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(Auction)Art Deco Bronze Bust Leads Will Farmer Sale
Farmer Auctions, Salem, Virginia
Photos courtesy Farmer Auctions
Will Farmer held the fall auction of Americana and decorative arts at his firm’s salesroom in Salem, Virginia, on October 3, 2015. The Saturday sale was preceded by a well-attended Friday evening preview, complete with live bluegrass music and barbecue. The sale consisted of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana in October
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook
Pook & Pook took consignments from a number of collectors’ estates, mainly from southeastern Pennsylvania, the region that produced the mother lode of 18th- and early 19th-century antiques. But the big surprise of the sale on October 3, 2015, was the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)California Art Dealer Pleads Guilty to the Sale of Horns from Black Rhinoceros
Lumsden W. Quan, 47, an art dealer from San Francisco, California, pleaded guilty on August 21 to conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and the Endangered Species Act and to a violation of the Lacey Act for knowingly selling black rhinoceros horns to an undercover agent from the U.S. Fish ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Wilson Forero and S.T.B. Jablonski, Antiquario Villas & Cottages, Woodbury, Connecticut
Steve Jablonski (left) and Wilson Forero.
Antiquario Villas & Cottages on U.S. Route 6 in Woodbury, Connecticut.
A corner in one of the seven rooms of the house that are used as a shop.
View of the keeping room—another retail space.
One of the upstairs salesrooms. The landscape panels on the wall are from ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)U.S. Antique Shows Cuts Pier Antique Show Admission Fee in Half
U.S. Antique Shows is cutting the admission fee to the Pier Antique Show in New York City in half, from $20 to $10. The show, with over 300 exhibitors, will take place November 14 and 15 at Pier 94.
“The decision to offer discounted admission was made to attract and retain ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gordon Wyckoff's Personal Collection Sold
William H. Bunch Auctions & Appraisals, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy William H. Bunch Auctions & Appraisals
On September 29, 2015, William H. Bunch Auctions & Appraisals sold 210 lots of baskets, Christmas decorations, and ornaments, and eight lots of furniture for Gordon Wyckoff as part of his personal bankruptcy procedure. The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Maine Antiques Festival Changes Dates
Paul Davis of Coastal Promotions has announced that the 2016 Maine Antiques Festival in Union, Maine, will change dates, moving up a weekend. The new dates will be August 5 and 6.
According to Davis, “After 34 years of being the second full weekend in August the decision has been made ... (Read More)
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(Show)The September York Antiques Show
York, Pennsylvania
While hundreds of thousands of pilgrims headed for Philadelphia, hoping to see Pope Francis, hundreds of antiquers went to York, Pennsylvania, in search of their holy grail: the missing dish, urn, clock, cupboard, or painting that would complete a room, a shelf, or a collection.
Melvin “Butch” Arion’s 165th semiannual ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ship Models and Nautical Antiques
Boston Harbor Auctions, Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Boston Harbor Auctions
Boston Harbor Auctions held a two-day marine antiques sale on September 26 and 27 at the company headquarters in the 99 High Street Office Tower in Boston. The top lot of the two-day sale was a company-built model of the iconic ocean ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The NYC Big Flea
New York City
The second edition of the NYC Big Flea came to the Big Apple on the heels of Pope Francis’s visit, and good spirits and well-mannered crowds prevailed during the two-day show on September 26 and 27.
A steady stream of antiquers (including many vintage clothing and jewelry lovers) journeyed ... (Read More)
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