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(Fragment)Watercolor Portrait with Six Overlays Stolen
An unusual watercolor portrait with six overlays was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Judge Paul Buchanan's American Paintings
Martin Johnson Heade, Sunset over the Marsh, 1876-82, oil on canvas, 131/4" x 261/4", signed lower right, $537,750. Sunset over the Marsh wasoffered twice in the 1980's at Sotheby's in New York City (April 23, 1982, and December 6, 1984) and failed to sell both times.Martin Johnson Heade, Cherokee Roses ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Zorach Painting Soars at Annual Auction
Marguerite Zorach, Two Nudes, oil on canvas, 44" x 33 7/8", $264,000. This was the outstanding sale of the day and a star of the auction. Offered near the end of the sale, it certainly helped boost the overall results.Stefan Hirsch (1899-1964), City Nocturne, oil on board, 16" x 20", ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Book Discoveries: A Force Declaration for $16,000 and an Almanac for $556,500
Photo courtesy Better World Books.Photo courtesy Sotheby'sby Lita Solis-Cohen Better World Books, the company founded in 2000 by three friends from the University of Notre Dame to earn some money selling textbooks, has become a profitable on-line business with a mission to promote literacy. When the company sold an 1848 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tiffany in a Shaker Dwelling
There are two entrances to the dwelling, which is typical for Shaker buildings, one for males and one for females. Note the bell tower where a bell would summon the Shakers for meals. Virtually all of the third floor-the one most untouched by modern renovations-was destroyed and is inaccessible, sealed ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Twelfth Knox Chair
A Henry Knox Windsor armchair with bamboo turnings, no white paint, and one spindle missing.by Pete PrunklA 1795 Windsor chair by Philadelphia makers William Cox and Joseph Henzey surfaced in June at a Virginia auction house. From a set of 100 identical Windsor armchairs with bamboo turnings, it was made ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: A Premium on Truth
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve Proffitt"There's a problem with one of the points for your article," the caller said. "I know you're right, but this particular point would be very controversial with some of our readers."There's an old saying: "Truth is stranger than fiction." That's true, as you'll see. Allow ... (Read More)
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(Show)"Picky" Pickers Market
Margaret Doyle of Cumberland Foreside, Maine, had a booth one could describe as the decorator look. It was well laid out and featured 20th-century furniture, accessories, and lots of greenery. The long fabric counter was $3400, and the four garden chairs were $595.Classic and traditional from Corinne Burke of Ridgefield, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)No Phoners, No Absentees, No Internet, No Sales Tax-No Problem!
This rare old copy of a historic albumen print from a glass-plate negative taken in 1869 at the joining of the transcontinental railroad was in a box lot that sold for $15,400. Boyd photo.This German silver serving set with tray, teapot, coffeepot, sugar, and creamer sold for $3025. Sorry we ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Elbert Anderson, Cabinetmaker in Federal New York City
Figure 1. Desk-and-bookcase labeled by Elbert Anderson, 1790-93, mahogany, brass, and glass, 88 7/8" high x 493/4" wide x 241/4" deep. Photo courtesy Christie's.Figure 2. Paper label of the desk-and-bookcase, located on the underside of the interior drawer. Photo courtesy Christie's.Figure 3. Sideboard labeled by Elbert Anderson, 1790-93, mahogany and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Pearl of a Show in the Ocean State
An English-made carved andpainted wood carousel figure of a mermaid, circa 1890, was $9550 from The Center Chimney, Bristol, Rhode Island. Previously in a Cape Cod collection of whaling and nautical items, the dealers said, it was sold through Bloom Fine Art & Antiques, Brooklyn,New York, six years ago. Thesailor-made ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Morton Kuehnert Auctioneers & Appraisers Moving to Houston's Galleria Area
In 2010 Morton Kuehnert Auctioneers & Appraisers will be housed in a 24,000-square-foot stand-alone building near the Galleria in Houston, Texas.The auction house has leased the property at 4901 Richmond Avenue, the current site of Parvizian Signature Rugs. During the remodeling phase, Morton Kuehnert will continue to host its Thursday ... (Read More)
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(Show)Green Mountain Antiques Show a Standout
