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(Fragment)New Ownership and Venue for Eastern National Antiques Show and Sale
Jim and Patti Chambers of Allentown, Pennsylvania, have acquired ownership of the Eastern National Antiques Show and Sale after having managed the show for the past 15 years. For 55 years, this major show has been held twice annually at the State Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It will ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Salander Admits Guilt, Will Go to Prison--Losses Astronomical
by David HewettOn March 18, a shaky Lawrence "Larry" Salander stood up in a New York City courtroom and admitted what everyone already knew: the 60-year-old art dealer had committed grand larceny on a grand scale. He pleaded guilty to 29 criminal counts in a plea bargain that will see ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Collection of Benjamin F. Edwards III
The rare pair of Verte-Imari candelabra, circa 1725, 15 1/8" high, sold for $242,500 (est. $80,000/120,000) to London dealer Michael Cohen of Cohen & Cohen. The form is modeled after European silver candlesticks. They were probably made for a highly placed East India Company director or investor.George II silver cake ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Partnership Formed to Sell Modern and Contemporary Ceramics
by Don JohnsonOne thing leads to another. In a way, it was Anna pigs that led to Cowan's plans for a semiannual auction of modern and contemporary ceramics. The new venture brings together Wes Cowan, president and principal auctioneer of Cowan's, and Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio of Clark ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Low-Key Americana Sale
The Portrait of a Girl and Her Dog in a Grape Arbor is unframed and measures 393/4" x 28". American furniture and decorative arts specialist Martha Hamilton spoke about the portrait. "There's been a lot of interest in it because it's a wonderful example of Susan Waters's work. The back ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Minor Owes Sotheby's $6.6 Million; Hicks "Peaceable Kingdom" Sold for $7 Million
Peaceable Kingdom was sold privately by Sotheby's in February 2010 for $7,000,000. Sotheby's photo.by Clayton PenningtonInternet entrepreneur Halsey Minor owes Sotheby's $6.6 million, according to an order filed on March 30, 2010, by Judge Barbara S. Jones.Sotheby's filed suit against Minor on September 2, 2008, for failing to make payment ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Three Indicted in Fake Clementine Hunter Paintings Case
William Toye and Beryl Ann Toye of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Robert E. Lucky Jr. of New Orleans have been indicted by a federal grand jury for selling paintings falsely attributed to Clementine Hunter. The three were named in a four-count indictment handed up on February 24 in United States ... (Read More)
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(Show)On the Paper Trail
Joe Maynard of Brooklyn, New York, asked $225 for this circa 1905 full-color die-cut advertisement for traveling optician R.E. Craytor of Glens Falls, New York. The type that the girl is pointing to was purposely printed blurry. A calendar on the back of the ad shows the New York state ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Case Antiques Auction
Portrait of Andrew Jackson by William Stewart Watson (Scottish, 1800-1870), signed and dated 1836, 271/4" x 231/4" plus frame, professionally conserved, some inpainting/restoration, $36,320.Central Park Skating by Joseph Delaney (1904-1991), oil on masonite, signed and dated '69, 311/2" x 29" (sight), original frame, excellent condition, $28,375.Folk art grain-painted watch hutch, ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Little Holiday Reminiscing
Before the customers arrived, the dealers perused each other's offerings in the barn at Craven Farm where the West Coast Vintage Holiday Show is held. Mr. Bubblelight, a.k.a. Leonard Mostek, of Nebraska and Jonathan Crawley of Oregon watch as Bruce Elsass of Connecticut advances down the aisle. The barn is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Judge Issues Injunction, Berry-Hill Loses Art, Lawyers Try to Quit
