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(Issue Story)The Coming Catalyst
Like swallows returning to Capistrano, a line of early birds formed for the opening of the annual New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA) show in Manchester, New Hampshire, on August 7. As the sun rose higher, the line got longer. By the 10 a.m. opening, the line seemed to the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, October 2025
Hoosier suffrage quilt, before 1929, cotton plain weave, pieced, embroidered, and quilted. Frank B. Bemis Fund and anonymously donated funds. Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
—Through October 12 —Nashville, Tennessee
Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at the Frist Art Museum celebrates ... (Read More)
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(Show)The September Springfield Extravaganza
Springfield, Ohio
It began with an earworm. I’m not sure from where or why. The short night certainly didn’t help, clinging to only two hours of sleep after swapping stories with a friend during a lengthy evening at my kitchen table. But in the new day—all day—there it was, one single ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Taconic Antiques Fair A New Star Is Born
Chatham, New York
One dealer said it was like an “unveiling.” Another said, “It was not like any other show” that they had been to before.
The show’s founder called it a “generalist” show in an interview with Chronogram Magazine. “You’ll find just about everything there, from art to vintage clothing to Mid-Century ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Renny Reynolds' Garden Party
Freeman’s | Hindman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman’s | Hindman
Garden designer and party planner Renny Reynolds and his partner, garden writer John “Jack” Howard Staub III, transformed a bramble-choked 100-acre Bucks County dairy farm in Wrightstown, Pennsylvania, into Hortulus Farm. Hortulus, a Latin word for little garden, was used to establish ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Dubord Collection Sold
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine, offered up a single-owner sale September 19, 2025, from the estate of Larry and Jean Dubord of Farmington, Maine. Theirs was a nearly lifelong collection of folk art and Americana, filled with paintings, furniture, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Anson Daguerreotype Brings $46,000
Rufus Anson daguerreotype of French soprano Marie-Charlotte Lemercier achieved $46,000.
An unusual daguerreotype of a saluting woman in a military-style uniform sold for $46,000 (includes buyer’s premium) at Kennedy’s Auction Service LLC in Selmer, Tennessee, on September 13. The buyer was “a collector and authority on daguerreotypes,” according to a press ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Great Estates Three-day Auction
Amelia Jeffers, Columbus, Ohio
Photos courtesy Amelia Jeffers
Railroad painting by Daniel Ralph Celentano (1902-1980), oil on canvas, circa 1930, depicting two sets of railroad tracks with an approaching passenger train and nearby figures, 19" x 23¼", framed, some crazing, seam line on canvas inside stretcher edge, $15,990 (est. $800/1200).
A circa 1930 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Betty Lamp Is Top Lot in September Sale
Horst Auctioneers, Ephrata, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Horst Auctioneers
Bidders at the September 12 and 13, 2025, cataloged antiques auction at Horst Auctioneers in Ephrata in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, were urged to leave the maximum price they were willing to bid before the item was sold, and if planning on bidding in real ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Conan Illustration Brings Record $13.5 Million
On September 12, a painting, commonly known as Man Ape (1966) by Frank Frazetta (1928-2010), featured on the cover of a 1967 Conan paperback, sold for $13,500,000 (includes buyer’s premium) in a one-lot auction at Heritage Auctions. The painting was consigned by the Frazetta family.
Photo courtesy Heritage Auctions.
The price ... (Read More)
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