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(Auction)Julia Anchors Maine Auction Week at over $5 Million
James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maine
For the last several decades the keystone of Maine’s unofficial antiques auction week in August has been James D. Julia’s multimillion-dollar blowout. This year it happened August 24-26 in Fairfield, Maine, and included about 2000 lots that made over $5 million in sales, with about three-quarters ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Yes, There Will Be Another Philadelphia Antiques Show
On August 4, Penn Medicine gave show managers Diana Bittel and Karen DiSaia the go-ahead to put together the 55th Philadelphia Antiques Show. “They had asked us to do a feasibility study, which we did, and when we told them that fifty-four of fifty-eight dealers who showed last April said ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, September 2016
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
The most expensive item in this month’s selection, by far, is one of the old masters featured, Rubens’ Lot and His Daughters, and the pictorial content also includes a 17th-century “selfie.” Antiquities get the most extensive coverage, in words and pictures, but to these I have added some ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pook & Pook to Sell Jewelry in Delaware Tax Free
Pook & Pook, the auction house in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, has announced a collaboration with Stuart Kingston Galleries in Wilmington, Delaware, for a tax-free sale of jewelry and paintings on Saturday, November 19.
James Stein, who with his son Edward runs Stuart Kingston Galleries, a jewelry and fine arts business started by ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Dupuis Fine Jewellery Auctioneers, Toronto, Canada, Online-only Auction
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
There has been a shift in the marketing of jewelry at auction in the last few years. Many auction houses have added Internet-only sales, particularly for the more affordable tier of the market and/or of targeted sales of collections from a well-known single owner or single designer. ... (Read More)
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(Show)Maine Antiques Dealers Association Show
Coastal Maine Antiques Show, Damariscotta, Maine
Weather-wise, one could hardly ask for a better day for the August 24 running of the Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA) show on the spacious grounds of Round Top Farm in Damariscotta, Maine. The sun was beaming down but not too hot on the scores ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Next on the Block
Gurley Collection to Be Sold on Site
Show promoter and dealer Nan Gurley of Parsonsfield, Maine, who died in March, was a stalwart of the business. The Gurley family has announced that they will be selling Gurley’s collection at the house she loved in North Parsonsfield.
“We believe there is no more ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rhode Island Furniture
Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650-1830, the first major exhibition of early Rhode Island furniture in half a century, opens at the Yale University Art Gallery on August 19 and continues through January 8, 2017. It will present the most comprehensive survey of Rhode Island furniture ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Country Americana Auction
Walther & Hawkins Auctioneers, Richmond, Indiana
Furniture largely ruled the day, but good smalls held their own during the country Americana auction conducted by Walther & Hawkins Auctioneers in Richmond, Indiana, August 23. It was the second of three sales from the collection of Kim Walker of Brookville, Indiana. The event ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, September 2016
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and website for ... (Read More)
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