the true owner of the painting" Russian Schoolroom by Norman Rockwell.Art dealer Jack Solomon had sued Goffman Cutler, the co-owner of the National ... (Read More)
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(Show)Connecticut Spring Antiques Show Draws Enthusiastic Response
Greg K. Kramer & Co., Robesonia, Pennsylvania, showed the 1860-70 colorful stuffed and appliqued quilt with fine quilting work; approximately 100" square, it cost $22,500. The wing chair from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, which had descended in the Foster family and was ex-Bill Samaha, was tagged $10,500.Heller-Washam Antiques, Portland, Maine, and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Vermonter Buys $101,200 Double Portrait in Vermont
$101,200 (includes buyer's premium). Photo courtesy Lucinda Seward.by David Hewett"This thing is just fantastic. It's the prettiest and best painting I've ever owned!" an enthusiastic Joseph Martin said two days after he purchased the large folk art portrait of two children and their pet cat at a Robert Prozzo auction.It ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Peter Tillou's Cabinet of Curiosities
This 17 5/8" high pair of painted Chinese pottery figures of horses with finely detailed trappings, Northern Qi Dynasty, sold for $60,000 (est. $20,000/30,000).Amethyst geode with calcite inclusions, 30" high x 22" wide, $6000 (est. $2000/3000).Christie's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Christie'sPeter Tillou, the enthusiastic and eclectic collector and ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Marin Indian Art Show
"Things are turning around," said Jackson Clark II of Toh-Atin Gallery, Durango, Colorado. "I've had my best show in three years. People's attitudes seem better; there are smiles on people's faces. We've had great traffic, and people are buying good things." This Navajo Transitional weaving, circa 1900, (detail shown) is ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: A lifetime cast of Alberto Giacometti's L'Homme qui marche I, sold for $103.7 million by Sotheby's on February 3.Man Walking, Lamp Standing...Billed as one of the most iconic images in modern art and the pinnacle of Alberto Giacometti's experimentation with the human form, L'Homme qui marche ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The William Kelly Young Sale
This molded redware whippet in a gray/silver paint with a green rectangular base is stamped twice "John Bell." In good condition with light wear, it sold for $14,950 (est. $8000/10,000).A rare temperance ovoid jug with elaborate applied figural decorations, signed by J.L. Stone, Kosse, Texas, sold on the phone to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Buyer Who Reneged Has Penalty Tied to Piece's Next Sale
by David HewettPhoto courtesy William J. Jenack Auctioneers.The little silver and enamel box in William J. Jenack Auctioneers' April 11 sale has an interesting history, besides its Russian birth and subsequent travels, that is. When it was hammered down at Jenack's Chester, New York, sale, it finished one segment of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Golden Apple and O'Keeffe Avocado Help Score on 20th-Century Art
Skinner, Inc., Boston, MassachusettsArnaldo Pomodoro (b. 1926), artist's proof for Rotante primo sezionale no. 1 (Rotating First Section No. 1), 1966, bronze, 311/2" diameter, from the Melvin B. Nessel collection, $468,000 (est. $100,000/150,000).From an edition of 50 plus three proofs, Which Way? by Martin Lewis (1881-1962) sold to an on-site ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Location for the Start of Manchester Antiques Show
Flamingo Eventz, LLC has announced that the Start of Manchester Antiques Show is moving to the JFK Memorial Coliseum at 303 Beech Street, Manchester, New Hampshire.The Start of Manchester show will be held Tuesday, August 10, 12 noon to 6 p.m., and Wednesday, August 11, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Unveiling
Where was it made? The walnut table with splayed cabriole legs and a two-board top is similar to a table with a three-board top pictured in Southern Antiques by Paul H. Burroughs (1931), which is open to the image.From left, Phil Zimmerman, Skip Chalfant, and Philip W. Bradley inspect the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Cordier Antiques & Auctions Hires New Auctioneer
Cordier Antiques & Auctions, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, has hired Edward E. Rowe to head the company's on-site and variety auction department. He will oversee the planning and execution of on-site, estate, and multi-consignor variety auctions for the firm. Rowe has worked in the auction business since 2005 and became a ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques Show Debut
Janet K. Fanto of Janet K. Fanto Antiques and Rare Books, Easton, Maryland, holds a copy of Oxonia Illustrata by David Loggan (British/Polish, c. 1634-1692). The folio-size tome contains 38 double-page plates and one foldout triple-page plate depicting various architectural views and scenes of the grounds of Oxford University. The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Russian Art Tops American Photography
Oil on canvas of Kandahar, Afghanistan by Russian artist Alexandre Evgenievich Iacovleff, $172,500.Yellow-painted Maine country Hepplewhite tables are still strong in the furniture market, but it takes a special one to rise to the top. A single-drawer lamp table had the original mustard yellow base, but what separated it from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A South Carolina Weekend of Continental and Americana
The sale's top lot at $155,250 was Allegory of War, an unframed oil on canvas by Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee.Fishing Fleet off the Coast, signed lower right "H.M. Mesdag, 1896" for Hendrik-Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915), 191/2" x 28 3/8", sold for $48,300 to a private collector from Switzerland.This eight-gallon jar, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Hunt Valley Show: Sales Plus Interest from Younger Shoppers
These pieces were shown by Brennan & Mouilleseaux, Northfield, Connecticut. The Massachusetts inlaid mahogany and cherry bowfront chest was $6800, and the gilded gesso Regency mirror frame of circa 1840 was "well under five thousand dollars." It's 41" x 34" across the outside and 271/2" across the waist. We missed ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Maine Auctioneer Declares Bankruptcy
by David HewettOn March 5, an event that a host of unpaid consignors and dealers predicted would happen came to pass. James Douglas Cyr of Gray, Maine, declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Maine. (The filing was for him only, not his wife.) The filing was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African-Americana: Black Boy Scouts, Ink Spots, and Other "Heroes of the Colored Race"
This 211/2" x 14" black-and-white poster-one of the originals carried by striking sanitation workers who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis in 1968-sold for $40,800 (est. $8000/12,000). It came to the sale from a Missouri-based collector, active in the civil rights movement, who bought it at an auction ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Judith and James Milne Close Gallery but Remain in Business
Judith and James Milne have announced they are closing their New York City gallery. In a letter to M.A.D., they write:"We are closing our gallery on 74th Street in Manhattan where we have shown country furniture, folk art, accessories, and antique garden furniture for over 30 years. Before that we ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spink Gets $8 Million-Plus for "Once-in-a-Lifetime" Risvold Collection
Those stamped marks and written directions on the front of this folded letter mean a lot to a postal history detective. The letter, carefully conserved with the missing paper pieces added and splits repaired with silk, may not seem extraordinary, but it is a very rare item. Written in 1772, ... (Read More)
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