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(Auction)Long Decoys Sell at Historic $4.1 Million Sale
Selling to a private collector on the phone at $661,250, this nesting Canada goose by A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) dates from the pre-brand Crowell era of 1910-12. In 1912, the year that the United States banned the sale of migratory birds, Crowell, a former market hunter, began carving full time ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Freeman's to Sell Works from the Lehman Brothers Collection
by Lita Solis-CohenArt owned by bankrupt companies has become a ready source of consignments for auctioneers. Auction houses began swarming around bankrupt Lehman Brothers when it was reported that the company had between 3000 and 4000 artworks on its walls. Lehman Brothers hired art consultant Kelly Wright, who advised the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Atlantique City 2010 Canceled
F+W Media has announced the cancellation of its annual Atlantique City Antiques & Collectibles Show, scheduled for March 2010 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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(Auction)Erotica Succeeds, Steinbeck Stumbles (Again)
The Pretty Women of Paris; Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults, Being a Complete Directory; or, Guide to Pleasure For Visitors to the Gay City, privately printed in Paris in 1883, sold for $2196 (est. $800/1200). It was one of 51 lots of erotica from the Harry and Virginia ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Big Bucks for Little Trucks and Cars
Clockwork mechanism Indian motorcycle toy, painted blue, with a "Say it with Flowers" decal, $63,250 (est. $50,000/ 75,000).Flat-top Arcade cab/still bank, $14,375 (est. $3000/4000).James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoIn a radical marketing move, James D. Julia has been taking an aggressive approach to gathering consignments. The main feature ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Graham Arader Sale
This may have been the bargain of the sale. Peter Rindisbacher (1806-1834), Hunting the Bison, signed "P. Rindisbacher 1825" and inscribed on the back in another hand "Hunting the Buffalo" and "Captain R.O. Pelly, Cheltenham." Pelly was the governor ofthe Red River Colony, near Winnipeg, in 1925. The painting is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Crime Pays
A letter written by bank robber John Dillinger sold for $60,400 (includes buyer's premium) at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago on July 28. The estimate was $4000/6000.The one-page autographed letter signed "Johnny" in pen was written on December 18, 1932, from the Crown Point, Indiana, jail to his niece, Mary ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Keno Auctions
by Lita Solis-CohenLeigh Keno, New York City antiques dealer and Antiques Roadshow star, has opened an auction house."We packed up four estates in New England," said Keno on the phone announcing his new venture. "We will have our first sale in May. We are looking for space to rent for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)De Lue Exhibition
The work of Monmouth County, New Jersey, sculptor and medalist Donald De Lue will be shown in a special exhibition at the Monmouth County Historical Association's museum and library at 70 Court Street, Freehold, New Jersey, through August 15. The exhibition will feature over 40 of De Lue's medals, preliminary ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Brant Mackley Gallery Moves
The Brant Mackley Gallery, originally located in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, has moved to Hershey, Pennsylvania. The gallery is known for Native American art, folk art, and world tribal art. Owned and operated by Brant Mackley, the gallery includes work from North America, Africa, Melanesia, Easter Island, and beyond.In its new location ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair Over
by Lita Solis-CohenThe Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, the anchor of the June antiques season in London for 75 years, will no longer be continued.The announcement of its closing by the fair organizers, the British Antique Dealers' Association and the Grosvenor House fair executive committee, cited declining profit, increased ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dawes Joins Heritage Auction Galleries
Nicholas Dawes, longtime Antiques Roadshow personality and expert in Lalique, art glass, and decorative arts, has accepted a position with Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas, Texas, as a consignment director. Dawes will continue operating out of his home base in New York City.Dawes is a former department head and auctioneer ... (Read More)
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(Show)Swan Song in Topsfield
Bayberry Antiques priced the mid-20th-century eagle-patterned hooked rug at $475. The 19th-century cupboard in original paint was $675. The primitive painting of a lighthouse in oil on artist's board was $225.Erica Haba of Au Ciel Antique Studio, Black Rock, Connecticut, asked $2600 for the carved and painted architectural piece, seen ... (Read More)
