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(Auction)Ives Marble Sculpture Breaks Out for $100 Grand
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
From the pre-Christian era to the Renaissance and from medieval times to the late 20th century, just about all major eras were covered in Thomaston Place’s wide-ranging winter auction on February 13 and 14 in Thomaston, Maine.
The top-selling lot was a 50¾" tall Neoclassical Carrara ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The "American Eagle" by James Bard: A Closer Look
A painting signed by Antonio Jacobsen or Fred Pansing of a named ship is a ship’s portrait. Simple as that? Well, not really. No, it’s more. Like the title of an essay—or a short story—it is filled with the details that abide behind the name, details about the builder, the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ducks Fly in the South: Two Decoy Auctions Bring in $2.7 Million
In February both Copley Fine Art Auctions and Guyette & Deeter, Inc. held decoy and sporting art auctions in Charleston, South Carolina. The two firms sold a combined total of approximately $2.7 million worth of merchandise in sales held during the annual Southeastern Wildlife Exposition.
Copley Fine Art Auctions
On February 12 ... (Read More)
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(Show)Heart of Tennessee: Skillful CPR Revives a February Show Tradition
Hendersonville, Tennessee
The new Heart of Tennessee Antique Show opened on February 11 with an evening preview party featuring notable dealers, outstanding offerings, and excellent catering. Last year, Nashville was Heart-less. The long-running Heart of Country show at the Opryland Hotel had ended its run in 2014. But Katherine Bovard already ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Los Angeles Art Dealer Sentenced to Federal Prison
A Los Angeles art dealer has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for conspiring to smuggle looted archaeological resources into the United States and then using those antiquities as the basis of a charitable donation tax fraud scheme involving local museums.
Jonathan M. Markell, 70, a resident of the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Susanin's Art Deco, Art Nouveau, and Retro One-Owner Sale Brings Affordable Jewelry to the Block
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Susanin’s
There is well-made antique and vintage jewelry to be had at reasonable prices, and Susanin’s in Chicago held a sale featuring many examples on February 10. Prices realized for the 382 lots from a single-owner collection ranged from $62.50 to $625. The top lot was ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Movin' On Up
The Young Collector
Over the years this space has served not only to document our lives in and our view of the antiques trade but by necessity, to a degree, our personal lives as well. (At Cowan’s we used to joke about having T-shirts made that read, “The auction business is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Winterthur Closed for Season but Much of the Collection Now Available Online
The Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Winterthur, Delaware, closed for the season on January 4 and will reopen to the public on March 1 with a new lineup of exhibitions and programs.
The institution has announced that it has reached a significant milestone: 60,000 objects in the collection have been cataloged ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Good Fellows: The Walpole Society
Part IV of V
Photos courtesy the Walpole Society
“Outsiders are often unclear as to what the Walpole Society actually does. [Member Robert Lincoln McNeil Jr.’s daughter] Vickie recalls as a child telling her grade school class that her father was going to spend time with the Tadpole Society!” The Walpole Society ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Westchester Glass Club Show Offers Free Admission
The Westchester Glass Club’s 40th annual Collectors Show and Sale will be held on April 9 and 10 at the Greenwich Civic Center in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. To celebrate the 40th anniversary and to attract new dealers and new buyers to the show, the Westchester Glass Club will offer free ... (Read More)
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