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(Show)Ellsworth Antiques Show in Eighth Decade
Ellsworth, Maineby Mark SiscoAlthough the venerable Ellsworth Antiques Show has roots extending back to 1938 and has operated under different names in the past, it now seems to have found a permanent home at the Woodlawn Museum in Ellsworth, Maine. The show, held this year August 14-16, dates back to ... (Read More)
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(Show)Maine Antiques Dealers Association Show Goes On
Cheryl Feldaus was quite pleased with the deal she got from Gerry Bell of Gerald W. Bell Jr. Antiques, Falmouth, Maine. She paid about $40 for this birch bark half-canoe.Visit the booth of Tom and Lynne Woods of Woolwich, Maine, and you'll always find some top-of-the-line silver. Here they offered ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American and California Paintings: The Cream Rises to the Top
Bonhams & Butterfields, Los Angeles and San Francisco, Californiaby Alice KaufmanPhotos courtesy Bonhams & ButterfieldsTotal sales for Bonhams & Butterfields' August 5 auction of California and American paintings were $5,520,000 (including buyers' premiums). According to Bonhams specialist Scot Levitt, the figure "compares very well" to totals at recent Bonhams & ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gamage Pitches a Double-Header
Bruce Gamage, Jr., Rockland, Maineby Mark SiscoFor at least two days, "dead oak" became "live oak" at Bruce Gamage's double-barreled auctions on July 12 and 14 in Rockland, Maine.The first day consisted primarily of the estate of a Rockport, Maine, couple, who were the longtime owners of the Sail Loft ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Figureheads and Folk Art Fly
Rafael E. Osona, Nantucket, Massachusettsby Jackie SideliPhotos courtesy Rafael OsonaThe top lot of the sale was this group of five paintings by Ralph Eugene Cahoon (1910-1982). Each painting illustrates a different sense: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and feeling. The set of oils on masonite, each 14" x 12", sold quickly ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Philadelphia Marble-Top Mixing Table Brings $111,550
by Lita Solis-CohenOn Friday, September 19, when the focus was on how to stop the Wall Street meltdown, John Turner, president of Briggs Auction, Inc., Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania, sold a small, rare 18th-century walnut mixing table with a King of Prussia marble top and trifid feet for $111,550 (includes buyer's ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Maine Folk Art Trail Continues through Fall
The Maine Folk Art Trail drew many visitors this summer to the concurrent exhibitions of folk art objects at 11 participating museums. Many of the objects on display had never before been exhibited. (See M.A.D., June 2008, p. 36-B, for an overview of the project and photos of selected objects ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Missed Property Tax Payment Results in $1 Million Loss for Collector Nansi Nelson
by David HewettMost of us occasionally forget that a bill is overdue until an envelope arrives with the commanding words "Final Notice" printed on it. It could be the cable company bill, an insurance payment on the car or van, or maybe a property tax bill, and because it's not ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Guns, Germs, and Wheels at Sci-Tech Auction
Skinner, Inc., Bolton, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoPhotos courtesy SkinnerNew York City dealer Martin Lane paid $292,000 for the sale's top lot, a Colt Model 1881 Gatling gun made in Hartford, Connecticut, and purchased by Bannerman's from the Watervliet (New York) Arsenal some time before World War I. It came unused, never ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Orchestrating an Auction: The Psychology of Bidding
by Daniel Grant "You start out slow, but [lots] three and four will pick up the pace, ease up a little bit, then build some excitement with twelve and thirteen, work up to twenty through twenty-two, which should go way over the top, then come down a bit, trying to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Hundred Grand Lands Grand Moran
Hap Moore, York, Maineby Mark SiscoTwo large Edward Moran oils on canvas. Left, View near Pennsgrove, $100,800. Right, View on Delaware Bay, $85,120.An enormous (16" diameter) Rose Medallion center bowl sold for $1568. "I don't get many Rose Medallion bowls of this depth and thisquality," Moore noted. Neither does anyone ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Super Market
This copper with gold leaf longhorn cow weathervane was priced at $16,500 from Hypoint Art and Antiques, Lake Barrington, Illinois.Philadelphia dealer Joan Wenger was asking $11,000 for this Cochiti bowl. Wenger reported sales of jewelry and "good textiles."Santa Fe, New Mexicoby Alice KaufmanBarry Cohen called his seventh annual Historic Indian ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Bringing the A-Game
Santa Fe, New Mexicoby Alice KaufmanThe circa 1870 Chilkat blanket cost $85,000 at Alaska On Madison, New York City. Jack Bryan said that they'd had "great success at setup and preview, and steady business on day two. Dealers have put their best foot forward, and everyone has ridden the crest."Jim ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: White Knight in the Mirror