Eric Nesbitt of Eric Nesbitt Art & Antiques,Woodstock,Vermont, sold the 36" wide tall chest within two hours of opening and also sold a Vermont-made tambour desk. Selling two pieces of case furniture at a show is a rarity in 2009. The 1904 banneret weathervane was tagged $1200; the 10" high ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)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.The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws by Margaret ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Stewart Collection Auction
The early 19th-century bow-back Windsor armchair was the topselling lot in the sale. Found in Bath, Ontario, it featured an old yellow ocher overpaint, measured 34" in height, and sold for $8250($7469).Tim Potter Auction Services, Napanee, Ontarioby Robin McMullenAll prices in Canadian dollars (approximate U.S. funds in parentheses)On June 6 ... (Read More)
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(Show)Mid-Week's New Venue: Frank's World
Pottles and Pannikins,Windsor, Connecticut, among whose specialties is 18th- and 19th-century iron for the hearth, was assigned an appropriate space that incorporated one of Furniture World's built-in fireplace mockups.Peter E. Baker of Elgin, Quebec, brought the unrestored circa 1810 stepback cupboard in original yellow paint with rat-tail hinges. The asking ... (Read More)
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(Show)Start of Manchester Antiques Show: Lots of Lookers, Some Buyers
The grain-paint-decorated cupboard, 81" tall with a 373/4" upper case width, was shown by Christopher Evans of Waynesboro, Virginia, and priced at $3495.Mia Hudson Antiques, Franklin, Tennessee, presented an elegant and interesting booth. The pair of Sheffield candelabra, circa 1820, was $2900; the sterling silver ewer, 13" tall, was $3700. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Oldest Gets Older!
A postcard lot led the sale at $3910.A New England eight-pane corner cupboard with flat panel doors below and interesting shaped cutouts on the inside shelves sold for $977.50.F.O. Bailey Antiquarians, Portland, Maineby Mark SiscoF.O. Bailey Antiquarians lives on! Founded in 1819 by Henry Bailey, the company is now within ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Disposing of Old Computers
Old hard drives removed from computers for security before scrapping.Computer Column #250by John P. Reid, jreid@dca.netThere are tens of millions of obsolete personal computers sitting in closets, basements, and attics. I counted seven in my home, including the first one I used for antiques shop inventory and sales records. For ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Atlantique City 2010 Canceled
F+W Media has canceled the annual Atlantique City Antiques & Collectibles Show, scheduled for March 2010 in Atlantic City, New Jersey."Given the uncertainty surrounding the current economic environment, we believe it's in our best interest not to produce the Atlantique City event next year and to notify the antiques and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)All New Pottery Show in Ohio
The first annual Columbus Pottery Show and Sale will be held October 3 and 4 at the Alladin Shrine Center in Columbus, Ohio. The show is part of the premiere "Columbus Pottery Weekend" event, which includes an art pottery auction on Friday evening, October 2 by Greg Belhorn Auctions.The new ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fayum, the Name of the Game
This Fayum (or Faiyum) sarcophagus portrait painting brought bids from around the world and sold for $143,750.This hunting camp scene by Philip Russell Goodwin sold well at $80,500.The Cobbs Auctioneers, Peterborough, New Hampshireby Mark SiscoIt was good to see some fine period furniture going for fine, strong prices for a ... (Read More)
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(Show)Elm Bank Show Chugs Along
Vincent Caravella of The Scrapbook, which sells antique and decorative maps and prints in Essex, Massachusetts, spoke with us about the effort he and others are devoting to making their town a destination. The Web site for the Essex Merchants Group (www.visitessexma.com) is designed to attract people within a 50- ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Have Van, Will Travel
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondWe are gypsies of the open road. In our minds, it always starts out something like gypsies from a Sherlock Holmes story, with a brightly colored mysterious caravan, everything neatly stowed and tied down as we trundle along the backroads, fresh air blowing in our ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Short but Sweet Americana Sale
Frederic Wingate tall clock, 92" x 19" x 10", $19,550.Oh, how they love the blue paint. Doors with double raised panels, rattail hinges, a shaped bracket base skirt, and carved swags under the cornice all pushed this cupboard to $8050.Cyr Auction Company, Gray, Maineby Mark SiscoBy the standards of previous ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rookwood XIX, Keramics 2009, Art Glass 2009
