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(Auction)“A Small Leak Will Sink a Great Ship”
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Benjamin Franklin once wrote, “Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.” Old Ben’s namesake steamship, the S.S. Franklin, sank in 1854. But Thomaston Place Auction Galleries brought forth the salvaged figurehead as a prime component ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Established Artists and New Discoveries Showcased
Slotin Folk Art Auction, Buford, Georgia
Photos courtesy Slotin Folk Art Auction
Slotin Folk Art Auction continues to impress, not only with the art presented but also with the diversity of artists represented. “We are coming into our twenty-fifth year,” auctioneer/owner Steve Slotin explained, referencing the fall sale held November 9 and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques + Modernism Winnetka Show
Winnetka, Illinois
We’ve said it flat-out in these pages: the perennially successful Antiques + Modernism Winnetka Show could not happen anywhere else but in the North Shore Chicago suburb where it has been a fixture for decades. First, because the show benefits and is housed in an institution central to the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Welcome to Richmond, Mr. Brunk
Brunk Auctions, Richmond, Virginia
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
Brunk Auctions held its inaugural auction in Richmond, Virginia, on November 9, 2019. The sale marked the beginning of a new chapter for the Asheville, North Carolina-based firm. Brunk Auctions is not relocating; it has established a second location.
The decision to add a presence ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Courage in the Antiques World
The great—from Homer to George Washington to Winston Churchill—have long been fascinated by courage. And who can blame them? Bravery on the field of battle is one of the most admirable and inexplicable virtues imaginable. How and why, then, can we indulge ourselves, talking about “bravery” in the pedestrian field ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2019 Delaware Show
Delaware Antiques Show, Wilmington, Delaware
There is no question that the Delaware Antiques Show is one of the very best for Americana. Collectors come from all parts of the country knowing that a large contingent of dealers in American furniture, textiles, silver, folk art, ceramics, pewter, and silver made or used ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Center for Pennsylvania German Studies Opens
Local history makes a community proud. It adds to quality of life. Take the town of Trappe, Pennsylvania, for example. It’s a crossroads 25 miles northwest of Philadelphia and just a few miles from the larger community of Collegeville, where Ursinus College has flourished since it was granted its charter ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Alaska Man Sentenced
A Skagway, Alaska, man has been sentenced for illegally exporting a raw ivory tusk, using falsified forms to have it admitted to Indonesia, and thereafter illegally importing the carved tusk, for sale, back into the United States.
James Terrance Williams, 67, of Inside Passage Arts was sentenced to serve two years ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Eglin Collection Buoys Jewelry Auction
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
Freeman’s November 5, 2019, auction of jewelry and watches began with a group of mostly antiques that brought solid prices and ended with the sale of a marquise-cut diamond ring that brought the top price of the auction.
Virginia Salem, Freeman’s vice president, head of jewelry ... (Read More)
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(Show)The AADLA Fine Art & Antiques Show
New York City
The Art and Antique Dealers League of America (AADLA) put on a five-day show, October 31 to November 4, 2019, at Wallace Hall, within walking distance of or a short cab ride to the fall edition of TEFAF (The European Fine Art Foundation), held simultaneously at the Park ... (Read More)
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