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(Fragment)New Mexico Man Admits Theft from Historical Society
On July 9 Brian Anthony D’Ambrosio, 49, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court to the theft of major artwork. He faces a maximum of ten years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release.
The government alleged in court documents that D’Ambrosio, a journalist ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rago Art Pottery
Rago, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago
Collectors of art pottery collect it as art. Prices are often much higher than most Arts and Crafts furniture. At Rago’s September 12 auction of American and European art pottery in Lambertville, New Jersey, 14 of the 121 lots offered sold for five figures, and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, September 2024
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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(Auction)Two American Art Auctions
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Bonhams Skinner
Bonhams Skinner often features smaller live sales of around 80 lots that are supported by larger online sales. Nineteenth-century and early 20th-century American art sold September 10 at the Marlborough, Massachusetts, gallery while a ten-day online-only American art sale of 107 lots ran from ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)What Price History?
The ink and wash sketch The Destruction of the Bastille on a sheet of laid paper, 13 1/8" x 20¾", inscribed at the top “From the M. de Lafayette to General Washington” and signed at the bottom by the artist, Étienne-Louis-Denis Cathala, “Cathala Architecte Inspecteur de la Bastille fait le ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Timekeeper Edward Duffield
A Book Review
Bob Frishman’s book about Edward Duffield, the man who engraved his name and the name of his city on the dials of 60 surviving tall-case clocks, one bracket clock, two uncased movements, seven surveying compasses, and a sundial, is not the story of a leather-apron artisan. Duffield was ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Parker-French Antique Center Changes Hands
For only the third time in its 48-year history, Parker-French Antique Center, Northwood, New Hampshire, has new owners. In early July, Richard Bojko and John Mullen announced the sale of their group shop to dealers Jerry and Joanne Perry of Chester, New Hampshire. “Twenty-six years is plenty. It’s time for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of the Estate of Janice and David Brumagen
Caswell Prewitt Auctions, Mount Sterling, Kentucky
Photos courtesy Caswell Prewitt Auctions
An abstract painting took the top price during a sale conducted by Caswell Prewitt Auctions September 8 in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, but much of the attention during the day focused on southern furniture, stoneware, and timepieces. The auction consisted largely of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Christmas in July
Beneath the Surface
We have taken you with us countless places over the past too-many-to-count-without-feeling-old years. To museums and museum storage, to antiques shows and antiques malls, into the seats at an auction and through the online bidding platforms that run them, and on road trips that resemble a National Lampoon ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sold at Horst
Horst Auctioneers, Ephrata, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Horst Auctioneers
More than 100 collectors and dealers previewed Horst Auctioneers’ sale in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, on Friday, September 6, and stayed to bid when the sale began at 2 p.m. Most of them returned at 9 a.m. on Saturday morning, September 7, for the rest of ... (Read More)
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