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(Fragment)Florida Man Files Suit against Antiquorum
On May 19 Andrew Woods of Fort Myers, Florida, filed a lawsuit against auction house Antiquorum, watch specialists, alleging that he had not been paid for a Patek Philippe watch that he consigned to the firm’s December 8, 2016, sale.
The watch appears on the price list as being sold for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Stremmel and Overby Move to Dismiss Defamation Lawsuit
“If they can prove the painting is authentic, then they will not have suffered any damages. If they cannot prove the painting is authentic, then they cannot prevail at trial.”
That’s one of the arguments lawyers made for Peter Stremmel and Stremmel Galleries, Ltd., Mike Overby, and Coeur D’Alene Art Auction ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Lincoln-Hamlin Flag Brings $40,124
An 1860 glazed cotton parade flag reading “For President, / Abraham Lincoln. / For Vice President, / Hannibal Hamlin.” sold for $40,124 (includes buyer’s premium) at the Hake’s Americana July 11-13 auction in York, Pennsylvania. According to Hake’s, that’s a record price. The estimate was $20,000/35,000.
The buyer was York County, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bonhams Canada Appoints New Director
Kristin Kearney has been appointed director of Bonhams, Canada. Based in Toronto, Kearney will work alongside Jack Kerr-Wilson.
Kearney joined Bonhams as business manager for Canadian art sales in 2007 and has worked on sales in New York, San Francisco, and Hong Kong. Since 2013 she has been the jewellery specialist ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Antiques Show Booths: A Style Guide
The Young Collector
At the risk of repeating ourselves, selling antiques is hard work. There’s all the driving around and browsing auctions and hauling heavy things in and out and up and down; there’s all the calculating of margins and costs; there’s the mental load of keeping a rolling sense of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Amputation Kits, Once Snarled in Lawsuit, Sell
Two amputation kits that once belonged to Dr. John Warren (1753-1815) sold at Boston-based RR Auction for $104,147.05 (includes buyer’s premium) in an online sale that closed on July 12. Two other medical kits were included in the lot.
These kits sold for $104,147.05. Photo courtesy RR Auction.
In 2011 Boston dealer ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Art and Science of the Philosophy Chamber at Harvard
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy President and Fellows of Harvard College
“This exhibition is about a room, a single room,” curator Ethan W. Lasser told a group of press people a few days before the May 19 opening of The Philosophy Chamber at Harvard’s Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Retail Analytics and a New Service from the USPS
Computer Column #343
John P. Reid, e-mail: <[email protected]>
Big retailers have been gathering personal information on each of us for a decade or more. Amazon may know as much about me as I do. Walmart processes more than two million gigabytes of data from one million customer transactions every hour. Some of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Cyd and John Emmons, Gardenalia, Falls Village, Connecticut
In the Trade
What do you do if you want to be a show dealer, but the shows at which you exhibit keep dying out from under you? That’s the question that Cyd and John Emmons, who operate their business, Gardenalia, from their home in Falls Village, Connecticut, are pondering these ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Jason Busch Appointed Director of Jason Jacques Gallery
Jason Jacques has announced that he has appointed Jason T. Busch as the director of his gallery, located in a townhouse at 20 East 73rd Street in New York City. On his website (www.jasonjacques.com), Jacques calls himself a “pot dealer” and claims he holds the “world’s most comprehensive collection” of ... (Read More)
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