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(Show)Boston's New Weekly Venue
A glimpse of the crowd at SoWa Open Market. The burning question: Would they venture inside the trolley barn to look at the antiques? Many of them did. Some bought.It's a Harley-Davidson military model LT, circa 1918, said David O'Dowd of Boston, whose price for it was $55,000 or "best ... (Read More)
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(Show)Wooing Younger Buyers
Rug dealers Fred and Aisla Bradshaw spend half the year in their home in Scotland and the other half in Kemble,Ontario. At shows, Aisla sells British costume jewelry and assists Fred with carpets when she can. Fred is holding up a 4'10" x 3'6" Turkish Shirvan kilim with geometricdesigns in ... (Read More)
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(Show)Shenandoah Antiques Expo Remains Steady
The booth of Willow Tree Antiques, Rumney, New Hampshire, was dominated by this shelf unit loaded with Roseville pottery items. Although there may be aWeller piece here and there, Roseville is their stock in trade. The items shown here ranged from $100 for a small planter to $1600 for the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fine Art Dealers Association Announces New President
Betina Tasende of Tasende Gallery, La Jolla and West Hollywood, California, has been appointed president of the Fine Art Dealers Association (FADA). Howard Rehs of Rehs Galleries, Inc., New York City, stepped down from his 12-year tenure as president on July 1.According to the organization, Tasende moves into the presidency ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Things Computers Can't Do
Today's desktop computer is thousands of times faster than this 1956 behemoth, but there are problems neither can solve.Computer Column #248by John P. Reid, jreid@dca.netThis column tries to deal with practical computing-creating documents, cataloging collections, keeping records, and researching antiques, among other subjects. This month, however, we will talk about ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The January Pier Show Is Back
After a two-year hiatus, Americana & Antiques @ the Piers will return to the calendar of events produced by Stella Show Mgmt. Co. Designed to coincide with Americana Week in New York City, the 2010 show is scheduled for January 23 and 24."We are very pleased to have this show ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Arts and Jewelry Sold in Chicago
Applause broke out when Chicago Asian arts dealer W. Phillip Cha, present in the hall, prevailed over a Beijing Internet bidder to capture Straw Stack by Wang Hongjian, a 231/2" x 311/2" oil on canvas, for $10,625. Susanin photo.Golden Leaves by Joel Jaecks, a 383/4" x 583/4" watercolor on paper, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sharp and Scheier Lead Moisan Auction
Adam and Eve and twin serpents on a Scheier plate, $4945. Edwin Scheier vase, signed and twice-dated 1964, $6900.Three oils on canvas by Dorothea Sharp displayed her well-known theme of women and young children playing on a rocky beach. This one, a study of a pensive young woman in a ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Jim Lowery, James William Lowery Antiques, Baldwinsville, New York
Jim Lowery in his office. Jody steadfastly refused to be photographed for this article even though she looks at least a decade younger than the age she acknowledges.by Frank DoneganEven though others these days may be skeptical about the investment potential of antiques, Jim Lowery remains a believer. The slogan ... (Read More)
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(Feature)It's Show Time in Los Angeles
Collectors Iris and Mel Penner (Mel is the treasurer of the local folk art society) were admiring a painting by Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin (French, 1841-1928). The circa 1890 oil on canvas, 26" x 32", was signed by the artist in the lower left. Le Trianon Gallery, San Francisco and Sheffield, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bonhams Appoints Director for New York European Paintings Department
Deborah Coy has been appointed director of European paintings at Bonhams in New York City.Holding a B.A. in art history from Wellesley College, an M.A. in art history from Williams College, and a J.D. from Villanova University School of Law, Coy was uniquely prepared to take on the role of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Merritt's Liquidates Inventory, Marks End of an Era
Ron Rhoads Auctioneer, Douglassville, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassThis is an interior view of the main warehouse/salesroom.Because of the volume of material, many items were put into large lots. These mortars and pestles were sold as a single lot and brought $176."This is the end of an era," said auctioneer Ron ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Indian Art
