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(Auction)$1.2 Million Photography Sale Offers Americana from Ansel Adams to Anonymous
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
Ansel Adams, one of the 20th century’s greatest and most revered American photographers, once famously said, “The negative is the equivalent of the composer’s score, and the print the performance.” Swann’s photography department, headed by its longtime specialist Daile Kaplan, drove home the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Wilkes and Liberty No. 45
Robert Hunter, collector, dealer, and editor of Ceramics in America, has always had an interest in historical ceramics. When he learned that Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury, U.K. was offering a 5" tall creamware mug with a portrait of a bewigged, red-robed, and cross-eyed fellow with words in a banner ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Changes to California Autograph Law Clear Committee
It was a law passed with good intentions but little notice and even less foresight.
When Governor Jerry Brown of California signed into law on September 9, 2016, a bill that amended a state law that tightly regulated the sale of signed memorabilia, it sent shock waves through the industry. The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Arrests Made in Kansas Aggravated Robbery
Three arrests were made on April 13 in connection with an aggravated robbery incident in Garnett, Kansas, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
On Wednesday, April 12, at approximately 11:30 p.m., the Garnett Police Department responded to a report of an aggravated robbery at Papa’s Front Porch Antiques, 618 East ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Custer's Last Stand, Again
James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maine
Before his firearms auction in Fairfield, Maine, April 11-13, James Julia remarked, “We’ve sold more guns that came off that [Little Bighorn] battlefield than, I think, more than everybody else combined.” A pistol with a connection to the Battle of the Little Bighorn contributed significantly to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Allen and Wyckoff of Raccoon Creek Sentenced
In a plea deal, George Allen, 63, and Gordon Wyckoff, 67, of Reading, Pennsylvania, who called their business Raccoon Creek at Oley Forge, each pleaded guilty on February 13 to charges of failing to make required disposition of funds received. Allen and Wyckoff were accused of taking antiques on consignment ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Virtual Visit with Attos Antique and Estate Jewelry, Portland, Maine
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Attos Antique and Estate Jewelry
This month we view the antique jewelry market from the perspective of a jeweler and store owner, Attos Santana, and his company, Attos Antique and Estate Jewelry in Portland, Maine.
During the February storms that happened in Maine the week of Valentine’s ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Buyer's Premium
Editorial
Buyer rewards programs have been used with credit card companies, hotels, airlines, restaurants, and other businesses for years. Now Kagin’s Auctions of Tiburon, California, is extending an offer to buyers at auction.
The numismatic firm has announced the implementation of the Kagin’s Auctions Loyalty Program. All purchasers will be entitled to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California and Western Paintings
Bonhams, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
“Numbers wise, we did pretty darned good,” said department director Scot Levitt about Bonhams’ April 11 auction of California and Western paintings and sculpture, held simultaneously in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California. Levitt continued, “We were trying to bring in $2 million,” ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2017 AD20/21 Show
Boston, Massachusetts
One decade in and moving right along, Fusco & Four’s AD20/21 returned for its tenth year at the Cyclorama in Boston’s South End April 6-9. The show has become the showpiece of Boston Design Week, also a Fusco & Four venture, which draws greater attendance each time. The 12-day ... (Read More)
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