by David HewettThere have been some seriously weird happenings in the New York City art biz these early days in 2010 (see Salander-O'Reilly, p. 32-A), but the latest news takes us back to a story we first reported nearly five years ago (December 2005).On Tuesday, April 6, employees of Cirkers ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Auctioneers Arrested in Shill Bidding Case
Stephen J. BennettHarold French by Elizabeth DinanTwo New Hampshire auctioneers rigged the bidding for the auction of an S.F.M. Badger painting to drive the price over a $10,000 reserve so they could collect a commission, according to police.Stephen J. Bennett, 52, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, owner of Stephen Bennett Auctions ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Indiana Art Reaches New Highs
Dogwoods by Theodore Clement Steele, $93,500.by Don JohnsonTwo auction records were set during the Indiana art auction held by Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company on March 28 in Indianapolis.Dogwoods by Theodore Clement Steele, a 22" x 32" oil on canvas, signed and dated 1911, was the top lot of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Clay Crafters of the American South
Important enough to warrant mailing an addition to the catalog, this Daniel Seagle four-lug-handled storage jar resembles a basketball more than most of Seagle's other storage jars. Described as having two chips "professionally restored... undetectable," it reached $14,850 and was the star of the sale.Most of the earliest pottery of ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Old Software, New Computers
One of the many tables in a SQLite database being examined by the free Mozilla Firefox add-on SQLite Manager.Computer Column #256by John P. Reid, jreid@dca.netE-mail from a reader suggested this month's column. For many years, Jerry Brent of Fredericksburg, Virginia, has used a program for collectors called Antiques Collectibles Inventory, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Picked Apart
News flash. Antiques dealers try to make profits using a simple business model: sell objects for more than they paid for them. It's a seat-of-the-pants, tightrope-without-a-net way to make a buck that requires dealers to use knowledge of objects, history, and the current market.Considerable on-line criticism has been heaped on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Wou-Ki Keys Moore Auction
Zao Wou-Ki Abstract Expressionist watercolor, $40,250, the top lot of the day.The bowfront Sheraton mahogany dresser with three-quarter spiral-turned and carved columns brought $805. Auctioneer Moore related that at one time, the chest stood at the end of someone's driveway with a "FREE" sign on it.Hap Moore Antiques Auctions, York, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Monroe Antique Show and Sale
This gorgeous 1920's green Cambridge vase with a gold rim and etchings of birds, in mint condition, was $225 from Wendy Thuring-Welch of Eastside Collectibles, Gig Harbor, Washington. She stated that it is #402 and that the gold rim isunusual.Monroe, Washingtonby Cathy AldrichIt was like a country square dance, two ... (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.Inspired Innovations: A Celebration of Shaker Ingenuity by M. Stephen Miller ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: An Eye-Opener
by Steve ProffittIn January and March, I wrote about an issue I hadn't previously recognized. Those columns focused on a seller's anger over an auctioneer selling an auction lot for less than its reserve. The auctioneer reduced his selling commission so the seller received the same money as if the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Eastman Johnson, Duke of Wellington, and Stephen Decatur Bring Crowd to Sale
The sale's top lot, a 51" x 34" oil on canvas double portrait by Eastman Johnson (1824-1906), sold to a phone bidder for $74,750. The subjects are William Watson Caswell and John Caswell of Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts. From the estate of William Watson Caswell Jr. (1897-1982), former head of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)It's History!