White Knight in the MirrorWorlds collided in New York City, the center of the U.S. financial market and the art and antiques market. Amid the meltdown on Wall Street as Congress fashioned a bailout for the teetering financial industry, high-end Americana was crossing the block at Christie's and Sotheby's. The ... (Read More)
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(Feature)VADA Annual Show: Decent Attendance, Uneven Sales
You can't ask for a more vivid hooked rug than this 19" high x 43" wide one that Gloria Lonergan of Mendham, New Jersey, offered for $2495.We rather liked the 321/2" x 231/2" portrait of a boy with a wistful look in his eye. He's by an unknown American artist ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Solid Foundation for Americana Sale
Garth's, Delaware, Ohioby Don JohnsonPhotos courtesy Garth'sThe story of Garth's annual Labor Day auction, held August 29 and 30 in Delaware, Ohio, wasn't just about what sold but also what didn't sell.This Soap Hollow chest of drawers by Jeremiah Stahl, original paint decoration with the owner's initials "SKM" and the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Scenes from Marion's Sweet Sixteen
Just before we took this photo, David C. Beauchamp of Brookline, New Hampshire, had been writing a receipt for a New York City collector who bought one of Beauchamp's specialties, a mid-19th-century decorative wooden box, for $600. Beauchamp was among several dealers who brought tall clocks to the show. On ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)JMK Acquires Three Shows in Florida
JMK Shows & Events of Succasunna, New Jersey, has acquired three Sarasota, Florida, antiques and collectibles shows formerly run by Dolphin Promotions. The shows are scheduled for December 27-29, January 30-February 1, 2009, and February 20-22, 2009. All three shows will feature approximately 50 dealers. JMK also runs home and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Morphy Auctions Launches Toy Trains Division, Names Ken Post to Head Department
Morphy
Auctions of Denver, Pennsylvania, is opening a new toy trains division. The company
anticipates hosting one to two annual specialty sales of antique and vintage trains
and will soft-launch the department with a 600-lot selection of mostly Lionel
and other American-made trains in the December 11-13 winter sale of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ayers Appointed
Victoria Ayers has been appointed as furniture and decorative arts specialist for Bonhams in New York City. Ayers entered into the auction world through Sotheby's American Arts course (now known as Sotheby's Institute) then went on to work extensively with that auction house for two decades, appraising and cataloging objects ... (Read More)
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(Feature)On-line Antiques Survey
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(Auction)Moisan Gets the Silver
The Tiffany silver water pitcher byEdward C. Moore brought $24,150.Marshall Johnson, oil on canvas of the U.S.S. Constitution at war,$6325.Labeled "Megaletoscopio" (also called a megalethoscope) by Carlo Ponti, $3162.50. (See page 29-B for another of these rare instruments.)Devin Moisan Auctioneers, Dover, New Hampshireby Mark SiscoDevin Moisan presents relatively few auctions ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: And Now, the Main Event
The Young CollectorAnd Now, the Main Eventby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondHave you ever noticed that we work almost as hard to get away from entertainment as we work to get to it? It happens all the time. People pay a fortune for event tickets, pay again for parking, stand ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
Letter from Londonby Ian McKay, e-mail The Russian SummerSome weeks ago, I was taken gently to task by an English acquaintance, now auctioneering in New York City, for suggesting that, where books were concerned, the summer sales had indicated something of a hiccough in the Russian boom of recent times-or ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Gary F. Yeaton, Concord, New Hampshire
In the TradeGary F. Yeaton, Concord, New Hampshireby Frank DoneganGary Yeaton in his gallery at 280 South Street, Concord, New Hampshire.A New England bird's-eye maple "academy work" box with romantic landscapes painted en grisaille. One of the end views is in poor shape, but the other three scenes are fine. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Withington's Bank Collection Sale
Withington Auction, Inc., Hillsborough, New Hampshireby Dick FrizPhotos courtesy Withington AuctionThe late Richard "Dick" Withington, the glib gaveler and country squire of his beloved Hillsborough, New Hampshire, would clearly have been in his element at this feel-good sale under the tent on August 14. It was a nostalgic finale at ... (Read More)
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(Show)The New Newport Antiques Show
Middletown, Rhode Islandby Jeanne SchintoHeller-Washam, Portland, Maine, and Woodbury, Connecticut, asked $68,000 for the small Queen Anne highboy in the corner. Made on the southeastern coast of Massachusetts, circa 1740, it has contrasting walnut herringbone inlays, one replaced brass, veneer patching, old refinish, and Garvan family provenance. On the right, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Art, Fine Furnishings, and One Butt-Kicking Mule
