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(Auction)American Art at Auction
The Bookworm (Man with Nose in Book) by Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), signed lower left, oil on canvas, 32" x 26", painted for the August 14, 1926, cover of the Saturday Evening Post, $3,834,000 (est. $1.5/2.5 million) as an anonymous gift to the Grohmann Museum at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Benton Brings $1,052,500
Discussion by Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) sold for $1,052,000. Photo courtesy Leslie Hindman Auctioneers.
When the hammer came down May 20 at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago on Thomas Hart Benton's 1967 Discussion, the 16" x 20" painting became the tenth Benton painting to sell for over $1 million. The final ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sentences Handed Down in Rhino and Ivory Smuggling Case
On May 20 Christopher Hayes, president and owner of the Elite Estate Buyers Inc. auction house in Boynton Beach, Florida, was sentenced in federal court in Florida to 36 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for his role in the illegal wildlife smuggling conspiracy in which ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Warshawsky Collection
The top lot of the sale was this circa 1910 Oriental Poppy floor lamp, bought by dealer Sandy van den Broek for a client. She paid $1,066,000 for the lamp. It was estimated at $400,000/ 600,000. She fought off bids from two phone bidders and one in the salesroom. The ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Spencer Gordon and Mark McHugh, Spencer Marks, Ltd., Southampton, Massachusetts
Mark McHugh (left) and Spencer Gordon.
A portion of the Spencer Marks research library and office. There's even a section of books devoted exclusively to heraldry for deciphering the coats of arms that often appear on silver. Mark McHugh said, "When we built this, we used library specs so the floors ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Lincoln Portrait Banner Sets Record at Heritage Auctions
Photo courtesy Heritage Auctions.
A political banner for Abraham Lincoln's 1864 presidential reelection campaign set a new record when it sold for $106,250 (includes buyer's premium) during the Heritage Auctions Americana and political auction on May 18 in Dallas, Texas.
Small in size at 9" x 181/2", this record-setting flag features the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chair-Table Looks Pretty Good on the Surface
The round chair-table displays a pristine, untouched surface and even a telltale oily spot where someone rested his head after dinner. It brought $7762.50.
Bidders loved this old Maine eider decoy in well-worn black and white paint, chasing it all the way to $2300.
A small (roughly 11" x 12") oil ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Clocks, Watches, and Antiques at Schmitt Spring Sale
The highlight of the two-day sale was this 80" high E. Howard & Co. No. 60 regulator wall clock that sold for $40,500.
This man's minute-repeating chronograph was the highlight of the watches when it sold within estimate for $16,312.50. It was made by London makers Nicole, Nielson & Co. for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Harry Hartman Sale
This rare Soap Hollow miniature blanket chest attributed to John Sala, with the initials and date "JKM 1851," is grain-painted and has gilt stenciling with a central horse and rider with a bird atop the rider's head, flanked by urns of flowers, and with a checkerboard band border and a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"Washington Crossing the Delaware" Goes from White House to Winona, Minnesota
Photo courtesy Minnesota Marine Art Museum.
On March 22, the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona, Minnesota, unveiled the 401/2" x 68" version of Emanuel Leutze's 1851 masterpiece Washington Crossing the Delaware, perhaps the most famous and iconic American painting.
It was acquired by Mary Burrichter and Robert A. "Bob" Kierlin, the ... (Read More)
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