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(Show)The Summer Show in Winnetka
Zane Moss of New York City had been a fixture at NSADA shows. For this show, he brought the 19th-century mahogany apothecary chest, with original labels and knobs, priced at $4750, topped with a 19th-century Staffordshire lion priced at $575 and four rare circa 1850 Bewlay’s covered jars with labels, ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Country Gathering
Pam Bauer of P.L. Greene Unique Identities, New Haven, Missouri, is no stranger to A Country Gathering. “I’ve been here from the start,” she said. Fresh to the market was an 1860s pie safe in old paint with eight punched tins, priced at $850. It had been acquired in Pennsylvania ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Landmark Antiques Shop Closes
An 8' high x 12' wide x 15" deep Honduras mahogany showcase from the Scotland Silver Shop in Edinburgh sold to a bidder in the room for $3125 (est. $3500/7500). All the showcases have glass shelves and lighting.
Another Honduras mahogany showcase, this one 7'3" high x 5' wide x 14" ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American History Auction
Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan’s Auctions
In the closing minutes of the American history sale held by Cowan’s Auctions in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 12, a cabinet card that sold for $300 (including buyer’s premium) said something about this genre of material that has served as the foundation for the ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
These 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 a mail-order house is the place to look.
Highlights of the Cary Graphic Arts Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Burglary at Vintage Vendors in Florida
On Wednesday, June 10, employees at Vintage Vendors in Fernandina Beach, Florida, encountered an individual they thought to be suspicious for several reasons. The man arrived at closing time with a box of antique items and attempted to sell the items to the store employees. The employees declined to purchase ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antique Scrimshaw Collectors Association Comes Out against Scrimshaw Legislation
The Antique Scrimshaw Collectors Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion and protection of the trade, collection, and study of antique scrimshaw, issued a press release on April 30 “calling upon legislators to withdraw or amend pending legislation that prohibits and criminalizes the free exchange of 19th-century whalemen’s folk ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)American Furniture 2014
A Book Review
American Furniture 2014 Edited by Luke Beckerdite The Chipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England, 2014, 298 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from University Press of New England, (800) 421-1561 or (www.upne.com).
American Furniture 2014, edited by Luke Beckerdite and published by the Chipstone Foundation, uses several ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Skinner Live Auction in Boston, Online Sales, and Open for Business in NYC
I was watching the Skinner auction online when this signed Howard & Co. antique sapphire and diamond ring from the Lanier family of Indiana and New York came up. It was prong-set with a cushion-cut sapphire measuring approximately 9.82 x 9.10 x 6.60 mm and weighing 5.43 carats framed by ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Historic Deerfield Awarded $3000 for Needlework Conservation
“The Death of Absalom” (left) by Lois Breck (1738-1789), circa 1755, Boston, polychrome silk embroidery, gouache paint, black satin weave silk ground, metallic-wrapped silk thread. John W. and Christiana G.P. Batdorf Fund. “The Apiary” (right) by Betsy Knox (b. 1791), circa 1804, Deerfield, Massachusetts, polychrome silk embroidery, watercolor, white plain ... (Read More)
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