James D. Julia, Rockport, Maineby Mark SiscoFive million dollars is a lot of bucks. That breaks down to about $1.67 million for each day of James Julia's massive three-day end-of-summer blowout auction at the Samoset Resort in Rockport, Maine, August 26-28.Polychromed carved wood figure of Goddess of Liberty, $143,750.A nearly ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Cabot Mill Antiques' 12th Anniversary Celebration
Cabot Mill Antiques in Brunswick, Maine, will celebrate its 12th anniversary on the weekend of November 1 and 2 with a 20% storewide discount.The celebration will feature independent appraiser Bruce A. Buxton offering free appraisals from 12 noon to 3 p.m. on both days. Antique doll aficionado Sheila Knowles will ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Barn Star Launches New Show and Retires Another
Next fall the Nutmeg State will have a new antiques show. Barn Star Productions and Frank Gaglio have announced a new event: the Autumn Hartford Antiques Show. It will be held October 31 and November 1, 2009, at the Connecticut Expo Center in Hartford.Frank Gaglio stated in a press release, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Three Days in Portsmouth End Productive August for Northeast Auctions
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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(Feature)Don't Leave Home without It: Christie's and Amex
by Daniel GrantBuyers at Christie's auction house will now be able to pay for many of their purchases with an American Express card. Not everything, however. Christie's has established transaction limits for cardholders, which allow credit card purchases in what is called the middle-market range, between $3000 and $80,000. Clients ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Western and Historic Americana
Cowan's, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonPhotos courtesy Cowan'sWith gross receipts of $1.08 million for Cowan's sale of Western and historic Americana, held June 5 in Cincinnati, Ohio, company president/auctioneer C. Wesley Cowan was pleased with the day's results, but this isn't the same market it used to be."For the first time ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Million-Dollar Heade at Summer Americana Auction
Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc., East Dennis, MassachusettsMillion-Dollar Heade at Summer Americana Auctionby Jackie SideliPhotos courtesy Eldred'sEvery year, Eldred's puts together a pretty impressive summer Americana auction. This year the July 30-August 1 sale was spectacular, with classic material and strong prices thoughout.The highlight was Eldred's first $1 million item, ... (Read More)
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(Show)As Good an Americana Show as You Will Find Anywhere
York, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenWho would think Labor Day weekend is a good time for an antiques show? Isn't the last weekend of summer the time to close the beach house, get the kids ready for school, and stay off the highways to make room for the vacationers returning home?The fact ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Americana Sales During the Wall Street Meltdown
Americana Sales during the Wall Street Crisisby Lita Solis-CohenThe financial crisis gave the September Americana market the shivers and a fever. Collectors, dealers, and auctioneers, anxious to know how the Wall Street meltdown and Congressional bickering over the bailout would affect the Americana sales, gathered at Christie's and Sotheby's in ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Kansas Man Pleads Guilty
Man Admits to Knowing Antiques Were Stolen from SoldiersA Kansas man has pleaded guilty to helping another man cover up the theft of antiques and household goods put in storage by military personnel who were deployed or transferred from Fort Leavenworth.Christopher Wilson, 33, of Leavenworth pleaded guilty to one count ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Peaceable Kingdom Lawsuits Heat Up
Peaceable Kingdom Lawsuit Heats Up by Clayton PenningtonHalsey Minor, an Internet entrepreneur and American art collector, has filed a countersuit against Sotheby's, alleging the firm concealed its financial interest in Edward Hicks's Peaceable Kingdom with the Leopard of Serenity that sold to Minor on May 22 for $9,673,000 (includes buyer's ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Round Lake Show
Round Lake, New YorkThe Round Lake Showby Betty FloodThe 36th annual Round Lake Antiques Festival in Round Lake, New York, on June 28 and 29 was its usual successful self, despite expectations of bad weather warnings. The big difference was that folks didn't wait until 9 a.m., the scheduled opening ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: The $64,000 Question
by Steve ProffittAfter completing a four-part series on bid rigging, it's past time to check the mailbag.Q. I am planning on attending an auction in my area and am concerned that the seller may attempt to "by bid" on some lots to inflate the prices artificially and illegally by having ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Firearms Column: Strong Summer Sales and America's Favorite Rifles
The Firearms ColumnStrong Summer Sales and America's Favorite Riflesby Robert KyleIt wasn't too many years a...
