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(Fragment)Belknap Double Portrait Brings $419,750
The double portrait by Zedekiah Belknap of two children is sensational in every way. This wonderfully evocative painting looked as if it had stepped right out of a page from a folk art museum catalog. It sold for $419,750 to dealer Fred Giampietro, bidding for a client.by Jackie SideliPhotos courtesy ... (Read More)
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(Show)Annual Adirondack Museum Show
Ralph Kylloe of Glens Falls, New York, author of A History of the Old Hickory Chair Company and the Indiana Hickory Furniture Movement, bought 300 of these hickory chairs from a monastery. Before being refinished they were offered at $275 each. If cleaned and varnished, they were $350 each.George Earl ... (Read More)
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(Show)Seemingly Cursed Tent Show Tries to Kill the Curse
This is how it looked under the big white tents on Sunday morning. People weren't wearing yellow rain slickers as fashion statements; they needed them. The Shaker crew laid down hay on the wettest, boggiest soggy spots on Sunday morning, but the field was soaked.Shown by Ed Weissman Antiques, Portsmouth, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Printer, the Letter, and the Post Office
EditorialSubscribers recently received a letter from Maine Antique Digest that contained a two-page ad for the November 7 and 8 auction at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Thomaston, Maine.Some recipients have questioned whether M.A.D. is getting into the direct mail business, or whether we've sold our subscriber list to Thomaston ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Timeless: Masterpiece American Brass Dial Clocks
A Book Reviewby David A. SperlingTimeless: Masterpiece American Brass Dial Clocksby Frank L. Hohmann III, with contributions from Kirtland H. Crump, Donald L. Fennimore, Morrison H. Heckscher, Martha H. Willoughby, and David F. WoodHohmann Holdings LLC, 2009, 376 pages, hardbound, $125 plus S/H from the publications division of (www.sothebys.com) or ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column: Following the Links
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(Auction)American Indian and Western Art
Turkey Hunter by Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936), oil on canvas, signed, 20" x 24", professionally relined, minor inpainting, $47,587.50 (est. $30,000/40,000).Portrait of Elk Foot Jerry, Taos by JosephHenry Sharp (1859-1953), oil on canvas,signed and dated 1941, also inscribed"Hunting Son, Taos" on cardboard on back, 20" x 16", $81,075 (est. $40,000/60,000).Nampeyo ... (Read More)
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(Show)Lovely Setting, Improved Results at Second Old York Antiques Show
"It's plank-on-frame construction with many working parts," said dealer Dave White of White's Nautical Antiques as he was describing this Gloucester fishing schooner, 1880-90, for which he was asking $3950. It sold later in the show.John Hunt Marshall's son Leland stands in front of a colorful Italian three-panel folding screen, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Greenwich Kiwanis Fall Antiques Show Slow Out of the Gate
Barrett Menson of Perkins & Menson Antiques, Townsend, Massachusetts, new to the show, had a period frame for every picture, and this one fit his face beautifully. The 14" x 10" 19th-century frame still hadits little brass hanging ring on top ($330). "It's rare because it's made of full bird's-eye ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Who Would Have Thunk It?