The map of the siege of Yorktown, $1.15 million. Julia photo.Sir John Hoppner (1758-1810) was under the patronage of King George III at an early age and gained early success painting Britain's most fashionable and wealthy subjects. Most of the sales records I located carried the price-killingdisclaimers "circle of," "in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Garber's "Quarries at Byram" Tops Paintings Sale
Daniel Garber (1880-1958), Quarries at Byram, signed bottom left, oil on canvas, 35 5/8" x 44", $229,000 to the phone (est. $200,000/300,000).Francesco Bergamini (Italian, 1815-1883), Choir Practice, signed bottom left, oil on canvas laid down on board, 18" x 27", $23,750 (est. $7000/10,000) to a dealer in the salesroom.Freeman's, Philadelphia, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Kim and Jennifer Arenskjold, Hudson, New York
Kim and Jennifer Arenskjold.The Arenskjolds' new shop, a former J.J. Newberry store with two floors totaling 10,000 square feet of display space.Pair of rare Hans Wegner "Model 500" oak armchairs with brass feet, $11,000.by Frank DoneganCast your mind back to March 2009. The stock market was cratering. Whole neighborhoods in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Oriental Rug Auctions: Different Sales for Different Folks
Sotheby's didn't have the number of nice collectible rugs seen in better markets. One ofmy favorites was a 7'6" x 4'7" mid-19th-century Moghan Kazak village rug in absolutely amazing original condition. It had a wonderful range of natural colors, including the rare purple. With a realistic estimate of $30,000/40,000, it ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Impecunious Collector, Maritime Division: America's Cup
Volunteer trial race, September 16, 1887, blind stamped E.T. Gerry. Volunteer owner General Charles J. Paine of the New York Yacht Club defeated Thistle and the Royal Clyde Yacht Club of Scotland. The stereoview was taken by Elbridge Gerry ("G" as in "gelt"), the commodore of the New York Yacht ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Poe, Dickens, George Washington, and an Olivetti Typewriter
A copy of the first collected edition, first printings of The Works of the late Edgar Allan Poe; with Notices of His Life and Genius sold for $80,500 (est. $3000/4000). The four volumes were published in New York in 1850 and 1856. Asked to explain the strong price, Francis Wahlgren ... (Read More)
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(Feature)African Art and the Serious Collector-An Essay
Bamana Ntomo puppet (Mali, 31" high, circa 1940). Storytelling features prominently in Bamana art and culture. Ntomo puppets were used in allegorical presentations of tribal history and rules of behavior. Puppets typically have moving parts-here swinging arms. This example is carved frontally on both sides, possibly to enhance its effect ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques at the Armory: A Major Component of Americana Week
Lynne T. Ward Antique Prints, Norwalk, Connecticut, was one of several print dealers at this year's show.The Begners of Turkey Mountain Traders, Scottsdale, Arizona, asked $21,000 for this Charles Loloma (1921-1991) Hopi pendent necklace. "We have its complete provenance and collection history," said Thomas Begner. "Loloma changed the face of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Day of 20th-Century Design
Designed and constructed by Johnny Swing, this Nickel couch was made in 2003. It is number 4 from an edition of 25. Made of 5cents coins and patinated metal, the 30 1/8" x 79" x 381/4" couch, signed and numbered by the artist, sold for $104,500 (est. $15,000/20,000). (Isabell collection.)A ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Brilliant Image, Fuzzy Concept
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondThe antiques industry needs a public relations agent desperately. We have a real image problem, and public relations agents can cure all sorts of bad press. Celebrity scandals are routinely swept away by good PR, and whenever the political winds change, companies come out of ... (Read More)
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(Show)Ceramics Fair 2010
Sylvia Powell of London, England asked around $80,000 for this Picasso vase made in Vallauris, circa 1956.These very special Staffordshire dogs, incredibly rare, were $3500 from Elinor Penna. "No one had seen this model before," Penna said, adding she did OK at the show but since has made three sales. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Something-for-Everyone Sale at New Hillsborough Venue
First among the sale's 750-plus lots at $31,050 was this 213/4" bronze figure of dancer Loie Fuller by Agathon Leonard. Second was a slightly smaller Loie figure at $29,900.Leland Little Auction and Estate Sales Ltd., Hillsborough, North Carolinaby Pete PrunklPhotos courtesy Leland LittleAsian art dealers from mainland China are a ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The American Art Fair 2009