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(Feature)In the Trade: Gary Sergeant, Woodbury, Connecticut
In the TradeGary Sergeant, Woodbury, Connecticutby Frank DoneganWhen we called Woodbury, Connecticut, dealer Gary Sergeant to set up this interview, he was really steamed about a recent Wall Street Journal article headlined "As 18th- and 19th-Century Antiques Fall Out of Favor, Prices Are Plummeting." Sergeant is known for selling carefully ... (Read More)
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(Show)Mid-Week in Manchester: Some Miracles, Some Malaise
Bedford, New HampshireMid-Week in Manchester: Some Miracles, Some Malaiseby Jeanne SchintoHow'd it go? The question is always the first one posed to a dealer returning home from a show. It was posed by me in various ways to multiple dealers after the 15th annual Mid-Week in Manchester Antiques Show held ... (Read More)
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(Feature)LiveAuctioneers One of the Fastest-Growing Companies in U.S.
LiveAuctioneers One of the Fastest-Growing Companies in U.S.LiveAuctioneers.com has been named to Inc. magazine's 2008 list of the 5000 fastest-growing privately held, for-profit companies in the nation, ranking #71 in the Top 100 Consumer Product Companies, #1358 overall. The annual list evaluates firms on the basis of their growth in ... (Read More)
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(Show)Goosefare's One-Day Outdoor Show in Wells
Wells, MaineGoosefare's One-Day Outdoor Show in Wellsby Rose SafranAt around 2:30 p.m. on June 22 an ominous cloud hung over the Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm in Wells, Maine, the lovely setting for the popular annual one-day antiques and collectibles show that John and Elizabeth DeSimone of Goosefare Antiques & ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Furniture and Decorative Arts at Hindman's
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Inc., Chicago, IllinoisFurniture and Decorative Arts at Hindman'sby Danielle ArnetOne would think that, having moved a scant eight months ago into a building three times bigger than her former space, Chicago auctioneer Leslie Hindman would have the sense to kick back and relax a little. ... (Read More)
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(Show)Nan Gurley's Americana Celebration
Deerfield, New HampshireNan Gurley's Americana Celebration by Mark Sisco When the weather, the economy, and the stars are properly aligned, the results can be pretty powerful for New England antiques shows. Knock one of those factors off a degree or two, however, and things can get chancy. For Nan Gurley's ... (Read More)
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(Auction)To Build a Fire with Rusty Farrin
Farrin's Country Auctions, Augusta, MaineTo Build a Fire with Rusty Farrinby Mark Sisco Ernest and Elizabeth Johnson spent decades collecting historical documents, books, signatures, and lots of other artifacts. When they passed on, Farrin's Country Auctions of Augusta, Maine, got a chance to sell the estate, which it did on ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Wilson Willet Feeder Is Tops at July Decoy Sale
Decoys Unlimited Inc., Hyannis, MassachusettsWilson Willet Feeder Is Tops at July Decoy Saleby Jeanne SchintoWas the top bird at the Decoys Unlimited sale on July 21 and 22 at the Cape Codder Resort & Spa on Cape Cod made by Fred Nichols of Lynn, Massachusetts? Or was it the work ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Grand Examples of Ocean Liner Art and Memorabilia
Christie's, New York CityGrand Examples of Ocean Liner Art and Memorabiliaby A.J. Peluso, Jr.For collectors of ocean liner material, May and June 2008 will be remembered with fondness if you were a buyer and with regret if you weren't. The auction of the Frank O. Braynard collection at Swann in ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: The One That Got Away
EditorialThe One That Got AwayYou can't help but empathize with Jack Rennert of Poster Auctions International Inc., a New York City firm that has produced poster auctions for over 20 years.Rennert had a line on a significant collection of French Mistinguett performance posters that Aspen, Colorado, collector Edwin Glickman owned. ... (Read More)
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(Show)SOFA 2008
New York CitySOFA 2008by Lita Solis-CohenFor the 11th year SOFA (Sculpture Objects & Functional Art) offered one-of-a-kind, limited-edition, and handmade objects in ceramics, glass, fiber, metal, and wood. The fair filled the 67th Street Armory on Park Avenue in Manhattan from May 29 through June 1 and held a crowded ... (Read More)
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(Show)Be in It to Win It
Bedford, New HampshireBe in It to Win It by Fran KramerLongtime show promoter Frank Gaglio of Barn Star Productions compared exhibiting in his one-day Monday Bedford Pickers Market in Bedford, New Hampshire, to playing a lottery. "To win it, you have to be in it," he said.Not everyone is a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Southern Folk Pottery
Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society, Bennett, North CarolinaSouthern Folk Potteryby Marty SteinerVolume 31 of the Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society encyclopedia of pottery arrived late in April. Actually, it was the sale catalog for the society's 31st absentee auction. This auction officially ended on May 17, but the society has ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Joel Kopp: Sculpture, Paintings, Carvings
A Book ReviewJoel Kopp: Sculpture, Paintings, Carvingsby Lita Solis-CohenJoel Kopp: Sculpture, Paintings, Carvingsby Joel Kopp, with an introduction by Kevin MarkeyImpress, 2007, 180 pages, hardbound, $95 postpaid (by check only) from Joel Kopp, 230 Central Park West, Apt. 12A, New York, NY 10024; (212) 362-1653. The book can be autographed ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Auction Kicks Off Antiques Week
Northeast Auctions, Manchester, New HampshireAmericana Auction Kicks Off Antiques Weekby David HewettAntiques collectors and dealers alike anticipate Ronald Bourgeault's big Northeast Auctions summer Americana sale in Manchester, New Hampshire. It opens the series of seven events that have become known collectively as Antiques Week in New Hampshire. Dealers and collectors ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)WorthPoint and Heritage Team Up
WorthPoint and Heritage Team UpWorthPoint Corporation (www.worthpoint.com), an Internet-based data and media company that offers a database of sales records on art, antiques, and collectibles, announced that Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries, the world's largest collectibles auctioneer and third-largest auction house, has selected WorthPoint as a data publishing partner. Under the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Decorative Arts Society Web Site
Decorative Arts Society Web SiteThe Decorative Arts Society, Inc. (DAS) has launched its new Web site (www.DecArtsSociety.org). Visitors to the site will find information on upcoming events, learn about the projects recognized annually with the Smith Award, the Montgomery Prize, and the Montgomery Award, and access past issues of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Chelsea Collection Moves
The Chelsea Collection, previously located at 112 West Middle Street in Chelsea, Michigan, has moved to a new home in the city at 6065 Sibley Road. "Our new store has a great atmosphere and wonderful space," said Eric Lund, co-owner of The Chelsea Collection. Co-owner Gary Kuehnle, who has been ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Election Memorabilia
Election MemorabiliaIn celebration of the 2008 presidential campaign, the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia is presenting a new exhibit of election memorabilia from the collection of Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn, M.D. Marching to the White House: Election Memorabilia from the Sublime to the Ridiculous offers a fascinating look at presidential campaigns ... (Read More)
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(Feature)100 Stories
100 Stories On October 4 the exhibition One Hundred Stories: Highlights from the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts will open at the Hagerstown, Maryland, museum. A newly published book of the same name presents 100 outstanding objects from the museum-works given by William H. Singer, Jr. and Anna Brugh ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sixteen-Year-Old Graduates from Auction School
Sixteen-Year-Old Graduates from Auction SchoolColdwater, Michigan, native David J. Gonzalez, 16, recently graduated from the Reppert School of Auctioneering. Based at the Kruse Auction Park in Auburn, Indiana, Reppert's was founded in 1921 by Fred Reppert. The two-week, 160-hour course features over 40 instructors from all types of auction backgrounds. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Gatling Gun Tops Skinner Sci-Tech Sale
Gatling Gun Tops Skinner Sci-Tech Sale by Jeanne Schinto "I've never sold one of these before," said Skinner auctioneer LaGina Austin as she prepared to offer a Colt Model 1881 Gatling gun on August 23 at the firm's Bolton, Massachusetts, gallery. "I don't think I ever will again, but you ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pier Show Expands
Pier Show Expands This fall, the Pier Antiques Show will expand. In addition to the 500 art and antiques exhibitors on Pier 94, the show has expanded onto neighboring Pier 92 where patrons will now find the latest vintage fashions and collecting trends. Fashion Alley, long a popular, sought-out section ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Signed Lincoln Photo Sells Well
by Richard de Thuin A rare, early signed oval portrait of Abraham Lincoln, supposedly the work of photographer Roderick M. Cole at the time of the Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858, brought an impressive $207,000 (includes buyer's premium) at Hollywood Auction 32, held by Profiles in History, Calabasas Hills, California, on ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Colt Walker Revolver Sells for $920,000
A Colt Walker revolver, called by James D. Julia the "finest martial Walker in existence," sold for $920,000 (includes buyer's premium) at Julia's auction house in Fairfield, Maine, on October 7.
