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(Show)Adirondack Museum Antiques Show and Sale
Blue Mountain Lake and Indian Lake, New York
Photos by Betty Flood and Angelo Dounouclous
The Adirondack Museum Antiques Show and Sale in Blue Mountain Lake, New York, began on Saturday, September 19, and ran through Sunday, September 20. There was a benefit preview and early buying on Friday, September 18, from ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hindman Jewelry Sales Bring $8.52 Million
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
LeslieHindman Auctioneers offered the single-owner sale of jewelry from the estate of Rita Dee Hassenfeld on September 16 and an important jewelry sale on September 17 and 18. “We had three days of sales, covering 1685 items. For all three sales we did 92% sell-through, and the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Larry and Jake Show
L.T. Auctions, St. George, Maine
Lawrence Trueman has been in the auction business for a long time, operating L.T. Auctions since 1988. He and his wife, Diana, have settled in St. George, Maine, where they purchased the Echo Hill function hall, and that’s where the hammer comes down now.
By the way, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Manuscript Book by Furniture Maker, Mormons, and More at Americana Sale
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
A manuscript book of furniture designs and other details by an early 18th-century Philadelphia joiner was sold in New York City at Swann’s printed and manuscript Americana sale on September 17. Ledgers, yes. There are numbers of those by furniture makers of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Lifetime Collection of Katie and Dennis Spann
Mike Clum Auctions, Rushville, Ohio
Photos courtesy Mike Clum Auctions
When the collection of the late Katie and Dennis Spann of Knoxville, Tennessee, was offered by Mike Clum Auctions on September 17 outside of Rushville, Ohio, the sale drew a full house of buyers who were attracted by the strong mix of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Crystal Bridges Buys Top Lot at Sale of Maya Angelou's Art Collection
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann
Forty-four artworks from the personal collec-tion of Maya Angelou (1928-2014), poet, playwright, autobiographer, essayist, and performing artist, were auctioned before a joyful, jam-packed audience at Swann Galleries in New York City on September 15 for a total of nearly $1.3 million. Fourteen of the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Reward Offered for Two N.C. Wyeth Paintings
Go, Dutton, and that Right Speedily.
The Encounter on Freshwater Cliff
It’s a bizarre tale involving a one-time child actor, a reality television producer, a fictitious trip in a Bentley to a stolen goods warehouse, a Texas police officer who nearly recovered millions in stolen art, and possibly a five-figure reward.
The FBI ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Lackluster Interest at American Indian Art Sale
Bonhams, San Francisco, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
The empty spaces in the parking lot at Bonhams were the first clue about the possible success of the September 14 American Indian art auction of the collection of Mario Luraschi that was due to start in ten minutes. Inside the San Francisco salesroom, there ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Active Buying at CRN Sale
CRN Auctions, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Buyers packed the salesroom for the September 13 sale at CRN Auctions in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The audience was active and plentiful, and the phones were abuzz, as were absentee bids. Auctioneer Carl R. Nordblom told M.A.D. that Internet buying accounted for around 36% of sales.
As is usual ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two Catalogs and Back-to-Back Auctions in Columbia
Charlton Hall Auctioneers, West Columbia, South Carolina
Photos courtesy Charlton Hall
Those who stayed for the entire two days, September 11 and 12, at Charlton Hall Auctioneers received a catalog for “International Antiques” and another for “Style + Design” lots. Most lots in the style and design catalog were estimated at under ... (Read More)
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