by Steve ProffittHuman nature is funny. There are some people you don't like from the moment you meet them. Others you immediately like and gravitate toward under the same circumstances. My feelings were the latter for a M.A.D. reader who wrote me about a bad auction experience. His comments were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Plane's the Thing
Lowe's patent fillister plane, $7040.A triptych-style folding tool cabinet, full of ornamental turning tools by Holtzapfel & Deyerlain of London, England, essentially complete, with handles in beech, rosewood, and ebony, fetched $1210.Martin J. Donnelly Antique Tools, Nashua, New Hampshireby Mark SiscoLive Free or Die Antique Tool Auctions is now celebrating ... (Read More)
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(Show)Exhibitors at Vermont's Antiques Week See Long-Awaited Upsurge in Business
We photographed the 383/4" wide bowfront tambour desk before the show opened when there was no price on it. By the time we got back, the first customers had entered, and it had sold. Martin J. Ferrick Antiques, Lincolnville, Maine, was the exhibitor. Fellow exhibitors said that Ferrick had a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ike's Jacket Leads Three-Day Auction
General Dwight D. Eisenhower's uniform "Ike" jacket, 38 regular, custom tailored by Clipper Craft Clothes as indicated by a label on the interior breast pocket with the typed identification "Gen. D. Eisenhower"and the date 3/45. The jacket has a patch for SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force) upper left, shoulder ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Book Review: Birds in Wood and Paint
by Jeanne SchintoBirds in Wood and Paint: American Miniature Bird Carvings and Their Carvers, 1900-1970by Joseph H. EllisUniversity Press of New England, 2009, 184 pages, hardbound, $60 plus S/H from University Press of New England, Order Department, 1 Court Street, Lebanon, NH 03766 or (800) 421-1561 or from the Web ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Labor Day Weekend Auction
Navajo Horse Race by Frank Tenney Johnson (1874-1939), signed and dated 1927, oil on canvas, 261/2" x 321/2", minor craquelure, light surface soiling and slight yellowing of varnish, $196,250.Smith & Wesson Model 3 Russian second model revolver, mid-19th century, .44 caliber, 7" barrel, with floral engraving, ivory grips with relief-carved ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: It's All Relevant (Or at Least It Used to Be)
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondForgive us. We're often not sure where we are, or, at least, not sure of where we've been. One of the hazards of so much business travel is that we're constantly trying to remember with whom we had a particular conversation and where we were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Plain and Fancy at Cottone
This 17" x 25" oil on board by Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) brought the top price of the sale, $235,750, from a New York City gallery on the phone, bidding against at least seven other phone bidders. The lot also included the first edition of the book We, the People ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Art of the Trade
by Daniel GrantMuseums are full of stuff, and they are always trying to get more. Sometimes they buy objects for their collections (from dealers, auction houses, and collectors), and more often they receive things as donations.There is, however, a whole realm of other ways of acquiring additional items. One way ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Plains Pictographs among Top Lots at Spotty Tribal Arts Sale
An 81/2" x 7" bound book of 22 Native American pictographs in pencil, colored pencil, and ink sold to a phone bidder for $34,365. Doug Deihl said a collector bought it and added that it may end up in a museum someday. The images were mostly of mounted Brule Lakota ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Robin Fernsell Art & Antiques, Walpole, New Hampshire
Robin Fernsell.A partial view of Fernsell's gallery.Pair of Maine thumb-back Windsors with very well-preserved paint, $3500. Fernsell said, "I don't like to buy things that need work. I don't know how to do it, and I don't want to spend the money to get it done."by Frank DoneganWe all know ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Director of Frye Art Museum
Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker, former director of the Museum Villa Stuck in Munich, has been appointed director of the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, Washington. The Frye was established in the 1950's as a private foundation and museum. Its founding collection focuses on late 19th- and early 20th-century European art with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Show in Charlottesville
Show promoters Melrose & Duddy have announced plans for a new show to be held in Charlottesville, Virginia. Antiques in Charlottesville will be held January 22-24, 2010, at the University Center Holiday Inn in Charlottesville."We are confident our brand of show is a great fit for the Charlottesville market," said ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A Spirit of Simplicity
