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(Issue Story)Shining Light on Sundials
A Book Review
Photos courtesy Adler Planetarium
Many years ago I was given a 1902 book, Sun-Dials and Roses of Yesterday by Alice Morse Earle. I later gave the book away but then was gifted another copy. How glad I am now to pull it from my shelf as I review a ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville Celebrates 30 Successful Years
Nashville, Tennessee
The theme was "Legacy" as the Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville presented its 30th edition, held January 31-February 2. The long-running event is a rare example of a highly successful charity event. It benefits Cheekwood, a local house museum and garden complex, and 20 charities supported by the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fresh-to-Market Merchandise and Big Crowds
The Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
There was a big crowd at the Original Semi-Annual 174th York Antiques Show and Sale, held January 31-February 2 at Memorial Hall East at the York Fairgrounds in York, Pennsylvania. Show manager Melvin L. Arion said the crowd on Friday was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African American Art from the Johnson Publishing Company
Swann Auction Galleries, New York City
Featuring 70 artists, some of whose works had never been offered at auction, Swann's sale of African American art from the Johnson Publishing Company, LLC, Chicago, Illinois, put an exclamation point on the breadth and influence the department has in the marketplace.
The small 13-year-old African ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Morphy Files Suit against Julia
It was a surprise merger that now, less than two years later, has led to a court fight.
On December 20, 2017, Morphy Auctions announced that it had merged with Fairfield, Maine, auction house James D. Julia, Inc., which became a division of Morphy Auctions. On November 18, 2019, Morphy Auctions, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Dealers Are Financial Institutions-In the Eyes of Congress
The fight against money laundering and terrorism might result in art and antiques deals being much more transparent.
The "Coordinating Oversight, Upgrading and Innovating Technology, and Examiner Reform Act of 2019" or "COUNTER Act of 2019" was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in October 2019 by a unanimous voice ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Saved Walls Head West
Helaine Fendelman, a board member of Wall Preservation (CPWP), recently shared a story of saving ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, February 2020
Christina Nicodema (b. 1987), The Tower of Babel, Placenta, 2019, oil and archival ink on canvas, 45" x 45". Courtesy the artist and Hollis Taggart, New York City.
-Through February 22 -New York City
Hollis Taggart Contemporary presents Of Folly, Fortune, Glory, Ruin, a two-person exhibition featuring the work of contemporary artists ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Manuscript and Printed Americana
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
For the third year Sotheby's offered printed and manuscript Americana during Americana Week with some good results. Three years ago when the musical Hamilton was the talk of the town, Sotheby's books and manuscripts department offered Alexander Hamilton letters and documents in January hoping they ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2020 Ceramics Fair
The New York Antique Ceramics Fair, New York City
Eleven dealers set up shop at the New York Antique Ceramics Fair on the third floor of the Bohemian National Hall, January 23-26, and did plenty of business. The fair charges no admission. It opened with an invitation-only preview party for museum ... (Read More)
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