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(Issue Story)New York Furniture Forum
The intact New York kast in black, white, and blue-gray paint and made of tulip, poplar, and maple, 1700-25, has trompe l'oeil stone-carved niches hung with pomegranates and other fruit, a bold cornice attached to the upper case, and a separate base containing a single drawer, reflecting urban Dutch cabinetmaking ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Great Auspiciousness Confirmed for Chinese Tribute Clock
Estimated at $80,000/120,000 and bringing $161,000, the star of the show was the Chinese tribute clock, produced in the late 18th century as a royal gift. The English time-only movement featured a center seconds hand, chain-driven fusee, and a cylinder-escapement balance. Clearly more important was the rarity and quality of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skinner's Americana Sale
The Phillips family needlework, created around 1670 in the English style by 13-year-old Sarah Phillips (1656-1707) of Rowley, Massachusetts, sold for $903,000 to dealer David A. Schorsch, bidding in the gallery for a client. The price is the third-highest achieved at auction for an American needlework.
"The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Merrill C. Berman Collection of Political Americana
Considered the headliner at the auction, this set of ferrotype buckles picturing the four tickets of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the 1860 election, each approximately 1" wide, sold for $58,750.
Dated 1789, this George Washington "Memorable Era" brass inaugural shank button brought $15,000. Featuring a Federal-style eagle and slogan, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Four Cannon Pattern Cups and Saucers Bring $23,100
Photo courtesy Witman Auctioneers, Inc.
When auctioneer Luke Witman was cleaning out the estate of collector Mary S. McCommon of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, he found an old, stained, rain-soaked box in the garage, not very far from the trash bin. "I always tell my guys, 'Look in every box,'" he said.
When the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)George Allen and Gordon Wyckoff of Raccoon Creek Antiques Arrested
George Allen of Raccoon Creek Antiques at the 2009 Heart of Country show in Nashville, Tennessee.
Things have gone from bad to worse for George Allen and Gordon Wyckoff, well-known dealers of Raccoon Creek Antiques LLC in Oley, Pennsylvania. On February 27, both were arrested by Officer Pamela E. Mathias.
Each was ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Trying to Sell Stolen Antiques Arrested in Sting Operation
A man's alleged attempt to sell stolen antiques in California led to three men being arrested.
On February 25, Deputy Ryan Arthurton of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department responded to a commercial burglary report in Yucca Valley. The victim, David Scholar, reported that unknown suspects had forced entry into his ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Louis Daniel Brodsky Collection of Art Nouveau
Director of decorative arts Corbin Horn told us that other copies of "Divan Japonais" by Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892-93, have sold for far less, but the $30,000 result at this sale might have resulted from the tide of enthusiasm generated by surrounding lots. Hindman photo.
The Emile Galle marquetry cabinet tied for ... (Read More)
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(Show)Art of the Americas
Santa Fe, New Mexico, dealer Jan Duggan was asking $20,000 for this pre-1900 Zuni frog pot. She said that sales were "great" and that she'd sold beadwork, a specialty that "had been slow but was definitely coming back." She added, "Saturday's attendance was up from last year."
Santa Fe, New Mexico, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)An Important Discovery at Cottone
The second-highest price of the sale was the $115,000 paid by an absentee bidder for this 8'9" high stainless steel kinetic sculpture by George Warren Rickey (1907-2002) from the collection of Richard Brush of Rochester, New York, former owner of the SentrySafe company.
Meissen porcelain figural group, signed and numbered, some ... (Read More)
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