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(Young Collectors)Ode to Joy
The Young Collector
Winter, for many people, is binge weather. There’s no yardwork to be done on Saturday, nowhere to go when it is snowy and dark, so it is the perfect time to settle in and watch enough hours of television that Netflix becomes concerned and asks if you are ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Drexel Plans to Rescue Philadelphia History
Who says no one is interested in history? Four hundred people gathered on February 27 at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia at a meeting organized by the board of trustees of the Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent to learn how Drexel University plans to rescue the failed Atwater ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Nursing Madonna Sells for $2,470,000
At Freeman’s in Philadelphia on February 27, 18 phone bidders competed with bidders online and in the salesroom for a late 15th-century Netherlandish Nursing Madonna painting attributed to the Master of the Embroidered Foliage. It sold for $2,470,000 (includes buyer’s premium).
Probably painted in Brussels by a group of artists, it ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Gurley Antique Shows Adds Date for Boxborough Series
Gurley Antique Shows Adds Date for Boxborough Series
Joshua and Rachel Gurley of Gurley Antique Shows will be adding a fall date to their Boxborough, Massachusetts, show series at the Boxboro Regency Hotel. The new date will be September 22. It will be followed by October 27 and January 5 and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Martell & Suffin Antiques, Woodbury, Connecticut
In the Trade
Years ago, when Manhattan real estate prices weren’t quite as absurd as they are now, there was a thriving wholesale antiques district on Broadway below 14th Street. These shops were not for the faint of heart. They were for pros. They catered to the decorator market. You didn’t ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Faker Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
Harold Gordon, 69, of Templeton, Massachusetts, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Connecticut on January 29 to one count of wire fraud.
As first reported in Maine Antique Digest, Gordon was the maker of a fake Civil War secretary that was sold by ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sotheby’s Raises Buyer’s Premium
On February 25 the buyer’s premium rates at Sotheby’s changed. For New York auctions (excluding wine auctions), the new rates are 25% on the hammer price up to and including $400,000; 20% on the hammer price in excess of $400,000 up to and including $4,000,000; and 13.9% on the portion ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Empire Chest Surprises at Hilliard
Hilliard & Co. Auctioneers, Madison, Virginia
Photos courtesy Hilliard & Co. Auctioneers
Nine months ago we visited our first Hilliard & Co. auction at its salesrooms in Madison, Virginia. We visited again for Hilliard’s February 23 sale. Over the intervening time, there has been positive growth at the firm. My only significant ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Great Little Americana Show in Georgia
Madison Antiques Show and Sale, Madison, Georgia
The 18th annual Madison Antiques Show and Sale at the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, Georgia, was held February 21 through 23. Since it is always a good Americana sale, one might wonder, “Can Madison get any better?” It did.
The show continues to stay true ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine and Decorative Art, Including Americana
Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan’s Auctions
For the third time in less than five months, Cowan’s Auctions has sold an Andrew Clemens (1857-1894) sand bottle for a six-figure price.
The most recent sale came during an auction of fine and decorative art on February 23 in Cincinnati. The bottle featured a ... (Read More)
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