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(Issue Story)Man Sues after Discovering Painting Has Hermann Goering Provenance
The question of provenance is at the center of a legal battle in California. Collector Steven Brooks of San Francisco paid £57,600 (approximately $106,796) for a painting by French painter Louis-Michel van Loo (1707-1771) at Sotheby’s old master paintings sale in London on July 8, 2004. Cataloged as Allegorical Portrait ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)A Cloudless Sky…Not
Auction Law & Ethics
In recent years, the public has clamored for increased accountability from our industries, institutions, and arms of government. Progress has been made, but much remains to be done. Last month, I wrote about the lack of transparency that plagues auctions. There’s nothing clear about the auction process—not ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Foot for Penn’s Desk Found
William Penn’s desk is in the Logan Room at the Library Company of Philadelphia. Photo courtesy The Library Company of Philadelphia.
British furniture historian Adam Bowett shows that the old foot fits into William Penn’s secretary desk. Photo courtesy The Library Company of Philadelphia.
The small replacement foot and the original, larger ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London
Letter from London
by Ian McKay, [email protected]
One of the attractions that John Woodman Higgins promised visitors to his museum when it opened in 1931 was a wing dominated by “100 Steel Knights.” A dozen or so of those steel knights were in the London sale and three of them sold up ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Leslie Hindman Named a Legendary Landmark
From left: Honorees Leslie Hindman, John McCarter, and Joan Ahrens (representing Target Corporation). Diane Alexander White Photography photo.
After decades of selling venerable objects, the shoe is now on the other foot for Chicago auctioneer Leslie Hindman. This is the year that Hindman became—at least officially—venerable.
Named a 2013 Legendary Landmark by ... (Read More)
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(The Art of Marketing)Establishing a Marketing Budget
The Art of Marketing
Last month we further investigated who your real competition might be. This month we look at starting to set aside a core budget to cover your most essential marketing needs.
A good marketing strategy is always to add your personal touch and to establish good ongoing relationships with ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Yale University Art Gallery Is Ready for Visitors
From left: the Louis Kahn building; the Old Yale Art Gallery, designed by Egerton Swartwout in 1926; and Street Hall, designed by Peter Bonnett Wight in 1866 on the site of the first Yale Art Gallery, built in 1832. They are now all joined together in the expanded Yale University ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Rules to Live by
The Young Collector
Andrew’s dad, Bob, has been working on his legacy—a list of his personal rules for life, success, general happiness, and whatnot. This started with Andrew’s grandfather Frank. Near the end of his life, he was riding in the car with Bob, and he said, “You know, I think ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Deaccessioning and Due Diligence
Editorial
Antiques dealers can make good money recognizing valuable objects that have been overlooked. That’s why flea market tables and auction previews are scrutinized so thoroughly.
Officials in Muskegon, Michigan, failed to realize that furniture from the Hackley Public Library—a stately Richardsonian Romanesque-style building of Maine granite and Marquette sandstone erected in ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Early Illinois Folk Art 1825-1925
Two-piece hollow cast-iron bull with black and white paint, sometimes known as a “Baloney Bull,” manufactured by the Simpson Windmill and Machine Company.
The DuPage County Historical Museum in Wheaton, Illinois, opened the exhibition Early Illinois Folk Art 1825-1925 on April 13. The exhibit, which offers the opportunity to examine the ... (Read More)
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