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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, April 2021
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer’s premium when charged. We’re always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Lost and Found: Copley Portraits Reunited
If a longtime trustee had not asked Tom Denenberg, director of the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont, to take a look at a Modernist painting illustrated in Sotheby’s online catalog for a December 11, 2020, American art sale, he might not have known that John Singleton Copley’s portrait of Mrs. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spring Sale on the Cape
Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred’s
Called “The Spring Sale,” the April 1 and 2 auction at Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts, was online, culled from an array of Massachusetts-area estates and collections. Estimates seemed of little importance as items passed from one estate or collection to another collection. The auction offered ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Pleads Guilty in Warhol Scam
Brian R. Walshe, 46, of Lynn, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court on April 1 in connection with taking and attempting to sell on eBay two Andy Warhol paintings.
Walshe pleaded guilty to one count each of wire fraud, interstate transportation for a scheme to defraud, possession of converted goods, and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Saint Louis Art Museum Buys David Drake Ceramic Jar
The Saint Louis Art Museum has acquired a ceramic vessel signed and dated by the enslaved ceramicist David Drake (c. 1801-1870s). The museum purchased the work in December for $155,000 from dealer Robert Hunter of Yorktown, Virginia.
Jar by David Drake (c. 1801-after 1870), dated June 6, 1857, alkaline-glazed stoneware; ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, April 2021
While business appears to have been quite brisk in New York and other U.S. locations in 2021, the major London salerooms, as is generally the case, have been rather slow getting into “New Year” gear.
From those sales that had taken place before my copy deadline was reached, I have selected ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Keno Sues for Payment
On February 4 Keno, Inc., the New York City company owned by Leigh Keno, filed a motion for summary judgment against Grace Lu of Great Neck, New York. Keno claims it is owed $133,450.
The case, filed in Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, alleges ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tiffany Pond Lily Table Lamp Brings $138,000
Cottone Auctions’ March 27 sale in Geneseo, New York, brought in $1.6 million for just over 200 lots.
The top lot was a rare Tiffany Studios Pond Lily lamp from a Winter Park, Florida, collection that sold for $138,000 (includes buyer’s premium) via absentee bid.
Tiffany Studios Pond Lily table lamp, $138,000.
Sold ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Graham C. Boettcher
We are all spending much more time now in our houses and apartments because of COVID-19. Because we all might enjoy staring at someone else’s walls for a change, this column gives our readers an idea of what some of their colleagues, fellow collectors, and other readers surround themselves with ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ossorio’s Garden Welcomes Spring at Potomack
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia, kicked off spring 2021 with a series of four online-only auctions over a three-day period, March 23-25. The four sales were loosely targeted, consisting of jewelry and Asian works of art, followed by modern art, then English ... (Read More)
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