This large (173/4" top to bottom) Kwakiutl polychromed wood sun mask (est. $150,000/250,000) sold for $266,500 to Donald Ellis. It was the highest price of the sale. Themask symbolizes the sun; the corona represents rays of light. The face is carved as a humanoid bird with a curved beak, possibly ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"A Panorama of Pittsburgh" Picks Up Prize
The American Historical Print Collectors Society (AHPCS) has announced that the 2009 winner of the annual Ewell L. Newman Award is A Panorama of Pittsburgh by Christopher W. Lane. The announcement took place at the AHPCS annual meeting at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon, on May 15. The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Snellenburg Joins Bonhams
Jonathan Snellenburg has joined Bonhams in New York City as director of the clocks and watches department.Snellenburg studied history and geology at Dartmouth College and received a Ph.D. in geochemistry from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. This led to a postdoctoral fellowship at the American Museum ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 46th Annual Dolly Johnson Antique Show
JJ Frambes, show director, and her work team, from left: Jan Orr Harter, Frambes, Josh Luter, Amy Luter, and Krista Luter.Two large canvasback duck decoys from the early 19th century were priced at $365 and $395 from Betty Gail Hayes of Quitman, Texas.A pair of folk art running deer carved ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.The Error World: An Affair with Stamps by Simon Garfield (Houghton ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Farmer Enjoys Iconic Sale
This Russian icon was the surprise of the auction. The catalog stated that the consignor's family collected the icon during the 1930's. The central image is that of Saint Nicholas, and the scenes surrounding him depict events from his life, including the miracles with which he is associated. The icon ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Historic East Berlin Antique Show
The Thursday evening opening from 5 to 8:30 p.m. had 138 people go through the show, which was the highest number to date for the opening.A welcome returnee after several years away from the show was Sandy Hart of New Oxford, Pennsylvania. She priced her Black bottle dolls at $550 ... (Read More)
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(Feature)A Willard Banjo Clock, Circa 1982: When Old Becomes New Again
Figure 1. Subject clock, Chelsea presentation banjo clock.by David A. SperlingThe golden age of handcrafted clocks in America began in the 18th century and ran through the end of the first quarter of the 19th century. The golden age for mass-producing clocks by machine was certainly the last half of ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Going, Going---Lost!
by Steve ProffittWhat better time than summer for something light-and down home it's for sure summer. Here's an e-mail from a reader."I'm an old guy with too much time and a computer. So here's a little tale that might interest you. A while back I attended a firearms auction and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Is the Art Collecting Public Confused by Giclees?
by Daniel GrantGo to any number of art fairs and art galleries and you will find prints for sale among the paintings and sculptures. They are prints because they were printed by some means, but after that it may not be clear at all how they should be described, and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Timothy Rub Named Director of PMA
by Lita Solis-CohenThe Philadelphia Museum of Art has named Timothy Rub the George D. Widener director and chief executive officer. He succeeds the late Anne d'Harnoncourt. Rub, currently the director and CEO of the Cleveland Museum of Art, will take the post on September 1, leaving Cleveland after just three ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native American Art Auction
Featured on the front cover of the catalog, the 1790-1830 Tsimshian war dagger, traditionally named Eagle at the Head of the Skeena River, was the top-selling lot in the auction. Handed down through generations, this potent symbol descended from Chief Legaic (or Legaix), an early, powerful leader. The dagger sold ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Location for Barn Star's New Hampshire Shows
Barn Star Productions and Frank Gaglio want to make certain that all attendees of Antiques Week in New Hampshire know that the Manchester Pickers Market Antiques Show and Mid-Week in Manchester Antiques Show are no longer at the Quality Inn in Bedford but have moved to the Furniture World Building ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Snellenburg Joins Bonhams
Jonathan Snellenburg has joined Bonhams in New York City as director of the clocks and watches department.Snellenburg studied history and geology at Dartmouth College and received a Ph.D. in geochemistry from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. This led to a postdoctoral fellowship at the American Museum ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rick Deckard "Blade Runner" Hero Blaster Blasts the Record Books
