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(Auction)A Good Day for Southern Furniture
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia
Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates held its semiannual Americana and fine arts sale on June 18 at the firm’s gallery in Mt. Crawford, Virginia. These sales are commonly referred to as Evans’s southern sales, as there is ... (Read More)
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(Auction)In the Abstract, Moore Auction Looks Good
Hap Moore, York, Maine
Except for a collected lot of 14k gold brooches with assorted stones that topped out at $7475 (including buyer’s premium), Hap Moore’s June 18 auction in York, Maine, was anchored around a pair of dissimilar 20th-century abstract paintings that hailed from opposite sides of the globe.
Moore had ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Military History Saluted at DownEast Auctions
DownEast Auctions, Portland, Maine
American history and military esoterica combined for a good presentation in Portland, Maine, on June 18. Auctioneer Mark Bradstreet and his wife, Linda, operate DownEast Auctions in Searsport, Maine. They moved this sale to Portland to accommodate a larger number of attendees. The move didn’t appear to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)From Geometric Abstraction to Symmetrical Utility
Wooten & Wooten, Camden, South Carolina
Photos courtesy Wooten & Wooten
“Do you want to see the Pol Bury?” asked auctioneer Jeremy Wooten. The kinetic wood and nylon wire wall sculpture by Pol Bury (Belgian, 1922-2005) was listed in the catalog for Wooten & Wooten’s June 18 sale in Camden, South Carolina, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in the Valley
Oley, Pennsylvania
The colors of hooked rugs and quilts were as rich and vibrant as those on the painted surfaces of chests, dry sinks, boxes, and baskets at the 12th annual Antiques in the Valley show held at the Oley Middle School in Berks County, Pennsylvania, on June 17 and 18.
There ... (Read More)
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(Auction)It's Lights Out at $2.8 Million
James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maine
Referring to the wide variety of offerings, with estimates ranging from $50 to a quarter of a million, at his June 16 and 17 lamp, glass, and jewelry auction in Fairfield, Maine, auctioneer Jim Julia noted, “You can’t go anyplace on the planet earth and see ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bill to Increase Reward for Reporting Ivory Violations Fails to Pass
A bill that would have authorized rewards of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a person guilty of a felony or misdemeanor related to the sale of ivory and of rhinoceros horns passed the New York State Assembly on June 15. It did not ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Final Federal Rule for Antique Elephant Ivory Released
On June 6 the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) published its final revision of the section 4(d) rule for the African elephant. The rule will go into effect on July 6.
“The rule, which fulfills restrictions outlined under President Obama’s 2013 Executive Order on Combating Wildlife Trafficking, substantially limits ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)D-Day Flag Brings $514,000
A 48-star United States flag, 30" x 57", that led American troops to Utah Beach in France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, complete with a bullet hole from a German machine gun, realized $514,000 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas, on June 12. The buyer was Bert Kreuk, a Dutch ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Old West Auction
Brian Lebel’s Old West Auction, Fort Worth, Texas
Photos courtesy Brian Lebel’s Old West Auction
Still headlining events today, Annie Oakley continues to draw a crowd. At Brian Lebel’s Old West Auction on June 11 in Fort Worth, Texas, cowboys, cowboy-wannabes, and lovers of anything and everything Western turned out in ... (Read More)
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