Rookwood vase in the Standard glaze line by Kataro Shirayamadani, with Native American woman and teepees, marked, 10 3/8" high, fine crazing, pinhead-size glaze miss, and a few minor scratches, $21,850, the sale's top lot.Rookwood scenic Vellum glaze vase, Carl Schmidt, 1913, snow-covered Rocky Mountains in Calgary, marked, 15" high, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Alan and Amy Gaines, A & A Gaines Antiques, Newport, Rhode Island
A & A Gaines Antiques on Franklin Street in Newport. It's in a Victorian building on a quiet street around the corner from all the tourist craziness. They don't own the building, but they do own the two condominium units that form the store. Amy said, "Rhode Island is a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Vida Hired at Winter Associates
Winter Associates, an auction house and appraisal firm in Plainville, Connecticut, has hired Christina Keyser Vida, former Mount Vernon assistant curator, as a research assistant and advertising coordinator.As an assistant curator at George Washington's Mount Vernon, Vida worked on the restoration of George Washington's study, his 18th-century gardener's house, 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. SperlingFigure 10. Silas Howell, New Brunswick, New Jersey, musical tall-case clock, labeled Egerton Jr., dial dated 1797. Courtesy Gary Sullivan Antiques, Inc., Sharon, Massachusetts.Figure 10a. Hood of Howell musical tall-case clock. Ornate brass capitals, small gilt rosettes in arch terminals, delicate broken arch, and use of bookend ... (Read More)
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(Show)"OK" Is the New "Good"
Nan Gurley, the show owner and manager, also sets up a booth with her husband, Peter Mavris. They displayed an enormous black-painted country store apothecary cupboard with 57 drawers plus four glass-covered slant-front bins for $5400.Marvin Weis of Baltimore, Maryland, showed a chorus line of dancing wooden jiggers, with Mutt ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Summer Decoy Sale
One of best decoys in the sale was this stick-up model hollow snow goose by John Tax (1900-1967) of Osakis, Minnesota. Tax geese rate among the finest standing decoys, and those in feeder position are highly revered. It had what is believed to be an old working second coat of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bonhams Adds Boston Representative
Bonhams has appointed Sarah Valelly as Boston and New England regional representative. Operating from Beacon Hill, Bonhams Boston is a liaison to the firm's resources, including specialists.Coming from the financial sector, Valelly was president of Compagnie Financiere Tradition, Buenos Aires, and later director of sales and marketing at Institutional Investors ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine and Decorative Arts Auction in Ohio
Anna Pottery pig flask, 1870-75, by Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, salt-glazed, incised and cobalt-highlighted map of Arkansas railroad, stagecoach, and riverroutes, anatomically correct, spout on pig'sback, small size at 41/2" long, old chip on back leg, $12,337.50.Paint-decorated poplar blanket chest with folky decoration, likely Mid-Atlantic, 1830-40, with large flowers in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Latest Issue of "The Acorn"
The 15th volume of The Acorn, the journal of the Sandwich Glass Museum, is now available at the museum's gift shop.Contents of this issue include the following articles: "The Richlands Flint Glass Company and Its Products?" by Kenneth W. Lyon; "A Matter of Serendipity" by Leonard P. Sipiora; "Pressed Glass ... (Read More)
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(Feature)George M. Hathaway
A Maine coastal scene by Hathaway depicting a lighthouse, perhaps a view of Portland Head Light, oil on board, 6" x 101/4", brought $2300 at Eldred's in East Dennis, Massachusetts, on July 28, 2006. Eldred's photo.A Maine marshland scene by Hathaway, oil on academy board, 10" x 12", sold at ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Begins Collection of Reregistration Fees for Sales Tax Certificates of Authority
by Betty FloodAntiques dealers and auctioneers, along with owners of other types of small businesses, are facing a $50 reregistration fee for their tax vendor number. According to Tom Bergin, spokesman for the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, the $50 fee is for sales tax collectors that ... (Read More)
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(Auction)August Sale on Nantucket
There were five phones and several serious potential buyers in the audience for this mid-19th-century whalebone carved walking stick. The scrimshanded whalebone was in the form of a clenched fist holding a serpent that wraps around. The serpent had an extended forked tongue and stone eyes, and the fist had ... (Read More)
