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(Auction)Deaccessions Raise Funds for Institutional Acquisitions
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.
In April 2020 the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) announced a two-year loosening of the rules to permit members to sell art and objects in order to raise money for collection care as opposed to for acquisitions only. Museums ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Sporting Sale
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Hingham, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art
Copley Fine Art Auctions' 17th annual sporting sale, held absentee and online July 14 and 15, brought just over $3.1 million. With 675 lots, it was one of the company's largest sales and had about a 95% sell-through rate.
Sporting art by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Three-Day Sale in Maine
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
On July 8, 9, and 10 Thomaston Place Auction Galleries held a three-day sale dubbed "July Splendor." In all, 1431 lots were due to be sold, a Herculean undertaking, and auctioneer and owner Kaja Veilleux called just about every minute ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Successful Sale Draws Strength from Diversity
Case Antiques, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee
Photos courtesy Case Antiques, Inc.
This year's summer auction at Case Antiques, Inc., in Knoxville, Tennessee, is a joy to examine because the high points were drawn from so many different sought-after specialties. The more than 1200 lots offered July 9 and 10 included objects of immense ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Day in the Country
Pure Country Antique Show, Chrisman, Illinois
Mark and Jill Mattingly have created an event that goes beyond an ordinary antiques show. The second annual Pure Country Antique Show, held July 9 at the Bloomfield Barn near Chrisman, Illinois, not only featured a growing field of dealers in a beautiful rural setting ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Challenging Assumptions
Beneath the Surface
Thunderstorm season has arrived in the Ohio River valley, and storms here are fierce and deeply satisfying. We are generally protected from the more dangerous aspects of midwestern storms, with the terrain discouraging tornadoes, but the mountains pick up the reverberations of thunder and roll it around to ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)In Plain Sight
Art theft usually conjures up images similar to the film The Thomas Crown Affair. Sophisticated thieves with elaborate and complicated plans to evade security and make off with masterpieces are the stuff ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bomb Squad Handles Antique Explosive Device
On July 7 at approximately 9:10 p.m. troopers Scott Irish and Steve Sicard from the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad responded to a home on Charlene Drive in Mansfield after a suspicious object was found by family members at the residence.
When they arrived they visually examined the object, which had ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, July 2022
There is a distinctive Far Eastern feel to this month's selection, reflecting some very strong and indeed quite startling, even six-figure results. There may be more to come in these columns, but in this "Letter" readers will find such things as heavenly globe and dragon vases, a stunning banquet plate, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques and Artisans in the Church Yard
South Salem, New York
Buying commenced at 9 a.m. on the grounds of Stevens Memorial United Methodist Church in South Salem, New York, at the annual July 4 Antiques and Artisans in the Church Yard show, managed by Debbie Turi of D. Turi Antique Shows.
Red, white, and blue flags, clothing, and ... (Read More)
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