by Richard de ThuinThe Hero Blaster used by Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford's character) in Blade Runner (Warner Bros., 1982) shot off a bid of more than a quarter of a million dollars to reach a target of $258,750 (includes buyer's premium) at Hollywood auction #36 held by Profiles in History, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Heade Sketches Sold Privately
by Daniel GrantAnother day, another deaccession controversy. The good news is that the endowment of the St. Augustine Historical Society in Florida is reported to be $1 million richer than it had been. The reason for that windfall strikes almost no one as good news. Back in late 2007, the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Elinor Gordon, 91
Elinor Gordon, for 50 years the doyenne of dealers in Chinese export porcelain, died in East Sandwich, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Light Attendance at Americana Auction, but Most Key Items Sell
This heavy and large (351/2" x 62" overall) carved pine panel, signed and dated 1911, is the masterpiece of Leander Allen Plummer II. To see how the two Steves (auctioneer Stephen Fletcher and sporting specialist and auctioneer Stephen O'Brien) felt about it, read the story. The panel and Plummer's box ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Lower Admission Price at Historic Deerfield
Historic Deerfield is rolling back the cost of adult admission. Visitors 18 and older will pay only $12 to experience all that the museum of early New England life has to offer."We want to make the visitor experience more accessible to a broader audience," said Philip Zea, president of Historic ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fine Art Dealers Association Announces New President
Betina Tasende of Tasende Gallery, La Jolla and West Hollywood, California, has been appointed president of the Fine Art Dealers Association (FADA). Howard Rehs of Rehs Galleries, Inc., New York City, stepped down from his 12-year tenure as president on July 1.According to the organization, Tasende moves into the presidency ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Values Abound in Spirited Rockport Art Association Auction
Emile Gruppe, Unloading the Catch, oil on canvas, 20" x 24", $7935 (est. $6500/ 8500). Earlier in the sale, Sunlit Birches, a tiny (3" x 4") signed oil on board described by the auctioneer as having "great composition" and being "the smallest I've ever seen in my life" sold over ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: The Times They Are a-Changin'
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondAnd we'd better change with them. Last month, we talked about the joys and advantages of playing to the crowd, taking an auction and making it fun by connecting with an audience. We've forgotten how to do that, and it's important that we learn to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: A Quick Peep at Albert Smith, "Man of Mont Blanc"The Egyptian Hall front of "Mr. Albert Smith's Ascent of Mont Blanc" has suffered some damage since it was made in 1854, but this very rare peepshow, complete with text booklet and 15 coloured litho views, sold ... (Read More)
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(Feature)A Pair of Crowell Exhibits
A. Elmer Crowell and his son Cleon, standing in the doorway of their East Harwich, Massachusetts, workshop, 1927-30, holding recently completed carvings. Photo courtesy Heritage Museums & Gardens.Canton and Sandwich, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoIt has been a banner year for Massachusetts museum exhibits featuring native son A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952) of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Spring York Show
From left are Tammy Gebhart, Jeff Burk, and Donna Burk. Jeff and Tammy are Donna's children and help her run the Greater York Antiques Show. Behind them is a painted corner cupboard in the booth of Kelly Kinzle. It sold on Saturday.James Kilvington of Dover, Delaware, put together an impressive ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings Sales
Childe Hassam (1859-1935), Paris, Winter Day, signed and dated 1887 lower right, oil on canvas, 173/4" x 32", $2,322,500 (est. $1.5/2.5 million). In May 2008 at Sotheby's, it sold for $3,961,000 (est. $2.5/3.5 million). Sotheby's photo.Christie's catalog cover lot, Sketching by the Sea by Milton Avery (1885-1965), signed and dated ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"Old Jake" Weathervane Stays in Winchester
Photo by Alan Lehman. Courtesy Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia."Old Jake" is home. The 72" high x 62" wide molded copper weathervane of a fireman, covered in silver-gray paint, went on display at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, Virginia, in early July.The weathervane was estimated ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Three Quarters of a Million in Four Auction Lots