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(Show)Crowds Converge in Historic Ohio
Show managers Richard and Jan Wilks of Keystone Antiques, LLC, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, filled their space with wonderful items and were also housing some pieces for Jack and Pat Adamson of Zoar. Read the story for details. The one-drawer Zoar table (center right) belonged to theAdamsons and was tagged $950. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Auction Company Formed in Ohio
Jo Valentine (left) and Cynthia Schillig, partners in The Antiques Auction Gallery in Sunbury, Ohio.Jo Valentine, cofounder of central Ohio's multi-dealer Valentine Antique Gallery, has established a new offshoot company in partnership with Ohio auctioneer Cynthia Schillig. Known as The Antiques Auction Gallery, the new business will base its operation ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Documentary Chronicles Barnes Controversy
The Art of the Steal, a documentary by 9.14 Pictures, received its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and will be shown at the New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center on September 29 at 9:15 p.m.The Art of the Steal chronicles the long ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art Trumps Art Pottery
View on the Allegheny River by William C. Wall, oil on canvas, circa 1854, 281/2" x 42", framed, no visible signature, some loss near bottom, $25,300.Treadway Gallery, Inc., Covington, Kentuckyby Don JohnsonArt trumped art pottery during the decorative arts auction held by Treadway Gallery on June 6 and 7 in ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
The title page of the 1793 edition of Thomas Mathison's golfing classic The Goff-a third edition, despite what it says-that made $42,310 in a Bonhams Edinburgh sale of August 18-21.Marked to the inner base with the letters "HR" for Hugh Ross of Tain, this silver snuff mull of oval capstan ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sci-Tech, Clocks, and "Crazy Stuff" at New Department's Inaugural Sale
A circa 1865 walnut-cased special-order astronomical regulator by E. Howard with a 161/2" reverse-painted glass dial marked "E. Howard & Co. Makers. Boston." sold to Charles Grichar of Houston for $195,525 (est. $175,000/ 200,000). It is 103" tall and, among other features, has an eight-day damascened brass movement that incorporates ... (Read More)
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(Show)The New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Show: Huge Crowds at Opening and Lots of Sales
Ronald and Penny Dionne of Willington, Connecticut, asked $28,000 for the 38" long grasshopper weathervane with great surface and color. The 76" long painted bench was $1800.We loved Kate Alex's booth. The Warner, New Hampshire, dealer used a painted backdrop at the rear of her booth, which gave it the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Grammys Force Los Angeles Art Show to Change Dates
The 15th annual Los Angeles Art Show has changed the dates of the 2010 fair to January 20-24. The show will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center with an opening night benefit to take place Wednesday, January 20.the show is presented by the Fine Art Dealers Association (FADA) ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Editorial: Taxing the Tickets
The Maine State Legislature has made business more complicated for antiques show promoters and slightly more expensive for attendees.A major tax law change in Maine, slated to go in effect on January 1, 2010, will lower the state income tax by 2% for most Maine residents and will expand the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Leigh Keno: Full-Time Auctioneer
by Lita Solis-Cohen
Leigh Keno of New York City said he has made the change from antiques show dealer to full-time auctioneer. He has resigned from the New York Winter Antiques Show in January and from the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Summer Americana Sale: Lower Expectations, Lower Realizations
The southeast Massachusetts Queen Anne breakfast table is a rarity in size-26" high with an 113/4" x 313/4" top with leaves down. It went to dealer Michael Whittemore for $46,800.Northeast Auctions, Manchester, New Hampshireby David HewettPhotos courtesy Northeast AuctionsIt is no secret that this year has not been a good ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Pull Toy Reels in Top Price
The Peter Hunt furniture and accessories, as seen at the preview, included a child's school desk and chair, a three-shelf etagere, two paintings, a two-part hutch, a one-door cabinet, two fall-front desks, a folding screen, and a two-part stepback cupboard. Hunt recycled secondhand furniture. He painted things and resold them ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Case Opens Office in Nashville
