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(Fragment)California Confederate Flag Ban Suit Settled
The Center for Individual Rights (CIR) reached a settlement with the attorney general of California in early May that guarantees that the attorney general will not use California Government Code section 8195 to stifle legitimate First Amendment speech.
The state of California previously attempted to ban artist Timothy Desmond from displaying ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American History
Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan’s Auctions
An ordinary-looking walnut plantation desk with an extraordinary back story was the top lot during the American history sale held by Cowan’s Auctions in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 9. The desk realized $32,400 (including buyer’s premium) because of its connection to Confederate General Robert ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received, June 2017
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or online orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or a mail-order house is the place to look.
The Lure of the Key: Knowledge Gathered from Some Thirty-Five Years Collecting ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Morgan Library Acquires Thank-You Letter for Durand's Masterwork, "Kindred Spirits"
The Morgan Library and Museum in New York City has just completed the purchase of the only letter remaining in private hands discussing the commission and gift of the iconic Asher B. Durand painting Kindred Spirits.
The keynote image in the Hudson River school of landscape painting, this majestic oil on ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Lenny and Diane Chapman, Wilmington, Vermont
In the Trade
They say that success in business comes from matching your product to your market. It’s Business School 101. Yet many of us who’ve been antiques dealers often overlook this self-evident rule. We sell what we like—indeed, what we love—and hope that others will feel the same, which probably ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)What's in a Name? The Indy Antique Advertising Show
The new owners of the Indy Antique Advertising Show are trying to keep a former dealer at the show from doing business as the Indy Ad Show.
In January, Mark and Nona Wilson of Northstar Collective, Park Falls, Wisconsin, purchased the show from Bruce and Donna Weir of B & D ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Marcy Carsey Collection Is Sold Online
Lark Mason Associates, New Braunfels, Texas
Photos courtesy iGavel
Marcy Carsey is a television producer who with business partner Tom Werner produced The Cosby Show, A Different World, and Roseanne, among other big successes. She has been reaping huge profits on reruns ever since. Carsey discovered country furniture and folk art in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Spring Design Sales
Bonhams, Christie’s, Phillips, and Sotheby’s, New York City, and Rago Arts, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bonhams, Christie’s, Phillips, Rago Arts, and Sotheby’s
May and June is the time for the spring editions of the 20th- and 21st-century design sales, a market that covers more than a hundred years of furniture ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)"Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Matisse in the Studio"--The Object as Muse
Photos courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Henri Matisse once told an art critic that during the early hardship years of his career he “detested collections and collectors.” The son of seed-shop owners, Matisse (1869-1954) grew up in modest circumstances in a small town in northern France. He carried a disdain ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Free Admission Wednesday Evenings at the Westmoreland
Admission to the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, is now free on all Wednesdays from 5 to 7 p.m. The new “Free Admission Wednesday Evenings” initiative is sponsored by First Commonwealth Bank and will run until October.
Admission to the museum is normally a suggested donation amount of ... (Read More)
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