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(Fragment)Barnebys Buys Collectors Weekly
Barnebys, an Internet search engine for design, antiques, and art, has acquired Collectors Weekly, according to a press release.
Based in San Francisco, Collectors Weekly is a website that lists hundreds of thousands of objects in almost 2000 collecting categories. The site attracts roughly 1 million visitors every month. In addition ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The York Show
The Semi-Annual York Antiques Show, York, Pennsylvania
The 170th Semi-Annual York Antiques Show in York, Pennsylvania, February 2-4, was on Super Bowl weekend. Nevertheless 96 dealers set up in Memorial Hall East hoping they brought the right stuff to appeal to the regulars who came on Friday, a slew of new ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Classical Furniture at Academy Mansion during Master Drawings New York
In light of the successful sale of Classical furniture from the Patricia M. Sax collection at Sotheby’s during Americana Week, M.A.D. wanted to see what New York City dealer Carswell Rush Berlin had brought to the Academy Mansion on East 63rd Street during Master Drawings New York the following week, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, February 2018
Discerning Drinkers—Raise Your Glasses to the Kaplan Collection!
There have been moments when I wished that I had decided as a young man to collect beautiful old drinking glasses. Instead, I took to filling my home with books, and, though I continue to enjoy drinking beer, wine, and peaty malt whiskies, ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Cloud Storage
Computer Column #349
We often have written about cloud storage of computer files. Recent changes in some cloud systems have greatly increased their usefulness. Cloud storage is a figurative reference to storing your computer files on some company’s large computer system reached over the Internet. The object is to protect the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Met Changes Admission Policy
It was a tightwad’s best secret—the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) had only a “suggested” admission price, not a mandatory one. On January 4, it was announced that the policy would be rescinded and a mandatory admission fee would be charged beginning March 1.
The updated policy, which received approval from ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Chinese Bowl, Estimated at $1000/2000, Brings $200,000
A Chinese green-glazed footed porcelain bowl, estimated at $1000/2000, brought $200,000 (includes buyer’s premium) at Nye & Company Auctioneers on January 31 in Bloomfield, New Jersey. “I would have to judge this sale a huge success, with strong bidding across all categories, led by the Chinese porcelain bowl, the true ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Morphy Auctions Merges with James D. Julia, Inc.
On December 20, 2017, it was announced that Morphy Auctions of Denver, Pennsylvania, and Las Vegas, Nevada, has merged with Fairfield, Maine, auction house James D. Julia, Inc., which will become a division of Morphy Auctions. Terms of the deal, which was finalized on December 14, were not announced.
James Julia, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Winter Show 2018
Winter Antiques Show, New York City
For 64 years, the Winter Antiques Show has filled the grand Park Avenue Armory for ten days in January to benefit East Side House Settlement’s educational projects ranging from early childhood to college preparatory. It was one of the first antiques shows created as a ... (Read More)
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(Show)Lebanon Antique Show
Lebanon, Ohio
Shortly before the opening of the Lebanon Antique Show, held January 27 and 28, Deborah Fisher stopped to pet a pig for luck. It was an interesting gesture but also totally unnecessary. An enthusiastic crowd forming outside the doors would soon see to that.
Deborah Fisher bought the cast-iron pig ... (Read More)
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