Case Antiques Inc., Auctions & Appraisals, has opened a branch office in Nashville, Tennessee. The four-year-old company is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where it has a 13,500-square-foot auction gallery.The Nashville office will be under the direction of Sarah Campbell Drury, who has been hired as vice president for decorative arts. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Art Dealer Surrenders
Art theft suspect Matthew Taylor, 41, who also uses the name Matthew Taylor Nelson, was arrested in Los Angeles when he surrendered himself on September 3 on an arrest warrant for grand theft and receiving stolen property in connection with the theft of Brilliant Sunset in a Marsh by Granville ... (Read More)
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(Auction)First Drum Roll Heard for Martignette Collection of Illustration Art
The highest bids were for two lots by Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951). A Proud WWI Sailor's New Uniform, a House of Kuppenheimer ad diptych, 1917, an unsigned, relined oil on canvas, 29" x 46" overall, wore the crown when it sold to the phone for $155,350 (est.$50,000/70,000). It is one ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A New Facility Is Christened
High lot of the Evans sale was this Dugan Glass Co. syrup pitcher. The 6 1/4" green opalescent vessel dates from the early 20th century and is undamaged and free of wear. This extremely rare example is decorated with the so-called "swastika" design. It is highly sought after by collectors ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Economists Weigh In on the Art Market
by Daniel GrantThe news from the art trade has been grim the past year. Many art galleries around the United States have closed their doors, and major and regional fine arts auction houses have watched sales revenues and prices go down and the percentage of unsold lots go up. Fewer ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"American Pickers" Coming to Television
A U.S. television network is producing a new series following the world of antiques picking, and the producers are looking for stories."[The network] is hitting the road this fall on the search to feature barns across America loaded with golden antique goods from days gone by. We want to hear ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Price Collection Revisited
This country formal single-door linen press, circa 1840, demanded a full-page color illustration on plate 525 of Howard Pain's The Heritage of Upper Canadian Furniture. A quote from this book gives some background information about this piece. "The addition of a set of drawers to the traditional press form
dates ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historical Americana
A rarity was the Confederate first national flag, probably the headquarters flag of General Gustavus Smith in Virginia in 1861, handsewn cotton with 11 stars, 52" x 118", heading and about 2" of the leading edge of the flag torn away, tear and scattered holes, some toning and soiling, $35,250.Dakota ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Giampietro Added to Philadelphia Show
by Lita Solis-CohenContracts have been mailed for the April 2010 Philadelphia Antiques Show. Dealers have been informed that Fred and Kathryn Giampietro of New Haven, Connecticut, will be the only dealers new to the show. Manager Josh Wainright said, "I view this addition as positive symbiosis. Fred and Kathy will ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Summer Ceramics Sale Marks Firm's 14th Auction
The sale's first lot was this rare 61/2" high stoneware flask with flattened sides and incised bird and floral decoration (est. $15,000/25,000). In mint condition and attributed to the Webster family of Hartford, Connecticut, it sold for $40,250 to Virginia dealer Marshall Goodman in the salesroom, underbid by a private ... (Read More)
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(Auction)June Decorative and Fine Arts Auction
George W. Sotter (1879-1953), Mill Road at Night, a signed 22" x 26" oil on canvas in its original carved gilt frame, $96,000. Two years ago it would have sold forbetween $150,000 and $225,000, commented a dealer after the sale.Snow Scene, Center Bridge, Pennsylvania by Edward Willis Redfield (1869-1965), a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Indicted Over Sale of Stolen Picasso
An indictment was unsealed in early August that charged Marcus Patmon, 38, of Miami, Florida, with wire fraud in the attempted sale of Le Repas Frugal, a stolen Pablo Picasso etching. The indictment charged that Patmon devised a scheme to defraud a victim by falsely claiming to be the true ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hidden Mother Lodes at the Motherhouse
