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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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(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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(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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(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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