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(Fragment)A.E. “Beanie” Backus Painting Breaks Record
On March 18 in Vero Beach, Florida, Ron Rennick Auctions, Inc., sold a landscape by Albert Ernest “Beanie” Backus (1906-1990) for $50,600 (includes buyer’s premium), establishing a new auction record for the Florida artist. Old Boats on the Shoreline, a 24" x 30" oil on canvas depicting boats built by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Annual Spring Sale Loaded with Primitives
Laughlin Auctions, Edinburg, Virginia
Photos courtesy Laughlin Auctions
Laughlin Auctions, Inc. held its 31st annual spring auction on March 17 at its facility in Edinburg, Virginia. As expected, the main sales floor was loaded with a wide variety of offerings, and because Laughlin does not offer online bidding, there was a very ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Catesby Engravings in “Fabulous” Condition Sell at Auction
Garth’s Auctions, Delaware, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth’s Auctions
Two hand-colored engravings by English naturalist Mark Catesby (1683-1749), estimated conservatively at $250/500, raised a few eyebrows when they realized $7080 for the pair (including buyer’s premium) to become the top lot of the day during a sale of American and Continental fine and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Margaret Bourke-White Images Found in Cleveland Bring Top Dollar
Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio
Photos courtesy Rachel Davis Fine Arts
The year was 1994, and Rachel Davis of Rachel Davis Fine Arts had one of those experiences auctioneers dream about. The daughter-in-law of a Cleveland artist and photographer had been going through items she had inherited from her father-in-law and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Downer and Stinson of Tremont Auctions Dissolve Partnership
Brett Downer and Doug Stinson, the two principals of Tremont Auctions of Newton, Massachusetts, have agreed to a parting of the ways. The partnership was dissolved on January 15, as the two longtime antiques dealers and auctioneers are going in different directions.
Brett Downer (left) and Doug Stinson during a June ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Robert Cheney’s Dream Job
When Robert Cheney was six years old, he made his first visit to the rural homestead in Grafton, Massachusetts, where members of the famed Willard family first began making clocks. Privately owned and seriously run down, the home and workshop were endangered. Robert’s father, clockmaker Bradford W. Cheney, was hoping ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Norman and Mary Gronning, Shaftsbury, Vermont
In the Trade
For more than half a century, Norman and Mary Gronning have been selling period American antiques. They’ve developed an inventory that is both broad and deep. They sell formal, high country, and painted furniture from the 17th through the early 19th centuries, along with paintings, folk art, metalwork, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Massachusetts Attorney General and Berkshire Museum Agree on Plan
After eight long months of outcries from residents and a few Norman Rockwell descendants, protest marches, injunctions, and copious numbers of documents, the Massachusetts attorney general’s office and the Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, have agreed on a plan for the sale of up to 40 artworks to address the financial ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Session Six of the Portzline Costume Jewelry Collection
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Ripley Auctions
Ripley Auctions in Indianapolis, Indiana, held its sixth session of the Portzline collection of costume jewelry on March 12. Andrea Hastings, vice president, head of inventory, has been working at Ripley Auctions for 15 years. She has seen a lot of jewelry hit the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Chester County Antiques & Arts Show
Exton, Pennsylvania
The 36th annual Chester County Antiques & Arts Show took place March 9-11 and was held in a new place—the gymnasium of the Church Farm School in Exton, Pennsylvania. It was held earlier in March than in the past and was six weeks before the Philadelphia Antiques & Art ... (Read More)
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