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(Book Review)Rather Elegant Than Showy
A Book Review
Robert D. Mussey Jr. and Clark Pearce tell a compelling story about the career of Isaac Vose, a savvy Boston businessman with very good taste who provided richly veneered, elegant mahogany and rosewood furniture to Boston Brahmins between 1789 and 1825. They take their readers to Boston during a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Suzan McClellan-Whiting, Woodstock, New York
In the Trade
One of the pleasures of writing this feature each month is discovering the myriad paths people take on their way to becoming antiques dealers. Rarely are two paths the same. It’s not like becoming an investment banker. You don’t need a Harvard MBA.
Suzan McClellan-Whiting. She’s sitting in her ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Health Issues and Reading Magazines Online
Computer Column #355
Computer user health issues and getting magazines online will be discussed.
Vertical Mouse
The widespread use of personal computers has raised myriad health concerns, from fading eyesight to ankle damage. There are excellent websites with suggestions for workstations, posture, and exercise. One from Princeton University (1) is up to date ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Raising Caines
Guyette & Deeter, Inc., Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Guyette & Deeter, Inc.
Summer decoy auctions draw collectors in the same way that decoys draw migrating waterfowl. The birds and the collectors flock, almost as a group, from place to place. Attendant to the auctions are decoy shows where birds are bought, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Camden-Rockport Show Turns 38
Camden-Rockport Historical Society Antiques Show, Rockport, Maine
Even before the opening gun sounded at the 38th running of the annual Camden-Rockport Historical Society Antiques Show, there were 50 or 60 people at the gate and more streaming in from the parking lot. The show, under the management of John and Elizabeth ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fraternal Objects Sold in Ohio
Ross Auction Company, Chillicothe, Ohio
On Saturday, July 21, Ross Auction Company in Chillicothe, Ohio, sold a large trove of Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) ceremonial objects. Heart-in-hand staffs, oversize bows and arrows, decorated axes and pikes, carved torches, swords, shields, robes, collars, and even a coffin with a human ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, August 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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(Fragment)The Philadelphia History Museum Closes to the Public
Is it a sign of the times that the Philadelphia History Museum, plagued with financial difficulties, suspended its public hours on June 30 and closed its doors?
The museum on 7th Street below Market, in a building designed by John Haviland in 1826 as the first home of the Franklin Institute, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Canada Goose Brings $810,000
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
Bidders didn’t have too long to wait for the fireworks to start at the two-day sale of decoys and other sporting art held July 19 and 20 at Copley Fine Art Auctions in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where over a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Whale of a Sale
In a foreword to the catalog for Eldred’s July 19 and 20 marine sale, Josh Eldred, president of the auction house, wrote, “Over the past few years we have been fortunate to have put together some amazing auctions, but this one probably beats them all. It features two major collections, the Kobacker Scrimshaw Collection and ... (Read More)
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