Ettore Roesler Franz (1845-1907) watercolor, $10,925.Maine auctioneer Kaja Veilleux took home this oil on canvas with a spectacular giltwood and gesso frame for $9200. Most people assumed he was bidding on the strength of the monumental frame, but Veilleux insisted there was considerable value to the painting as well. Later ... (Read More)
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(Show)Wells Show: Rain and Economy Dampen Gate and Sales, but Dealers Remain Upbeat
The grounds of Laudholm Farm allow for easy setup for dealers. Here some exhibitors with their own tents set up against the preserved buildings."We're trying to promote the glass revival," commented a first-timer at this show, Sandy Gnidziejko of Little River Antiques, Biddeford, Maine. She said she'd done "quite well" ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Summer Decoy Sale
One of the two remaining examples from a rig of four willets by John Thomas Wilson (1863-1940) of Ipswich, Massachusetts, found in 2007 in the upper Midwest, sold in the room for $80,500 (est. $75,000/100,000). The final member of the four, with the same estimate, sold on the phone for ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column: Searching for Books and Photos
George Ohr's pottery, Biloxi, Mississippi, circa 1901. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection, LC-D4-13536.by John P. Reid, jreid@dca.netThe subject this month is finding books and pictures on line for free, on loan, or for sale.A good eye and knowledge are two tools of an antiquer ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Third Annual Ohio Valley Auction
Garth's, Delaware, OhioFarm portrait with cows by H. Bush, Ohio, late 19th or early 20th century, watercolor on paper, signed "H. Bush/ Animal Delineator/ Columbus/ O.," seven cows and three calves outside a barn, 32" x 61" plus molded frame, minor imperfections, $11,750.by Don JohnsonPhotos courtesy Garth'sThere were a few ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)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.Zinc Sculpture in America: 1850-1950 by Carol A. Grissom (University of Delaware ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The El Roy P. and Helene Master Sale
These were cataloged as "Pair of Chippendale style mahogany dining chairs in the Boston taste after a design by Robert Manwaring." The Manwaring design was "Parlour Chair, Plate 9" in his book The Cabinet and Chair-Maker's Real Friend and Companion (London, 1765). The pair sold for $163,800 (est. $1500/2500) to ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Book Review: Life after Lovejoy #22
by Marilis HornidgeStrangely enough, when economic times get tough, that which was old rises to the surface on a wave of nostalgia and becomes of interest all over again. This goes for antiques and for mysteries, thrillers, and puzzle plays on the subject. It's not just the eternal hopefuls on ... (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. SperlingEvery few decades there is a summary review of the Egerton family (1739-1838) and their work in New Brunswick as the premier cabinetmakers of New Jersey. William M. Hornor Jr. did the original work in 1928 and 1930. This was republished in 1977. The most definitive article, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Round Lake Antiques Festival
Lance Niesen of Flatiron Antiques, Rochester, New York, had a great selection of tins that ranged from a Caraway Seed for $150 to a John Sexton & Co. tea, coffee, and spices for $260 to a giant Oolong tea box for $300.Round Lake, New Yorkby Betty FloodThe 37th annual Round ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rago Craftsman Auction
North Dakota School of Mines vase carved by Margaret Cable with turkeys on a tree branch under a full moon and shoulder carved with the words "Awarded by the 1834 All-American Turkey Show Grand Forks, N.D. for Excellence," 8" tall, marked with an indigo medallion "#893M.Cable 1934," sold for $14,400 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Doll Sells for $263,000
The doll by Albert Marque, dressed in its period clothing to honor the Ballets Russes of Paris, was introduced in 1909. It sold to a collector for $263,000.According to auction firm Theriault's, a new auction record was established for an antique doll when a circa 1914 doll by sculptor Albert ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Storage Box, Tea Table, and Important Documents Score
Hap Moore knew he had a winner with this New England 32" oval Queen Anne maple tea table on pad feet. His on-line listing detailed many aspects of it in four separate photos, including photographing it upside down, enabling dealers and collectors to understand its construction and age. It sold ... (Read More)
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(Show)Mixed Results at Wilton Summer Show
Those setting up inside the Middlebrook School took a glance outside now and then, to see how the tent people were doing. On Friday afternoon they weren't doing well at all. The heavens opened, and at least one exhibitor suffered a total tent collapse. June in New England can be ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Fred Giampietro, New Haven, Connecticut
