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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, January 2025
Parcheesi board, late 19th century, 17½" x 16¾", paint on wood. Collection of Doranna and Bruce Wendel. Photograph by Bruce C. Read.
—Through January 26 —New York City
Playing with Design: Gameboards, Art, and Culture at the American Folk Art Museum features over 100 game boards, including early examples of Parcheesi, checkers, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California and Western Art
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Megan Gallagher, the cataloger for Bonhams’ California and Western art department and a Los Angeles resident, told M.A.D. that although she lives in an evacuation warning zone for the recent fires, she is OK. “Everyone we checked in on got out, even if they had ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tiffany Watch Given to Titanic Hero Brings Record Price
On December 18 Tiffany & Co. announced it had acquired a historical 1912 pocket watch at an auction conducted by Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd. in Devizes, England. The company paid £1,568,000 ($1.97 million), making the 18k gold pocket watch the highest-valued piece of Titanic memorabilia ever sold.
The Tiffany & ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Sentenced for Stealing Historical Society Documents
Brian Anthony D’Ambrosio, 50, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, was sentenced December 16 to six months in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, and fined $4000. D’Ambrosio pleaded guilty in July to theft of major artwork. He admitted stealing 100-year-old items, including letters by the wife ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)AAAWT and Thomas Collaborate on Stoneware Sale
Antique Associates at West Townsend has entered into a partnership with author and researcher Justin W. Thomas to sell the Ed Stenger collection of American stoneware.
The collection consists of 40 pieces, most of which were manufactured in the American Northeast in the 18th and 19th centuries. Makers include Thomas Commeraw ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany at Auction
Sotheby’s and Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s and Christie’s
After the sale of the Danner memorial window for $12,480,000 (see sidebar) during Sotheby’s evening auction of modern art on November 18, which set a new auction record for Tiffany Studios, more than $20 million was spent in December on three ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Arrested for Larceny During Tropical Storm Helene
Asheville (North Carolina) Police Department detectives have arrested and charged a man for looting a business in West Asheville following Tropical Storm Helene.
Officers responded to the 600 block of Patton Avenue in West Asheville around 7:44 p.m. on September 28 to investigate the breaking and entering of a business. When ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Redfield Painting Brings $196,800
Alderfer Auction, Hatfield, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Alderfer Auction
Edward Willis Redfield (1869-1965), Brookville, oil on canvas, 26" x 32" (sight size), signed lower right, sold to a collector for $196,800 (est. $150,000/200,000). There are two letters on the back. A handwritten one from Redfield discusses the titles and prices of three of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native American Art at Bonhams
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
First, the Los Angeles fires. After packing up his house, four children, and many, many pets of various species, Bonhams’ Native American art specialist Ingmars Lindbergs, his family, and his house have survived the L.A. fires. So far. “A dealer’s house was spared in Altadena,” ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Watch Dealer Pleads Guilty in $5.6 Million Fraud
Anthony Farrer, 36, formerly of downtown Los Angeles, pleaded guilty October 11 to one count of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud. He has been in federal custody since November 2023.
Farrar ran a Beverly Hills, California, luxury watch consignment business and was known as “The Timepiece Gentleman.” He ... (Read More)
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