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(Issue Story)Jewelry at a One-Day Maine Antiques Show
An 1860-70 sterling silver chatelaine with sterling implements (thimble case, thimble, pincushion, patch box, stamp box, and an enamel and gold watch with pearl) was $1295. Chatelaines were worn by the woman of the house, who had all essential necessities at her fingertips with this accessory. These are rare and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Coastal Maine Antiques Show at Round Top
This portable desk box has about 20 compartments, brass and ivory hardware, star and fan inlays, and some cryptic symbolic inscriptions inside that give no clue to its origin. Malcolm and Marnie McFarland of Orr’s Island, Maine, asked $1250 for it.
Joe Bent of Nobleboro, Maine, brought a lidded pewter coffeepot, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Talbot Auction in Turner: Where a Buck Is Still Worth a Buck
Charles M. Talbot Associates, Turner, Maine
Hey, how about this for strange? You go to an auction, right? And you bid $100 for an item. Then you actually pay $100 for it. Weird, huh? But that’s what happens at Charles M. Talbot Associates auctions in Turner, Maine. At the company’s August ... (Read More)
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(Show)Whitehawk Antique Indian Art Show
Santa Fe, New Mexico
In August there were at least four must-see shows in Santa Fe: two at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center located near the downtown Plaza and two at El Museo de Cultural, located in what PR people call the “arty” Railyard District, as well as several others ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)There Was No One Like Rudolph T. Lux, Ever
These Custer vases came to market in 1995 at Butterfield & Butterfield and sold for $46,750 the pair. Later they failed at Heritage Auctions in 2010 but were rescued by private treaty for $53,999, the current record. Miscellany and steamboats, however, seem to hover at middle four-figure prices. Photo courtesy ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Baten, Blum, and a Bevy of Bids
The Colchester, Connecticut, cherry block- and shell-carved chest-on-chest, 74" high and 40¼" wide, attributed to Samuel Loomis (1770-1800), sold for $408,000 to Colchester, Connecticut, dealer Arthur Liverant of Nathan Liverant and Son, who held his cell phone to his ear, underbid by a telephone bidder. The price was a good ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 22nd Annual Folk Fest
Atlanta, Georgia
Taking a hint from P.T. Barnum, the “World’s Greatest Folk Art Show and Sale” took place in Atlanta August 14-16. Going well beyond Barnum’s three rings, the 2015 Folk Fest featured 86 dealers and artists occupying nearly 150 booths.
Attendees at the 22nd annual Folk Fest were greeted at the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Still the Jewel in the Crown
Woodlawn Museum Antiques Show, Ellsworth, Maine
The stately Woodlawn Museum in Ellsworth, Maine, is a fitting location for Maine’s cream-of-the-crop antiques show, held this year from August 12 through 15 under a gargantuan tent on the old homestead’s spacious back lawn. Reportedly it took a work crew a solid ten days ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Fifth Annual Objects of Art Show
Santa Fe, New Mexico
The annual Objects of Art show, owned and produced by Kim Martindale and John Morris (M2), has grown into one of August in Santa Fe’s most popular shows with both exhibitors and collectors. Mounted at El Museo in the Railyard District, the show has an eclectic mix ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Harry Hartman Collection, Part II
Conestoga Auction Company, Manheim, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Conestoga Auction Company
At the second part of the Harry Hartman estate sale at Conestoga Auction Company, part of the Hess Auction Group, in Manheim Pennsylvania, on August 14 and 15, a 4" high kugel in the form of a blue ribbed pear sold on ... (Read More)
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