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(Issue Story)The Red Earthenware Available in the 18th and 19th Centuries in New York City
New York City’s 18th- and 19th-century stoneware industry is well documented, with production that was established, and later intertwined by the Crolius and Remmey families, as early as the late 1720s and 1730s in Manhattan. This early stoneware production drew inspiration from the Rhineland area in Germany, where these families ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Treasure-Trove of Antique Jewelry at Skinner
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Skinner, Inc.
Skinner’s sale of jewelry held on September 25 in Boston “was a great sale for antique jewelry,” according to Kaitlin Shinnick, senior specialist of fine jewelry. “Attendance was strong, both in person and online.” The auction opened with antique offerings, and they kept coming. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Break-in at American Folk Art Museum’s Long Island City Facility but No Loss
A headline in the September 6 Sunnyside Post, “Thief Steals Property from American Folk Art Museum Storage in LIC after Scaling Roof: NYPD,” sent shivers down the spine of folk art collectors. According to Kate Merlino, director of communications and marketing at the American Folk Art Museum, the headline and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Arion’s 171st York Show
Original Semiannual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
Melvin “Butch” Arion’s Original Semiannual 171st York Antiques Show and Sale kicked off the Pennsylvania show season September 21-23 at the York Expo Center (fairgrounds), York, Pennsylvania, with 88 dealers offering mostly Americana. As usual the show was strong in quilts and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Signature Sale Crests at $1.37 Million
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
An alluring triad of vintage toy windups, still banks, and trains induced an adrenaline high, and bidders responded with gusto at Bertoia Auctions’ September 22 auction in Vineland, New Jersey.
Toys at auction are as bullish as Pamplona, and Bertoia seems to have success ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Newport “Cottage” Sale Attracts Buyers
Nadeau’s Auction Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island
Many people wanted a piece of one of the grand old “cottages” still in the family of the original owners on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, and they streamed to the Harold Brown Villa on September 22, 2018 for the on-site auction by Nadeau’s ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, October 2018
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and website for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American and European Artworks Draw Global Interest at Skinner
Skinner Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
It didn’t matter that only nine people, including your reporter, were in the audience when Skinner’s sale of American and European works of art began on September 21 in the Boston gallery. Skinner’s bank of phones was full, and three Internet bidding platforms were in place. Bidding ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Doyle + Design
Doyle, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle
With plenty of international interest, Doyle’s modern and contemporary art and design auction, held two weeks after Labor Day on September 17, rang up a total of $1,348,156 (with buyers’ premiums). Of the 253 lots offered, 82% sold.
A young man standing in the salesroom with ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Good Buying at Pook & Pook
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.
Pook & Pook in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, began the fall season with a 660-lot Americana and international offering on Friday evening, September 14, and Saturday, September 15. Much of it came from six estates, including one from New Mexico. Some of ... (Read More)
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