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(Young Collectors)Antiq-onomics, Part Two
The Young Collector
So, where were we? Oh, yes! Last month, when we left our fictional auctioneer/dealer hero(ine), he or she was at the bottom of an enormous fiscal hole just about to have the glimmering light of entrepreneurship cruelly snuffed out by the hulking evil Free Consultation and his henchmen ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Robert Ross, Ross Bros. Antiques, Haydenville, Massachusetts
In the Trade
When you stop for gas at your local Xtra-mart or Kwik Stop, you might also buy a quart of milk or a bag of chips or a six-pack. You can't do that at Robert Ross's Sunoco station in Haydenville, Massachusetts. You can get your gas there all right ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rare Colors, Rare Forms, and a Food Jar Headline Absentee Auction
Norman C. Heckler & Company, Woodstock Valley, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Heckler
One of our best sales ever," was how Norman C. Heckler, Sr. described the absentee Auction 141 hosted by Norman C. Heckler & Company, Woodstock Valley, Connecticut, that took place between September 5 and 14. Offered were excellent and some unique ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ownership of Cincinnati Art Galleries Changes
Cincinnati Art Galleries was sold to David Hausrath on July 15. The gallery was founded by the Sandler family. Randy Sandler, who has been involved in the art business for the past 37 years, will stay on as a consultant for three years. Employees at Cincinnati Art Galleries will remain, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Court Cupboard Sells for $18,400
William A. Smith, Inc., Plainfield, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy William A. Smith, Inc.
It was a great day for lovers of period American furniture and fine jewelry at William Smith's Labor Day antiques auction on September 5, held at the company headquarters in Plainfield, New Hampshire. The hall was packed full of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Little Girl and Lots of Cats at Foster's Auction
Robert L. Foster Auction Co., Newcastle, Maine
When Robert Foster runs his traditional end-of-summer auction in Newcastle, Maine, held this year on September 3 and 4, it's a "clean the place out down to the walls" event. Unlike what happens at some other large Maine auctions, virtually everything sells. Of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Classical Splendor
"Post Palladian Modernism" could be the alternate title for Classical Splendor: Painted Furniture for a Grand Philadelphia House, an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) September 3 through January 1, 2017. It will showcase the elegant and graceful streamlined furniture designed by architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe and made ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Hindman Expands to Scottsdale
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers is expanding its regional reach to Scottsdale, Arizona. Headquartered in Chicago, the auction house has five other locations: Denver, Colorado; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Naples and Palm Beach, Florida; and St. Louis, Missouri.
Logan Browning has been hired as the director of business development for the Scottsdale location. Browning, a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Luman Reed's Service Goes to N-YHS
The Old Paris porcelain dining service owned by Luman Reed (1787-1836), a wealthy dry goods merchant and a pioneering patron and close friend of preeminent American artists Thomas Cole (1801-1848), Asher B. Durand (1796-1886), and William Sidney Mount (1807-1868), has been purchased from family descendants and donated to the New-York ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bidding the Old-Fashioned Way on a Major Art Collection
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Over $1 million wouldn't be a bad total for the entire Thomaston Place Auction Galleries' August 27-29 event in Thomaston, Maine. But $1.6 million was, by my estimate, the total for what Thomaston Place brought in from just a single midwestern consignor. It was a ... (Read More)
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