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(Fragment)Journal of Revolutionary War Prisoner of War Donated to Museum of the American Revolution
The original handwritten journal of Christopher Hawkins (1764-1837), who was captured from a privateer ship and was a prisoner of war during the Revolutionary War, has been donated to the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.
The journal was discovered nearly two decades ago in the linen closet of Margaret ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Court Battle over Withdrawn Lot
One of baseball’s foundational documents—once headed to the auction block—is now at the center of a lawsuit between an auction house and a 92-year-old widow. The sale was stopped, but allegedly the auction house will not release the document, claiming that it is owed for expensive but futile marketing efforts.
On ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art
Bonhams, New York City
Photos courtesy Bonhams
American Modernists dominated the small sale held at Bonhams the afternoon of May 23. The hourlong sale of 56 lots totaled $2,112,750. Forty-seven lots sold, for a sell-through rate of 84%.
John Marin (1870-1953), Sea in Red (Version II), 1948. The signed and dated oil on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art at Auction
Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
Overshadowed by months of legal proceedings over the sale of several paintings owned by the Berkshire Museum of Art, Sotheby’s nevertheless “kept calm and carried on” with its May American art sale. The 120-lot sale, held the morning of May 23, included three lots from ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Lemuel Shaw and Keith Downer
The unidentified portrait of a man that hung outside the chambers of Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court intrigued many when it was retrieved from storage after the relatively recent restoration of the John Quincy Adams Courthouse in Boston. It was among a group of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Christie’s Adds $32.8 Million to American Art Total for May
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
Christie’s sale of American art on May 22, held less than two weeks after its record-breaking sale of the Rockefeller collection of art of the Americas, did not disappoint. Of the 84 lots offered, 69 sold, for a sell-through rate of 82%. The sale totaled ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Software for Antiques Shops and Malls
Computer Column #353
Software for antiques shops and malls has been a common subject of these columns over the years. Programs for dealers have a point-of-sale (POS) cash register feature and inventory recordkeeping. Those for malls or group shops accept items from more than one dealer on a single sales slip ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bombé Desk Brings $240,000
CRN Auctions, Cambridge, Massachusetts
A Chippendale mahogany bombé desk made between 1765 and 1770 was the runaway favorite at CRN Auctions’ May 20 sale in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, gallery. Prospective buyers had streamed to the auction gallery to see it. Bidding on the desk, estimated at $30,000/50,000, opened at $50,000 and ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Chicago Antiques + Art + Design Show 2018
Chicago, Illinois
Here’s an amazing anecdote from the second Chicago Antiques + Art + Design Show, held May 18-20. We swear that it really happened, and every word is true. This was told to us by Andrew Rowan of G. Sergeant Antiques, Woodbury, Connecticut.
Here is an accent table made from parts ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Rainy Day at Fishersville
Shenandoah Antiques Expo, Fishersville, Virginia
The 62nd Shenandoah Antiques Expo was held on the grounds of Augusta Expoland in Fishersville, Virginia, the weekend of May 18-20. The Fishersville show is organized and promoted by Heritage Promotions. Over the years we have come to know the Fishersville event as something of a ... (Read More)
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