Andrew Wyeth graphite and charcoal drawing, $155,250.A pair of 18th-century Claudius du Paquier Viennese vases, $258,750 for the pair.Hochst faience baluster covered vases, $138,000. Thomaston Place photo.Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maineby Mark SiscoSubtract the four top lots that totaled over three quarters of a million dollars at Thomaston Place ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Room for Two: Charles Whitaker and Karen Augusta Hold Separate Textile and Costume Sales
The highest-priced lot from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation consignment was this Yves Saint Laurent couture leather and fox coat. It had a wide black leather belt and front and back fox panels. The hood had a full fox mask and ears lined in black silk. It had an Yves ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Bitter Pill
It's a sour story. In U.S. District Court in San Francisco, a museum/store is under legal attack by the manufacturer of the very item the museum celebrates, an iconic collectible.Food giant PEZ Candy claims the Burlingame Museum of PEZ Memorabilia is in violation of California trademark law, partly because the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Leslie Hindman: "A Good and Solid Sale"
One really does see everything at a Hindman auction. The European mounted Cape buffalo skull with horns intact, 35" wide, sold for $244.A pair of George III painted and gilt torcheres, 35" high, brought $13,420. Hindman photo.The catalog cover lot, an Italian micromosaic table top with a C. Roccheggiani paper ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show
The preview party at the Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show is one of the most festive of the season. Good food, gorgeous weather, and a charming setting in the courtyard is where it begins, but it continues inside the museum with more food, music, and three floors with dealers' stands.Lee ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The American Wing Opens to Enthusiastic Audience
First Lady Michelle Obama cut the ribbon inaugurating the new American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 19. Dignitaries from left: Michael R. Bloomberg, mayor of New York City; Emily K. Rafferty, president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Kirsten Gillibrand, senator, state of New York; Michelle ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Low-Key Sale Produces Over $850,000
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshireby David HewettPhotos courtesy Northeast AuctionsWill the real rarity stand up, please? Why did both of these porcelain figures bring such heated competition and high prices, and what makes one worth nearly twice the price of the other? The figure of a seated harlequin with a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Louisville Antique Mall Closes
The Louisville Antique Mall in Louisville, Kentucky, has closed its doors. Owner Denise Golden broke the news at a dealer meeting on June 22. The mall has been in business for 26 years, had 14 employees, and had over 200 dealers. The renovated five-story Art Deco building located at 834 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Merkin Collection Sold--$191 Million to Be Frozen
by Betty FloodNew York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office submitted a stipulation and order in New York State Supreme Court regarding the impending sale of J. Ezra Merkin's art collection for $310 million. The art was owned by Merkin and his wife, according to Cuomo.In April a 54-page complaint was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Clock Feast at Fontaine's
A mid-19th-century gilt-bronze owl-form French clock-and-candelabra set sold in the room for $10,925 (est. $8000/12,000). The three pieces have matching serial numbers.A circa 1870 French industrial clock-and-barometer combination in the form of an automated steam engine, 191/2" x 131/2" x 71/2", sold to an absentee bidder for $19,550 (est. $12,000/15,000).Fontaine's ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Development of Garth's Property
by Don JohnsonAfter 55 years in the same location at the edge of Delaware, Ohio, Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers will likely relocate next year. A move seems inevitable following recent developments involving the ten-acre property leased by the auction firm.Tom and Carolyn Porter retained ownership of the land when they ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Running of the Bulls, Bears, Zebras, and Wildebeests
Landlocked salmon mount on a birch bark panel by David Footer. Five years ago, comparable mounts were bringing between $1000 and $2500, but this time Giguere had to pass it when bidders wouldn't play, and the consignor was reportedly happy to have it back. My, how times do change. The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bunch Sells the James Galley Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain
