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(Fragment)Bonhams in Sydney, Australia Sells Lockwood de Forest Collection
In oil on a 9½" x 14" card, this painting by Lockwood de Forest II is initialed, dated, and inscribed “Ulwar L de F 93.” It brought $2717.
A late 19th-century carved teak vitrine, designed by Lockwood de Forest II and made for him in Ahmedabad, India and assembled in New ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Pottery Sale for the New Collector Generation
Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society, Bennett, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society
Not every Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society (SFPCS) absentee sale can offer a $100K-plus “Dave the Slave” decorated pot. Then again, few collectors can even think about bidding on such an item. The most recent SFPCS sale, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Sue Cummings and Glynn Marsh Collection
Jerry Stichter Auctioneer, Inc., Troy, Ohio
Textiles played a considerable role when auctioneer Jerry Stichter held a one-owner sale on July 11 in Troy, Ohio. The latest in a series of auctions, it included material from Sue Cummings and Glynn Marsh, whose interest in collecting antiques came honestly, according to Stichter. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Bill Johnson Collection
John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Bill Johnson began collecting as a schoolboy—with clocks. And by the time the Berwick, Maine, native died at an auction last year, his gleanings occupied 15 acres along Route One in Wells, Maine, in his very own Johnson Hall Museum. The museum embodied Johnson’s appreciation of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Badger Portraits Donated to Portsmouth Historical Society
The six portraits were last seen in Portsmouth when Ron Bourgeault and Northeast Auctions sold them at the Sawtelle sale in Portsmouth on August 17, 2014. They sold for $30,000. Pennington photo.
Six folk portraits of the Badger family, likely painted by Jonathan Treadwell, have been donated anonymously to the Portsmouth ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner?
The Young Collector
For much of western history, the dining room, even remotely as we know it, did not exist. For centuries, virtually all spaces in the homes of common folks, and even to some degree those of “uncommon” folks as well, were multifunctional. Even in the wealthiest of homes, manor ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Private Sale of the Meriwether Lewis Pipe Tomahawk
A presentation pipe tomahawk, originally owned by Captain Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) and possibly carried during the Lewis and Clark Expedition, has been sold privately in a deal handled by Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio. The identities of the parties were not disclosed nor were the terms. However, company president Wes Cowan ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Misfiled
Editorial
The Boston Public Library—called one of the five most important libraries in America by historian David McCullough—alerted authorities in April that two prints were missing from its extensive collection of more than 200,000 pieces.
Adam and Eve by Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528), 1504, and Self Portrait with Plumed Cap and Lowered ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Stone Book Find
In the April 2015 issue Maine Antique Digest published my article detailing stone books. I just bought a terrific stone book related to the Civil War that might be of additional interest to readers.
Most carved stone books that are believed to have been done by soldiers during the Civil War ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Don Olson, Rochester, New York
Don Olson
Hollow-cut silhouette by the so-called Puffy Sleeve Artist circa 1830. The subject is in a teal-blue dress. “The color of the dress is really electric. It makes it special.” Olson said, adding, “It demands attention. It’s early; it’s color; it’s me.” The brass frame is probably original. Olson had ... (Read More)
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