The buyer was unidentified.
The martial Walker, used by Texas Ranger Sam Wilson, retained inspector marks, proof marks, and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Attendance Low but a Perfect Summer Day
Manchester Village, Vermontby David HewettShow manager Linda Turner said she wished a few more people had come to the Hildene Antiques Show in Manchester Village, Vermont, on July 12. Even so, after it was over she said, "Almost everyone told me they had had a decent show. The Hildene people ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Joseph Lincoln Decoys Excel at Summer Sale
Guyette & Schmidt Inc., South Portland, MaineJoseph Lincoln Decoys Excel at Summer Saleby Karl H. PassGuyette & Schmidt held its summer decoys auction on July 26 and 27 at the Wyndham Hotel in South Portland, Maine. The 451-lot sale grossed $1,700,721 with buyers' premiums. One lot went over $100,000, but ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Clairman Sale
Tim Potter Auction Services, Port Hope, Ontario, CanadaThe Clairman Saleby Robin McMullenAll prices in Canadian fundsAlan Clairman, who died in December 2007, was a collector and dealer in the Toronto area from 1970 until 2007. He started out his career practicing law but soon realized this occupation did not suit ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Colt Walker Revolver Sells for $920,000
A Colt Walker revolver, called by James D. Julia the "finest martial Walker in existence," sold for $920,000 (includes buyer's premium) at Julia's auction house in Fairfield, Maine, on October 7.
The buyer was unidentified.
The martial Walker, used by Texas Ranger Sam Wilson, retained inspector marks, proof marks, and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Art of Renting
by Daniel GrantOver the years homeowners have purchased Jenny Laden's paintings, and as she said, "My art looks like something you'd see in someone's home." That may be good enough for the film industry. Several of the Brooklyn, New York, artist's figurative pictures of women have been used as set ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Silversmiths to the Nation
A Book ReviewSilversmiths to the Nationby Lita Solis-CohenSilversmiths to the Nation: Thomas Fletcher & Sidney Gardiner: 1808-1842By Donald L. Fennimore and Ann K. WagnerAntique Collectors' Club, 2007, 287 pages, hardbound, $95 plus S/H from Winterthur, (302) 888-4741, ; or from Antique Collectors' Club, (800) 252-5231, Web site (www.antique-acc.com).On August 19, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rookwood XVIII, Keramics 2008, and Art Glass 2008
Cincinnati Art Galleries, Cincinnati, OhioRookwood XVIII, Keramics 2008, and Art Glass 2008by Don Johnson When it comes to Cincinnati Art Galleries' annual June auction, Rookwood is usually king, but not always. This year was one of those exceptions. Held June 7 and 8, the auction once again featured three sessions: ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column: Cheaters
Computer Column #238Cheatersby John P. Reid, jreid@dca.netNo one likes to be cheated, and there are plenty of ways to be cheated through your computer. Any computer user can be a victim of these deceptions, but some are aimed specifically at antiquers. Antiquers also can be cheated in a shop or ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: The Power of Positive Thinking
The Young CollectorThe Power of Positive Thinkingby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondBy now, we've all seen it. You know, "The Article," and its use of the "B" word. It sent a shiver down the collective spine of antiques dealers and auctioneers everywhere. Of course, some of you might have been ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques at Elm Bank Estate: Smaller Is Still Beautiful
Wellesley, MassachusettsAntiques at Elm Bank Estate: Smaller Is Still Beautifulby Jeanne Schinto Lucyanne Robinson, a dealer from Little Rock, Arkansas, came the farthest to try her luck at Marvin Getman's third annual Antiques at Elm Bank Estate, held on the weekend of July 26 and 27. She had been pleased ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Small Volume of Americana in Bonhams & Butterfields Sale
Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, CaliforniaSmall Volume of Americana in Bonhams & Butterfields Saleby Alice Kaufman The June 16 Bonhams & Butterfields auction of European and American furniture and decorative arts in San Francisco included 26 lots in its Americana section. Only 15 of those lots sold, but three of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)20th-Century Decorative Arts at Bonhams
Bonhams, New York City20th-Century Decorative Arts at Bonhamsby Lita Solis-Cohen In its 1895 catalog Tiffany & Company offered a bicycle with handlebars of carved ivory, partly encased in chased silver, and all joints of the frame encased in solid silver, etched and chased in repousse style. "Mounted on a wheel ... (Read More)
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(Auction)British Sporting Painting Tops Annual Auction
Barridoff Galleries, Portland, MaineBritish Sporting Painting Tops Annual Auctionby Rose SafranOn the front cover of Barridoff Galleries' attractive catalog for its August 1 sale in Portland, Maine, was a detail of The Huntsman, A Bad Scent, an equestrian sporting painting by British artist Sir Alfred Munnings. Dominant against a stark, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Copake Country
Copake Auction Inc., Copake, New YorkCopake Countryby Jackie Sideli On July 12, Copake Auction hosted a cataloged Americana sale at the company headquarters in rural Copake, New York. There were plenty of good clean country antiques as well as interesting paintings, stoneware, some period slipware, formal furniture, and a few ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Positive Results at Summer Ceramics Sale
Crocker Farm, Inc., York, Pennsylvania by Karl H. Pass Crocker Farm held its 11th stoneware and redware auction on July 19 in the Old Main Building at the York Fairgrounds in York, Pennsylvania. The 317-lot sale grossed $393,521 (including buyers' premiums). Prices consistent with expectations were achieved for the most ... (Read More)
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(Feature)NHADA Exhibitors Cope Well with Changing Market
Manchester, New HampshireNHADA Exhibitors Cope Well with Changing Marketby David HewettThis year the New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA) held its 51st annual show at its usual location, the 11,000-square-foot red brick armory attached to the Radisson Hotel Manchester (Center of New Hampshire), August 7-9. The big Northeast Auctions summer ... (Read More)
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(Feature)FBI Seeks Owners of Artwork
FBI Seeks Owners of Artwork In 2006 a treasure-trove of all kinds of artwork-some of which has subsequently been identified as stolen-was uncovered in a New York City apartment. In an effort to track down the rightful owners, the FBI and the public administrator of New York County have posted ... (Read More)
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(Feature)New Hampshire Antique Co-op Silver Anniversary
New Hampshire Antique Co-op Silver Anniversary When Sam Hackler opened one of New England's first group antiques shops in 1983, he had no idea that 25 years later his entire family would be working alongside him. Sam and his son, Jason, who at age 11 began to accompany his father ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Philadelphia Stool Sells for $5.2 Million
At Sotheby's sale of the Americana collection of Rear Admiral Edward P. Moore and Barbara Bingham Moore in New York City on September 26, a carved walnut compass-seat stool, Philadelphia, circa 1750, brought a whopping $5,234,500 (includes buyer's premium). The estimate for the rare object was $200,000/500,000.
The buyer was dealer ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Biddle-Drinker Family Highboy Brings $1,082,500
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(Feature)Hurricane Ike: 2 Shows Canceled, But Texas Auction and Round Top Shows Still On
Hurricane Ike Updates
The Houston Antiques Dealers Association show, scheduled for September 19-21, has been canceled because of Hurricane Ike.
The Theta Charity Antiques Show, scheduled for September 18-21, has also been canceled.
