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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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(Fragment)Winterthur Announces Acquisitions
Winterthur recently announced two important acquisitions.
John Shearer Chest Made for Salome Kramer
At the Furniture Forum (March 4-7) Winterthur announced the purchase of a chest of drawers made by John Shearer (worked 1790-1820) for Salome Kramer of Frederick County, Maryland, in 1809. Shearer signed the walnut, oak, and poplar chest ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Ohio Valley Auction
River landscape after Cornelius Ver Bryck (1813-1844), oil on canvas, signed "T. C- / from an outline by C. Ver Bryck," 12" x 18" plus frame, inpainting to about 10% of the surface, $46,800.
Banjo clock, circa 1825, cherry and pine, scenic and foliate-decorated tablets, gilt surface, restoration to gold ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Sandy Doig, Somers, Connecticut
Sandy Doig in his basement workshop. In good weather he works in his barn. He thinks the two-drawer stand is from the south shore of Massachusetts. "It has the thinner stock that they use there." He's asking $450 for it. "Eight years ago it would have been nine hundred," he ... (Read More)
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(Show)Spring Masters 2015
Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts, New York City, took a large booth located at the front of the show. Displayed on the wall are a set of five terra-cotta reliefs by Carl Milles (1875-1955), The Muses, circa 1935, each 151/2" x 10", priced at $125,000. In the center is a 1934 ... (Read More)
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