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(Young Collectors)The Ups and Downs of Deaccessioning
The Young Collector
At the time of this writing, it's the middle of summer in a mostly boxed-up house with two bored small children whose entertainment choices seem to be digging in the dirt, riding a tricycle in circles on the deck, reading, coloring, watching whatever PBS is showing, and seeing ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Summer Summary of Jewelry Sold at Hindman and Skinner
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Leslie Hindman Auctioneers and Skinner, Inc.
In the last days of summer, auctions at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago and Skinner, Inc. in Boston brought a vast array of fine jewelry to market, including many antique offerings. Each auctioneer held a live sale. Hindman had 1609 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bruce Phillips, Fair Trade Antiques, Heath, Massachusetts
In the Trade
Bruce Phillips didn't get into this business because he loved antiques. He got into it because he loved traveling to faraway places-Australia, New Zealand, Nepal, India-and selling antiques was a way to underwrite the traveling life. "It's an accidental career," he said. He's been doing it for almost ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pure and Simple Show in Indiana Changes Dates
The Pure and Simple Antique Show in Kokomo, Indiana, is changing dates. In 2018 the show will be held on June 23. According to the promoter, the show date is being changed for numerous reasons but mostly because of already established shows in the East.
Bobbie Pries of Westfield Center, Ohio, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Eclectic Sale in Cambridge
CRN Auctions, Cambridge, Massachusetts
When CRN Auctions' Karin J. Phillips and Carl R. Nordblom put together an auction, collectors and the trade take notice-it's bound to be eclectic. The September 10 sale in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, gallery was just that. Furniture and smalls flourished.
A Boston Classical mahogany bookcase in three parts, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fall Estates Auction Flexes Its Strong Points
Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, Louisiana
Photos courtesy Neal Auction Company
While the early fall sale at Neal Auction Company has in the past been a smaller lead-in to the Louisiana Purchase Auction in November, bidders did not hold back in the September 9 and 10 event. Whether going for 19th-century furniture ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana
Garth's Auctions, Delaware, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth's
Sometimes it just works. That was the case during the September 9 sale of Americana held by Garth's Auctions in Delaware, Ohio. The multi-consignor event featured an assortment as diverse as it was interesting. "The property worked really, really well together," said Jeff Jeffers, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Caren Collection
Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan's
Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, a 19th-century French journalist, is best known for tossing around a concept that today is most often expressed this way: "The more things change, the more they stay the same."
That thinking fit in well when Cowan's Auctions sold more than 400 lots ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Museum of the American Revolution
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
If the musical Hamilton is responsible for the current boost of interest in our Founding Fathers, the new Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, which opened on April 19 (the 242nd anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord), should propel American history to a much wider audience. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Yes, There Will Be a 2018 Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show
The Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show preview party on April 19, 2018, will take place in its purpose-built tent at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and the show will continue on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, April 20, 21, and 22. The tent will be pitched closer to the river than it ... (Read More)
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