Hammer Galleries along with Galerie St. Etienne has represented the estate of Grandma Moses (1860-1961) since 1961. A Grandma Moses exhibition is at Galerie St. Etienne in New York City through April 3. The snow scene (top), We Will Celebrate, 163/4" x 211/2", signed lower right, was $145,000. July (bottom), ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Partner and Consultant for Hermann Historica
Hermann Historica, auctioneer for arms, armor, and militaria based in Munich, Germany, has formed an alliance with Bloomsbury Auctions and Dreweatts.Hermann Historica will establish a permanent presence in Bloomsbury's Maddox Street (Mayfair, London) premises as well as a representative office presence in New York City and Rome. Dreweatts will establish ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sale in Lancaster County
From the Hershey Museum, this Pennsylvania paint-decorated chest, dated "1808" and inscribed "Sarah Wengert," was likely from either Lebanon or Dauphin County. It had triple tombstone panels on front and rested on bracket feet. The buyers were Marietta, Pennsylvania, dealers Harry Hartman and Oliver Overlander II, who paid $19,210 for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Heritage Heads to the Big Apple
Heritage Auction Galleries will open new exhibition galleries in New York City in September. The ground-floor space located at 445 Park Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets, has been leased for 11 years.Heritage does not plan to hold sales in the space, but the Big Apple does figure in the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Pooks Pack the Place
Elinor Gordon hung this 25" x 30" N.C. Wyeth oil on canvas of his own farm, Home of N.C. Wyeth, over her fireplace. Initialed at lower left and shown at the N.C. Wyeth exhibition at the Brandywine River Museum in 1972, it sold for$70,200.Philadelphia mahogany tea table, circa 1765, the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)California Police Selectively Enforcing "Secondhand Dealers" Licensing Law
by David HewettThere's been another arrest in California of a buyer accused of violating the section of the state's "Business and Professions Code" dealing with licensing buyers and sellers of "secondhand" property.We reported in our January 2009 issue (page 11-A) about the arrest of book and ephemera collector Richard Hopp ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Book Review: Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong
by Jeanne SchintoEverything You Know about Indians Is Wrongby Paul Chaat SmithUniversity of Minnesota Press, 2009, 193 pages, hardbound, $21.95 plus S/H from University of Minnesota Press, (www.upress.umn.edu) or (800) 621-2736.Anyone who has been dissatisfied, to say the least-or confused and annoyed, to say the most-by a visit to the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Stella Pier Show Starts New Year with a Bang and Some Bucks
"Don't call them tractor seats," said Leslie A. Segal of East Hampton, New York. "They're cast-iron farm implement seats! They were used with horse-drawn rigs." Gee, I was going to call them sculpture. The seats, clockwise from top, were $500, $250, $200, $300, $250, and $600. The starred one in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Stephen Gray Collection Causes a Stir
The 21" high Gustav Stickley Damascus plant stand #9, circa 1901, has a wonderful octagonal form and a Grueby tile at top. From Catalog No. 1 "New Furniture," the refinished stand sold for $26,400. Gray collection.Important pieces can turn up just about anywhere. A church on the south side of ... (Read More)
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(Show)What a Difference a Drape Can Make: Greater Boston, Tweaked
Steele & Steele asked $2600 for the pair of newly reupholstered fireside wing chairs. They displayed photos of the chairs' bedraggled "before" condition. The circa 1830 oil on board portraits of Thomas and Margaret Andrews Steele (no relation to the dealers) were $3200 for the pair. They had a chalked ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Family Finds in the Finger Lakes
by Fran KramerWestern New York, a lush rolling countryside, has long attracted "go west" New Yorkers, especially after the Big Ditch (the Erie Canal) was dug. It's horse and wine country, where the bluebloods of the Genesee River valley drink the red and white wines of the vineyards between the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture Auction in Texas
The Philadelphia walnut high chest of drawers from the Lippincott/ Smith family of Salem, New Jersey, sold for $53,775 (est. $5000/10,000) to a dealer on the phone.The cherry sugar chest, circa 1800, topped its high estimate at $2987.50.Dallas Auction Gallery, Dallas, Texasby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Dallas Auction GalleryWhen Dallas Auction ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Winter Antiques Show, 2010
Patrick Bell and Edwin Hild of Olde Hope Antiques, Solebury, Pennsylvania, asked $95,000 for the white, black, and gold painted fireboard (on the wall at left) from a house in Long Island, New York. The painted chest below is from Kentucky, 1820-40, 301/4" x 571/2" x 20", and $110,000; it ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: A coloured ink drawing of Sissinghurst Castle in 1761, seen at a time when it was used to house French prisoners of war. Today, all that remains of this once great house are the tall Elizabethan towers, the long building in the foreground, part of which ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Marine Paintings and Decorative Arts
