Stories for May '24
(Fragment)Stack’s Bowers Acquires World Banknote Auctions
Stack’s Bowers Galleries has acquired substantially all of the assets of World Banknote Auctions. Dennis Hengeveld, founder of World Banknote Auctions and a renowned authority in rare paper money and world coins, will join Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ team of specialists.
“Under the leadership of Dennis Hengeveld, World Banknote Auctions has achieved ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, May 2024
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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(Fragment)Art Forger Sentenced
Earl Marshawn Washington, 61, previously a resident of Honolulu, Key West, Las Vegas, and other places, has been sentenced to 52 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud.
According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, at the time of his guilty plea in July 2023 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Suspects Arrested in Stansbury Home Burglary
On February 20 the Chico (California) Police Department was contacted regarding a burglary that occurred at the Stansbury Home, a historical landmark in Chico that contains artifacts and historical items. It was reported that thousands of dollars worth of antique items were stolen and the property was vandalized.
According to the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)25-Year-Old Coastal Maine Show Changes Location
The Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA) was recently informed that it could not hold its August Coastal Antiques Show at the usual location at the elementary school in Damariscotta because of upcoming building renovations. The MADA board voted on April 3 to move the show to the Medomak Middle School, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rare Sketch of Continental Soldiers and Camp Followers Given to Museum
When Matthew Skic, the Museum of the American Revolution’s curator of exhibitions, visited New York collector Judith Hernstadt last summer, he noticed a small ink drawing on the wall over her desk. “My jaw dropped because it depicted a soldier wearing a hunting shirt, the kind of linen shirt worn ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Looted Artifacts Discovered and Returned to Okinawa
Photos courtesy FBI
Cleaning out the personal effects of a loved one after their passing almost always results in finding some sort of treasure. For most folks, it’s a personal treasure. For one family in Massachusetts, the treasure was international and cultural in nature.
While cleaning out their father’s estate, the family—who ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Francis Crespo
If there were a congeniality award for folk-art and antiques dealers, Francis Crespo of Francis Crespo Folk Art & Antiques, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, would certainly be in the running.
“Those who are passionate do well,” stated the affable dealer, who travels to and exhibits at between 18 and 22 shows a year. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dover Show Offers Free Admission after 9 a.m.
The year’s first Dover Antique Show and Vintage Market at the Dover Elks Lodge, Dover, New Hampshire, will be May 18. The show will run once a month until September. Promoted by Gurley Antiques Shows, the show now will feature free admission after 9 a.m.
According to promoters Josh and Rachel ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Changing of the Guard at Nye & Company
Nye & Company, the Bloomfield, New Jersey, auction house, has been sold. The new owner is Andrew Holter, who after eight years in the American furniture department at Christie’s rejoined Nye as head of business development seven years ago, a position he held from 2004 to 2008.
“We have finished paying ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Give and Take
Beneath the Surface
You can set your watch by it. The days begin to lengthen, Daylight Saving Time kicks off, daffodils poke up, buds pop out, and the real March Madness begins—last-minute donation appraisals.
A flurry of phone calls starts to come in from people who donated items to museums last year ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A New Connecticut Show
After four decades of hosting the Connecticut Spring Antiques Show, the Haddam Historical Society, in partnership with Goosefare Antiques & Promotions, is launching a new expanded show focused on a younger audience seeking quality and more affordable antiques.
The Connecticut River Valley Antiques and Historic Homes Show—scheduled for October 19 and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, May 2024
Definitely Desirable but Not Exactly an Open Book
As a book man at heart, I found it hard to resist front, back, and side views of the lot featured. It was offered in a February 21-23 sale held by Dore & Rees of Frome in the county of Somerset—one that dispersed ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Hirsch Is New Owner of Dallas Auction Gallery
Prominent antiques dealer and appraiser Reyne Hirsch is the new owner of the Dallas Auction Gallery and aims to attract a younger generation of buyers to collecting antiques and fine art.
Hirsch was already co-owner of the nearby Patrick Jones Gallery, specializing in contemporary and modern art, when she received a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Antiques with a Side of Sausage Gravy
Imagine an antiques sale with 600 to 700 objects that draws a huge crowd, and in only a half-hour everything except seven things is sold. The sale is restocked and virtually sells out again. Amazing, right?
You could be excused for being skeptical of such a feeding frenzy, but according to ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, May 2024
Photo courtesy Morris Museum.
—Ongoing —Morristown, New Jersey
Musical Machines & Living Dolls: Mechanical Musical Instruments and Automata from the Murtogh D. Guinness Collection at the Morris Museum features 150 mechanical marvels that span 400 years, including a miniature music box that fits into an 18k gold ring and the enormous Poppers ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Brunk Sells Property from the Brooklyn Museum
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
The March 20 auction at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, of deaccessions from the Brooklyn Museum in New York City included architectural woodwork from four period rooms along with furniture and decorations made in the 17th through the 20th centuries. Most were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The “Collect: Americana” Sale
Freeman’s | Hindman, Philadelphia
Photos courtesy Freeman’s | Hindman
“Collect: Americana” at Freeman’s | Hindman, Philadelphia, March 20, was pitched to those who can afford to spend a few hundred or a few thousand dollars on furniture and decorative arts. Freeman’s has had success with its “Collect: American Art” sales scheduled on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Stoneware Leads at Laughlin Spring Auction
Laughlin Auctions, Edinburg, Virginia
Photos courtesy Laughlin Auctions
Laughlin Auctions conducted its online-only annual spring antiques auction March 7-13 from its Edinburg, Virginia, galleries, using the HiBid bidding platform. During the sale, nearly 900 lots crossed the virtual block. Many categories were represented. The sale offered an excellent illustration of the broad ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Casco Bay Steps into the Breach
Casco Bay Auctions, Freeport, Maine
Photos courtesy Casco Bay Auctions
The Maine auction scene has changed in the last few years. A York, Maine, auctioneer has stepped away from the business. A Newcastle, Maine, auctioneer has been virtually silent. Several other players have stepped aside, leaving some blank spots in the auctioneering ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Outsider Art Fair
New York City
The Outsider Art Fair continues to mature, and its 32nd edition, held February 29 to March 3 in New York City, garnered the respect the fair has worked to achieve along with rave reviews.
