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(Auction)Neal Summer Sale: A Box of Surprises
Blue dogs have been turning up regularly at auction in the year following the death of Louisiana artist George Rodrigue (1944-2013). The Yellow Robe of Texas, signed and dated 1991 and 20" x 24", ranks with the most appealing. The June sale cover lot—first time a Rodrigue has appeared there ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The 18th Dish Camp at Eastfield Village
Odd things of ceramic interest show up on the tables in the 1836 church where lectures are held.
This shows a mix of pottery wasters from a pit in Burslem, Staffordshire, England with extant examples and some re-created examples made by Don Carpentier to match, using his one-of-a-kind rose and crown ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Appellate Court Rules in Case about Thomas Cole's "Portage Falls on the Genesee"
A June 28, 2013, decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Cayuga County, New York, denied the motion of the Fred L. Emerson Foundation, Inc. to dismiss the petition for appointment of an administrator, and granted “Letters of Administration” to the petitioner, limited to enforcement of a charitable gift under the last ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)$210,000 Paid for Painting by Georgia Peanut Farmer
Presidents from Millard Fillmore to Barack Obama are represented in this once-in-a-lifetime collection of books authored by or written about a U.S. president. Some of these books are rare or came from the presidents’ personal libraries. The set includes the signatures of the following: Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pennsylvania State Legislators Flunk History
The Pennsylvania legislature passed a bill in early June, and Governor Tom Corbett signed it on June 26, designating the Piper J-3 Cub and the Pennsylvania long rifle as the state’s official aircraft and firearm. Unfortunately, the legislators got their facts wrong about the rifle. Newspapers in Lancaster and Allentown ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Maritime Paintings and Decorative Arts
James Buttersworth, the America’s Cup yacht Vigilant (with two spectator steamboats to the left and with the runner-up yachts to the right), oil on canvas, 20" x 30", signed lower right. Buttersworth’s best paintings may, indeed, be his largest, like this exciting panorama; it brought $305,000.
Name board, Velocity, 6¼" x ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bracket Clock Is a Real Show-Stopper
The high lot of the Evans sale was this unassuming bracket clock by Samuel Betts of London (active 1645-73). The clock features an engraved brass dial signed “Samuel Betts Londini,” with a double-fusee movement, dating from the mid-17th century. The case is ebonized wood resting on a separate base. The ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 42nd Annual Round Lake Antiques Festival
Ken Woodbury of Keene, New Hampshire, exhibited more wind-up cylinder and disc phonographs than usual. “I brought a good variety of horns but ran out of space to properly display them,” said Woodbury.
Three high-priced burl bowls were in the booth of Kay Riordan Roffe of Williamson, New York. The largest ... (Read More)
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(Show)Heart of the Shenandoah Valley Antiques Fair
Pete Turner hails from Concord, North Carolina, and trades as P & P Treasures. His booth offered an unexpected combination of vintage advertising signs and face jugs. Here is a selection of Turner’s signs: Chicago Southern Transportation Company, $175; Valvoline, $410; NFBPWC, $325; Martin Senour Paints/NAPA thermometer, $100; a square ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in the Valley
The paint-decorated bed (against the wall in back), all original and complete with side rails, was $1450 from Raccoon Creek Antiques, Oley, Pennsylvania. The early 19th-century banister-back day bed from New Jersey was $2400, and the folk art cradle, $1250. In the cradle, the lithographed cloth cats cost $175 each, ... (Read More)
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