The first lot of the day did well. A commemorative life ring for the America's Cup defender Enterprise, 1930, with an unsigned portrait of Enterprise in the center hole, inscribed to both designer W. Starling Burgess and Captain Harold S. Vanderbilt, and with a New York Yacht Club burgee, sold ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antiques Vendors Sought for D-R Fund-raiser
The Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School chapter of Citizens Scholarship Foundation of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, is seeking antiques dealers for its spring fund-raiser. On Saturday, April 24, CSF will hold an antiques show and sale at the high school to raise money for college scholarships for 2010 graduating seniors.Antiques dealers from all ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Veteran Connecticut Antiques Dealer Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
by David HewettOn January 15, Woodbury, Connecticut, antiques dealer Harold E. Cole, doing business as Harold E. Cole Antiques, filed a Chapter 11 Voluntary Petition, seeking reorganization in the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Connecticut.In initial forms filed with the court, Cole, through his attorney, Maximino Medina Jr., estimated ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Russian Icons Lead the Way
This icon, "Mother of God of the Sign/ Znamenie," sold for $92,000. The European buyer felt reassured by the letter of authentication signed by Marina Bowater of Bowater Gallery in London in 1970.This Russian triptych icon painted in egg tempera on wood has Mary Magdalene in the center, flanked by ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Book Review: Salt-Glazed Stoneware in Early America
A Book Reviewby Jonathan RickardSalt-Glazed Stoneware in Early Americaby Janine E. Skerry and Suzanne Findlen HoodThe Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, in association with University Press of New England, 2009, 272 pages, hardbound, $75 plus S/H from Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, (www.williamsburgmarketplace.com) or (800) 446-9240, or from University Press of New England, (www.upne.com) ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture and Decorative Arts at Bonhams
William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, American school, oil on board, 251/4" x 35", in need of cleaning and with a tear, $24,400 (est. $6000/8000).
Watercolor on paper portraits of Benjamin and Ann Morse, 1830, each 9" x 7", $19,520 (est. $3000/5000) to a phone bidder, underbid in the salesroom by ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Art and Curiosities in Bottles
The bark in this diorama is being towed by a tug that has made its way into the neck of the bottle.Ship and diorama in a light bulb.Ship-in-bottle with a handmade pulley dangling from its stopper.Large decanter with two china dolls (lower one partially visible) at an elaborate and intricately ... (Read More)
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(Show)The American Antiques Show, 2010
Stephen Score of Boston asked $20,000 for this large birdhouse. He said he needed to be in the picture to give it scale.Russack & Loto Books LLC, Northwood, New Hampshire, used big letters to tell shoppers what they had for sale.Greg Kramer of Robesonia, Pennsylvania, offered a table, chairs, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American History Auction
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(Fragment)WGBH Lab and Antiques Roadshow: Video Shorts Wanted
In collaboration with Antiques Roadshow, the WGBH Lab is hosting an open call for video shorts that showcase a particular object or antique with personal relevance to the filmmaker. The WGBH Lab, an on-line tool for media makers to share their work, challenges emerging talent to consider their own compelling ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Vargas Pinup Breaks Six-Figure Barrier at Illustration Auction
Duotone Varga Signature by Alberto Vargas (1896-1982), watercolor on posterboard, 1947, 271/4" x 18", sold for $101,575, an auction record for the artist.Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935), book illustration from A Child's Garden of Verses, 1905, mixed media on paperboard, 331/2" x 23". From one of Smith's most important projects, this ... (Read More)
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(Feature)New Record Likely for Southern Corner Cupboard at Brunk Auctions
The original blue paint on this Swisegood school corner cupboard (961/2" x 50" x 251/4") can be seen under its painted surface of orange and red. In excellent condition, the cupboard was made in Davidson County, North Carolina, circa 1820. With rope-carved quarter columns, original brasses, and original bracket feet, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Tribal and Textile Arts Show Will Not Take Place in 2010
