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(Fragment)Christie's to Open New Location in Los Angeles
In April Christie’s will open a new 5400-square-foot two-story flagship location in Beverly Hills, California. The auction house says there is growing demand among Los Angeles-area collectors for greater access to buying and selling opportunities, fine art advisory and appraisal services, private selling exhibitions, auction highlight tours, and art-related estate ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Arrested in Antiques Mall Burglary
On Thursday, February 16, at approximately 8:48 p.m., officers with the Harrisonburg (Virginia) Police Department responded to the Rolling Hills Antique Mall at 779 East Market Street for what has been investigated as a commercial burglary. Officers on scene were able to view security footage showing the suspect entering the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Judge Rules in Basquiat Case
On February 27 Judge Charles E. Ramos ruled in favor of Michael P. Schulhof in his suit against art curator and consultant Lisa Jacobs of New York City. Schulhof alleged that Jacobs had skimmed $1 million off the sale of Future Sciences Versus the Man by Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Nancy McClelland's Homage to George Washington and Old New York
On January 22, 1932, more than 3000 luminaries from the arts, academia, politics, design, and New York society gathered at the Waldorf Astoria for the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects’ annual ball. Departing from the society’s usual Francophilia, the theme was “A Pageant of Old New York,” in honor of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Auctionata Files for Insolvency
Online auction house Auctionata (www.auctionata.com) filed for insolvency on March 1. “Our business operations will discontinue,” an e-mail from the firm read.
The firm, based in Germany, had tried to find financing. On February 1 Auctionata had sent an e-mail stating that the firm had filed for preliminary insolvency on January ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Rosetta Stone Sketchbook by Tompkins H. Matteson Rediscovered
From my point of view, 2016 was the year for the prominent American genre and historical painter Tompkins H. Matteson (1813-1884).1 In the March issue of Maine Antique Digest I spotted a small advertisement by Axtell Antiques (p. 12-CS) offering a self-portrait of the artist as a young man. With ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Philadelphia Man Charged with Interstate Transportation of Stolen Print
Gerald Garrett, 58, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged on February 28 with the interstate transportation of stolen property in connection with the theft of a signed LeRoy Neiman print of Muhammad Ali from the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
If convicted, the defendant faces a maximum possible sentence of ten ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 74th Raleigh Antiques Extravaganza
Raleigh, North Carolina
For 40 years, lifelong friends Alice Adams and Susie Clodfelter have run the Antiques Extravaganza of North Carolina. When they began, they were running an antiques shop in Tobaccoville, North Carolina, and bemoaned the absence of a quality antiques show in Winston-Salem. One of them said, “Let’s start ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Toy, Train, and Holiday Auction
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
Bertoia Auctions offered eclectic enticements—toys, trains, teddy bears, and holiday treasures—at its Vineland, New Jersey, gallery on March 25.
A departure from its two- to three-day format, the aptly named “Signature Sale” was a single-day sprint. This lightning round proved to be an even ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Southern Material in Demand
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm
The Zipps of Crocker Farm held their first sale of 2017 on March 25, consisting of 541 lots. “Besides the first lot, we were really pleased with the results,” stated Tony Zipp. That lot was a very large and unique double-sided stoneware face pitcher ... (Read More)
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