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(Fragment)Ohio Man Charged in Online Auction Fraud
Paul Jackson of Youngstown, Ohio, was charged on April 7 in federal court with two counts of wire fraud. Jackson is accused of defrauding “Online Auction Site 1” from November 2017 through August 2021. The online auction site is not named in the court filing, but prosecutors state that it ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Jim Crow Meets Bluebeard: Imagination and Humor in the Staffordshire Potteries
The Collector’s Find
The story, or perhaps the journey, began at Elinor Penna’s home on Sunday, October 1, 2023. That was the day members of the Staffordshire Figure Association (SFA) had the opportunity to purchase figures from Penna’s vast collection of Staffordshire figures, numbering in the thousands. Penna, a well-known collector ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Collector Discipline
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories. —Plato
Collectors need many attributes if they are to build a collection over time that they are proud of. Patrick Bell of Olde Hope names three. Passion and knowledge are two. (And of course money never hurts.) ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, June 2025
Manufactured by Thomas W. Jones, New York, peacock weathervane, 20" x 27½", circa 1885, copper. Private collection.
—Through June 8 —Waterville, Maine
Into the Wind: American Weathervanes at the Colby Museum of Art dives into the history of weathervanes, exploring their symbolism, use, and manufacture and what their designs advertised as they ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Market Today: Mid-Century American Studio Pottery
Let’s start with a definition. What is mid-century studio pottery? It generally refers to pottery handmade by an individual potter (or often a husband-and-wife team) working on their own in their own studio where they control all aspects of the process—preparing clay, designing the items to be made, decorating and/or ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Wolf Pewter Goes to Historic Trappe
Historic Trappe has announced the gift of more than 450 pieces of American pewter from the collection of Dr. Melvyn and Bette Wolf, who over a period of 60 years amassed the largest and most comprehensive collection of American pewter ever assembled.
“We are tremendously grateful to Bette Wolf for her ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The History of the Model 1917 Rifle
The Model 1917 rifle (M1917), “America’s Enfield,” was not made by the Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF) at Enfield, United Kingdom, more commonly known as simply Enfield, but the rifle that the M1917 was originally based on was, indeed, designed, developed, and manufactured at Enfield. The M1917 was, in reality, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Sentenced to 96 Months for Theft of Artwork
On March 13 Thomas Trotta, 49, of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Malachy E. Mannion to 96 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by a term of supervised release, for one count of theft of major artwork. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)George Bellows: A Master of Lithography
A Book Review
By late 1915 George Bellows (1882-1925) had become a recognized painter and financial success, allowing him to explore his fascination with lithography. He wrote that he had been doing what he could “to rehabilitate the medium from the stigma of commercialism” attached to it. Apparently he achieved success, ... (Read More)
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