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(Auction)Mid-Season American Art Auction
The top lot of the sale was Cheyenne Medicine Tepee by Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953), painted circa 1905. It sold to a private buyer on the phone for $173,000 (est. $120,000/180,000). The 20" x 24" oil painting was the “property of a gentleman” who had acquired it at a 1983 ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received, April 2015
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or a mail-order house is the place to look.
Kodachrome Memory: American Pictures 1972-1990 by Nathan Benn (powerHouse Books, 2013, 168 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Lake Country Antiques & Garden Show Moves to New Location
The Lake Country Antiques & Garden Show will be held in a new location. The 70-dealer show will take place May 1-3 at the Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Road, Waukesha, Wisconsin. For more information, call (262) 968-4913 or check the Web site (http://antiquescenteratwales.com).
Originally published in the April 2015 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Contemporary American Illuminations, Art of Barbara Wolff at the Morgan
In Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Formed, a platinum fin whale and some fish of the sea, great and small, are depicted in the depths of deep blue water as an illustration by Barbara Wolff for the unbound manuscript You Renew the Face of the Earth: Psalm 104.
New York artist Barbara ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antiques Week in New Hampshire: Pickers Market Changes Dates
Barn Star Productions’ 21st Pickers Market Antiques Show is changing dates. It will be held on Friday, August 7, in Concord, New Hampshire, during Antiques Week in New Hampshire.
Frank Gaglio of Barn Star said, “Last year we moved the Pickers Market one day earlier to Thursday after the NHADA show ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Ivory Ban's Effects on Collectors, Museums, Musicians, and the Art Trade
In response to concerns that poaching of African elephants is rapidly driving the species to extinction, the U.S. federal government tightened restrictions on the import, export, transfer, and sale of African elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn.1 The revised restrictions followed on President Obama’s July 2013 executive order committing the U.S. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Wall-Apelt Oriental Art Collection
This approximately 66" tall carved and lacquered wood statue of the Vairocana Buddha led the auction at $379,200. It had sold at Christie’s in New York City in September 2004 for $65,725.
It’s always interesting when an item with an insignificant estimate comes alive and heads out of sight. Here we ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Brazelton Lots Spice Up Northeast Auctions Sale
This oval “lover’s eye” miniature watercolor on ivory, set within a seed pearl and enamel border and mounted on a ring, went to a persistent phone bidder for $7680 (est. $500/800). Northeast Auctions photo.
This 19th-century eight-panel screen, in two parts, is covered in French scenic wallpaper depicting “The Passage ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and Web site ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Record Price for a Bear Trap
Martin J. Donnelly holds the No. 6 Blake, Lamb & Company bear trap during the auction on March 21 in Indianapolis. At 44" long, it was the largest trap the company offered.
The holy grail of traps is the Blake, Lamb & Company No. 6 bear trap, of which only one ... (Read More)
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