The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of High-Quality Inuit Art
Niviaxie's skin stencil print in blue, Man Hunting at a Seal Hole in the Ice, May 1959, #15/30, carried a whopping $30,000/40,000 estimate. Just one print among the many reflecting Gould's unerring eye for quality, it brought $33,600 ($31,231). "They're gettingso rare, these prints now," said McLean.Arguably the best stone ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Self-Service with a Smile
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondNow that all our Christmas secrets are out in the open, we can talk about what an ordeal Christmas shopping was this past year. First of all, let's just acknowledge that Andrew is possibly the worst person in the world to buy a gift for. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)April Is Open Season for Antiques Hunting in Philadelphia
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(Fragment)The Nashville Petition
by Lita Solis-Cohen
There is a grassroots effort on the part of some dealers to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Exchange Rate and the Art Market
by Daniel Grant
Six to 12 months ago, the Fine Art Fund Group-a London-based ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Signals and Signs
Did Americana Week in New York City represent a January thaw in the snowed-under antiques market? There seemed to be greater energy at the shows. The American Antiques Show, produced by the American Folk Art Museum, had a new floor plan and looked fresh. The preview party with lower-priced 6 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Northwest Coast Bowl Top Lot at Native American Art Auction
The auction's top lot, a 12" long x 8" high Northwest Coast bowl carved as a stylized eagle, sold for $230,000 (est. $75,000/ 125,000) by phone to a collector from the East Coast. Haas explained that the buyer had seen the bowl when "a mini-exhibit of material from this auction ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historic Firearms and Militaria Auction
A 16" long French and Indian War powder horn with an engraved map of Pennsylvania depicting the forts and waypoints on the trail from Philadelphia to Fort Pitt, as well as the Forbes Road, having an untouched yellow to brown patina, brought $57,500 (est. $15,000/25,000).Cowan's, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonPhotos courtesy ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Auction for a New World
A first edition of Les voyages du sieur de Champlain by Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635) sold to Peter Harrington Books for $751,000 (est. $250,000/350,000). The volume, published in Paris in 1613, includes a map that documents the first attempt to record longitude and latitude for the New England coast; depictions ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bannister Paintings and a Whistler Print Lead Winter Sale
The Dyer by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), a brown-toned etching on laid paper, trimmed to plate imprint, brought an attention-getting$115,000 (est. $8000/12,000). Cataloged K219, III state of IV, it has the artist's butterfly signature and measures 191/2" x 12".Edward Bannister's Fishing Folk, King Phillip Rock, Mount Hope, oil on ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Susan Silver of Sheffield, Massachusetts
Susan Silver is shown with an Anglo-Indian wardrobe (to her right) of solid satinwood- not veneered-and ebony. "It breaks down into eight pieces," she said. It's $21,000.Silver's shop on Route 7 in Sheffield, Massachusetts. It may look tasteful and sedate now, but, she said, it wasn't when she bought it ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Daffodils, Lilies, and Pansies Bloom
Tiffany Studios Daffodil lamp, $63,250.Tiffany Dragonfly lamp in dichroic glass, $40,250.Leaded glass window, possibly by LaFarge, the Rudy Brothers, or perhaps another maker, $16,100.James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoLeaded glass lamps led the way at James D. Julia's lamp and glass auction on November 19 and 20, 2009, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques & Art at the Armory
M.S. Rau Antiques, New Orleans, asked $1.5 million for this English silver wine cooler made by Rundell, Bridge and Rundell in 1837. Once in Windsor Castle, it was given to the Duke of Cumberland when he became King of Hanover. Queen Elizabeth has a similar one, but the duke had ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Garth's Americana Auction
Decorated corner cupboard, Pennsylvania, 19th century, poplar and pine, two-piece construction, alligatored reddish brown over yellow vinegar graining simulating curly maple, 861/4" high x 401/2" wide, one pane cracked, brass pulls missing from the drawers, $36,425.Late Victorian diamond cluster ring with a center old-European-cut diamond, approximately 2.4 carats, surroundedby two ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Antiques Software for Macs
