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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, March 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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(Fragment)Flying Pig Antiques Opens in New Hampshire
Connecticut antiques dealer Ian McKelvey and Massachusetts antiques dealers Kris and Paul Casucci have again joined forces to create a new venture, Flying Pig Antiques in Westmoreland, New Hampshire.
After extensive renovations, the shop will feature over 40 antiques dealers from New England and New York in booths and cases throughout ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Photography Sale: “The Whole World in Our Heads”
Swann Auction Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Auction Galleries
A literal panoply of photographic objects was on offer in the New York City auction rooms of Swann Auction Galleries on February 21. They ranged from single works by masters such as Dorothea Lange to vernacular photography, i.e., from such classic ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bartlam Tea Bowl and Saucer Sell for $65,500
A previously unrecorded American porcelain tea bowl and saucer attributed to the John Bartlam manufactory in Cain Hoy, South Carolina, 1765-69, sold after the auction for $65,500, its reserve price, at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury, Wiltshire, U.K., on February 19. The buyer was London dealer Roderick Jellicoe, who has ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Jewelry Sale Brings In Over $2 Million
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Moderately estimated jewelry was sold in Doyle New York’s two recent sales—a February 19 auction of 850 lots of jewelry, watches, and gold coins, in addition to contents of abandoned safe deposit boxes by order of Bank of America, and a February 20 fine jewelry sale.
All 199 ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Marin Show 2019
American Indian Art Show/Marin, San Rafael, California
The February 16 and 17 American Indian Art Show/Marin was a first for producer Kim Martindale—he wasn't there. Felled by pneumonia, he spent the show in the hotel across the footbridge, in bed. How did the show do without him? “Fantastic,” he said. “Perhaps ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Hudson Valley Cupboard Sells for $46,000
A mid-18th-century Hudson Valley stepback cupboard, found in a Dutch stone house in Ulster County, New York sold at Hyde Park Country Auctions, in Poughkeepsie, New York, on February 16 for $46,000 (includes buyer’s premium).
“The estimate was $3000/6000. The consignor would have been happy with $2000,” said Dominick J. Navarra, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decoy Hunting Brings $2.4 Million at Copley’s Winter Sale
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Charleston, South Carolina
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
“Everybody loves a beautifully carved and painted bird,” stated Stephen O’Brien, owner and auctioneer of Copley Fine Art Auctions LLC, Boston, Massachusetts. This was in response to the question “Why?” Why with all the genres of collecting that exist, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques Lovers Gather on Valentine’s Day
Heart of Tennessee Antique Show, Lebanon, Tennessee
The business of selling antiques is equal parts acquisition and presentation, and closing the deal is the satisfying bow on top. These days, dealers have access to more avenues of presentation. They may run a virtual store online as well as a brick-and-mortar shop, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Nashville Show by Jenkins: Change Is in the Air
Nashville, Tennessee
When visitors to the Nashville Show this year bought tickets at the front door, the first thing they saw was an artist’s rendering of what the new exposition buildings at the Nashville Fairgrounds will look like when collectors return in 2020. Construction is already underway, and modern techniques can ... (Read More)
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