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(Auction)Prendergast's Fantasy Tops Auction
Bonhams, New York City
Photos courtesy Bonham
Bonhams offered 55 lots in its American art sale on May 22, the last entry on the calendar in a week filled with sales, open houses at the "Just Off Madison" event, and the 24th annual American Art Conference "Initiatives in Art and Culture," held ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Record Hartley Painting Sold
Christie's, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie's Images, 2019
Christie's May 22 American art sale totaled $32,668,750, with a sell-through rate of 79%. The auction house's online sale of American art held May 15-22 totaled $2,087,250, bringing the overall total to $34,756,000.
In the live sale were 28 offerings from the Michael Scharf ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, June 2019
In the early weeks of April, when this "Letter" was put together, the principal London salerooms had not really got into full swing, and some were far more focussed on what was happening in China, so on this occasion I have taken the opportunity to pick out a few additional ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Size Matters
The Young Collector
Size Matters
We talk often as an industry about what many consider to be the first rule of collecting: buy the best you can afford. Reduced, however, that means collecting two or three great objects per year rather than 25 "just good" objects. In theory, it makes sense, but ... (Read More)
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(Auction)New Record for Gifford at Sotheby's
Sotheby's, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby's
Sotheby's May 21 American art sale offered 83 works of Modernism, illustration art, Impressionism, 19th-century landscapes, portraits, and Western art. At the end of the morning, 51 lots had sold, for a sell-through rate of 61.4%. The sale totaled $19 million, way below the presale ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, June 2019
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)Ultra-Precise Time Is Money
Schmitt Horan & Co., Manchester, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Schmitt Horan & Co.
In 2004 when I attended a landmark Sotheby's sale, "Masterpieces from the Time Museum," one deep-pocket bidder was unknown to the horological experts crowding the room. He grabbed many of the top lots and was identified as Cameel Halim, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Silver Stash at Tremont
Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Tremont Auctions
Eighteenth-century Colonial American silver attracted significant interest at the May 19 sale of Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts. Works by Colonial silversmiths such as Jacob Hurd, Paul Revere Jr., and Peter Van Dyck were offered. A silver tankard by Hurd made $13,090 (including buyer's premium). ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fresh Wyeth Sells for $203,150
At its May 18 and 19 auction, Simpson Galleries, Houston, Texas, sold a fresh-to-market Andrew Wyeth watercolor for $203,150 (includes buyer's premium), well above the estimate of $80,000/100,000.
The buyer was a private collector, underbid by a "prominent art dealer," according to Mark Prendergast, director of consignments and marketing at ... (Read More)
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(Show)Worth the Hunt
Virginia Pickers Festival, Glen Allen, Virginia
About six months ago we visited a start-up antiques show in Glen Allen, Virginia. At that time it was dubbed the Virginia Pickers Antique & Collectors Show. The second edition of the show was held the weekend of May 17 and 18. The show has ... (Read More)
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