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(Auction)Chew on This: A Gum Machine for $3450
Farrin's Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine
Here's a riddle: What does chewing gum have to do with the Battle of the Alamo? Rusty Farrin's Americana auction in Randolph, Maine, on March 3 had the answer.
Thomas Adams (1818-1905) is regarded as the founder of the American chewing gum industry. He conceived the idea ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Canceled Sale of Monet Prompts Lawsuit
Piommiers en fleurs (Apple Trees in Blossom), 1872, a 23 3⁄8" x 28 7⁄8" oil on canvas by Claude Monet (1840-1926), was accessioned into the collection of the Union League Club of Chicago in 1895. Judge John Barton Payne sold it to the club for $500.
Fast forward 125 years. The ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Andrew Spindler
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)Diverse Sale at CRN
CRN Auctions, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy CRN Auctions, Inc.
Sales at CRN Auctions in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are always eclectic and always interesting. Karin Phillips and Carl Nordblom, who cofounded CRN Auctions, put together a sale that was exactly that. The February 28 auction brought to market some historical silver, unusual furniture, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Figurehead Leads the Way at Thomaston
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine, kicked off the year with a three-day, 1300-lot auction from February 26 to 28. Day one offered lots of country and folk-art furniture and accessories. Day two focused on fine paintings, prints, and marine ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sports Cards Lead Evans Winter Americana Auction
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia
Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates' winter Americana auction was held at the firm's gallery in Mt. Crawford, Virginia, in three cataloged sessions, February 25, 26, and 27. During the three-day sale, more than 1900 lots crossed the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Brady Mechanical Bank Collection Tops $2 Million
Morphy Auctions, Denver, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Morphy Auctions
Making connections with consignors has always been a staple of Morphy Auctions' success. Dan Morphy and his father, Dr. John Morphy, are advanced collectors themselves and have developed many relationships with those having similar passions. When friends and colleagues find it's time to pare ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Inaugural Western Art Sale a Success
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Sales totaled $925,569 at the first dedicated stand-alone Western art auction at Bonhams in Los Angeles on February 26. Newly hired specialist Katherine Halligan said she was "really pleased" with the results of this "small" sale of 58 lots. "I came in late," she added, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Stolen Paintings Turn Up Consigned for Auction
When Cambridge, Massachusetts, auctioneer Carl R. Nordblom opened his copy of the February issue of Maine Antique Digest, he recalls, "I was shocked to see my pictures there." Photographs of the pictures-two small China trade paintings-ran under the headline "Stolen China Trade Paintings." They had been stolen in Portland, Maine.
Nordblom ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum's American Furniture Collection
A Book Review
The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) has published some landmark exhibition catalogs that introduced the world to its unparalleled collection of Philadelphia furniture: Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art; Federal Philadelphia, 1785-1825: The Athens of the Western World; Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758; and Classical ... (Read More)
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