Before Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh, antiques records were kept with cumbersome DOS programs such as PC-File 5.0.Computer Column #255by John P. Reid, jreid@dca.netIn the last two issues we reviewed updates of Windows software for antiques dealers and collectors. I immediately got e-mail from collectors asking if there is similar ... (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.Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago, edited ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Pair of Nisbet Card Tables at Strong Sale in Saint John
A pair of card tables by Saint John cabinetmaker Thomas Nisbet fetched $16,800 ($15,943). They were clearly very early pieces with all the details associated with this most famous of early 19th-century Canadian cabinetmakers.Tim Isaac Auctions, Saint John, New Brunswickby Peter SmitAll prices in Canadian funds; approximate U.S. funds in ... (Read More)
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(Show)Peabody Essex Museum Antiques Show: Steady at the Helm
Salem, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoDiana H. Bittel of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, is the new show manager of the Wayside Inn Antiques Show, scheduled to debut May 14-16 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. For more information, see the Web site (www.wayside.org). On the wall immediately above Bittel's Philadelphia four-drawer chest is acirca 1830 shellwork ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Photograph Album Leads Evans Sale
This historically significant photograph album contains 425 albumen prints by John K. Hillers (German-American, 1843-1925), most of which were taken during John Wesley Powell's second Western expedition (1871-72) and with the Cushing Smithsonian expedition to study the Zuni and Pueblo peoples (1877-78). There were several photographers on these expeditions, but ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Etnier Oils Lead Foster Auction
Stephen Etnier oil on canvas, signed and dated '59, $6050.Stephen Etnier oil on canvas, probably a scene near his Harpswell, Maine, studio, $2750. Foster photo.Robert L. Foster, Newcastle, Maineby Mark SiscoAs he's been doing for the past few decades, Robert L. Foster held Maine's first big antiques auction of the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Modernism + Art20
Paul Donzella of Donzella Ltd., New York City, offered two chairs and a cocktail table, designed by Paul Laszlo in the early 1950's, of handcarved and lacquered wood. The Lucite top is a replacement copy of the original. The chairs were $28,000 the pair, "a recession price," said Donzella. In ... (Read More)
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(Feature)New Associate Curator Position at PMA
Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley has been named The Montgomery-Garvan Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.The new associate curator position was endowed by Robert L. McNeil, Jr. through the Lenfest Challenge, which was established in fall 2008 by museum chairman H.F. (Gerry) Lenfest and Marguerite Lenfest ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Up the Creek with a Paddle
Canoe paddle, 19th century, 67" long, $13,800.Gould Auction Company, Gardiner, Maineby Mark SiscoSeveral years ago, auctioneer Timothy Gould wondered aloud to us about how long he could maintain his auctions, restricting his consignments only to items that conformed to his rigid "fresh-to-the-market" criterion. We're happy to report that as of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: The Nicholas Hilliard miniature portraits of Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester and the one real love of her life, which sold for $120,015 at Bonhams.Elizabeth and Leicester: An Unrequited Love Story?One of the three great questions of Europe, the King of France once ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Leslie Hindman Opens Florida Location
Naples, Florida, headquarters of Leslie Hindman Auctioneers.Leslie Hindman Auctioneers of Chicago has opened a new auction facility in Naples, Florida."Many of our longtime clients winter or live year-round in Florida, specifically the southwest region, so Naples is an ideal location for a satellite office," said Hindman. "One of our goals ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Japanese Art Dealers Association Holds Exhibition during Asia Week
Plans are in the works for a very busy Asia Week New York, March 20-28 (see M.A.D., February 2010, p. 9-A).A pocket-size art fair organized by members of the Japanese Art Dealers Association (JADA), a group of six leading dealers who specialize in pre-modern Japanese art, will be held at ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Prior Tops Auction
The William Matthew Prior oil on board portrait sold for $10,350.Shelf clock by John Taber of Saco, Maine, $8625.Cyr Auction Company, Gray, Maineby Mark SiscoOn November 12, 2009, Cyr Auction Company held a solid Americana sale in Gray, Maine, anchored by a rare Maine-made shelf clock, a good Prior primitive ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Folk Art Reaches Maturity
