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The 63rd Fall Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Show
by Danielle Arnet

Seller Gloria Lyon of Lyn’s Antiques, Eagle River, Wisconsin, was a farm girl, so she pointed out components of the charming 1920s carved toy wooden vehicles found in Northwoods Wisconsin. The $325 brewery wagon at rear with four horses has barrels plus a man standing on the back. The $175 ... (Read More)

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Biography of an Object Writing Contest
by M.A.D. Staff

Garth’s third annual Biography of an Object writing contest kicked off on October 1. “The entries last year were tremendous,” said contest sponsor and founder Amelia Jeffers, president of Garth’s Auctioneers, Delaware, Ohio. The idea grabbed the attention of Jeffers while assisting her daughter with a school assignment. “I remember entering ... (Read More)

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The American Museum of Folk Art Purchases Stock Portraits at Doyle New York
by Julie Schlenger Adell

Photo courtesy Doyle New York. In 1845 Joseph Whiting Stock (1815-1855) painted posthumous portraits of Mary Wilcox and her younger brother Francis (who died 140 years ago at ages four years, two months and two years, four months). The works were commissioned by the children’s father, Philo Franklin Wilcox, a wealthy ... (Read More)

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Keno Auctions’ Contemporary Art and Design Sale
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Ruth Asawa (Japanese-American, 1926-2013), hanging five-lobed continuous form with spheres inside four of the lobes, two of the inside spheres containing spheres within them, circa 1954, iron and brass wire, 103" high, diameter at base 21", sold for $329,000 (est. $100,000/200,000). There are a number of Ruth Asawa sculptures at ... (Read More)

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American Paintings, Furniture, and Decorative Arts
by Julie Schlenger Adell

Joseph Whiting Stock (1815-1855) portraits of Mary Wilcox and her younger brother Francis (who died in 1844 at ages four years and two months and two years and four months), 25" x 20¼" and 25" x 20 1/8", sold for $46,875 (est. $25,000/45,000) to the American Folk Art Museum.2 Phone bidding ... (Read More)

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