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(Show)Celebrating Anonymous Art and Design
Nameless Art + Design Show, New York City
American art and design by unknown makers was the theme of Nameless Art + Design Show, a new show that took place in far west Chelsea January 26-28. It overlapped with the final weekend run of the Winter Show, which took place 40 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Euphemisms and Americana Collectors
A euphemism is a mild or indirect word or phrase that substitutes for a well-understood, more direct description or adjective. The latter may elicit more emotion and power; the former is softer and often meant not to hurt feelings. Why be blunt if one can avoid it? Why be clear ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Tourists and Trade
A Book Review
In this book Bruce A. Austin describes the extraordinary history of how the automobile and the corresponding road building, road paving, and road traveling started the commerce of selling arts and crafts roadside. Driving around in the 1930s was more than, well, driving around. It was a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Skip Chalfant
Harold Leslie Chalfant Jr., whose parents called him Skip from the get-go, lives five miles from where he grew up. “I’m still here. Guess I didn’t get too far in life,” he said with a chuckle. For him, knowing lots of people and places in the area means a great ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Acid Test
Dealers, pickers, and auctioneers often spend many hours rifling through all sorts of stuff, looking for salable antiques and possibly a diamond in the rough. They should take proper precautions—there’s some dangerous stuff out there.
On January 5, the Oroville, California, Police Department responded to a call regarding a possibly explosive ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques Art & Design at Wallace Hall
New York City
With a new owner, Antiques Art & Design at Wallace Hall rolled into town January 19-21 during a bitter cold and flurry-filled Americana Week in New York City.
Featuring 28 dealers, many of whom were returnees, the show opened the morning after the Winter Show gala preview. Now presented ... (Read More)
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(Auction)“Visions of America”
Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
Saturday, January 20, was Americana day at Sotheby’s in New York City. The 71 lots offered in a live morning sale were sold in an hour and a half. The total was $3,383,153; total estimates were $2,904,000/4,573,000, and the sale was 77% sold by lot. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Online
Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
Cotton album quilt, Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1847, with many names and initials of makers, including Mary W. Paul, B. Kinsey, Jannette Russell, Sarah Osgood Read, M. Bailey, Elisabeth Wherritt, MD Lane, M. Bayless, Martha R. Smith, and Margaritte, 9'7" x 9'7", in fine condition, sold ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hudson River School in Focus
Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
As part of Americana Week, Sotheby’s offered 37 lots of Hudson River school paintings, with works from the Maryann and Al Friedman collection, in an online-only sale from January 11 to January 20.
The sale totaled $1,608,455. Ten of the 37 lots were offered without a reserve. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Important Americana
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
The January Americana Week sales in New York City have been called the Super Bowl for American antiques. Sotheby’s and Christie’s have been the perennial opposing rivals. In recent years, some strong competition has come from regional teams in another league.
The Super Bowl analogy doesn’t ... (Read More)
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