Stories for February '22
(Issue Story)Invest in Your Nest
Beneath the Surface
In anticipation of new toys to play with, since both kids have fall birthdays, foreshocks, if you will, before the seismic main event of Christmas, we usually spend a little time in late fall “deaccessioning” household goods. It is amazing how things accumulate, and, especially in the years ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Auction Prices Realized, February 2022
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer’s premium when charged. We’re always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Cara Zimmerman
Cara Zimmerman has a full plate these days. The specialist was promoted to head of Christie’s Americana and Outsider art department in November, and the house’s upcoming Outsider art sale on February 3 will include big groupings from prominent collections. Some 140 to 150 lots will be auctioned in the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)London, February 2022
From Floral Jewels to an Unfortunate Frog—It’s All Fabulous Fabergé
A selection of Fabergé masterpieces from the collections formed over a period of 50 years by Harry Woolf was offered at Christie’s on November 29. They saw presale estimates more than double, and a total of $6.93 million was recorded for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Two Artists Charged with Misrepresenting Art as Native American
Two Washington state artists have been charged with violating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA) by representing themselves as Native American artists, when they have no tribal membership or heritage, according to U.S. Attorney Nick Brown.
The two men are 52-year-old Lewis Anthony Rath of Maple Falls, Washington, and 67-year-old ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Tax Man Is Watching
Mobile payment apps such as PayPal, Venmo, and Cash App introduced a level of convenience and safety for dealers looking to easily accept payments. With the proliferation of smartphones, dealers could be paid immediately, even if they were on the fields of Brimfield or in some other remote location, reducing ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, February 2022
Some of the inventions of Leonardo Da Vinci on view at the Museum of History & Industry. Photo courtesy Grande Experiences.
—Through March 13 —Seattle, Washington
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), a leading Renaissance painter and sculptor, was also an engineer and a scientist, but his work in these fields remained hidden for ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Emeralds, Sapphires, Rubies, and Diamonds
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Hindman
Hindman, Chicago, Illinois, held a festive, gem-filled jewelry auction on December 7, in good time for holiday and other purchases. The sale centered on “exquisite sapphires and emeralds” from several collections, including those of Maria Perry of Lexington, Kentucky, and Barbara Kohl-Spiro of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mucha’s Young Couple from Rusadla Tops Sale
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers, Oak Park, Illinois
Photos courtesy Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
You’ve heard of the Great War and the Thrilla in Manila, right? How about the dustup of Jenkins’ Ear or the Battle at South Mountain? All were legendary conflicts, and we refer to them here because in late 2021, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Glen Sells for $3.2 Million
Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
The star performer at Sotheby’s annual fall American art sale in New York City on November 22 was The Glen by Maxfield Parrish. The artist transformed a New Hampshire forest of ancient trees and a brook beneath a turquoise sky into an iridescent wonderland. Between ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ararity Auctions Sells Laughlin Estate in Two Parts
Ararity Auctions, Lorton, Virginia
Photos courtesy Ararity Auctions
This was our first visit to Ararity Auctions in Lorton, Virginia. The firm began as an estate clearance and removal company, but over time it began to receive consignments of increasingly high quality. Ararity’s owner, Lori James, realized that the material that was coming ... (Read More)
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(Auction)White and Hunter Collections Lead at Evans Auction
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia
Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates held its semiannual premier Americana auction in three sessions November 18-20 at the firm’s galleries in Mt. Crawford, Virginia. The first two sessions consisted of separately published cataloged collections: the American folk-art ... (Read More)
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(Show)American Art Sale
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
Sharing the proper works with the proper audience was the motivation behind Christie’s decision to offer a majority of works by American Modernist artists, including a dozen Impressionist paintings, in its November 18 live auction.