Fred Giampietro. The crucifix comes from a monastery in Quebec and is $18,000. "It's not for everybody," Giampietro said.Top shelf, from left: 36" quill vane, $4200; whimsy with a carved eagle and lots of other animals from Chehalis, Washington, $2800; Acoma pot, circa 1925, $9500. The design on the pot ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Burlwood Drops the Other Shoe
by David HewettThe owners of the popular Burlwood Antique Center in Meredith, New Hampshire, announced in mid-July that they have decided to leave the antiques business and pursue other goals.The decision comes on the heels of the notice that owners Mark Diette and Mary Di Maria (husband and wife) gave ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gould Paints Himself into a Corner (Cupboard)
Connecticut River valley arched door corner cupboard, $48,300. Maine dealer Scott Fraser was the buyer.Gould Auction Company, Gardiner, Maineby Mark SiscoTimothy Gould has a rigorous standard for his auctions. If something's been seen on the market in the past ten years, it won't be seen at a Gould auction. He ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Book Review: Flying the Colors
The steamboat Connecticut-Antonio Jacobsen at his best.The Yacht "America" Off Castle Garden-James Buttersworth at his best.by A.J. Peluso, Jr.Flying the Colors: The Unseen Treasures of Nineteenth-Century American Marine Artby Alan Granby and Janice Hyland, with an introduction by Stuart M. FrankMystic Seaport (in association with Hudson Hills Press), Mystic, Connecticut, ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Reflecting on Your Protector
by Steve ProffittThe first thing I read when each new issue of M.A.D. arrives is Clayton Pennington's editorial. Pennington knows the palpable truths and fine subtleties of the antiques trade, and he always pens a thought-provoking piece on some facet of the industry.In the July issue Pennington's views appeared under ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Toys of Summer Auction
Barrett called this 211/2" long Marklin battleship Iowa the finest example of a first-series battleship and said it was consigned by the heirs of the original owner, who received it as a Christmas present in 1903. In original condition, it is an amazing survivor with its original anchor, one lifeboat, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Heartland Antiques Show: Large Crowd and Enthusiastic Buying
Nineteenth-century watercolor mourning tribute to Anthony Budlong Patt of Rhode Island, who died in 1827, in a period gilt frame, the paper watermarked 1826, $5900 from Ed and Anita Holden of Holden Antiques, Sherman, Connecticut.Old Hickory glider, $1600; painted oilcloth pillow, Ortegia sisters, circa 1920, showing wildlife including an owl, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs on Exhibit
The people who made the exhibition and book possible (from left), Bruce Barnes, Joseph Cunningham, Liza Rohlfs Ortman,her son, Mike Ortman, and her husband, John Ortman, in the gallery with a desk chair, a promised gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Lights Went Out in Georgia at Daniel's First Southern Pottery Auction
It's a record. This large and rare ant trap storage jar is complete with the correct lid. The well at the top would be filled with water to keep ants from getting into the contents. It would have been used to store molasses, honey, or even cane syrup. It sold ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Oley Show
Marc Witus of Gladstone, New Jersey, offered more than the contents of most antiques shops all on one stand where collectors searched for treasures.Gene and Carol Rappaport of Strasburg, Pennsylvania, offered a lot of iron. Andirons ranged in price from $500 to $3500 for a pair with faceted heads. Skimmers ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in the Gardens
The portrait of the Boothbay-built John G. Richardson byfather-and-son artists John and Frederick Tudgay, 27" x 42", was tagged $87,500 by Running Battle Antiques, Newagen, Maine. The John G. Richardson was launched on April 5, 1855, and carried cotton from Louisiana to Cardiff, Wales, then loaded up with coal, which ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collectors' Guide to Antiques Terminology
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondWhen Hollie was small, she decided she needed a horse and began a campaign that only a grandfather would tolerate. She wrote horse auction dates on his wall calendar, counted the money in his wallet, and read aloud livestock ads from the weekly ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Auction of Attic, Basement, and Closet Treasures
