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(Fragment)Pair Arrested in Stolen Antiques Case
Justan E. Knapp. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Mount Vernon's Blue Room Reopens
Here is the Blue Room in 2017.
The Blue Room in the Mount Vernon mansion reopened on October 7 after a seven-month restoration. Guided by new research and investigation, this bedchamber's transformation includes reproduction French wallpaper, cream-painted woodwork, and a bedstead draped in blue-printed cotton.
As the first room at the head ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Swann Galleries Sets Record for a Print by Hopper at $317,000
Swann Galleries set a new auction record for any print by Edward Hopper (1882-1967) at auction on November 2, when the rare etching The Lonely House, 1923, sold for a record $317,000 (includes buyer's premium) to a dealer buying via phone, well above the high estimate of $200,000. It was ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)A Privileged Life
The Young Collector
We like the new place, it turns out. First of all, most houses built in the 1970s were built by people who had lived in houses from the 1920s, so you don't even have to get out of your chair to find an outlet. There's none of this ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Morristown Antiques Show Discovery Sheds Light on Chase Family Portraits
Treasures turn up at the Morristown Armory Antiques Show. Second-generation antiques and art dealer Butch McGrath and his son, James, offer fascinating and beautiful objects found near their home in Scituate, Massachusetts. Last February, I spotted a handwritten label in their booth identifying material related to the famous American artist/educator ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Freeman's Sale of Rare Pendant Breaks Company Record
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Freeman's Sale of Rare Pendant Breaks Company Record; Debut of Freeman's Live Internet Bidding Platform
Photos courtesy Freeman's
The November 1, 2017, sale of a rare circa 1910 J.E. Caldwell and Co. Belle Epoque diamond pendant, centered by a fancy vivid yellow cushion-cut 10.59-carat diamond, "was a home run" ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)VADA to Move Annual Show to Vermont Antiques Week
The Vermont Antiques Dealers' Association (VADA) will move its annual show in 2018 from July to the fall, becoming part of the slate of shows referred to as Vermont Antiques Week. The show is likely to be held at the Stratton Mountain Base Lodge, Stratton, Vermont, although plans have yet ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)California Woman Sues Theriault's
A collection of 67 dolls was consigned three years ago to Theriault's in Annapolis, Maryland, a well-known auction house specializing in antique dolls and childhood playthings since 1970. The consignment resulted in no payments until the consignor filed a lawsuit in California.
Bart I. Ring, attorney for plaintiff Phyllis Roberts, a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pook Gives It Back
Downingtown, Pennsylvania, auctioneer Ronald Pook called the other day to say that his crew had made a great find. It was not a Bonnin and Morris pickle dish nor John Cadwalader's sofa.
"We cleaned out an attic of items we can sell in an online sale, and just before closing up ... (Read More)
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(Show)The AADLA Fine Art & Antiques Show 2017
New York City
The Art and Antique Dealers League of America (AADLA) put on a new show October 27-30, 2017, at Wallace Hall that overlapped with TEFAF New York Fall, held 18 blocks south at the Park Avenue Armory.
The show was managed for the AADLA by Brad Reh, a show promoter ... (Read More)
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