Outdoor Art Show by Vestie Davis. Not exactly how Slotin started. Slotin's first sale was in the basement of the Barbara Archer Gallery in Atlanta. This work was one of two by Vestie Davis offered, and it tripled expectations at $13,800.Perhaps the most unusual item in this sale was this ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Main Line Antiques Show
Paul Vandekar offered this Chinese export porcelain hunt bowl for $50,000. He said he gave up his gallery and does 12 shows a year and has had one good show after another.The Schwinds of Yarmouth, Maine, sold some jewelry at the preview.Walter Mullen of Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, asked $6500 for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New England Motel Upgrades Tents for Brimfield
New England Motel & Antiques Market in Brimfield, Massachusetts, is preparing for the upcoming antiquing season with an upgrade."Our Pavilion sites continue to be very popular," wrote Marie Doldoorian of New England Motel. "As a result we have a demand for the Pavilion sites and a wait list. Dealers in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Mikan Card Sold for $218,550
$218,550.On behalf of an anonymous client, SCP Auctions, Laguna Niguel, California, purchased what some call the most important and valuable basketball card known to exist: a 1948 Bowman George Mikan rookie card graded Gem Mint 10 by PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator).The card sold for $218,550 in an on-line auction conducted ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Firearms and Accoutrements
Inlaid wheel-lock rifle, European, 16th or 17th century, wrought-iron hardware and 331/4" long tapered and flared octagonal barrel, 26 bone inlays with scrimshaw detail and a sliding bone patch box, 45" long, key missing, pieced restorations, old repairs to splits in inlay, $11,163.Two inlaid wheellock pistols, European, 16th or 17th ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Garth's Breaks Record for Arthur Meltzer Painting
On January 30 Garth's Auctions, Delaware, Ohio, sold The Robe of Winter, a 42" x 46" oil on canvas landscape by Pennsylvania artist Arthur Meltzer, for $156,875 (includes buyer's premium) to Valerie and Kurt Malmberg of Greshville Antiques and Fine Art, Boyertown, Pennsylvania. According to the auction house, it's a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Collectors Go after Bargains
Summer Landscape by E. Charlton Fortune (1885-1969), 1914, 221/4" x 26", sold for $278,000 (est. $150,000/250,000) to a private collector from Northern California. It had been deaccessioned from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Paintings specialist Scot Levitt reminded us that a Fortune painting had sold at Bonhams & ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Christie's
A double portrait by Ammi Phillips (1788-1865) of Theron Simpson Ludington (1850-1922) and his older sister Virginia Ludington (1846-1865) with a cat and shaggy dog, circa 1855, oil on canvas, 43" x 40", sold for $782,500 (est. $300,000/500,000) to Atlanta dealer Deanne Levison in the salesroom for a client. It ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bittel to Manage Delaware Show
Diana Bittel is the new manager of the Delaware Antiques Show. Bittel manages the Newport Antiques Shows, the new Wayside Inn Antiques Show opening on May 14 to benefit the historic inn, and is the liason member of the Antiques Council which manages the Nantucket Historical Association Antiques Show. She ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Bill Would Tightly Regulate Auctions
by Betty FloodMore transparency in the world of New York auctions will result if legislation introduced in the state legislature is passed. The proposed law would require auctioneers to provide detailed information about any items sold as well as disclosure if there is a "reserve price." Under the proposed law, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ken Farmer Sells a Big Little Fish
The big fish of the Farmer sale was this fish-form bitters bottle, described as light yellow-olive in color and marked "W.H. Ware/Patent 18XX" on its bottom. The bottle is approximately 113/4" high and when viewed along its long axis appears to slump slightly to the left. There is illegible lettering ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Great Run
Bill Stahl at the podium on September 26, 2008, for Sotheby's sale of the Americana collection of Rear Admiral Edward P. Moore and Barbara Bingham Moore. The carved walnut compass-seat stool, Philadelphia, circa 1750, estimated at $200,000/500,000, sold for $5,234,500 (including buyer's premium). Photo courtesy Sotheby's.by Lita Solis-CohenOn December 3, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Saint Bernard Carving Tops Florida Auction
Circa 1900 39" wide Black Forest carved tableau of a Saint Bernard dog and pups, $30,590. Auctions Neapolitan photos.At Auctions Neapolitan's January 23 sale in Naples, Florida, a 39" wide Black Forest carved tableau of a Saint Bernard dog and her three pups sold for $30,590 (includes buyer's premium). Attributed ... (Read More)
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