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(Auction)Old Masters Lead the Potomack Company Sale
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company held its first sale of the 2016 season on February 6 at its gallery and showrooms in Alexandria, Virginia. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the firm. In that relatively short time Potomack has become a leading auction ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Nelson Collection Succeeds
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
There is nothing quite like a single-owner auction to get everyone's attention, particularly when that collection is a carefully gathered and highly regarded one. So when the Van Kirke and Helen Nelson collection of Plains Native American art came to auction on February 6 at Skinner's Boston ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Four Useful Apps
Computer Column #326
John P. Reid, [email protected]
Most antiquers use both desktop and mobile computers these days. Here are four useful mobile apps available for both Apple iOS and Android devices. Most integrate well with desktop Windows, Macintosh, and Chromebook partner software or allow desktop access using any web browser. Except the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A $665,000 Imperial Snuffbox at the Center of a Lawsuit
Two Maine residents with lineage to a famed Bulgarian diplomat are among the plaintiffs suing Christie's over the sale of a jeweled and enameled two-color gold snuffbox. The 31/4" wide snuffbox, marked by Karl Hahn, was sold on May 20, 2015, in New York City for $665,000 (includes buyer's premium), ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bay Psalm Book with Salem Witch Trial Provenance Tops $1 Million Sale
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
A seventh edition of the Bay Psalm Book, published in Boston in 1693, was the top lot at Swann's printed and manuscript Americana sale on February 4 in the auction house's New York City gallery. Estimated at $30,000/40,000, The Psalms Hymns and Spiritual ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Annual Tolland Show Celebrates Golden Anniversary and Changes Month
The annual antiques show in Tolland, Connecticut, a benefit for the Tolland Historical Society, is moving from February-the month it has been held in for the last 24 years-to April. According to Kathy Bach of the historical society, "This is our fiftieth golden anniversary show, so it's going to be ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Shrubsole Researches Tea Table Used by George Washington
When Tim Martin, president of S. J. Shrubsole, walked into Doyle New York in early October 2015 to preview some silver, he had no idea he'd be the next owner of a tea table used by General George Washington at his headquarters in Newburgh, New York, during 1782 and 1783.
One ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Heade Heads Julia Auction
James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maine
Photos courtesy James D. Julia
An important American Revolutionary War powder horn and a Martin Johnson Heade genre painting combined for over a quarter of a million dollars to lead James D. Julia's February 3-5 auction in Fairfield, Maine.
This powder horn, owned by Oliver Buttrick, can be ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)California Dealer Sentenced for Illegal Sale of Black Rhinoceros Horns
Art dealer Lumsden W. Quan, 47, of San Francisco, California, was sentenced on December 16, 2015, in federal court in Las Vegas, Nevada, to one year and two days in prison for conspiracy to violate the Lacey and Endangered Species Acts and to a violation of the Lacey Act for ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)David Weiss Antiques, Mill River, Massachusetts
In the Trade
Part-time dealers have always been a significant force in the antiques trade. Individually, they may not sell a lot, but, as a group, they account for a substantial share of the market. At your average antiques show or local weekly auction, it's a safe bet that a lot ... (Read More)
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