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(Show)The Second and Maybe Last Wiscasset, Maine, Show
Wiscasset Antiques Show & Sale, Wiscasset, Maine
Gardiner, Maine, promoter James Montell does things the old-fashioned way. He personally sat at the entrance of his second 30-plus-dealer show on October 30, 2016, at the Wiscasset (Maine) Community Center, collecting admissions and dispensing greetings and thanks.
Greeting each patron was James Montell, who ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Transferware Collectors Club Launches Advanced Version of Database of Patterns and Sources
The Transferware Collectors Club (TCC), a U.S.-based club whose mission is to educate and excite people worldwide about British transfer-printed ceramics produced between 1750 and 1900, will announce the launch of Version 2.0 of its “Database of Patterns and Sources” on October 26 at the club’s annual meeting in Charlottesville, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Great Time to Buy: Skinner Clocks and Watches
Skinner Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner
I admit it; I’m part of the problem.
I have been an avid clock and watch collector and dealer since 1980; I’ve sold more than 1700 and still own many. But at the October 28, 2016, clocks, watches, and scientific instruments auction at Skinner, I never ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Old Print Gallery in Washington, D.C., to Close
At the beginning of 2017, The Old Print Gallery, currently located in historic Georgetown, will move and consolidate its inventory with its sister shop in New York City, The Old Print Shop, Inc.
According to a press release, “The decision to close our Georgetown gallery was arrived at only after immense ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Usable Past: See It and Put It on Your Shelf
A Book Review
A Usable Past: American Folk Art at the Colby College Museum of Art Edited by Lauren Lessing Colby College Museum of Art, distributed by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. (www.artbook.com), 2016, 163 pages, hardbound, $55.
A Usable Past: American Folk Art at the Colby College Museum of Art accompanies an ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Diversity Is King at Shannon's
Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers
Fine art continues to be the go-to genre for American auction houses. While brown furniture still struggles and middle-of-the-road merchandise is soft, fine art (at all prices) seems to be consistently in demand. Because of that, the race is on ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Trove of Emily B. Waite Artwork Sold
Artwork by Emily Burling Waite (1887-1980) brought record prices during an online auction by Everything But The House (EBTH) on October 26 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The 162 lots totaled $68,396.
“This collection was kind of a landmark for us,” said Graydon Sikes, director of artwork for EBTH. “We pretty much blew ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Transferware Collectors Club Convention Sale
Charlottesville, Virginia
Of the 450 members of the Transferware Collectors Club (TCC), 56% are collectors, 17% are researchers, curators, or authors, 16% are dealers, and 11% are archaeologists. Seventy-one of them, most from the U.S. and nine from the U.K., assembled October 23 through October 26, 2016, for the annual TCC ... (Read More)
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(Show)The First New York TEFAF Fair
TEFAF New York Fall Fair, New York City
White carpeting, white roses, and white walls added serenity and elegance to the inaugural TEFAF (The European Fine Art Foundation) New York Fall Fair at the Park Avenue Armory, October 21-26, 2016.
On the very rainy day when the show opened, invited guests poured ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hunting Tuna, Catching Dolphins
Editorial
It’s happened again. A well-meaning law has been passed—this time in California—aimed at cracking down on illegal activity and improving consumer protection. As have so many legislative actions before, however, the new law has cast so wide a net, it has enormous ramifications for the art and antiques trade. It’s ... (Read More)
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