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(Auction)Foster Auction Signals Change of Season
Robert L. Foster, Newcastle, Maine
By the beginning of September the Maine summer visitor season is almost over. As he's done for the last several decades, auctioneer Robert Foster laid out his traditional end-of-summer Labor Day weekend auction in Newcastle, Maine, held this year on September 1. He offered the usual ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Heritage Wins Arbitration Case against Christie's and Collectrium
In 2017 Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, filed suit against Christie's and Collectrium, a Christie's company.
Heritage accused Christie's and Collectrium of "scraping" the website of Heritage Auctions to appropriate information and images without permission. Heritage alleged copyright infringement, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, violation of the Digital Millennium ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, September 2019
So many splendid summer sales from which to choose and, as a consequence, a good many wonderful things by necessity held over for future issues.
A is for Antiquities, and this month's selection includes a very expensive but trouble-making pharaoh before presenting a selection that has a definite animal theme to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Winter Show Announces 2020 Exhibitors
Collectors and those who look forward each year to the grand January conclave of connoisseurs now known as The Winter Show (sans the word antiques) anticipate the publication of the list of dealers new to the show in the same way sports fans follow the NFL Draft. New players in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Diamonds Are an Auctioneer's Best Friends
Bruce Gamage, Jr., Rockland, Maine
After diverting much of his attention to appraisal work for the Robert Indiana estate, Bruce Gamage is back in full auctioneering mode. Historically, his late August sales have kicked off a week of wall-to-wall Maine auctions. But with various other scheduling changes, this year his August ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Firewall Holds
The Americana market, which has faced serious questions, faced a crucial test in early August. The six shows that make up Antiques Week in New Hampshire-now the most important cluster of American antiques shows-provided a reading of the pulse of the market. If New Hampshire Antiques Week encountered the problems ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fifty Years in the Trade for Veilleux
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
This year, Kaja Veilleux marks a half-century of working in the antiques trade. As the owner of and lead auctioneer for Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, he celebrated the 50-year mark with a strong three-day sale from August 23 to 25, topped by a contemporary marine ... (Read More)
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(Show)Log Cabins and a Bit of Buzz
Log Cabins on the Hill Antique Show, Oakland, Illinois
Christy Morrow was enjoying herself. From inside the schoolhouse at Independence Pioneer Village, just north of Oakland, Illinois, Morrow was one of about a dozen dealers set up during the fall installment of the Log Cabins on the Hill Antique Show, held ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, September 2019
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), Head of a Young Man (Tete de jeune homme), 1923, grease crayon on pink Michallet laid paper, 241/2" x 18?". Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 39.18. (c) 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
-Through October 13 -Brooklyn, New York
Showcasing ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Shem Drowne Weathervane Acquired by Museum of Old Newbury
When a historical relic that anchors a town's history is acquired by the town, it is a time for celebration. Space, Light, and Ornament: Early Meeting Houses of Old Newbury,an exhibition at the Museum of Old Newbury, Newburyport, Massachusetts, celebrates the acquisition by the museum of a gilded weathercock made ... (Read More)
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