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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, June 2025
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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(Book Review)Concord Museum’s American Revolution Collection
A Book Review
“The Revolution, the great turn from a monarchy to a republic, was already over well before April, 19, 1775, the day the Revolutionary War began.” So writes David F. Wood, celebrating his 40th year as Concord Museum curator and author, in his new richly illustrated book.
Eyewitness to Revolution: ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ohio Man Charged in Online Auction Fraud
Paul Jackson of Youngstown, Ohio, was charged on April 7 in federal court with two counts of wire fraud. Jackson is accused of defrauding “Online Auction Site 1” from November 2017 through August 2021. The online auction site is not named in the court filing, but prosecutors state that it ... (Read More)
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(Show)NHADA’s New Show with a Book Fair Was a Success
Northern New England Book Fair and New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association Members Show, Concord, New Hampshire
Members of the New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA) and its board of directors have long wanted a second show to supplement their August New Hampshire Antiques Show, which is a linchpin of Antiques Week. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Masterworks in Glass Featured at Fontaine’s
Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Fontaine’s Auction Gallery
The May 31 “Tiffany Studios: Masterworks in Glass” sale at Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, found offerings glowing with color. The sale featured more than 300 works, and prices reflected the continual adoration and fascination with the glass masterpieces that Tiffany Studios ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Jim Crow Meets Bluebeard: Imagination and Humor in the Staffordshire Potteries
The Collector’s Find
The story, or perhaps the journey, began at Elinor Penna’s home on Sunday, October 1, 2023. That was the day members of the Staffordshire Figure Association (SFA) had the opportunity to purchase figures from Penna’s vast collection of Staffordshire figures, numbering in the thousands. Penna, a well-known collector ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Collector Discipline
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories. —Plato
Collectors need many attributes if they are to build a collection over time that they are proud of. Patrick Bell of Olde Hope names three. Passion and knowledge are two. (And of course money never hurts.) ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Iris Court Furnishings Sold
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
“The interiors of Iris Court were majestic,” wrote William R. Mitchell Jr. in his 1995 book on Edward Vason Jones (1909-1980). It was Jones, a distinguished self-taught Georgia-born architect, decorator, and designer, who in 1965 recruited his friend Charles Owen Smith Jr. (1921-1995) ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Barnburner by Barn Star
Spring Antiques at Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck, New York
On May 24 and 25 at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck, New York, 125 dealers from ten states set up in three connected buildings at the Spring Antiques at Rhinebeck show, exhibiting a huge variety of antiques, from textiles to jewelry, from furniture to ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, June 2025
Manufactured by Thomas W. Jones, New York, peacock weathervane, 20" x 27½", circa 1885, copper. Private collection.
—Through June 8 —Waterville, Maine
Into the Wind: American Weathervanes at the Colby Museum of Art dives into the history of weathervanes, exploring their symbolism, use, and manufacture and what their designs advertised as they ... (Read More)
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