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(Show)The Sixth Annapolis Antiques Show
Annapolis, Maryland
The sixth Annapolis Antiques Show was held January 7 and 8 at the Byzantium, an events center in Annapolis, Maryland. Thirty-nine dealers offering an excellent selection of antiques, fine art, collectibles, and curiosities set up in the multipurpose venue on the grounds of Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Power of White Flour
Editorial
For the antiques trade, social media has been a boon. Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have broadened the reach of dealers. But as Nicole Guida, an antiques shop owner in Littleton, New Hampshire, found out, social media is a double-sided sword.
A visitor to Guida’s shop, Chic & Unique, took exception to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New England Toy Train Exchange Auctions Closes Doors, Faces Lawsuit and Complaints
On November 8, 2016, the estate of Dwight A. Ingalls filed a lawsuit against NETTE Auctions, Inc., Donald Karagianes, and Naomi Karagianes. NETTE Auctions is also known as New England Toy Train Exchange.
According to the suit, the estate consigned a collection of antique model trains and paraphernalia in June 2016, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Hudson Antique Show Provides Fresh Start to 2017
Hudson, Ohio
It takes a brave soul to host any kind of event in northeast Ohio in January, let alone an antiques show. Dealers do not want to drive for miles cross country on ice or through snowdrifts with their precious cargo. There is no joy in loading and unloading merchandise ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Portrait of Deborah Bloomer DuBois Is Restored
A 19th-century oil on canvas portrait of Deborah Bloomer DuBois at Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) in New Paltz, New York, has been restored, thanks to funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Greater Hudson Heritage Network Conservation Treatment Program.
“Yet to be attributed to a specific ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Experimental Glass U.S. Penny Sold for $70,500
The only known surviving intact experimental all-glass penny, manufactured in 1942 as a possible alternative to copper that was needed during World War II, sold for $70,500 (includes buyer’s premium) in an auction in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, by Heritage Auctions on January 6. The buyer was an American collector bidding by phone.
The ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Classical Splendor
Classical Splendor: Painted Furniture for a Grand Philadelphia House by Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley and Peggy A. Olley Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2016, 160 pages, hardbound, $35 plus S/H from Philadelphia Museum of Art, (http://store.philamuseum.org) or (800) 329-4856.
The Waln house was a block and a half west of the State House ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Right Picture but Wrong Label Leads to Lawsuit
Is it the picture or the label? That’s the central question in a lawsuit filed in federal court by AMW Art Advisory, a business located in Cyprus.
According to the suit, AMW attended an art fair in Miami, Florida, in December 2015. In the booth of Armand Bartos Fine Art was ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, January 2017
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
A Chinese musket and a Persian tile are among the more costly items in this month’s “Letter,” not to mention a Gaudí bench that led a selection of “Historical Design.” Some curious gogottes, reading requisites and a discreet comfort station, an American in Paris, an elegant Indian stork, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Devil's Dictionary of Antiques Collecting: Part 3
This is part three of “The Devil’s Dictionary of Antiques Collecting,” based on the satirical thesaurus The Devil’s Dictionary, originally published in 1906 as The Cynic’s Word Book, written by Ambrose Bierce, an American author and journalist. I can never reach Bierce’s level of witticisms and satire of common English ... (Read More)
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