Archaic Chinese hardstone covered vessel, 61/4" high, lion mask carving with dragons on lid, pierced wooden stand inlaid with silver wire, $40,950 (est. $600/ 800) to a phone bidder from London.Chinese eatingknife, carvedwood, gilt bronze,tinted ivory with ajade handle,$4095 (est. $100/200).This pair of rare Chinese export porcelaincandlesticks, circa 1770, with ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Tower Antique Show
The child's toy dry sink in its original oil paint finish was possibly made for one of the children of the Boltinghaus family of Lexington, Kentucky. Made of pine, it was 18" wide x 8" deep and tagged $1100 by Woody Straub.Phil Dutcher of The Antiquary Ltd., Tulsa, Oklahoma, offered ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Director at Ogunquit Museum of American Art
by Rose SafranRecent changes at the Ogunquit (Maine) Museum of American Art (OMAA) include the appointment of a new director, planned extension of the season, new exhibits, addition of a small library, community outreach, and involvement with other arts organizations such as the nearby Portsmouth Athenaeum.Ronald Crusan, former executive director ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Speech Recognition
Computer Column #247by John P. Reid, jreid@dca.netSpeech recognition software was mentioned in this column for the March 2009 issue. Such software allows you to dictate text to a computer. The emphasis in the earlier column was on computer users whose limited use of their hands makes typing and mouse handling ... (Read More)
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(Show)Bowmanville Antiques Show Weathers the Storm
A fresh face to the show this year was La Belle Gueule de Bois, Magog, Quebec. They had a fine booth that included this rare primitive bonnetiere cupboard from Quebec's Eastern Townships featuring fish hinges and forged nails in the construction, with complementary bracket base, ex-collection Peter Baker. It dated ... (Read More)
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(Auction)All Things Georgia: The Griffin Collection
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolinaby Pete PrunklPhotos courtesy Brunk AuctionsBill and Florence Griffin at home in Atlanta. Bill was a successful real estate attorney and field ornithologist. Florence helped found the Southern Garden History Society, the Georgia Conservancy, and the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. Their marriage "was built on ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Stitches in Time: Portsmouth Samplers from 1760-1840
Sampler worked by Elizabeth Lake in 1817. Collection of the Portsmouth Historical Society.Stitches in Time: Portsmouth Samplers from 1760-1840, an exhibit produced by the Portsmouth Historical Society at the John Paul Jones House in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, will be on display until October 31. The exhibit features over 30 needlework ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Record $169,200 Paid for Newcomb Pottery
The vase is incised with a stylized design of deep blue Clematis jackmanii with yellow centers held aloft on sage green trellis-like stems in a rhythmic progression and with a yellow band at its rim. This impressive vase scored a new record for Newcomb pottery, selling for $169,200. Neal Auction ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Hampshire Suspends Auctioneer's License for Five Years
On June 5 the New Hampshire Board of Auctioneers suspended the license of New Hampshire auctioneer Frank Beliveau for five years. The unanimous action came after the board heard a complaint from Alan DeVarney, who consigned objects to an April 4 auction and was not paid.According to a consignor settlement ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Withdrawn Ohr Works Worry Art Pottery Trade
by Lita Solis-CohenTwo two-handled vases, signed in script "G.E. Ohr," were withdrawn from Sotheby's June 12 auction. No official reason was given, but a group of Ohr collectors and scholars believe they were fake.Eugene "Gene" Hecht, who with Garth Clark and Robert Ellison wrote The Mad Potter of Biloxi: The ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: The Evil Twins
by Steve ProffittM.A.D. has an upscale following. As my mentor, a now old lawyer from the South, would say, "Steve, that's the silk stocking crowd." With this crowd come the accompaniments of money, position, and power, including those Saturday night black-tie get-togethers known as benefit auctions. I receive most of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Folk Art Exhibition at Berman Museum of Art
Folk Art from the Dr. David Bronstein Collection opened at the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art on the Ursinus College campus in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, on May 29. The exhibit, in the Upper Gallery, will run through August 29. The installation focuses on examples from Dr. Bronstein's collection of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)April Modernism Auction
