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(Fragment)Long-running Hudson, Ohio, Antique Show to Change Location
Entering its 48th year, the Hudson Antique Show, Hudson, Ohio, is changing venues. The show had been located at the Clarion Inn in Hudson for the past several years, but the hotel recently was sold and will no longer host events. The new location will be the Days Inn in ... (Read More)
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(Show)Holiday Antiques Show Offers Some Show-Stoppers
Williamsburg, VirginiaThe 36th annual Holiday Antiques Show was held the weekend of November 24-26, 2017, at the Doubletree by Hilton, Williamsburg, Virginia. The event has become a mainstay for Black Friday shoppers who wish to avoid the hassle of outlet malls and standstill traffic.
This copybook is dated 1853 and is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Semple Kettle Stand Offered at Williamsburg Holiday Show
Along with offering booths filled with fine antiques, artwork, and collectibles, the 36th Annual Holiday Antiques Show in Williamsburg, Virginia, enjoyed the presence of a piece of American Colonial furniture royalty. Known simply as the "Semple" kettle stand or table, the carved mahogany masterpiece is attributed to Robert Walker of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Glass, Maritime Art, and Americana in Marion
Marion Antique Auctions, Marion, Massachusetts
Estates and collections make up most sales at Marion Antique Auctions in Marion, Massachusetts, bringing to market antique and historical objects and art from the area lately termed the "Southeast coast." For the November 25, 2017, auction at the Marion Music Hall, Frank McNamee and C. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, December 2017
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(Auction)57th Annual Thanksgiving Americana Auction
Garth's Auctions, Delaware, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth's Auctions
Having an obscure subject matter on top of a bizarre medium, a painting that sold halfway through the 57th Thanksgiving Americana auction held by Garth's Auctions in Delaware, Ohio, on November 24 offered an interesting analogy of the day itself.
Pennsylvania painting of a man ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A Tea Caddy Collection
More than half a century ago my mother, Marnie Bramble, began collecting tea caddies. She often said that as a petite person (5'2"), she was attracted to small things and naturally drawn to the 4" to 5" highly decorative containers used for storing tea. Mother said she acquired her first ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Lawren Harris "Lake Superior" Sketch Brings $161,000 Canadian
The preparatory work for an iconic 44" x 49 15/16" oil on canvas, Lake Superior, by Lawren Harris (Canadian, 1885-1970) sold for $161,000 in Canadian dollars ($126,309 U.S.), including buyer's premium, on November 23, 2017, at a Toronto, Ontario, auction conducted by Consignor Canadian Fine Art. The estimate was $20,000/30,000 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Manafort Mystery
Editorial
When the federal grand jury's indictment of Paul Manafort and Richard Gates was handed up on October 27, court papers revealed a tantalizing mystery. Manafort, accused of laundering money in offshore accounts and failing to pay taxes on it, had an appetite for decorative arts.
The indictment lists Vendor C as ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fendelman and Farrell Join Board of CPWP
Helaine Fendelman and Daniel Farrell have joined the board of directors of the Center for Painted Wall Preservation (CPWP), a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the research and preservation of historic American paint-decorated plaster walls from 1800 to 1860. The mission of the organization is to survey and document paint-decorated ... (Read More)
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