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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: A Powerful Triplet
by Steve ProffittThese days the postman most often delivers electronically. A nice man sent me this e-mail: "In a recent issue of M.A.D., there was an article on an auction in which a piece of art sold for more than a million dollars. A well-known dealer, who did not have ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Round Lake Antiques Festival
Paula Sophoclides of Recollections, Canandaigua, New York, specializes in decorative quilts, English porcelains, and early furniture. She showed a pink circled quilt for $275 and a navy blue garland of flowers quilt for $235.Michael Albanese of Kendall, New York, specializes in baskets from Peru and the Southwest, priced from $200 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Evergreen: Gustav Stickley at Treadway-Toomey
A 1901 Gustav Stickley library table, a variation of model no. 454, with original leather top, inverted tapered legs, through-tenon construction, two drawers with original iron hardware, a central blind drawer, and original finish and tacks, brought $390,400.John Toomey Gallery displayed the 1901 Gustav Stickley library table front and center ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Epperson Estate Sale
"D-Lish-Us Gum" vending machine, 1¢, cast iron with a porcelain-on-steel nameplate, $7300.Turtle made by Uhl Pottery Company, marked on base, the largest size produced, $1700.Stoneware Christmas tree holder marked "Red Wing Union Stoneware Co., Red Wing, Minn., Patent Applied For" and "Christmas Tree Holder," $900.Wheel-type nutmeg grater, 7" long, $100.Woodmanse ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Fishersville Celebrates Golden Event
Klint and Billie Griffin of Props, Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, specialize in southern pieces, Americana, and primitives. They said they emphasize items with original surfaces. On the right are six graphite and colored pencil drawings created by a child. Each of the pictures is related to the railroad or steam-power engines, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Material Culture's First Auction in Philadelphia: Splash, Dash, Panache
The Delaware consignors of Standing Nude with Back View had purchased the painting from Chinese artist Guo Runwen (b. 1955) at his Guangzhou studio in 1998. The work brought $27,450, one of the highest prices in the sale. Material Culture photo.The initial sale included an extensive selection of textile lots, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Metropolitan Museum Announces 6.28 Million Attendance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City announced on July 16 that 6.28 million people visited the Met during the fiscal year that ended on June 30. The number, which includes attendance at The Cloisters museum and gardens, is the highest recorded since the Metropolitan Museum began tracking ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Jewelry Sales Reveal Surprises
Antique Jewelry and Gemology
Dupuis Fine Jewellery Auctioneers held a sale on June 10 in Toronto, Canada. Duncan Parker, vice president, specialist in jewelry, who is new in this role but not to the jewelry market, offered valuable information on the sale and the current market.
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers held a fine ... (Read More)
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(Show)California Country
Tom Baker of Soquel, California, the show's former producer and promoter, asked $265 for this circa 1930 double-sided painted roadside sign from Litchfield, Connecticut. Baker said he'd had so many sales, he "almost sold out."This unsigned folk art still life of grapes in a basket, reminiscent of the wine country, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The South Street Connection: Joseph Smith, John Hansen, Conrad Freitag, Elisha Baker, and Antonio Ja
Ship Wide Awake, built by Perine, Patterson & Stack, colored lithograph, by Nagel and Weingartner, artist J. Hansen, on stone by Charles Parsons, circa 1863. Photo courtesy The Old Print Shop.
Pilot boat Centennial 7, oil on canvas, by Elisha Taylor Baker. Photo courtesy Christie's.
Pilot boat Washington 22, oil on canvas, ... (Read More)
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