by Lita Solis-CohenWhen wealthy collectors are passionate about what they collect, they endow a foundation in order to share it with the public. Dr. Albert Barnes did it to show people how to look at his artworks by Cezanne, Renoir, and Matisse at the Barnes Foundation in Merion, Pennsylvania. Abby ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early Twentieth-Century Objects at Auction
Given a full-page picture in the catalog,this exceptional 14" tall Roseville red Carnelian II beehive vase with a black label, part of the 400 series and known to some collectors as Carnelian III, sold for $10,800 (est. $5000/7000), the highest price of the weekend.Joseph Heinrichs hammered copper tray with silver ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Last Hunt Country Antiques Fair
An early morning crowd begins to search for bargains among the show tents on the grounds of Oatlands Plantation. It was Dordy Fontinel's final show under the tents at the historic venue.A kilted David Parker from nearby Waterford, Virginia, came to the show with a mission. He was in search ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fall American Paintings Sales
Francis A. Silva (1835-1886), Sailing at Twilight, signed and dated '77, oil on canvas, 20" x 36", $86,500 (est. $40,000/ 60,000). Sotheby's photo.Boats on a River by Austrian-born artist Joseph Floch (1895-1977), signed "Floch" lower right, oil on canvas, 25 5/8" x 32", sold for $37,500 (est. $8000/12,000) to anAustrian ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rookwood Pottery Gets into the Auction Business
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(Auction)High-Test: Standard Station Print Brings $170,000
$170,000.At a Bonhams & Butterfields prints auction on November 3, simulcast between its San Francisco and Los Angeles salesrooms, Standard Station, 1966, a screenprint by Edward Ruscha (b. 1937), sold for $170,000 (includes buyer's premium). It was estimated at $30,000/40,000.According to Bonhams & Butterfields, that's the highest price ever paid ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
Michael Bennett-Levy with just a small part of his early television collection in one of the cellars of Monkton House, and a room typical of those that Bonhams had to sort through in preparing the sale catalogue.It is estimated that no more than 120 American-made television sets of pre-World War ... (Read More)
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(Feature)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.Picturing Victorian America: Prints by the Kellogg Brothers of Hartford, Connecticut, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)McCloskey Pastel Heads Foster Auction
This pastel still life, solidly attributed to William Joseph McCloskey, was the sale's leading seller at $11,000. Foster photo.One of the sale's biggest prices was $7700 for this early unsigned Italian oil on canvas in a lemon gold frame, 38" x 52" (sight size), of a circular domed Roman temple ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Canadian Auction House Bankrupt
Ritchie's, the Toronto-based auction house, has declared bankruptcy. A note posted on Ritchie's Web site (www.ritchies.com) read: "To all consignors, secured and unsecured creditors of Ritchies Inc.: Please be informed that the landlord Hildegard Hammer has petitioned Ritchies Inc. into bankruptcy. As of October 26th, 2009, Ritchies Inc. is now ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bibles, Library Dupes, and Cookbook Lead Americana Sale
A number of items relating to the Arctic did well, including Joseph-Nicolas Delisle's Nouvelles Cartes des Decouvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte, published in Paris in1753. With 60 pages and four folding maps, minus the final plate as well as (as usual) the final appendix, this early imagining of Alaska's coast ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)First Lehman Bankruptcy Sale Big Success at Freeman's
Georges Schreiber, Brooklyn Bridge, signed and dated "Schreiber 45," 311/2" x 431/2", $20,000 (est. $4000/6000). Freeman's photo.by Lita Solis-CohenPhiladelphia auctioneer Freeman's estimated that the consignment of 283 lots of framed prints, photographs, paintings, and one sculpture from the corporate art collection that once decorated Lehman Brothers offices in New York, ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Behind the Facade: Moguls and Money at the Met
A Book Reviewby Lita Solis-CohenRogues' Gallery: The Secret History of the Moguls and the Money That Made the Metropolitan Museumby Michael GrossBroadway Books, 2009, hardbound, 545 pages, $29.95This unauthorized book about the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "the most encyclopedic, universal art museum in the world," takes the reader behind the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Presentation Pieces from Old Ironsides
Block of wood, 9" x 51/4" x 4", with an imbedded medallion depicting the Constitution under sail and her significant naval victories listed in the margins. Its inscription indicates that the artifact is from the original hull of the Constitution. The stout 71/4" Paul Revere foundry copper spike is lodged ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Director at the Farnsworth