Sollo:Rago, Lambertville, New Jerseyby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Sollo:RagoThe sale opened with this George Nakashima English oak free-edge coffee table, 13" x 76" x 34", that sold for $24,000 (est. $40,000/60,000). It seemed to set the tone for the sale.John Sollo and David Rago's catalog for their 20th-century modern sale on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Obama Bucks Carry Strong Sale
As shown, the Oriental room-size carpet is 7' x 13'7" overall, but it's valued for the carpet found within the borders because those former parts are genuinely antique, probably somewhere between 200 and 300 years old, and the latter have been added at a later date. The buyer, a subscriber ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mix of Contemporary and Antique at Spring Sale
This period Dutch cupboard attributed to the Mahantongo Valley in central Pennsylvania had been expertly repainted. It sold for $12,100 to private collectors bidding by phone. If you are interested in Pennsylvania German paint-decorated furniture, read the story for more.There were over 150 lots of Gaudy ironstone china on the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Protecting Consignors
EditorialConsignors are the backbone of the auction business. Any savvy auctioneer will tell you that the key to a successful auction business is getting good stuff to sell.We advocate two simple moves that will help protect consignors: requiring Internet bidders to register with a credit card, and employing escrow accounts.First, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Small, Selective, and Successful American Paintings Sale
Granville Redmond, poppies and lupine by a lake with distant mountains, 283/4" x 35", sold to a San Diego collector for $542,000 (est. $350,000/550,000), a new world auction record for Redmond, which Levitt found "encouraging."Armin Hansen (1886-1957), fishermen salvaging a wreck, 26" x 38", sold for $290,000 (est. $150,000/250,000) to ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)New Art and Antiques Books Reviewed
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.John Singer Sargent: Venetian Figures and Landscapes, 1898-1913. Complete Paintings, Volume VI ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Impecunious Marine Art Collector
by A.J. Peluso, Jr.Photos
by Dan PelusoFor some of us, the purchase of a $250,000 James Buttersworth,
a $125,000 James Bard, a $50,000 Antonio Jacobsen or Fred Pansing, or even a $1500
yachting photograph might, under the circumstances, be better delayed. Fortunately,
there are relatively inexpensive-or should be-interim alternatives.
They ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Little Antiques Show That Could, and Did
Exhibitors Richard and Vernice Platt of Geneseo, New York, are a big part of the show's history and success.Don Naetzker of Fairport, New York, is celebrating his 50th year in the business and looking forward to the July Bloomfield, New York, antiques show. He is shown here with his favorites, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Fair Game for a Sunny Weekend Foray
Someone went to a great deal of trouble when building this circa 1900 castle-style birdhouse, most likely built to entice martins. The 171/2" square x 18" tall bird castle of quality construction, in nicely weathered red, white, black, and green paint, was priced at $595. Paul Johnson said it was ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bottled Up
A record $26,880 was paid for an Old Sachem Bitters in pure green.American Bottle Auctions' latest sale, which began April 27 and ended May 8 (including callbacks), brought a total of $220,875 (includes buyers' premiums). Only six of the 302 lots failed to meet minimum bid, with those six selling ... (Read More)
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(Feature)N.C. Wyeth Catalogue Raisonne Receives Award
N.C. Wyeth: A Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings was selected as the winner of the 2009 American Association of Museums' (AAM) Frances Smyth-Ravenel Prize for Excellence in Publication Design for Books. The judges noted that "the quality of the catalogue is outstanding, from the paper to the consistently beautiful reproductions of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Indian and Western Art
Cowan's, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonPhotos courtesy Cowan'sSeminole finger-woven sash, 1835-38, white glass beads form 42 whole frogs and 14 half frogs, complete sash 120" long, $38,187.50.The tap ran hot and cold during Cowan's sale of American Indian and Western art in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 4. Some things buyers wanted; ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Thor Konwin, Branford House Antiques, Brandon, Vermont
Thor Konwin with his antique business machines.A selection of index typewriters. Index models didn'thave keyboards; the user picked out a letter at a time.Konwin said, "With a keyboard you could type fortywords a minute. With an index you could do a page aday." So why did people buy index machines? ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Holy Mackerel!
