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(Feature)"Sketched at Sea"--The Exhibit and the Market
by Jeanne SchintoI've been on a mission these last few weeks, trying to find dealers-or even a dealer-who could speak to me about the market for mariners' sketches. These are drawings, primarily of ships and shorelines, executed by sailors and other travelers at sea. They are included in illustrated journals, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Indian Art Auction
Sotheby's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenThere were just 160 lots in Sotheby's American Indian art sale on Friday morning, May 18, which brought a small tribe of enthusiastic collectors and dealers to the New York City salesroom to bid on Pueblo pottery from the Leede collection, baskets from the Charlotte ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Folk Art in the Tramp Art Style: Debunking the Myths
by Clifford WallachEver since I bought my first piece of tramp art over 20 years ago I realized that I knew as much as the dealers I bought the pieces from. In other words, there was a serious lack of any kind of scholarship about tramp art. It was obscure ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Diverse Collection Sells in Cincinnati
Treadway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonTreadway Gallery's annual June auction in Cincinnati, Ohio, has traditionally been a showcase of Rookwood pottery and other ceramics. This year's sale, held June 1 and 2, was a bit different. Rookwood once again played a major role, but a diverse range of items from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Major General Auction
Gerald W. Bell, Jr. and George Morrill, Portland, Maineby Mark SiscoIt took special circumstances to drag Maine auctioneer George Morrill out of retirement. "Just some special stuff like this," he said, of the single-owner estate sale he brought to market on June 1 and 2. He teamed up with auctioneer ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Jackson Parker, 1920-2007
This month's obituary pages say good-bye to a number of people who have made the antiques market the way it is today. We'll miss them all, but it was particularly hard to say good-bye to Jackson Parker, who covered the decoy market for M.A.D. for 30 years. Jackson came to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Blackstone Illusions Up for Sale
On September 1 and 2 at Opportunities Auction in Newnan, Georgia, illusions used by Harry Blackstone Sr. and later used by Harry Blackstone Jr. will be offered.The Blackstone name is synonymous with magic. Harry Blackstone Sr. was younger than Harry Houdini, and there was competition between them for a number ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Walter Emerson Baum Painting Sets New Auction Record
Alderfer Auction & Appraisal, Hatfield, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassAlderfer Auction & Appraisal in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, has a reputation for putting together sales of quality, diverse estate material. Its niche is fine art, especially the New Hope school of Pennsylvania impressionist paintings. Its three-day sale, held June 14-16, totaled $1,574,674.65 (includes ... (Read More)
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(Show)Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenFor 36 years the Brandywine River Museum has ushered in the Memorial Day holiday weekend with its annual antiques show. More than 100 volunteers make it the most hospitable show on the circuit for dealers and for showgoers.Stunning flower arrangements from the volunteers' own gardens and ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Digs for Cohen and Burk Philadelphia Show
by Lita Solis-CohenThe spring show in Philadelphia, promoted by Barry Cohen and Jim Burk, will go on in a new location.When the Philadelphia Antiques Show signed up the Navy Pier for its 2008 April show, it left the Cohen and Burk spring show, which had encamped at the Navy Pier ... (Read More)
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