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(Computer Article)Bits and Bytes
Computer Column #344
John P. Reid,
This column has dealt recently with heavy topics such as Internet fraud and chain store retail analytics. We will be lighter this month. Antiquers are multifaceted. Their interests go far beyond old stuff. We will list 12 small jobs a computer can do, often at ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Americana Celebration Antiques Show
Concord, New Hampshire
The atmosphere was buoyant from the very beginning at the Americana Celebration antiques show on August 8 in the Douglas Everett Arena in Concord, New Hampshire. Early buyers with their arms full streamed toward the exit. Some went right back for another round of shopping after depositing their ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)More Legal Trouble for Antiquorum
On June 2 California collector Behrooz Sarafraz filed suit against Antiquorum, the high-end watch auction house, claiming that he hadn't been paid for his consignment.
According to the suit, Sarafraz consigned a Rolex watch and seven vide poche porcelain plates for a February 23 sale in New York City. He had ... (Read More)
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(Show)Young at Heart: The Deerfield Antique Show
Deerfield, New Hampshire
The show was young, a first-timer for the sister/brother team of Rachel Gurley Libby and Joshua Gurley, children of the late Nan Gurley, longtime dealer and manager of Gurley Antiques Shows, which included Deerfield for several decades. Some of the exhibitors were also young, children and grandchildren of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Historian Charged with Stealing Dog Tags
Historian Antonin DeHays, 32, of College Park, Maryland, was charged by federal criminal complaint with theft of government records from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
According to the affidavit filed in court, in October 2015 and June 2017, DeHays visited NARA at College Park, Maryland, and allegedly stole dog ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)The Soul of a House
A Book Review
The Soul of a House: Adventures in Building an Antique Retirement Account by Arthur T. Vanderbilt II Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd., 2017, 174 pages, softbound, $13.95.
If you love living with antiques and enjoy the hunt as much as finding the right place for each acquisition, what do you ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Maine Antiques Festival Trimmed Down to Two Days? Don't Bet on It!
Maine Antiques Festival, Union, Maine
The sprawling Maine Antiques Festival sprang up for the 36th year at the Union, Maine, fairgrounds for a three-day run August 4-6. Show master Paul Davis reorganized the 162 exhibitors into a more compact setting by pulling in some of the outliers onto the central field. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Summer Auction Flexes Cross-Category Strength
Case Antiques, Knoxville, Tennessee
Photos courtesy Case Antiques
While every auction house likes to have that strong "top-ten" list to display the stars, a sale that demonstrates strength in numerous categories is even better. President John Case spoke at length at the conclusion of Case Antiques' one-day sale on August 5: "We ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sale
Rafael Osona Auctions, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Rafael Osona Auctions
By the time Rafael Osona began his annual Americana auction on August 5, it was standing room only in the auction hall on Washington Street in Nantucket, just a short walk from the ferry landing. The top lot of the auction was ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Colonial Williamsburg Acquires Tennessee Portraits at Auction
Colonial Williamsburg bought portraits of Thomas Claiborne Jr. and his wife, Sara Lewis King Claiborne, by Ralph E.W. Earl on August 5 at the Case Antiques auction in Knoxville, Tennessee, for $42,000 (see M.A.D., October 2017, p. 27-E). Painted in Nashville in 1817, they are the first Tennessee paintings to ... (Read More)
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