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(Auction)Auction Prices Realized, November 2020
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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(Show)Art Fair Moves Online for 2020
The American Art Fair
The 13th edition of The American Art Fair, a show typically held at the Bohemian National Hall on New York City's Upper East Side, pivoted to an online venue in response to the pandemic. Held about a month earlier than usual, October 9-18, the fair featured 24 ... (Read More)
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(Show)An Old-Style Antiquing Event
Virginia Pickers Antique & Collectables Show, Glen Allen, Virginia
The fall 2020 Virginia Pickers Antique & Collectables Show was held at the Gilman Farm in Glen Allen, Virginia, October 16-18. In its brief three-year history, the show has developed into a regional destination, with the majority of its vendors and patrons ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Virtual Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show
St. Charles, Illinois
When a show lasts for decades, it must be something special. The annual Fox Valley Antiques Shows each spring (60-plus years) and fall (46 years) stayed alive all those years by adhering to consistent and unbending standards, along with being customer and community friendly. That's the way to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)FBI Offers $8000 Reward in Stolen Paintings Case
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $8000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the theft of six paintings. The paintings were stolen in Dallas, Texas, on or about March 26, 2019, while they were being transported from Santa Fe, New Mexico, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Nagel Portrait-Consigned by the Sitter-Breaks Auction Record
Patrick Nagel's 1983 Jeana sold at Heritage Auctions on October 16 for $350,000 (includes buyer's premium), establishing an auction record for the artist. The estimate was $60,000/80,000. The previous Nagel auction record was $300,000 for Kristen, sold at Phillips in New York City on May 15, 2019.
Patrick Nagel (1945-1984), Jeana, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Vermont Bans Sales of "Animal Parts"
In 2022 antique scrimshaw and netsuke without documentation will be illegal to sell or buy in Vermont.
A bill passed by the House and the Senate in Vermont regulating the sale of animal parts and products was delivered to Governor Phil Scott on October 2. He signed it into law on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fortieth Anniversary Sale for California and Western Art Department
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Bonhams' California and Western art auction on October 13, 2020, in Los Angeles marked the 40th anniversary of the department. Department director Scot Levitt, who has been with the department since 1984, wrote an introduction in the catalog about the landmark and about how the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Buyer of World Record Ledger Drawing Revealed
In the August Maine Antique Digest, we reported that Maine Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, had established an auction record when the firm sold a single ledger drawing for $106,250 (includes buyer's premium) on May 29.
On October 13 the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond, Virginia, revealed that it ... (Read More)
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(Show)The ADA Online Deerfield Show
Antiques Dealers' Association of America
The Antiques Dealers' Association of America (ADA), founded in 1984 to make the antiques trade more honest and ethical, has been organizing shows for its members since the summer of 1985. In 1998 it moved its fall show to Deerfield, Massachusetts, as a fund-raiser for Historic ... (Read More)
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