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(Fragment)Pre-Civil War American Flag Sells for $176,400
At Sotheby’s online sale of fine books and manuscripts including Americana on January 25, a commemorative pre-Civil War 13-star flag of the United States, 1840-50, with handsewn single-appliqué cotton stars and wool bunting stripes on a cotton canvas-type hoist, the stars arranged in two rows of six with a single ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Tax Man Is Watching
Mobile payment apps such as PayPal, Venmo, and Cash App introduced a level of convenience and safety for dealers looking to easily accept payments. With the proliferation of smartphones, dealers could be paid immediately, even if they were on the fields of Brimfield or in some other remote location, reducing ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sotheby’s 44-Lot Important Americana Sale
Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s offered 44 lots from various owners, including several discoveries, in the “Important Americana” sale on the morning of Monday, January 24, and sold 30 of them for total of $3,474,280 (including buyers’ premiums). Even though a third of the lots failed to sell, Sotheby’s ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Grant Portrait Tops Sotheby’s Americana Auction
Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s online various-owners Americana sale that closed on January 24 was the last of six days of sales during Americana Week in New York City, and it brought a total of $1,674,414 (includes buyers’ premiums) for 196 of 242 lots offered, many of them unreserved. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)William K. du Pont’s Collection
Sotheby’s, New York City
William K. du Pont’s Collection
Erik Gronning, Sotheby’s Americana chief, called the collection of William “Bill” K. du Pont (d. 2020) “one of the greatest private collections of Americana ever assembled...comprising some of the best examples of Americana ever to appear at auction.”
Sotheby’s offered the collection in a ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Bath Antique Sale Resumes
Bath, Maine
In Bath, Maine, a city known for shipbuilding, the Bath Antique Sale is like a Yankee clipper: fast, no-nonsense, and it gets the job done.
After a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bath Antique Sale returned under new ownership on Sunday, January 23. The four-hour show (10 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, February 2022
Some of the inventions of Leonardo Da Vinci on view at the Museum of History & Industry. Photo courtesy Grande Experiences.
—Through March 13 —Seattle, Washington
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), a leading Renaissance painter and sculptor, was also an engineer and a scientist, but his work in these fields remained hidden for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Christie’s
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
After the triumphant success of the $10,852,875 sale of folk art collected by Peter and Barbara Goodman (see M.A.D., March, p. 67), Christie’s went on to sell 268 lots of Americana consigned by various owners in a live auction January 20 and 21. Silver was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Art in Folk Art: The Goodman Sale
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
Ammi Phillips (1788-1865), Woman with Pink Ribbons, probably Melinda Ann Arnold, painted circa 1833, oil on canvas, 31¾" x 27", sold for $3,870,000 (est. $800,000/1.2 million) to Patrick Bell of Olde Hope in the salesroom bidding for clients. It is an auction record for the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Sale of the Pfaffenroth Collection
Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
Peter Pfaffenroth (1941-2020) was a student of the 18th century. Proud of his Princeton degree with a double major in history and engineering and his law degrees from the University of Michigan and New York University that enabled him to have a lucrative law practice, ... (Read More)
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