A statement on the HADA Web site reads, "The Mayor has this morning cancelled all events in the George ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Collector's Find: The Lost Shakespeare
The Collector's FindThe Lost Shakespeareby Ben MijuskovicPart I Approximately four and a half decades ago, museum curators, specializing in American Victorian furniture and the decorative arts, initiated a surge in research activity focusing on furniture pieces and decorative objects made between the 1840's and the 1890's in the United States, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Dog Portrait and Crowell Black Duck Lead $3.2 Million Sale
Copley Fine Art Auctions, LLC, Plymouth, MassachusettsDog Portrait and Crowell Black Duck Lead $3.2 Million Sale by Jeanne SchintoA world auction price record was set for Edmund H. Osthaus when his outstanding portrait of a pointer with a quail in its mouth was sold at Stephen B. O'Brien Jr.'s third ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Uncle Tom's to Introduce On-Line Auctions
Uncle Tom's to Introduce On-Line AuctionsOn November 1, Uncle Tom's Antiques, based in Spotsylvania, Virginia, will debut a new on-line auction service (www.ut1859auctions.com). UT1859 Auctions will offer a venue for dealers to auction merchandise and to set up on-line stores in an easy-to-use format. There will be a charge of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)No Peace with "Peaceable Kingdom" for Sotheby's
by David HewettOn September 2, Sotheby's Inc. filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, against Halsey Minor, the California founder of CNET Network, which was bought by CBS this year for a reported $1.8 billion, for failure to make payment for three paintings.One, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)York Antiques Gallery Sold
York Antiques Gallery SoldConstance Greer, the owner of the York Antiques Gallery in York, Maine, has sold all the assets of the business to a new entity, The York Antiques Gallery, LLC, which is owned by two local York residents, Daniel J. Hartigan and Mark E. Toney. Greer and the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Manhattan Media Merges with Wendy Show Management
by Lita Solis-CohenAfter denying rumors that Westchester Enterprises, the management company for Wendy Show Management, was for sale, the company announced on August 7 that it has merged with Manhattan Media, publishers of Avenue magazine. Wendy Show Management, the longest-established management company for art and antiques shows in the U.S., ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Who Owns the Artworks of Martin Ramirez?
Who Owns the Artworks of Martin Ramirez?by Clayton PenningtonA legal battle between the heirs of Martin Ramirez (1895-1963), who spent most of his adult life committed to California psychiatric hospitals, and a retired therapist, who acquired 17 Ramirez artworks over 45 years ago, is being fought in courts on both ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Second Annual Ohio Valley Auction
Garth's, Delaware, OhioThe Second Annual Ohio Valley Auctionby Don JohnsonAn hour into Garth's second annual Ohio Valley auction, held May 23 and 24 in Delaware, Ohio, company president/auctioneer Jeff Jeffers offered an 1866 exhibition poster from Pomeroy, Ohio, advertising a freak show that featured wildlife attractions such as the Ring ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Fall Hartford Show Canceled
Linda Turner of Forbes and Turner Antiques Shows has announced that due to unforeseen circumstances the Fall Hartford Antiques Show at the Connecticut Expo Center has been canceled for September 2008. Plans for the 2009 Fall Hartford Antiques Show are in the early stages of development at this time.(c) 2008 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Construction at Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Resumes: Board Erects Gehry Pods As Symbol of Hope
by Karla Klein AlbertsonWhen Hurricane Katrina struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast three years ago, the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi-a complex of small buildings, which would include a gallery for the unique ceramics of local "Mad Potter" George Ohr (1857-1918)-was under construction. At the groundbreaking ceremony on May 15, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Design at Auction
Phillips de Pury & Company, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenAlexander Payne, the worldwide director of design at Phillips de Pury & Company, takes on a difficult task twice a year when he puts together a collection of significant 20th- and 21st-century design. He edits his sales carefully, trying to balance ... (Read More)
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(Auction)At $11,500-Don't Tread on Me
Slotin Folk Art Auction, Buford, Georgiaby Marty SteinerIs the Slotin Folk Art Auction cataloger presciently adept, or does placing a lot on the cover cause it to bring top dollar? An anonymous weathervane of painted hand-forged steel was used as the wraparound cover illustration for the April 26 auction catalog ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Cataloging Software
Computer Column #237by John P. Reid, e-mail: jreid@dca.netEvery few years we survey the available software for cataloging antiques collections or managing inventories of antiques dealers. The needs are similar. Both collectors and dealers number and record their treasures. Descriptions may include name, condition, provenance, cost, appraisal, and other details. Often ... (Read More)
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