Christopher J. Brownawell has been appointed
director of the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine. He will join the museum
on February 1, 2010.Currently, Brownawell is the director of the Academy Art
Museum in Easton, Maryland, a position he has held since 1993. "Chris Brownawell
is a nationally recognized art ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Confidence Shown at Americana Auction
Four phone bidders competed for this exceptional and rare Philadelphia Federal satinwoodveneered mahogany games table, circa 1795. The 30" x 361/4" table has a serpentine top with line inlay, figured veneers, square tapering legs with bellflowers, and inlaid banded cuffs. It sold to a collector on the phone for $76,050 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Marklin Steam Pumper Blazes to $149,500 at Kaufman II Toy Sale
Bill Hill of Temperance, Michigan, knows his pressed steel pedal cars. We checked with Hill by phone after the sale, and he indicated he was impressed by the variety and quantity of the pedal cars (nearly 50 in total) with entries dating back as early as 1906. Hill said, "My ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)National Black Fine Art Show Goes on Hiatus
The 13-year-old National Black Fine Art Show (NBFAS) will take a one-year hiatus, according to Keeling Wainwright Associates, producers of the event.Josh Wainwright, the show's founder, elaborated, "After thirteen years of excellence, the show will be taking a one-year 'breather' while the economy rushes toward a healthier state. We are ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Museums Taking On More Debt
by Daniel GrantDonations are down; institutional endowments are still in recovery mode; and expenses haven't gone away-it's difficult to be a museum in this economy. Making things even more worrisome, however, is the level of indebtedness at many museums."Over the past decade, the amount of debt that museums have been ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Whodunit? The Case of the Seymour Secretary
Questions about the hardware had virtually no impact on the final outcome for this Boston secretary that sold for $49,450. The single-family provenance goes back to Andrew Wheelwright and possibly a generation or two earlier to Josiah Wheelright, both 19th-century Boston shipping magnates. "It's Seymour," winning bidder Gary Yeaton stated ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Large Fines Levied Against Two Maine Auctioneers
The Maine Board of Licensing of Auctioneers levied hefty fines against Maine auctioneers James Cyr and Thomas Madsen on October 7. Madsen's license was revoked, effective November 16, 2009. The board ordered Cyr to pay a fine of $15,000 by February 16, 2010. Madsen's fine totaled $18,200, and is to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are 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 Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections, edited ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Browsing, Searching, and Operating
Computer Column #251by John P. Reid, jreid@dca.netThis month we have three related topics: Web browsers, search engines, and computer operating systems.-Improved BrowserMost computer-using antiquers split their hours among an e-mail program, a word processor, and a Web browser. Often the Web browser consumes the greatest amount of time with such ... (Read More)
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(Show)Folk Fest Turns Sweet Sixteen
Lindsay Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, offered the stone carving work of Tim Lewis. This turtle was offered at $1250.Marvin Wies utilizes political observation in much of his work. This was his first Folk Fest, and he's already planning his return next year.Bart Schultz, "the Masking Tape Guy," constructs his version of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Elinor Gordon's Collections Split Between Auction Houses
Gordon's early 19th-century Chinese export orange Fitzhugh platter, 141/2" long, made for the American market, will be for sale at Sotheby's on January 23 (est. $12,000/18,000).by Lita Solis-CohenWhen Chinese export porcelain dealer Elinor Gordon died in July, there was much speculation about who would sell her worldly goods.It has been ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York State Charges Auctioneer Conroy with New Felony Count
by David HewettAuctioneer Timothy Conroy was back in New York State Supreme Court on November 2, facing the latest charges in a two-year-long series of legal troubles involving charges of not paying consignors.The Elbridge, New York, auctioneer was charged with a single count of third-degree felony larceny by the state's ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Oh, Henry
The auction's top lot was this American genre scene by Edward Lamson Henry that brought $30,000.This oil on canvas fishing seascape by Jay Hall Connaway sold for $5100.The William Wise ship's wheel clock brought $1250.Charles M. Talbot Associates, Turner, Maineby Mark SiscoRemember the good old days? Those were the days ... (Read More)