Critics from national newspapers celebrated the art and the artists, claiming the relevance of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Bonhams Skinner
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Bonhams Skinner’s online Americana auction held February 19-29 presented bidders with an eclectic array of antiques, most with deep historical interest.
Glass was offered from the collection of scholar and collector Dorothy-Lee Jones Ward (1927-2022), founder of the Jones Gallery of Glass and Ceramics at Douglas Hill in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)February Fine Estates Auctions
John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy John McInnis Auctioneers
John McInnis Auctioneers sold nearly 1000 lots over three days, February 22, 24, and 25. The first two days were online only, comprising around 460 lots. The third day was a live sale, with Kevin Parker and Nichole Pirro sharing auctioneering duties. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Robbins Collection of Old Master Prints and Drawings
Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Tremont Auctions
Winfield Robbins (1841-1910) of Arlington, Massachusetts, scion of a local family of major benefactors of the town, was also an inveterate collector. A benefactor himself and with foresight, he traveled widely and collected important prints, fearing that the advent of photography would render them ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A Beer Can Grail
When Dan Morean of Morean Auctions, Brimfield, Massachusetts, closed his online auction February 25, a Perone Beer cone-top quart can had sold for $58,710 (includes buyer’s premium) after 51 bids. According to Morean, that’s an auction record for a beer can. The Morean Auctions’ description called it “A Grail can ... (Read More)
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(Auction)February Sale Totals Nearly $1.1 Million
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ three-day winter sale at its gallery in Thomaston, Maine, February 23 to 25, held some good American historical art treasures, various other artworks ranging from the 16th to the 21st centuries, and a host of attractive ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ward Brothers Decoys and Frank Weston Oils Top Lots at Copley Sale
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Hingham, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
Top honors at Copley Fine Art Auctions’ two-day winter sale February 23 and 24 were shared among several categories. The first honors went to a pair of White Mallard Club pinch-breasted pintail decoys by the Ward brothers, Lemuel T. (1896-1984) ... (Read More)
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(Show)The National Arts and Crafts Conference and Shows
Asheville, North Carolina
When people stake out positions near the entry more than five hours before opening, it’s evident something significant is about to happen. And when registration begins for next year’s conference before this year’s has begun, it’s even more obvious.
The National Arts and Crafts Conference and Shows at the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2024 IFPDA Print Fair
IFPDA Print Fair, New York City
The International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) Print Fair returned to the Park Avenue Armory in New York City February 15-18. It was a welcomed change in venue.
Leaving the Javits Center on Manhattan’s far West Side for the armory on Park Avenue and 67th Street ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques, Art, and Vintage Formula Boosts Attendance
The Nashville Show, Nashville, Tennessee
To keep crowds coming back year after year, an antiques show must become an eagerly anticipated event, promising surprises and temptations. The Nashville Show, held February 15-17 this year at the city’s transformed fairgrounds, brought together nearly 140 exhibitors, both multi-focused and specialist. The kickoff was ... (Read More)
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(Show)An Elegant Array of Formal to Rustic Antiques
Heart of Tennessee Antique Show, Lebanon, Tennessee
This year’s show was the eighth annual edition of the Heart of Tennessee Antique Show, which opened with early buying and a bit of wine from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 15, and continued Friday and Saturday, February 16 and 17. The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Less Is More: Heckler Showcases Pieces in New Format
Norman C. Heckler & Company, Woodstock Valley, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Norman C. Heckler & Company
Not all auctions need to be marathons of merchandise. Ask Norman Heckler Jr. of Norman C. Heckler & Company. Known for selling historical bottles and early glass, the Woodstock Valley, Connecticut, company recently hosted an online-only auction ... (Read More)
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(Show)Memories of Lafayette’s Tour of America Ride High at York Show
The Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
A windy morning didn’t detract visitors and buyers alike from attending the opening day of the Original 182nd Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, held February 2 and 3 in Memorial Hall at the York Expo Center, York, Pennsylvania. The two-day ... (Read More)
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(Show)The WADA Show
Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Association Antiques Show & Sale, Waukesha, Wisconsin
When the Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Association (WADA) has a show, it’s an Event, with a capital E. Accordingly, opening day of the February 2 and 3 WADA Antiques Show & Sale featured that popular Northwoods standard, a Friday night fish fry, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Barbershop Collection of James Carpenter
Freeman’s | Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Freeman’s | Hindman
The first installment of a two-part sale of the barbershop collection of James Carpenter (1929-2021) was held by Freeman’s | Hindman at the company’s Cincinnati location on January 30. A Moxie store sign was the top lot of the day, but personalized ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Bidders’ Shootout in Vegas
Morphy Auctions/Brian Lebel’s Old West Auction, Las Vegas, Nevada
Photos courtesy Morphy Auctions/Brian Lebel’s Old West Auction
Noted scholar and historian James Nottage, who has written a book about Edward H. Bohlin, described this ensemble by Bohlin as “the most artistic and richly embellished Western-styled gun belt and holster set ever made.” ... (Read More)
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