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(Fragment)The National Ivory Ban: What May Be Banned and How to Prove Antiquity
On February 11, President Barack Obama banned all import and export of African elephant ivory, except for “bona fide antiques.” He said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (F&WS) would implement a nearly complete ban on commercial trade in elephant ivory.
“I’m opposed to the ban because it will be ineffective ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chinese Warrior on Horseback Captures Twenty-Eight Grand
This 4½" x 6½" Chinese silk painting mounted in a wide gold brocade mat led the auction at $28,750. Thomaston Place photo.
This circa 1960 large sternboard eagle by Rockland, Maine, carver Harold Simmons sold for $13,800.
Although the silver market spot price peaked in late 2011, the antique silver market has ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rock Solid Results for Rockwell and Others
Paris Theater by Everett Shinn (1876-1953) sold on the phone to a Connecticut dealer for $231,000 (est. $50,000/70,000). The 20¼" x 24" oil on canvas is in a Newcomb-Macklin frame. Schinto photo.
Park Promenade with Bridge by Lesser Ury (German, 1861-1931) sold on the phone for $79,950 (est. $20,000/ 30,000). The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Julia Gets $4.7 Million in Four Days
Thirteenth-century reliquary chest or chasse with six enameled figures, $183,675.
Some selections from the archive of paper, photographs, and militaria from Luis Emilio, captain of the 54th Regiment, Company E, Civil War, divided into two lots that sold for $59,250 and $148,125.
Pair of 19th-century Chinese cloisonné censers, 34" high, with lotus ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show Continues to Impress
Gene Rappaport of Strasburg, Pennsylvania, asked $55,000 for the hanging Haida Northwest Coast blanket.
Dealers Harry Hartman and Oliver Overlander II of Marietta, Pennsylvania, asked $38,000 for their paint-decorated miniature Soap Hollow lift-top chest dated “1856.”
This hooked rug of a horse, chickens, and hearts, dated “1902,” with initials “SG,” was $18,500 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)William F. Cody Family Collection of Photographs
Cody family photo album including personal and professional portraits, Wild West shows, and Western scenery, 301 images on black album paper, $23,500. Garlow collection.
Indian chiefs and U.S. officials, including William F. Cody, at Wounded Knee, large-format photo, imprint of John C.H. Grabill of Deadwood, South Dakota, 9¾" x 12¾", light ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)R.S. Prussia Tankard Sells for $28,600
Ex-Barlock, a 10½" Spring Season bowl, the only one known, brought $14,300. “Eileen was the only person who had a full set—all four seasons—in that bowl,” Clark said.
The auction listing noted that the tankard had small chips to the base and a red mark. It sold for $28,600, an auction ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Staffers Leave Troubled Auction House, Form New Company
Two senior staffers at Ivey-Selkirk, the St. Louis, Missouri, auction house, gave their notice on January 27, resigning from the firm in order to start a new St. Louis auction company. Five other former Ivey-Selkirk employees also resigned.
Susan Kime and Terry Beye have founded Link Auction Galleries, named after architect ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Ralph Esmerian Sale
This 11½" x 9" needlework sampler has been given the title from the worked words “Adam and Eve in Paradice” [sic] and was made by Lydia Hart in Boston in 1744. The stitched inscription reads, “Adam and Eve in Paradice That Was The/ir Pedigree They Had A Grant Never To/ ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bird Hunting on Madison Avenue
Plate 26, Carolina Parrot, aquatint from The Birds of America, Robert Havell, London, 1827-38, was estimated at $90,000/110,000 and sold to a phone bidder for $128,100. The listed retail price was $190,000, and the two previous auction prices listed in the catalog were $119,500 at Christie’s in 2004 and $84,000 ... (Read More)
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