Three views of a Wallace Nutting carved mahogany slant-front desk, branded with the Nutting name, that sold for $18,400 to a bidder in the room.Carl W. Stinson, Inc., North Reading, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoPhotos courtesy StinsonAn unassuming question about the number of sales that Carl W. Stinson, Inc. organizes annually elicited ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tacoma Auctioneer Advertises Rarities, Authorities Confiscate Them
by David HewettSometimes you can toot your own horn a little too loudly.That may be the lesson learned by Tacoma, Washington, auctioneer Alan Gorsuch. He called us a few weeks ago to see if we could do a news article about some of the items he had scheduled to offer ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Private Parts
EditorialThe auction numbers from the first half of the year are grim. Christie's announced in late July that worldwide sales were $1.8 billion for the first six months of 2009, down 35% from the same period last year. Expensive lots were in short supply-211 works of art sold for more ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Museum Exhibition as Installation Art: The Chipstone Collection
At the entrance to the cabinet of curiosities, the document chest that John Townsend made in Newport, Rhode Island, and signed "John Town[se]nd" in pencil on the outside of the bottom board emerges from a thicket of American elm to represent the vegetable of the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)High Quality, Slow Sales
A 90" square 1890 Blazing Star quilt from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, priced at $950, brought a burst of color to the booth of Axtell Antiques, Deposit, New York. This was the third year at the Litchfield show for Sandra L. Axtell and Richard S. Axtell, and they pulled out all ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Gratz Gallery to Move
The Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio is moving to Doylestown, Pennsylvania, effective September 2. The gallery has been in New Hope, Pennsylvania, for the last ten years.An e-mail sent from the gallery reads: "Our time in New Hope has been nothing short of extraordinary. We have watched the ebb and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Marriage Made in Heaven: Wine and Folk Art
The portrait used on the label of Ballet of Angels was also featured on the cover of A Deaf Artist in Early America: The Worlds of John Brewster Jr. by Harlan Lane, published by Beacon Press in 2004. The book was the catalog for a museum show of the same ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Newest Lawsuit Raises Questions in the Bouguereau, Nuns, and Art Dealers Case
by David HewettRemember the story we carried in our April issue (p. 28-A) about the tale of the singing sisters in upstate New York who were left an oil painting that turned out to be a major rarity by French artist William Adolphe Bouguereau? The women invested $14,000 in restoration ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Summer Ceramics Sale Marks Firm's 14th Auction
The sale's first lot was this rare 61/2" high stoneware flask with flattened sides and incised bird and floral decoration (est. $15,000/25,000). In mint condition and attributed to the Webster family of Hartford, Connecticut, it sold for $40,250 to Virginia dealer Marshall Goodman in the salesroom, underbid by a private ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
A very life-like terra-cotta bust of George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon, who had travelled from France to Mount Vernon to spend many days studying his subject, taking precise anatomical measurements and even preparing a life mask. It sold for $488,025 in a Sotheby's sale of July 9.Roughly 19" square, this ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)What's Blocking the Successful Sale of a Klimt Drawing
by David HewettWe noted in an August 2008 article ("Would-be Seller of Klimt Sues Would-be Buyer for $1.2 Million") that Maggie Wachter, the owner of a Gustav Klimt drawing, had filed a lawsuit against New York City's Quatrochi Art Agents and the moving and storage firm Day & Meyer, Murray ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dealer Sues Dealer Over Chagall Clown
The fate of Ane et le Clown hangs in the balance. The watercolor, sold as an original Marc Chagall, is the centerpiece of a lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Nassau. It's been deemed a fake by the Comite Chagall in Paris ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Lights Are on at Julia's-Sort Of
A beautiful Steuben Aurene vase in glistening green, gold, and white finish with an iridescent gold interior surface sold over estimate for $15,525. Julia photo.James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoHigh-end Art Deco lamps were the high point and the low point at James D. Julia's lamp and glass ... (Read More)
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