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(Show)The 2022 American Art Fair
New York City
Returning to a live event and celebrating its 15th year, The American Art Fair opened to an enthusiastic crowd happy to view art and see one another in person.
The much-appreciated art fair, under the helm of art dealer Thomas Colville of Thomas Colville Fine Art, Connecticut and New ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Maud Lewis Painting—Once Traded for Grilled Cheese—Brings $413,000
Photos courtesy Miller & Miller
It was an astounding and history-making moment at Miller & Miller’s May 14 Canadiana and decorative arts auction when the hammer finally came down at $350,000 Canadian ($270,974 U.S.) for Black Truck, a rare Maud Lewis painting, originally estimated at $30,000/35,000 Canadian. Selling at ten times ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Grant’s Revolvers Sell for $5.17 Million
A pair of Remington New Model Army revolvers presented to Civil War general and 18th U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant sold for $5,170,000 (est. $1/3 million) May 13 at Rock Island Auction Company, Rock Island, Illinois.
Numbered 1 and 2, the set features the work of L.D. Nimschke, a master engraver ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Rain or Shine, Virginia Pickers Goes On
Virginia Pickers Antiques & Collectables Show, Glen Allen, Virginia
Galoshes, duck boots, umbrellas, and ponchos were the preferred apparel accessories of the day when the eighth installment of the semiannual Virginia Pickers Antiques & Collectables Show opened for business at Gilman’s Farm in Glen Allen, Virginia, May 13. Weather forecasters reported ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)“Lincoln Pass” Leads to Lawsuit, Appeal, and Award
In May 2019 dealer Richard Thorner of Manchester, New Hampshire, was in Pennsylvania for a wedding when he got a call from his friend Bob Lucas, a dealer who was set up at the Forks of the Delaware Historical Arms Society show in Allentown, Pennsylvania, commonly called the “Gun Show.” ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Christie’s Sells American Paintings at Night
Photos courtesy Christie’s
Two paintings—both in collecting fields covered by M.A.D. — that in past years would have been headliners in daytime sales provoked the most spirited bidding at Christie’s May 12 evening sale of 20th-century art in the company of van Gogh, Monet, Picasso, Pollock, Warhol, and a dinosaur skeleton. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early 20th- and 21st-Century Design
Rago/Wright/LA Modern Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago
When it Wworks, don’t change it. Three times a year, in January, May, and September, Rago/Wright/LA Modern Auctions (LAMA) offers two-day sales of 20th- and 21st-century design in Lambertville, New Jersey. The first day, early 20th-century design, always begins with art pottery, followed ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art Sales Lead to Hindman’s Most Successful Week Ever
Hindman Auctions, Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Hindman Auctions
Weeks before three days of fine art sales held May 10-12 at Hindman Auctions in Chicago, the expectations of potential bidders were already at a fever pitch. Presale publicity from the Chicago auction house was rife with details, including that a prime Renoir from ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)American Silver Collection Goes to Harvard
The Harvard Art Museums announced the gift of 21 works of 18th-century American silver from the collection of Daniel A. Pollack and Susan F. Pollack. The gift of cups, bowls, spoons, tankards, and teapots by noted silversmiths from Boston, New York, and Philadelphia includes a caudle cup made by Edward ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Maine Antiques Festival—“The Union Show”—Canceled
The 2022 Maine Antiques Festival in Union, Maine, has been canceled. Commonly called “the Union Show,” it was scheduled for August 12 and 13.
According to Paul Davis, promoter and owner of the show, he needed 90 dealers to verbally commit to the show by March 1. Only 36 dealers did ... (Read More)
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