Stories for June '26
(Issue Story)Web Development
Beneath the Surface
In a few days, we begin the process of taking down our fifth exhibition at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio. Heartland: The Stories of Ohio Through 250 Objects was a tremendous amount of fun to put together, and we heard from so many people that they learned ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)More Glass for Glass Museum
The Vaseline Glass Collectors, Inc. (VGCI) and The Stretch Glass Society have unveiled two permanent exhibitions at the National Glass Museum in Wellington, Kansas, coinciding with the museum’s grand reopening in March 2026. The adjoining installations celebrate two visually striking and historically significant traditions of American glassmaking: the iridescence of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, June 2026
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)Board Treasurer Charged in Historic House Museum Theft
“I did embezzle funds to pay for my own expenses.”
That quote is from a criminal complaint charging Steven E. Jahnke, the former board treasurer of the Friends of Hearthstone, Inc., which operates the Hearthstone Historic House Museum in Appleton, Wisconsin.
According to the criminal complaint filed in Outagamie County Circuit Court, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Justin Westbrook, Justin Westbrook Antiques
Justin Westbrook is a mover and shaker.
Since childhood, when he would polish silver and sweep floors in his grandfather’s “dealers-only” auction house in Sardis, Georgia, he has loved the industry.
Admittedly, he had “a few stints” in college, crossing the Rubicon when he chose making a full-truck delivery to Atlanta over ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Davis to Retire from Historic Deerfield
Historic Deerfield president and C.E.O. John Davis will retire this fall after five years of leadership of the Deerfield, Massachusetts, institution. Davis has guided the organization through a period of growth, innovation, and renewed commitment to its mission of preserving and interpreting the art, architecture, and history of Deerfield, the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Turnabout
A nearly 70' long mural by Ben Shahn (1898-1969) is in grave danger, according to Living New Deal, an organization that documents and celebrates the accomplishments of the New Deal, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signature accomplishment.
The fresco mural, The Meaning of Social Security, was executed in 1940–42, and lines a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, June 2026
Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani (1920-2012), untitled (“Mt. Fuji” and flames in homage to Hayami Gyoshū), after 2001. Museum purchase: R. Charles and Mary Margaret Clevenger Art Acquisition Fund, 2020.0221.
—Through June 28 —Lawrence, Kansas
Street Nihonga—The Art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani at the Spencer Museum of Art sheds light on Mirikitani’s creative practice, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Record-Setting Million Dollar Decoys at Guyette & Deeter
No decoy had ever sold at auction for $1,000,000, but two decoys did at Guyette & Deeter’s Part I sale of the James and Diane Cook collection. The first lot of the April 23 and 24 sale was a superbly painted wood duck decoy in fine condition by Joseph Lincoln ... (Read More)
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(Show)Hudson Show Wildly Successful
Canfield, Ohio
“I blame Steve,” were the exact words out of my mouth when we lost power on March 13; and yes, it was a Friday. “Steve who?” asked my husband, Scott, trying to follow my train of thought while 60-mile-an-hour winds were whipping through our area of Ohio.
“Steve Sherhag, the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Lowcountry Collections at Wooten & Wooten
Wooten & Wooten, Camden, South Carolina
Photos courtesy Wooten & Wooten
On October 23, 1994, representatives from Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, South Carolina, were active bidders at Sotheby’s in New York City. Their objective was to purchase period pieces to refurnish the plantation’s historic Drayton family house. Twenty-three furniture lots, most ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Online Outsider Art Sale Brings $1.8 Million
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
Christie’s has held dedicated Outsider art sales in its salesroom at Rockefeller Center in New York City since 2013. This year, however, the auction house moved the February 11-27 sale to an online-only format. The auction was one of four under the umbrella Contemporary New ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Good Winter Auction
William Smith Auctions, Inc., Plainfield, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy William Smith Auctions, Inc.
Although Plainfield, New Hampshire, did not get heavy accumulation from the New England blizzard of 2026, there was still plenty. The two inches of snow that fell during the morning commute on the day of the sale, February 25, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hemingway’s Flag Tops $5.9 Million Sale
Copley Fine Art Auctions, LLC, Pembroke, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions, LLC
Copley Fine Art Auctions, LLC celebrated its 20th year in business at its winter auction streamed February 20 and 21. The sale reaped record prices, brought $5.9 million (includes buyers’ premiums), and was 95% sold by lot. Staff ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Record Fortuny Delphos Gown Sold
Augusta Auctions, Bellows Falls, Vermont
Photos courtesy Augusta Auctions
Italian designer Mariano Fortuny’s surname means “lucky” or “good fortune” and that proved prescient in Augusta Auction’s February 18 sale of what it called museum fashion and textile treasures.
The $23,125 price, by far the top lot in Augusta Auction’s sale, was said to ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Nashville Show: Quality, Diversity, and Education
Nashville, Tennessee
Photos by Donna Prunkl
The Nashville Show that ran from February 12 to 14 at Fairgrounds Nashville was not only fun, crowded, and entertaining but also educational as well. Teaching started when M.A.D. walked in and met B.J. Pawlaczyk, whose specialty is antique boat and bicycle motors. His important life ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fiddlers Antique Show: Bigger and Better Than Ever
Nashville, Tennessee
Photos by Donna Prunkl
As one of two major antiques shows at the same Nashville venue, it’s smart to be the first to open your doors. The preview party for Fiddlers Antique Show on February 11 set the stage for an end-of-the-week antiques extravaganza at the Nashville, Tennessee, fairgrounds. The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)New Record for a Fruit Jar
North American Glass, Terre Haute, Indiana
Photos courtesy North American Glass Two glass Van Vliet canning jars in unusual colors each brought five-figure prices during recent online-only auctions held by North American Glass, run by Greg Spurgeon of Terre Haute, Indiana. The fruit jars were fresh to the market, having been ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2026 Nameless Art + Design Show
New York City
Red dots filled the walls of the gallery space on West 26th Street in far West Chelsea in New York City during the Nameless Art + Design show, January 30 and February 1.
Held over the last weekend in January, dealers, many of them repeat performers, brought a trove ... (Read More)
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(Show)Bundled Up, but Buying Big at the York Antiques Show and Sale
York, Pennsylvania
The 186th Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, centrally located at the York Fairgrounds and Convention Center in York, Pennsylvania, opened this year amid record-setting low temperatures and snow on the ground. Despite this, the show saw consistent attendance throughout the day both Friday and Saturday, January 30 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Third Huntress Sale, and a Well-Stocked Library
Gurley Antiques Gallery, Scarborough, Maine
Photos courtesy Gurley Antiques Gallery
Josh Gurley has been in the auction business for about 30 years. For most of that time, his auctions were “live,” but he recently began to use Internet bidding. He and his sister Rachel operate the Gurley Antiques Gallery in Scarborough, Maine, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Coast of Maine is Alive with History
Bruce Gamage, Rockland, Maine
After canceling his usual November outing to accommodate rehab following knee surgery, Bruce Gamage was back behind the podium on January 17 in Rockland, Maine, for his annual winter estates auction, which featured a strong assortment headed up by items from the estate of Philip Booth, a ... (Read More)
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