The 78-lot sale totaled $28,931,500; 66 lots sold, for a sell-through ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Marathon Three-Session Sale Topped by Winslow Homer Painting
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston Maine, headed by Kaja Veilleux, continues to buck the recent trend of auction houses holding smaller and more tightly curated auctions. Instead Thomaston Place is sticking to its tried-and-true strategy—mega-lot sales held over several days. ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Record Gate at Rural Life
Rural Life Antique Show, Tuscola, Illinois
Rural Life Antique Show lost an important venue for its fall edition, held November 12 and 13 in Tuscola, Illinois, but promoter Donna Kidwell found a replacement that kept the show at three locations. It seemed a moot point to buyers, who once again crowded ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Cobbs Is a Family Affair
The Cobbs Auctioneers, Peterborough, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy The Cobbs Auctioneers
It would be hard not to find something of interest at auctions presented by The Cobbs Auctioneers in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Bidders at the November 13 auction in the mill building along the Contoocook River at Noone Falls went home happy ... (Read More)
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(Show)Spirited Buying at Country Spirit
Country Spirit Antique Show, Arcola, Illinois
In the years that Jill Mattingly has promoted the Country Spirit Antique Show, she has developed “a thing.” That extra something has varied over time and has included short Facebook videos just before the show’s opening in which the dealers described a favorite piece in ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Gathering on the Prairie
Arthur, Illinois
Hours into A Gathering on the Prairie on November 13 in Arthur, Illinois, one antiques dealer described the abundant sales of furniture and high-end smalls that day as “crazy.” It doesn’t really matter who made the statement, as it could have been nearly any of the 56 dealers—business across ... (Read More)
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(Show)Homesteaders Folk Art & Antiques Show
Arthur, Illinois
After an absence of a year and a half, Homesteaders Folk Art & Antiques Show (also known as Homesteaders on the Prairie) returned to Arthur, Illinois, November 12 and 13.
The large barrel, priced at $295, was seen later that day in the back of a pickup truck at an ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decoys and More
Guyette & Deeter, Easton, Maryland
Photos courtesy Guyette & Deeter
It was a big couple of days for birds and carvers at Guyette & Deeter’s November 10 and 11 live auction at the Talbot County Community Center in Easton, Maryland, where the seasonal migration of decoys and other folk art from one ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2021 Delaware Show
Delaware Antiques Show, Wilmington, Delaware
The Delaware Antiques Show, a benefit for educational programming at Winterthur, was live at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware, November 5-7, with a preview party on Thursday, November 4. During the preview, dealers and collectors were so glad to see each after ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Art Show
Art Dealers Association of America, New York City
Pops of color were visible throughout the drill hall at the Park Avenue Armory for The Art Show, a four-day event organized by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) and held November 4-7. The event was rescheduled from its customary late February ... (Read More)
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(Auction)It’s No Mystery: A Van Cleef & Arpels Mystery Set Brooch
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Grogan & Company
This Van Cleef & Arpels platinum, ruby, and diamond Mystery Set brooch, circa 1935, employs the technique patented by the company in 1933 by which stones are set with no visible prongs. The brooch, estimated at $70,000/100,000, sold for $781,250 to a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rockwell Painting Sells for $4.3 Million
Heritage Auctions, Dallas Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
A heartwarming scene by Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) of a mother and her soldier son peeling potatoes for a Thanksgiving meal at the end of World War II sold for $4.3 million (with buyer’s premium) at Dallas-based Heritage Auctions on November 5. This was the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings Set Records
Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Shannon’s
Woman Playing a Guitar,signed and dated 1901 by Susan Watkins (1875-1913), sold for $106,250 (est. $15,000/25,000). The price was an auction record for the artist. The oil on canvas, 25" x 30" (sight size), was painted in Paris, where the California-born and New ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Clyde Singer Painting Leads Art Auction
Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio
Photos courtesy Rachel Davis Fine Arts
American and European paintings, prints, and sculptures, including works from the Cleveland School of Art, made up the October 23 live and online event presented by Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio. Davis is a big proponent of art from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Country and Americana Auction
Soulis Auctions, Lone Jack, Missouri
Photos courtesy Soulis Auctions
Despite steady interest in Americana, some intriguing items on that market still walk a narrow trail, stepping along a thin line between staying upright and stumbling. Yet there was sure footing during the country and Americana sale held by Soulis Auctions on October ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 47th Annual Fall Fox Valley Show—Online
Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show
When we wrote about the 2021 online Spring Fox Valley Antiques Show, we introduced the pounce. That’s a tactic where buyers await the exact second an online show opens to swoop in and “grab” an item. That was then. But the pounce phenomenon was notably muted ... (Read More)
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