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(Issue Story)Washington State: Vote No on Initiative 1401
Editorial
In Washington state, voters will decide in November on Initiative 1401, a proposed bill to help fight trafficking of animals. As with many of the so-called “ivory bans,” its cause is noble, but it’s deeply flawed legislation, and it should be rejected by voters.
Initiative 1401 would affect the trade of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)MESDA at 50
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Photos courtesy MESDA
On the last weekend of October, when the leaves in North Carolina sang out in a symphony of color, the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) at Old Salem in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, commemorated the 50th anniversary of its ... (Read More)
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(Show)The International Show 2015
The International Show: Art, Antiques, Design, New York City
After 27 years Anna and Brian Haughton have a new calling card. The International Fine Art and Antiques Show, which draws collectors, interior designers, and museum curators from around the world, is now called The International Show, bearing a new logo and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Doyle's Jewelry Sale Featuring the Collection of Irving Gold
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Doyle New York
Doyle New York held its “Important Jewelry” auction on October 21. Featured in the sale was a collection of work by master jeweler Irving Gold, created for “artist and designer Judy Fleminger, his loving wife of 59 years,” that brought “strong prices,” according ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A Bargain Boston High Chest
Passionate collectors leave no stone unturned. The most persistent find some treasures. One was among the contents of Oakendale, a grand Virginia house on 857 acres of rolling hills, tranquil ponds, and horse paddocks where Mary Sayles Booker Braga (d. 2014) spent the last years of her life.
The Braga collection, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Stoneware Cooler Sets New Mark
“It is the most exciting piece of stoneware I’ve ever seen,” said Tony Zipp at the podium before the Crocker Farm auction on October 17, concerning the opening lot. His sentiment was not mere hyperbole, as the firm was about to sell a seven-gallon stoneware cooler with an incised Federal ... (Read More)
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(Show)Casual Country Style Tempts New Generation
City Farmhouse Pop-up Fair, Franklin, Tennessee
The term “pop-up” suggests casual spontaneity—social media informally spreads the word about pop-up shops and pop-up exhibitions. But the City Farmhouse Pop-up Fairs in Franklin, Tennessee, are actually well organized by longtime antiques dealers/event promoters Kim and David Leggett. In fact, the shows are a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Best of the Best
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm
It may be cliché; however, when the market deems something the best of the best, records are often made. This was the case on October 17, 2015, when Crocker Farm sold a seven-gallon Baltimore stoneware cooler with an incised Federal eagle decoration for a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Greene & Greene Lamp Brings $502,000
Rago Arts, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago Arts
A table lamp from the Robert R. Blacker House in Pasadena, California, sold at Rago Arts on October 17, 2015, for $502,000 (includes buyer’s premium) to Ken Mazik and Donna Brown, whose Modernism Museum Mount Dora in Florida has a fine collection of ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 41st CSADA Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show
St. Charles, Illinois
Fans anticipating the return of their beloved Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show with its usual bounty of early Americana, held October 17 and 18, 2015, in St. Charles, Illinois, were no doubt nonplussed to see the show advertised with steampunk. Not only the ads but the show program ... (Read More)
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