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(Show)Historic Indian & World Tribal Arts
These three Plateau bags were made by the same weaver, which is "very rare and hard to find," said Natalie Linn. "They date to the 1930's, and all have the same palette." The three were priced at $13,500 at Linn-Tucker Indian Baskets, Portland, Oregon, and St. Louis, Missouri. The tray ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dealer Gets "Death Penalty"
A dealer in New York has been handed a "death penalty"-no sales unless the objects are confirmed authentic by an independent lab, and all sales, including the names of the buyers, are reported to authorities.The attorney general of New York filed a lawsuit against Dr. Mircea Veleanu, owner of Objets ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rare People's Vase Sells for $30,000
The highlight of the auction was this People's vase that brought $30,000. Although it has a manufacturer's flaw, it has garnered praise from Millersburg glass collectorsas the most beautiful in existence because of its rainbow-like iridescence and deep purple base.Jim Wroda Auction Services, Ltd., Millersburg, Ohioby August N. SkippackPhotos courtesy ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Packed House and Strong Retail Presence Spark Labor Day Sale
This 40" high bronze sculpture by Malvina Hoffman depicting Russian dancers Anna Pavlova and Mikhail Mordkin is dated 1917 and bears the foundry marks of the Roman Bronze Works. There had been a lot of presale interest, but when it was offered, Bill Smith had to work hard to get ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Whitehawk Antique Indian Art Show
This circa 1870 Navajo child's blanket was $85,000 at Christopher Selser Tribal Art, Santa Fe. "Despite somewhat adversemedia coverage of the August shows," Selser said, referring to the front-page stories from the Santa Fe New Mexican and the Journal Santa Fe on the federal raids of looters, "sales activity was ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Vermont Antiques Dealers' Association Annual Show
The most visually exciting piece of the show! Stephen-Douglas Antiques, Rockingham, Vermont, must have a very deep stock. We've visited their booth in at least six shows this year and don't recall seeing the same piece twice. The very brightly painted four-drawer chest, found in Putney, Vermont, is yellow with ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Less Agita, More Action at Fall Art Sale
Studies for Sculpture by Henry Moore (1898-1986) in charcoal, wax crayon, watercolor wash, ink, and gouache on paper, sheet size 153/4" x 111/2", brought $82,950 (est. $30,000/50,000). Signed and dated "Moore 50," it was from the Grasso estate. Speaking of his sculptural studies in general, Robin Starr said, "They hark ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: A Tsunami of Counterfeits
Counterfeiters have become more sophisticated and accomplished in cranking out fake bills. The problem is widespread enough that even many small, rural shops now have a counterfeit detection pen handy, ready to see if the bills they receive are real or fake.Counterfeit bills are one thing. Counterfeit coins are quite ... (Read More)
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(Show)Coastal Maine Antiques Show
"I love red sold tags," Melissa Alden of M.S. Carter Antiques, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, said with a laugh, as she applied one to this rustic wooden apple tree ladder.Damariscotta, Maineby Mark SiscoThe Coastal Maine Antiques Show, sponsored by the Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA) in cooperation with the Damariscotta River ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: David Rudd and Debbie Goldwein of Dalton's, Syracuse, New York
David Rudd and Debbie Goldwein.A very partial view of Dalton's large shop.A pair of rockers from 1902-04 in original finish, $10,500 the pair, flank a circa 1907 Gustav Stickley cedar-lined blanket chest with its original surface and iron hardware, $32,000. Rudd said the pair of rockers has always been together. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)On-Site Antique Automobilia Auction
A 1930 Ford phaeton touring car in running condition sold for $24,200.Chevy convertible, 1940, with world's fair license plates, brown, $17,050.Hornet Sportabout AMC, beige, $82.50.Jon Lee Auction Services, Poestenkill, New Yorkby Betty FloodJon Lee Auction Services held an on-site estate auction in Poestenkill, New York, on September 12 of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana, Round Two
This painted and comb-decorated dry sink brought $14,375. Cyr photo.A display for Dr. David Roberts's veterinary medicines sold for $5750. Cyr photo.A pair of primitive portraits by the same artist, each of the subjects seated insimilar red-upholstered chairs with just the corners visible and each in an original painted and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)A Summary of the Egerton Family and Their Furniture: What's Attributable, What's Not
