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(Show)Great Offerings and Interesting Weather Bring Decent Sales to Hudson
Hudson Antique Show, Richfield, Ohio
The 49th annual Hudson Antique Show, organized by show promoter Steve Sherhag, was held January 11 and 12. Though the show’s location has changed several times since its inception, this year the event was again held at the Quality Inn & Suites, Richfield, Ohio.
Again this year ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ron Bourgeault Honored in Boston
Historic New England’s elegant event “My Favorite Things” celebrated Ronald Bourgeault for his lifetime of contributions to American decorative arts in a gala evening on January 11 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston. Over 200 guests arrived for cocktails and dinner to toast and roast Bourgeault.
The man of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two-Day Auction of Folk Art, Fine Art, and Antiques
New Haven Auctions, New Haven, Connecticut
Photos courtesy New Haven Auctions
The gallery at New Haven Auctions was fitted out with the collection of Susie and Richie Burmann for the January 11 auction. The mellow brick walls of the former Erector set factory in New Haven, Connecticut, made an ideal setting for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Variety Continues to Be a Hallmark at Laughlin
Laughlin Auctions, Inc., Edinburg, Virginia
Laughlin Auctions, Inc., held its first sale of the new decade on January 11 at its High Street galleries in Edinburg, Virginia. A packed house welcomed the unofficial opening of auction season in the Shenandoah Valley, and as expected the Laughlin brothers offered something for everyone. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Decorative Arts Trust Awards Concord Museum Curatorial Internship Grant
The Decorative Arts Trust has announced that the Concord Museum, Concord, Massachusetts, will be its partner for its 2020-22 Curatorial Internship Grant.
The Decorative Arts Trust is a nonprofit organization that underwrites curatorial internships for recent master’s degree or Ph.D. graduates in collaboration with museums and historical societies. Through a matching ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Books Received
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept phone or online orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or a mail-order house is the place to look.
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Edith Halpert, The Downtown Gallery, and the Rise of American Art by Rebecca ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Americana Week in New York City: A Preview
It is called Americana Week in New York City in January, although it is usually a fortnight full of auction previews, lectures, sales, and shows. This year, it’s nearly a month. Auction previews begin on January 11 when Outsider art goes on view at Christie’s, and the “week” ends on ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Three Plead Guilty in Fake Native American Jewelry Case
In federal court in Arizona on January 6, three members of an international conspiracy to import knock-off jewelry from the Philippines and misrepresent it as Native American pleaded guilty for their roles in the scheme.
Laura Marye Wesley, a.k.a. Laura Lott, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Roy J. Zuckerberg’s Silver Collection
A Book Review
Roy J. Zuckerberg is an ardent collector of American silver and a great friend of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He underwrote the research and publication of the Met’s catalog Early American Silver in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Beth Carver Wees, published in 2013, the first ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Wigmore Gift
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced the promised gift of 88 examples of American Aesthetic Movement and Gilded Age decorative arts and contemporaneous paintings from the collection of Barrie A. and Deedee Wigmore, who live with one of the preeminent holdings of late 19th-century art in private hands. The ... (Read More)
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