This illustration, done during the peak years of the mackerel fishery in the last quarter of the 19th century, shows the various steps in processing the catch onboard ship. The blunt bladed plows would have been utilized for cleaning; those with sharp blades for plowing. The latter would have preceded ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A New Definition for Bargain
Self-taught contemporary artist R.W. Hedge specializes in outdoor vistas, many with sunsets. At $2200, his 24" x 36" Mt. Moran-Sunset topped all others in this 1300-lot sale.The gallery was loaded with Oriental rugs, many at room size. Most sold for $500 or less. The highest sale was for this 7'6" ... (Read More)
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(Feature)One Shop's Successful Survival in Tough Times
A bright, clear sign and a visible Route 1, York, Maine, location with excellent parking and outdoor garden objects on the exterior not only advertise the shop but also invite antiques dealers and retail customers just exiting Interstate 95 at southern Maine's Ogunquit-York exit (fortunately before the Maine Turnpike toll ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Barn Star to Continue Managing Princeton Show, Takes Over Wilton Craftsmanship Show
The Historical Society of Princeton (HSP) has signed a new three-year contract with Frank Gaglio and Barn Star Productions. Gaglio began managing the Princeton Fall Antiques and Fine Arts Show in 2006, growing the event from 24 dealers in 2005 to its present size of 55 dealers.The Princeton Fall Antiques ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bressett and Bowers Book Signing
Whitman Publishing authors Kenneth Bressett and Q. David Bowers will greet fans and autograph their books at the American Numismatic Association's World's Fair of Money in Los Angeles, August 5-9.Bressett is the longtime editor of the Guide Book of United States Coins (popularly known as the "Red Book"). He has ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Politics Is a Hit in Alexandria--Go Figure
This Abraham Lincoln document, signed as president, drew only one bid. The naval commission, dated July 3, 1863, and signed by both President Lincoln and Secretaryof the Navy Gideon Welles, is a post-dated appointment of William E. Leeds as a boatswain in the United States Navy. It is matted and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Louisville Slugger: Rare Glass Target Ball Comes to Market
This great aquamarine ball is embossed in all capital letters: "Manufactured by the/ Kentucky Glassworks Company/ Joseph Griffith & Son's Sole Agents/ Also Dealers in Guns Pistols & Fishing Tackle Louisville/ Kentucky." The embossing covers the ball from top to bottom. Photos courtesy Glass Works Auctions.by Ralph FinchIt finally happened. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)West German Pottery
Forrest Poston of GinFor's Odditiques in Evansville, Indiana, has created a series of free, informative videos on the subject of West German pottery. These videos may be viewed on YouTube (www.youtube.com) by searching the site for "ginfor1" or "West German pottery." They may also be viewed through the GinFor's Odditiques ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Company Reports Aggressive Marketing Grew Sales
TIAS.com (www.tias.com) reported that merchant sales at its on-line antiques and collectibles mall increased by 19% in April when compared to the same period in 2008.Since March, TIAS has been actively soliciting new customers with on-line marketing campaigns, as well as airing television ads following PBS's Antiques Roadshow in key ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Hoard of Chocolate Molds Found and Sold
Chocolatiers, the Paul Anast family. Photo from the Paul Anast Confectioner family.Local advertising for Easter chocolates. Photo from the Paul Anast Confectioner family.Bunny sitting on a stump, $187; Kewpie, $198; harp, $198; Santa sitting, $852.50.Jon Lee Auction Service, Latham, New Yorkby Betty FloodPhotos courtesy Jon Lee Auction ServiceLong ago, chocolate ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)American Primitive Gallery to Move
Aarne Anton has announced that American Primitive Gallery is moving and will be closed during the summer. The gallery has been located in New York City's SoHo district for the past 20 years and hosted shows of American folk art and contemporary self-taught art.American Primitive Gallery will reopen in the ... (Read More)
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