by David A. Sperling(This is the third in a three-part series.)Matthew Egerton, Sr. and Jr., of New Brunswick, New Jersey, created some of the most elegant formal and country/formal furnishings for early America. They used the finest woods and matching veneers. Their cabinetwork, especially the clock cases, possessed superb form, ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Report All the Beans
by Steve ProffittLast month, I wrote about my experience recounting how I was requested to write a column about the buyer's premium for a group I didn't identify. I submitted an outline of points for the piece but ran into trouble when I stated that the money collected from a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California and American Paintings Sale
The top lot, Roses by Franz A. Bischoff (1864-1929), sold for $798,000 (est. $600,000/800,000) to a private collector from Los Angeles. The actual vase depicted in the painting (shown right) was sold as part of the lot. There were multiple bidders in both cities and many on the telephone as ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Maine Antiques Festival: Still the Biggest and Going Strong
Paul Roberts of Carmel, Maine, featured a strong selection of cobalt decorated stoneware. He was partial to a Norton & Fenton two-gallon jug with a stylized rabbit under the stamp for $850.Millie the Moose (our name for her) had a return engagement here at the festival, this time for $2800. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)With an Artistic Eye
A glazed redware sugar bowl, signed circa 1876 by James Mackley of Thurmont, Maryland, or Winchester, Virginia, was made after he terminated his working relationship with Anthony Bacher.An unknown maker used watercolor and pen on sized cotton to create this Know-Nothing cartoon, circa 1859, probably Baltimore. It depicts the Washington ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Just Folk Offers Bill Traylor, "Unfiltered"
In January, Just Folk, a folk art and Outsider art gallery in Summerland, California, bought a collection of 28 works by Bill Traylor. The works had been owned by European collectors and had not been seen in the United States for more than a decade. Traylor has been among the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"...And a Little Child Shall Lead Them"
Betsy Bentley silk and satin sampler, $465,750. Thomaston Place photo.Jack Lorimer Gray, Out by the Bull, oil on canvas, 231/2" x 371/2" (sight size), $43,125. Thomaston Place photo.Careful research produced a modest profit on this painting that didn't sell at the June 26, 2009, Sisters of Mercy sale in Portland, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Second Day's a Charm
Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait's popular A Check-"Keep Your Distance," a 14" x 20" oil on canvas, is no lithograph, it's the original all right. It brought $381,000 from a phone bidder competing with a very determined North Carolina collector, who ran it as far as he could.The subject of presale speculation ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Paul and Cheryl Scott Visit ADA/Historic Deerfield Show
People at the ADA (Antiques Dealers' Association of America, Inc.)/Historic Deerfield show on October 10 in Deerfield, Massachusetts, were amazed (and at least a couple shed a tear or two) to see Hillsboro, New Hampshire, dealers Cheryl and Paul Scott make a surprise appearance. Most had not seen Paul since ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"Henry Austin" and "Shaker Design" Win Book Awards
Historic New England has awarded its 15th annual Book Prize to Henry Austin: In Every Variety of Architectural Style by James F. O'Gorman. The book is an introduction to one of New England's most prolific architects, Henry Austin (1804-1891), who practiced in New Haven, Connecticut, for more than 50 years, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sale in the Country Delivers
This squirrel or rodent cage with its original unusual decoration in green and yellow paint on a red ground. It brought $4000. "This was the greatest paint-decorated cradle I've ever seen," remarked Shultz. Measuring 18" long and 10" high, the cradle with floral decoration on a green ground had both ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Ellsworth Antiques Show
Neville Lewis of The Barometer Shop, Cushing, Maine, brought barometers, of course. This circa 1840 American marine barometer by Frederick Pool of Boston, in a mahogany case with ivory plates and on its original brass gimbal, was $11,000.For the first time, the Ellsworth show included a dealer who specializes in ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: A Collector's Homily
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondA few weeks ago we attended a lovely late summer wedding in Glenside, just outside Philadelphia. A friend from our days at Winterthur, Kelli Lucas, was tying the knot, and we were delighted to be there: a beautiful wedding, a gorgeous day, and a reception ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Whitlock Joins Chalfant Shop
