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(Fragment)Sotheby's Acquires Mei Moses Art Indices
Sotheby's announced on October 26 that it had acquired the Mei Moses Art Indices, which will now be known as Sotheby's Mei Moses. The indices use repeat sales-the sale of the same object at different times-to track changes in value. Through this acquisition, "Sotheby's has unique access to an analytic ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A Rare Bradstreet Table and the Italian Glass Record Holder
It is always news when a discovery is made. A John Scott Bradstreet (1845-1914) Lotus table with an elaborately carved square top, marked with Bradstreet's painted emblem and the date 1903, was discovered in a Sotheby's design sale catalog and bought for $125,000 (includes buyer's premium) by the Leeds Art ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)For Your Reconsideration
The Young Collector
Sometimes people ask what it's like to write a column, to come up with something new to talk about each month. That, we say, is easy. That it's just about having opinions, of which we are not short, and, hey, you know, being right all the time! So ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)PAAM Adds Hoppers to Permanent Collection
The Provincetown (Massachusetts) Art Association and Museum has acquired 96 drawings by Edward Hopper, 69 drawings and watercolors by his wife, Josephine Hopper, and 22 diaries dating from 1933 to 1956 that chronicle the Hoppers' lives. The donation was made through the generosity of Laurence C. and J. Anton Schiffenhaus ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Fall Full of Sales
New Orleans Auction Galleries, New Orleans, Louisiana
Photos courtesy New Orleans Auction Galleries
Auctions in New Orleans usually feature material from notable estates, which are highlighted in the catalog's opening tributes. While continuing the diversity of these major 1000-plus-lot events, New Orleans Auction Galleries has begun to add specialty auctions as well. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Cowan's Americana
Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan's Auctions
A grouping of mirrors offered in the last half-hour of a cataloged Americana sale held by Cowan's Auctions in Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 10, 2016, were a good reflection of the strong bidding experienced throughout the day.
Described as primitive, the four mirrors included a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fenimore Art Museum Attendance Up 42.8%
The Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York, saw a 42.8% increase (as of September 14) in paid individual visitors during the summer with the help of exhibitions featuring famous names such as Ansel Adams, Toulouse-Lautrec, and James Whistler-among others.
"An average of 7440 people visited the museum each month since ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Sean Scherer of Kabinett & Kammer, Andes, New York
In the Trade
Maybe this is just a coincidence. Or maybe it's a trend. For the second time in as many months, we have visited open shops that are the primary outlets for their owners who don't do shows and don't do lots of business on the Internet. The one other ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Maryland Man Admits Stealing Works of Art and Selling Them in New Jersey
On October 26 William C. Reed III, 42, of Rock Hall, Maryland, pleaded guilty to one count of interstate transportation of stolen property. Reed admitted to stealing at least 40 pieces of art and taking them to New Jersey to sell them.
Starting in June 2013, Reed was employed as a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)George Eastman Museum Collections Now Accessible Online
The George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York, has launched a new platform that allows public online access to more than 250,000 objects from its collections (www.eastman.org/collections-online). Objects from the museum's photography, technology, and George Eastman Legacy collections are now searchable, and more objects from the museum's holdings are being ... (Read More)
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