From left: Skip Chalfant, Scott Chalfant, and Jan Whitlock.Jan Whitlock Textiles & Interiors has joined HL Chalfant: American Fine Art & Antiques at its shop in West Chester, Pennsylvania. H.L. "Skip" Chalfant has been at this location for 28 years, dealing in 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century furniture. When his son ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Pleads Guilty in Case of Stolen Picasso
On October 2, Marcus Patmon, 38, of Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty to mail fraud, attempted wire fraud, and interstate transportation of stolen property in connection with the attempted sale of stolen Pablo Picasso etchings.Patmon admitted to defrauding a California art dealer in the sale of a stolen Picasso etching known ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Farmer Civil War and Other Estates
Ken Farmer Auctions & Appraisals, LLC, Radford, Virginiaby Walter C. NewmanPhotos courtesy Ken Farmer Auctions & AppraisalsKen Farmer Auctions & Appraisals held its summer cataloged estate and collectibles auction at its Radford, Virginia, facility on August 22 and 23. The sale offered 200 lots of coins and currency on Saturday ... (Read More)
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(Show)Going Big in Baltimore
White carpets, high walls, wide aisles, and spacious stands for a show that was, in fact, many shows in one: silver, Asian, books and prints, ceramics and glass, art, and antiques.Zane Moss of New York City said he has been doing this show for 28 years selling the English library ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
Letter from Londonby Ian McKay, e-mail: An Explanation and an ApologyIf this month's "Letter" appears to be weighted in favour of one London salesroom, it is simply because ever busy Bonhams have moved much more swiftly back into action than the others, but I must take the blame if it's ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Craftsmen and Clients
Craftsmen and ClientsThe Monmouth County Historical Association's exhibition Craftsmen and Clients features craftsmen of the 18th and 19th centuries in Monmouth County, New Jersey, and surrounding areas. Through their products, clients, and documentation, craftsmen from three different trades-cabinetmakers, silversmiths, and potters-will be highlighted.The crafts produced by these three groups offer ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Puchsteins Take Sole Control of West Palm Beach Antiques Festival
Bill and Kay Puchstein have taken over as the sole owners of the West Palm Beach Antiques Festival for the upcoming season. The Puchsteins' partners in the purchase of this eight-show enterprise from dmg world media in December 2008, Jim and Yvonne Tucker, found that the schedule of these eight ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Heade and Inness Top Julia Summer Auction
George Inness's oil on canvas of the Villa Borghese fetched $132,250. Julia photo.Martin Johnson Heade's oil on canvas of apple blossoms brought $126,500. Julia photo.Full-bodied codfish weathervane retaining about 25% of its original gilding, $10,350.James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoIt's still by far the biggest auction in Maine. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Antique Auction Podcast Show
Phyllis Kao and Martin Willis.Appraiser and auctioneer Martin Willis has created "The Antique Auction Podcast Show," a podcast exploring the world of antiques, collecting, and auctions. The podcast is available to hear for free on line (http://antiqueauctionpodcast.com). Willis is joined by his colleague, Phyllis Kao, a silver specialist also in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Berry-Hill Splits
Frederick D. Hill and Daisy Hill Sanders are no longer associated with Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc. in New York City. Hill co-owned Berry-Hill Galleries with his cousin, James, who remains chairman of the firm."We are pleased to announce our new partnership, Collisart, LLC, located on the Upper East Side near the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Labor Day Weekend Show Shines
Michael Newsom and Betty Berdan, who also have a place in Hallowell, Maine, offered an array of contemporary folk carvings by Virginia carver Frank Finney. The group of horses was $4500. They sold roughly a dozen pieces, including the turtle and the Baltimore oriole (both shown), and a large owl, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skinner Has a Winner
This is the Sally plate that Skinner used as a cover illustration. It was fitting that the 91/2" diameter redware plate bearing her name should go over estimate to sell at $5925. Sally Schell Whittemore was a sweet and brave collector/dealer who losther battle with cancer on January 7. Sally ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Stands Tall
Early in the auction the top painting lot, a 30" x 24" oil on canvas portrait of Sambo the Beggar Man by Ethan Allen Greenwood (1779-1856), sold for $13,420, an auction record for the artist. Greenwood was one of the earliest artists to use the physiognotrace, an instrument used to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Getman Creates Two New Antiques Shows for the Holiday Season
Antiques show promoter Marvin Getman of New England Antique Shows will present two new events for the 2009 holiday season. "I believe that many people are looking to use their gift money more wisely this year, and given the chance, they will welcome the opportunity to purchase unique items that ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sideli Exhibition at Tillou Gallery
John Sideli, Rare Bird, mixed-media construction, 17" x 15" x 31/2".Many know John Sideli as a dealer in American antiques and folk art. He's also an artist, and his work is the subject of the inaugural exhibition at Tillou Gallery in Litchfield, Connecticut, a new division of Jeffrey Tillou Antiques ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Campbell & Morton/ Penn Yan: A Newly Discovered Stoneware Manufacturing Partnership
The Collector's Findby Steven B. Leder and Jack McMackinThe allure of collecting antique American salt-glazed stoneware is due to not only the attractive cobalt blue decorations frequently seen on crocks, jugs, and pitchers, but also the important fact that many pieces have impressed marks allowing for precise identification of potter, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Free Night at Historic Alexandria Antiques Show
Visitors to this year's Historic Alexandria Antiques Show in Alexandria, Virginia, can treat themselves to an evening of looking and learning without paying the admission fee. Celebrating its 61st consecutive year, the show will be free to visitors after 5 p.m. on Friday, November 13 only. Show admission at other ... (Read More)
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(Auction)One Auction Record at Summer Sale of Vintage Posters
Swann Galleries, New York Cityby Richard de ThuinPhotos courtesy SwannWe were preparing to turn in our paddles and leave the salesroom at Swann Galleries on August 5 when we bumped into a dealer/collector who lives here in New York City."How did you do today?" we asked."Didn't buy anything," he replied.His ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Kennedy Photography
Garth's Auctions' 49th annual Thanksgiving Americana auction on November 27 and 28 in Delaware, Ohio, will include original photography by the late Robert Davidoff from his book The Kennedy Family Album (2008).In conjunction with the sale, the Columbus Museum of Art and the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum will host ... (Read More)
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(Show)Holiday Show Rings in the Fall, Brings in the Buyers
Joe Bartolomei of Critter Run Antiques, Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, just couldn't resist hamming it up. He insisted upon climbing into the copper hip tub ($2100) whose faucet was marked Doulton & Co., London & Paisley. The green and blue coverlet hanging on the side like a towel ($750) was made ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Record-Setting Southern Sampler Leads Evans Sale
The star of the Evans sale was this magnificent silk-on-linen sampler. It carries two stitched inscriptions: "Sarah. Ann. Gibbons'. Sampler./ Harrisonburg... August. th. 8/ A.D. 1834" and "Near Avon's banks a cultured spot. With many a tuft of flowr's adorned./ Was once an aged shepherd's cott. Who scenes of greater ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Wyeth Drawings Top Gamage Auction
An Andrew Wyeth graphite study of the schooner Stephen Taber sold for $12,320.An Andrew Wyeth drawing of Dudley Rockwell sold for $29,120.Queen Anne lowboy, $5488.Bruce Gamage, Jr., Rockland, Maineby Mark SiscoBruce Gamage billed his August 24 auction in Rockland, Maine, as "Small amount of items-large amount of quality and freshness." ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Chicago Antique Market
Michael Mitchell of Mike's Bikes in Oak Park, Illinois, brought the lemon yellow and white three-speed Schwinn Breeze bicycle. Totally refurbished, this beauty dates to about 1968 and was priced at $250.Shoji Kitagawa of Tokyo, Japan was like a machine as he flipped through racks ofvintage clothes. His English was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fall Americana Sale
A Canada goose, sent from Argentina for the sale, was cataloged as a Massachusetts or Lower Susquehanna River decoy similar to three others known. It is similar to the goose sold at Christie's in January 2007 for $553,600 to New York collector Jerry Lauren, and, as was that one, it ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Atlantic City Show
Allison Kohler, owner of JMK Shows and producer of the new Atlantic City Antiques and Collectors Show. JMK runs antiques and home shows in New Jersey and Florida.A new antiques show is coming to Atlantic City, New Jersey. In September, F & W Publications announced the cancellation of the long-running ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Search for Thomas Dennis among the Artisans of Exeter
Center panel of an Exeter-area (England) chest dated 1692. The carving and the polychrome background of vermillion and black relate very closely to some of the work attributed to Thomas Dennis, who immigrated to New England and worked in Ipswich, Massachusetts, from 1667. Dennis may well have apprenticed in the ... (Read More)
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